...but if he got a bot player, then he would have made it automatically into round 2.
and then at some stage he would have had to have gotten a real player.
at least this way, he wont be expecting your CT, and that will blindside him to a loss, he will be out of the cup in round 1, potentially that will ruin his league chances due to lack of income and then you will hailed as the saviour of the ABBL for all of eternity.
so cheer up!