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, also in the Salty Suite 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 two out of three or best three out of five. Though other formats such as first to 5 occur. They also often include stage and character counterpicking. Each player usually puts up an amount between $1 and $100 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 KDJ, are well-known for the amount of money matches they play.

The largest amount for any money match ever done was $1,000, which was between Tafokints and Tian in Apex 2014's Salty Suite, Leffen and Mango during bracket at Apex 2015, and Leffen and SFAT at DreamHack Winter 2015. Leffen is set to have a $1,000 money match at GENESIS 3 against Westballz.

Generally, money matches only occur in the North American, South American, and European tournament scenes (with exceptions, such as Norway). In Japan, money matches can be considered to be non-government-condoned gambling (just like tournaments themselves), and are uncommon.

Notable Money Matches

• The $1000 Money Match: Tian Vs. Tafokints
• SKTAR 3 - Professor Pro vs Rolex - $100 Money Match
• Apex 2015 - C9 Mango (Falco) Vs. Leffen (Fox) - $1000 Money Match
• Salty Suite - MattDotZeb (Falco) Vs. Kage The Warrior (Ganondorf)
• WTFox: C9Mango(Marth) vs TSM_Leffen(Fox) $365 Bo5
• TSM | Leffen Vs. SFAT - $1000 FT5