Money match
A money match, sometimes referred to as a cash battle or abbreviated as MM, is a friendly gambling event that occurs between two smashers who have decided to play a match against each other with money on the line for both players. Money matches most often occur as side events at tournaments, but can theoretically occur anywhere where there are two players and a game; some players even perform money matches over Wi-Fi, with electronic methods of payment being used for the bets, such as PayPal.
Money matches typically have the same format as tournament matches, and are generally either best 2 out of 3 or best 3 out of 5. They also often include stage and character counterpicking. Each player usually puts up an amount between $1 and $20, although there are cases of money matches for more, or for non-monetary items such as food. Two-on-two money matches are not unheard of, but are considerably rarer than singles.
Some pro smashers, such as KoreanDJ, are well-known for the amount of money matches they play.
The highest known stakes for a money match in the Smash community is $1000, which occurred between Tafokints and Tian during Apex 2014's Salty Suite.
Generally, money matches only occur in the North American, South American, and European tournament scenes (with exceptions, such as Norway). In Japan, money matches are considered to be non-government-condoned gambling (just like tournaments themselves), and are therefore illegal. This fact contributed to the stir around Mew2King's publicised trip to Japan, as a false rumor was spread that he expected to win enough from money matches that he only brought $200 with him and proceeded to end up broke in less than a day.
