Meanwhile, I\’ve got to get ready for some big action about to go down at Danang. It will be the first match in the Batfaces 2007 Heads-Up Tore-nuh-muhnt … me against Thum. Kinda funny we ended up that way via random draw, since we played regularly heads-up throughout 2006. (He\’s a 52-48 favorite, by my own calculations.)
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All this is semi-inspired by some serious head-butting and a possible high-stakes Heads-Up battle between yours truly and Batface teddy bear Tiny B. More on that TK, for sure (media rights and requirements are part of what\’s still being negotiated).
As that takes shape, major important Batface rankings (which will have presumably have a multimillion-dollar impact on endorsement deals) are at stake … and ready to be settled on the felt for a $25 buy-in.
Ooh, I think that\’s Thum at the door … Giddy-up.
[Update: Nope, false alarm. Just a passerby.]
UPDATE: Thum is up 1-0 (in a best 2-outta-3) … my cleverly played third-nuts ran into his second.
UPDATE: It\’s tied 1-1 … I have AA, flop is 5-6-9. Thum bets 10, I raise to 25, he goes all-in, I reluctantly call (prepared to mount a major comeback if necessary. He has 78. Turn is a 5, river is a 5.
UPDATE: Thum wins. Last match lasted an hour — three levels. But in the end I hurt myself by mis-betting my AK on a flop of A-Q-x. I bet, he raised, I went all-in, he called. Had I played it smarter, I woulda checked, he woulda bet, I woulda raised … he would\’ve moved all-in, and I would have been able to fold to his AQ. Nice job, Thum. I made three bad decisions, and in this kinda format I think you get only two.