Critical Response
- Miss Alli of Television Without Pity rated the episode with a grade A.
- Staci Krause of IGN gave the episode 8.9 out of 10.
- Joyce Eng of TV Guide later called the episode "possibly the show's finest half-hour" and said, "nothing will ever be or beat 'Slap Bet'."
- Eric Eisenberg of Cinema Blend said Slap Bet is the best episode How I Met Your Mother has produced.
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