In one of the most interesting WSOP Prop Bets of all time feel player Jeremy Becker takes on “child of the SIM” Landon Tice crossbooking over not less than 25 events.
In ththe wake of excitement over the release of the 2024 World Series of Poker Schedule, there’s a looming poker match-up that has garnered the most excitement of all.
Child of the sim Landon Tics vs. Feel player Jeremy Becker
Poker prodigies Landon Tice and Jeremy Becker agreed to a 100% crossbook in at least 25 mutually played events over the summer — a bet brought together by none other than Daniel Negreanu.
Meaning that a hot summer for one of the young grinders could mean disaster for the other and their supporters.
And though the match-up is between two rising players — Tice, who has picked up the nickname “child of the sim.”
Who is Jeremy Becker?
Jeremy Becker has made big waves on the live poker circuit by winning more than a dozen low-stakes tournaments in the past year!
The remarkable thing is he is a feel player, means he managed to do so without ever looking at a poker program
It is really a showdown between two competing poker philosophies: theoretical versus intuitive poker; PioSolver versus daily grinder.
What is a crossbook prob bet in poker?
A crossbook is a bet between players in the same tournament or cash game where “the player who loses owes the winner a percentage of that player’s net winnings (vs. the losing player’s net winnings) in the event.”
In this case, if Jeremy Becker and Tice both played an event this summer and one cashed for $0 and the other cashed for $100,000, the winning side would be owed $100,000.
If the loser cashed for $25,000, they would owe $75,000, and so on.
While there are still specifics to sort out, the bet will be a 100% crossbook across a minimum of 25 events this summer, both at the WSOP and other festivals, with buy-ins of $10,000 or under.
As of writing, there is a $250,000 cap per event, meaning a $500,000 score for one player would still only cost the other side $250,000.
The matchup does not stem from any bad blood between Becker and Tice, but rather between Negreanu and Matt Berkey.
Earlier this month, Negreanu called out the Solve For Why founder for his social media criticisms of Jonathan Little and a hand Negreanu played on a PokerGO stream.
Amidst the feud, Negreanu through some shade toward Tice, urging him to “break free of the handcuffs” of Solve For Why and find a poker coach that “could actually take you to the next level.”
A few weeks later when the WSOP schedule was released, Negreanu posted a list of potential “WSOP matchups,” including Little and Berkey, Kristen Foxen and Maria Ho, Phil Hellmuth and Isaac Haxton, and Becker and Tice.
It took only a few minutes for Tice to reply that he was interested in the match-up.
“The DMs are open for a crossbook if you would like to take Jbex, Daniel,” wrote Tice.
Showdown Of Two Poker Styles
On the DAT Poker Podcast, Negreanu explained that “there’s no beef between those two (Becker and Tice)” and that he “put it together, because when you look at it, I think it’s a really interesting match-up.”
“You’ve got the GTO-studied guy versus the guy who doesn’t own a computer, has never looked at a solver, just plays live, and crushes,” Negreanu said.
“I’m not running any sims; I’ve never seen one”
In an interview, Jermemy Becker said that he does not own a computer but didn’t think it was fair to say he doesn’t study the game.
“I wouldn’t say I’ve never studied, just my study’s different. I study by playing, and I study by watching high roller final tables. So yeah, I’m not running any sims; I’ve never seen one. I wouldn’t say I don’t study, it’s just a different form of studying. I’m either playing or watching actual poker. I’m not running hands in any sort of program or anything like that.”
“I’m a live guy. I look at the guy and (think) ‘Does he have it or not?’ Which I think these computer guys think I’m an idiot by saying shit like that. But that’s really how I play, man. Truly feel, intuition. I just go with my gut rather than (thinking) ‘Well if I’m folding this hand, what am I calling with?’ I’m not doing none of that. I’m not calculating no pot odds. Does he got it or not?”
The Wynn assassin also confirmed he and Landon Tice “have no beef whatsoever” and that Negreanu is “trying to take some money from” his rival Berkey.
“Negreanu’s trying to make some money, and I guess Berkey is, too, and we’re just what they are betting on,” said Jeremy Becker.
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