April Fool? Perhaps so...
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
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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