Education
Matros holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Yale University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College.
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Matt Matros
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He is the author of the book The Making Of A Poker Player: How An Ivy League Mathematics Geek Learned To Play Championship Poker, and is a poker coach for CardRunners. He has three other WSOP final tables, finishing 9th at the 2005 WSOP $3,000 Limit Hold"em event, 6th at the 2008 WSOP $1,500 Number Limit Hold"em event, and ninth at the 2010 $2,000 Limit Hold "Econometrica event. All together, Matros has 28 WSOP cashes.
Matros finished 22nd at the 2006 (WPT) Pokerstars.com Caribbean Adventure, and just missed the 6 handed Final Table of the WPT 2008 North American Poker Championship, where he finished 7th.
As of 2012, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,300,000. World Series of Poker bracelets.
Achievements
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Matros won his first bracelet at the 2010 World Series of Poker Event 12: $1,500 Limit Hold’em earning $189,870. He came in 3rd right behind the runner up Hasan Habib and winner Martin De Knijff in 2004 at the $25,000 World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship, earning him $706,903. At the 2012 World Series of Poker, Matros won his third WSOP bracelet in the $1,500 Number Limit Hold"em Six-Handed event, earning $454,835.
