Tales of the Honeybadger

[Honeybadg]

... got up to watch golf and it is the rivers of babylon ... GRRR!

Still smiting myself with a virtual warhammer over last night"s weak post flop play - what was that about - like hitting the ball in the soup with a broom ...

[Honeybadg]

Back to the tables ... and unfortunately no joy ... losing races and running into raggy aces that had spiked ...

(Gave a few away too!)

Maybe some Turbo DS for a $215 will provide therapeutic??

(Made it to the final table at least - 2 tickets  - did well after AQ vs K5 (call) defeat

L

[Honeybadg]

$215 ticket won from $11.70 ... with three left for two tickets ... I pick up AA

Flop 88x ... obviously the chips can go in here but I check ... checked back ...

Turn A ... check-check ... river ... is a brick ... I push ... insta call vs 88 for quads ... OMG!

Nice to rise from the dead!

But never seen that before ... turn the nut full house ... only to lose to the made quads!

Warm Up tomorrow ... what coolers will lie there?

L

[Honeybadg]

Sunday Warm Up - played well until AK vs AA and with the crumbs 66 vs J4 ... flop J4x

APAT ... played okay ... then KK vs AA ... then tried an absurd bluff ... oops ...

[Honeybadg]

Back to the tables ... and familiar tales ... nut flush vs flopped full house accounting for me in a $109 event on Stars ...

Just out of a re-buy event KK vs AA ... moments earlier AQ vs x444Q vs AA ... earlier still AA vs JJ vs A3 (winner) ...

What to say?

Perhaps the omens are clear to see ... running around the volatility maypole ... looking to the skies for nice match ups ...

L

[Honeybadg]

Part II of the mauling ...

River a flush vs the flopped Full house ... then A9 into A54 vs A3 ... obvious 2 on the turn ...

Maybe I should just stick to betting on X-Factor??

Still in running in epic $87k pot event ... but low and a long long way to go ... Shoving anything with 18 BB ...

(Flush draw exit vs top pair ... oh well)

L

[Honeybadg]

Backing X-Factor defo the way forward ... Storm Lee between 7/4 and 2/1 ... to be first eliminated.

Not quite sure who is voting for Wagner ... but I guess he is original!

Not sure if Diva Fever can escape the 4th elimination - but is it more of a coin flip then the odds suggest??

L

[Honeybadg]

... right so tonight"s $10k g"tee Turbo on Betfair is sponsored by Storm Lee ... a red haired omen?

More of the same A8s on the button vs AJ in the SB vs A6s (short stack shove) ... AJ stood up ...

[Honeybadg]

Belle Amie to go tonight - got a wedge on them at 3/1 ... much less now ...

Rangers today were a superb 12/5 on Betfair ... wow ... Celtic are so weak ... their manager so poor (vs good teams)

Samaras is like a man pulling a cart full of olives to market ...

Do he and Loovens have special training together to make them slower??

Poker aside - a whole 90 mins on the table this week ... nothing happening so squeezed woth 86s and got called by 44 ... 4 on the flop ... fair play

Weird to be following the APAT on the train to Scotland ...

Pondering whether to look up the £300 London Calling at the Fox Club Nov 4-7 (Day 1B on Friday 7pm) ...

Poker options in Edinburgh this weekend at the Coral Masters??

L

[Honeybadg]

Saturday Night Poker - a familiar result ...

Just outside the money I lose QQ vs AT ... yawn ... card dead before ...

I feel due some breaks - but the poker gods are as ever uninterested.

L

[Honeybadg]

APAT - flop top set vs up and down draw ... obvious result ... then KQ vs TT ... no help ...

What to say - played too loose for the first hour then got started with QQ vs AK - then played well - but the money goes in 75/25 and out ...

Feeling like a standard Saturday night.

L

[Honeybadg]

Saturday night poker in the balance ...

A lazy Saturday found me watching Alba TV"s Gaelic for beginners - featuring a windsurfing lesson ...

I foolishly switched to Scotland vs NZ for the Rugby ... it would appear we have found a new giant ... but few other straws to clutch at.

I also bought some Colin the Caterpillar Cola Bottles which should ease me through the evening.

L

[Honeybadg]

Sunday Nov 21st

Time to dust off my poker boots ...

GUKPT Side event today at The Vic £200+20 max 150 runners ... 25 min levels (so pretty quick)

Amazingly this is my first face to face poker since the APAT at Nottingham.

Report to follow.

L

[Honeybadg]

Mega Yawn!

Sunday night action ... 26th of 116 - 11 paid in the GUKPT £200 freezeout ... QQ vs AQ ... after epic card dead period ... A on the flop ... for a sadly predictible exit!

L

[Honeybadg]

Nil poker for me at the moment ...

Substitute activities include - dropping my blackberry in a cup of tea this morning ... total nightmare!

Amazingly it has come back to life - though in the interim period I got a much needed upgrade to a Blackberry Torch ... woo see the flames ...

First act - a forlorn attempt to get on to facebook - fat fingers on the password - but happily no lock out.

What next?

L