Matt Matros – Poker Player Profile
Matt Matros has been playing poker ever since his Dad taught him the game as a young child. By the time he was in his senior year of college at Yale University, he was devoting all his spare time to the game.
With a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics, Matros has an exceptionally analytical understanding of the game, which he outlined in an interview with PokerListings:
“There’s a lot of math in poker. Everyone knows about pot odds, or most good players know about pot odds and calculating probabilities of hands improving. There’s more math to poker than that. There’s a field called game theory, which really gives insight to what kind of strategy you should use at the table. It’s not just about calculating your chances of winning, it’s about calculating the correct play based on what my opponent’s range of hands is, what he will do with those range of hands, how can I maximize the amount of chips I will make based on how he’s gonna play. And it’s very complicated.”
In 2004, all Matt’s hard work paid off in a big way when he finished third in the World Poker Tour Bellagio Five-Star World Poker Classic for $704K. He made his first World Series of Poker final table in 2008, taking sixth in a $1500 No Limit Hold’em event for $148K. A few months later, he took seventh at the WPT North American Poker Championship for $97K. To date, Matros has over $1 million in live tournament earnings.
After his time at Yale, Matros went on to complete a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts at Sara Lawrence University. He then authored a book entitled The Making of a Poker Player: How an Ivy League Math Geek Learned to Play, which has been praised for its humor and insight into the life of a professional tournament player.
Related Poker News:
- CardRunners Strategy: MTT Replayer with JacksUp
- 2008 WSOP Event #9, $1,500 NLHE Six-Handed, Day 1: Matt Matros Leads
- 2011 World Series of Poker Day 33: Teisseire, Singontiko, and Matros Win Bracelets
- 2010 World Series of Poker Day 10: Watt Bests Durrr, Matros Joins List of WSOP Bracelet Winners, and More
- The Matt & Matt Show: Best Second Episode Ever
- The Matt & Matt Show: Pop Champagne feat. Annie Duke
- Getting to Know Matt Parvis and Matt Brown of the Matt & Matt Show
- The Matt & Matt Show: November Nine Special
- Tom “Durrrr” Dwan’s Bracelet Near Miss and Matros’s Hold’em Performance – Yesterday at the WSOP
- The Matt & Matt Show: Duck Tales Featuring Gloria Balding
- The Matt & Matt Show: Holiday Special
- The Business of Poker - Interview with Matt Savage, Part One
Casino poker language:
- THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
- WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
- QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
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