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MattBates V Slipwater...
How short are the odds on MattBates winning this?
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Rules:
1) We both register for the same three tournaments every night in April.
2) The same tournament cannot be a part of this contest two nights in a row.
3) The player to go deeper in each tournament receives one point.
4) A bonus point is awarded for an outright tournament victory.
5) If one of us busts first in a tournament, a bonus point is awarded to the other guy.
AprilMattBatesSlipwater Daily PointsTotal PointsDaily PointsTotal Points1 2 2 1 12 2 4 2 33 2 6 1 44 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
AprilTournaments19.30pm BH (295)10.15pm BH (65)10.30pm Speed BH (51) MattBates - 255thMattBates - 10thMattBates - 24th Slipwater - 129thSlipwater - 23rdSlipwater - 41st28pm Main (312)8.30pm Mini (211)9pm BH (78) MattBates - 84thMattBates - 9thMattBates - 78th Slipwater - 161stSlipwater - 122ndSlipwater - 43rd37.30pm Deep (32)8.15pm BH (166)9.30pm BH (342) Mattbates - 30thMattBates - 18thMattBates - 66th Slipwater - 8thSlipwater - 153rdSlipwater - 104th
* number of runners in brackets
Slipwater has been seen outside Mattbates house trying to cut the telephone cable so the broadband will be cut.
It, ah, never crosses my mind.
Day 1 in the skypoker house!
The 3 games are
9.30 £11bh
10.15 £22bh
10.30 £55bh speed
Best of luck slip!
...trust you to pick the MattBates Invitational on Day One!
MattBates - 0: Slipwater - 1
I got off to a good start in the 10.30pm Speed Bounty Hunter, and was quickly in the top three stacks, until Matt raised pre-flop and I called with pocket 3s. The flop was 10 K 3. He put in a regular continuation bet and I just called. Turn was an ace. He bet again and I raised, which he called. River was another ace. He shoved and I thought about how good my full house was for longer than I would have with anyone else... and then called. He turned over A10 and I was out... and now I need a new laptop. Looking back, I probably should have raised the flop. Sigh.
MattBates - 1: Slipwater - 1
The 10.15pm Bounty Hunter never got going for me. My stack dwindled down to about nine big blinds at one point, and then I shoved with KJ suited, and was called in two spots. And on a board of xKJJK I tripled up... not that it did me much good because I never found another good spot to play and - after a table move - was out while MattBates sat across from me crossing his little pudgy fingers.
MattBates - 2: Slipwater - 1
Main £11r
Mini £5.50R
9pm £55bh
WP last night, gl tonight...especially if you are on Slip's tables!
MattBates - 1: Slipwater - 0
The Mini Event wasn't much better, in fact, it wasn't any better at all. I had a series of bad flips, rebought about 83 times, and when I finally lost my AK all-in to AJ I threw in the towel and didn't bother with another rebuy. I left the tournament in a huff before the add-on even kicked in!
MattBates - 2: Slipwater - 0
The 9pm Bounty Hunter is an event I enjoy. I haven't played it for a while, but it's got a decent starting stack and a good structure. Mr Bates helped me out here by busting first in the tournament, thus awarding me a bonus point, which I needed. So, pressure off, I was going along quite well for about an hour, until I found A10s on a two-spade 10-high board and couldn't get my chips in fast enough! Problem was, the other guy had a set of two, improved to a full house, and I was out! Good game me.
MattBates - 2: Slipwater - 2
7.30 £22 deep
8.15 £11bh
9.30 £11bh
MattBates - 0: Slipwater - 1
I made a massive error in the 8.15pm Bounty Hunter. Early doors, the pot had been min-raised and called in every position, so I decided to do the same with my pocket jacks, rather than raising as I almost always would. The flop was low and all spades. I didn't have a spade. It was checked round to me and I decided to shove at this point, thinking I may get a call from someone with a single high spade. No, I got called by the guy with K3 of spades, and I was on life support after that... Bates ran deep, but we don't care about that.
MattBates - 1: Slipwater - 1
The 9.30pm Bounty Hunter went along quite well, for a while. I took a couple of bounties and was cruising along nicely, before a couple of suck-outs knocked me back into shove or fold territory. When I picked up pocket kings with 12 bigs left I thought this was a good chance for a double up, except I was called by pocket sevens, and the 7 on the flop put an end to my game.
MattBates - 2: Slipwater - 1
They seem to have a high ABI, so he's playing to his strengths where he can make people fold.
I want to see you both play DTD on Monday, see how the great man gets on trying to win every hand in those tournaments
I do usually play the DTD on Mondays... maybe he will throw that in as one of the entries next week...
He's been saying for ages how he'd love to give the DTD a try, but has never gotten round to it. This seems like a perfect opportunity to do so
Good luck tonight.
Main
Mini
9pm £55bh
As I am posting late have gone for some late ones tonight
9.30 £11bh
10.15 £22bh
10.30 £55bh speed