KINGS CUP, Bow to Master Buck!

No poker for me for the last few days coz of the Kings Cup. Today I lost to Ben Judge 3-0 in the last 32. Overall I think my performance was above average. On Friday night, I won 3-2 vs Danny Bedi. I scored only 34 points in the first frame, but somehow I won. Second frame, I made a 46 break and won easily. In the third, I started to go for a few more shots, and Danny played a lot of good safety, pot 1 ball at a time, eventually he won the next 2 frames both on the black. With score tied at 2-2, Danny was 22 points in front in the decider with colours remaining. I thought I was done. I was looking for Master Gee, hope he could inspire me. He was just too busy socializing with his MOPS (Melbourne Online Poker Superstars). I remember KO master said you need to be patience and wait for your spots. So being short stack at the table, I didn't give up. I took a half chance on the yellow and made 27 clearance to pinch the frame and match.

This morning, I played well against Rodo. I won the first frame on the black. He fluked 2 balls in a row but fortunately he left the black over the hole and a easy pot for me. I was in control in the second and won comfortably. Rodo fired up in the 3rd and make a 56 break. With 5 reds remaining, I never give up. I forced an error and make a 34 clearance for a 3-0 win. My journey in Kings Cup ended in my next match vs Ben Judge. Nothing to talk about as he is too good for me and I lost 3-0.

I know I have no chance winning the tournament. To make my donations a bit more interesting, I decided to make several prop bets for the weekend. Put my money in +EV situation, hopefully I could win a bit of money + bragging rights. It makes the game more interesting to watch as well. At the end of the day, one very valuable lesson I have learnt this week. "You should never mess around with the MASTERS!"

It all started on Thursday night. I had a snooker session with Master Gee. We played best of 5 for Nandos or beef brisket noodles. I won the first set 3-2, then 3-0. Final set, we double the stake and I was lucky enough to win 3-1. So I got 4 bowls of noodles in my hand and my mojo certainly rising. On Friday night, I watched Master Gee dominated his 1st round opponent. Then he asked me if I would give him 5-1 vs The Great Has Been in his next match. With 4 bowls of noodles in my hand. I accepted the bet. That's a big mistake! Master Gee won his match this morning 3-2. He was setting up a trap perfectly for me to step in. Just like in poker, he would check/call then fold river in consecutive hands. Then he would slow play his AA pre-flop, acting he was weak, so I can bet into him heads-up and now he is ready to play a monster pot. So overall, I lost 1 Nandos meal to him.

I also had several other bets. BOBO bets $30 (Yum Cha credit) on Kurt Brown winning against Ben Judge. Also $30 YCC that Charlie and Master Bucks match will go under 1 hour. Obviously Kurt lost, but Master Buck finished off Charlie in 58 min. So we are squared. Mr.Invincible lay me 4-1 on M.Scerri making to the last 16 for $25 YCC. M.Scerri had a good showing but lost a tough one against Dave Collins 3-2.


Now the biggest bet of all. $100 PS$ on Master Busk demolishing MVP. I am betting against myself in this one, coz I am in a no win and no lose situation. Its one of those bets I would win nothing, but very happy giving $100 away. MVP has been running his big mouth both online and at Princes for years. He always draw the biggest crowd whenever he plays (wonder why?). He is the master snooker technician. He has invented numerous stands and grips in snooker, that no one in the world can overcome. I think today he is using stand #106 along with grip #29. It must be a special combo for this special occasion. As a special player that he is, his snooker mind truly exceeds ordinaries like me. It must be some special secret behind his stand today, but unfortunately I don't find it any special. It looks a bit gay to me. Looks like Princess of Princes just poke his ass and he forgot to wear any diapers.

As I expected, Master Buck trashed him 3-0 and I am happily sending him $100US into his PS account. For $100, I can have a dig at the Great MVP after the match. I consider $100 is very good value and I am certainly in a +EV situation. Maybe not! Master Gee once again show why he is the Master of us all, and never pass away any opportunity especially in a indefinite +EV situation. He just jumped the line in front of me and had a dig at MVP for 15 min before I could even approach him. See! Master Gee always dominates me no matter what. That's why he is so good, he eats "pot odds" for breakfast. I guess I still have a lot to learn from him.