Tales of the Honeybadger

[Honeybadg]

Genting over - disappointing to not have a chance to play more having got into shove or fold territory - luck required in that spot - running in to KK with KQo not my plan!

Of course you hit the Q which would save you again so much of the range ...

Current Chip leader made it to level 21 - relatively short - then AA vs TT, next hand 88 into 864 vs K6 (who wants to get it all in!) K6 bets - 88 re-raise - K6 all in ... later in the level KK vs AJ, next hand AA vs KQ ... wow ... so roughly 350k to 3m ... back to 2.25m now ... all numbers rough trusting the blog ...

My day 2 seat was promising - those to my right donking off their chips - those to my left short stacks - but you need cards to deal with both ... how is this for a play ... 1000/2000 (200) ... UTG has 90,000 chips ... bets out 30k ... table chipleader dwell folds ... I have AT ... and pretty short I think just under 30k ... I have to fold ... micro stack has called for tilt value ... so we see the KK ... I mean wow ... chipleader declares he folded JJ ... normal KK bet is getting re-raised all day long in the spot ... I will get out of the way ... free chips or a dream KK vs JJ ... quite a lot of bad play on display ... also some good play from Jamie Burland on day 1 fun to play against ... Ellie Biessek also on that table ... now on re-entry well placed in the last 12 ... she made a "blonde" over-raise (her words) and got them all in QQ vs TT ... interesting player ... good record ... not totally convinced ... I trust she will now win it ... and well played if she does.

What else to say - strucutre is good - great field assembled - stopped alternates at about level 7 on day one - was due to be end of level 9 - now only 12 left - albeit had 170 left for day 2 which is Fox capacity - I don"t like meddling once things are running - but the TD did keep players well informed.

I thought the TD dealt well with a somewhat noisy 5 table captain table which had about 15 rulings in about the first 7 hours play ...

Next leg in Edinburgh - feels attractive - might be a bit head down until then - well unless I sat" into the UKIPT £1m g"tee tonight!

L

[Honeybadg]

Sunday with no afternoon poker ... turned into 60 mins on the cross-trainer ... 606 (kilo)calories burned ... pretty pleasing effort was behind the pace for 600 cals at 45 mins so speed up ...

I then watched a strange Bollywood film - I prefer their stance of films which I would characterise as creating fantasy which is fun to watch vs Hollywood which is plastic reality which for the most part you sit outside ...

How it is the countdown to APAT at 7pm and UKIPT qualifier - I am getting tempted to play it : Re-route blackjack winnings into a good cause!

L

[Honeybadg]

Played lots of $100 heads up matches ... current score 10-10 ... with a even break of luck I think 12-8 or 13-7 would have been a bit more correct!

Yawn yawn ... I know ...

Played the Big $55k last night - inside the money - AK vs KJ defeated  - bounced back with 22 vs AA - and A8 vs AQ : I hate poker when all the wrong hands win ... but it teed up my exit hand perfectly ... I raised with 89o and flat the re-raise ... flop 954 ... the continuation bet from the re-raise duly arrives ... so I shove .... quickly called by AQ ... 76% to go to double the average if called ... A on the river ... sigh ...

It"s an okay call from the AQ for pot odds - but 3/4"s of the time I am in great shape to shoot for a big(ger) prize ...

Totally out of the zone today - no cards - and no work - hence UKIPT looking unlikely - managed to get to the gym with my personal trainer asking what hurts stomach or back ... stomach ... okay that"s great you working the right muscles ... tough going ... feeling a little stronger!

L

[Honeybadg]

Got smashed up on Stars with coolers and beats ... was feeling pretty in the zone ... but these things bounce you out of it no matter how much you know its just poker.

Got to the APAT event and was in a great position to cruise to some points - but my mind had "invented" some crazy masterplan which seemed to involve a lot of limp folding ... got back to life with a 78s shove with all the draws ... but gave away further chips before shoving A6 into AJ in the BB .... no complaints ... poor play ...

Meanwhile Scotland running very well - a lot of strength in depth which is great - quite a few good players yet to score.

Started the weekend planning an epic work sprint and then off to the UKIPT but it just never happened - I think a £1k token to the Vegas pot - I really do need to make it this year - days booked off work - good to have something to focus on ... game on ...

L

[Honeybadg]

Weird to not be at the UKIPT event this week/weekend - It would have been my first - money lies on my desk infront of me to pay in but work would not relent.

The odd thing is that it likely saves me £1k - not that I wouldn"t be confident of playing well enough to cash - just that for the most part the best you can hope for is about a 1/8 chance of making the money and then once there about a 1/10 chance of cashing big ...

So it"s a 87.5% chance of losing £1k and about a 1/80 chance of winning is a decent chunk of money - let"s be generous and say a c1/1600 chance of winning it!

Almost bizarre you would take that bet on - for an approximate E(x) of £0 profit - (-ve really) with costs! - also guess 40 hours play+

Such is poker ... at the moment I am semi-minded to put it all on the national ... perhaps an E(x) of £0 - but only takes 9 minutes ... reading wikipedia the largest ever field was 66 runners ... it lends itself to a fantasy race with two day 1"s well sort of!

I have money on Organisedconfusion at the moment and a weird ante post bet on Deep Purple ... I will sleep on the go crazy betting tomorrow lark ...

L

[Honeybadg]

So here it is National day - I win big on the following :

Giles Cross
Organisedconfusion
(Deep Purple - Ante Post - Spew!)

Saver on :

Kilygen

Organisedconfusion has to be tremendous value at 29/1 - if you win the Irish National and then get trained for this then that"s got to be a price ...

Giles Cross - stays forever - could have done with yet softer ground and might be a bit one paced but if a few of the finishers are too far back it must have a shout.

Deep Purple was just a weird super value ante post based on the fact that if Mon Mome can win - anything can win!

Kilygen - not to be trusted - but if it stays on its feet should be up with the front runners ...

It"s pinstickers heaven really - but let"s see how my non-poker day ends!

Good luck those still runners at the UKIPT Nottingham.

L

[Honeybadg]

Grand National over - bit of a crazy race.

Only bright part of the day was the bizarre gamble on Deep Purple - a glimmer of hope that my 150/1 ante post shot actually had the scope to win - I think it went off at 25/1 - not sure why?

Anyway - it"s a lazy Sunday and back to the Warm Up for me.

Following the UKIPT shining a light on the tour to play next year??

APAT league tonight - a first free seat in the making??

L

[Honeybadg]

Wandered off for some shopping but drifted through a bookies on the way ... +£90 on the greyhounds ... two wins from four races ...

Sunday Warm Up drifted past too ... another min cash ... lots of cards (and luck) at the start ... then suitably card dead ... acting after big stack a good chance to 3 bet so doubled with K5 vs 89 but got killed A9 vs AJ ... such is poker.

APAT - lost a big value added race AK vs QQ - Feels like it might be a poker drought now until next week and the Black Belt Live in London.

It will be interesting to see the odds this year ... last year 7th of 414 ... betting £100 e/w @ 175/1 to make the final table. I think it was 1/8th the odds so more than doubled the prize ... exit hand AQ vs KK ... standard ...

Feels like I have more game now ... maybe that means more ways to get killed!?!

L

[Honeybadg]

Greyhounds - Young Sid - A great run in the Blue Riband.

Grabbed the 19/1 for the Derby - not sure that will stand tomorrow.

Black Belt Live coming this weekend - so just a case of work myself into the ground and then wake up with the cards in the air on Saturday!

Looking forward to it ...

[Honeybadg]

Black Belt Live beckons.

Shame that there are no prices available on Boylesports this year - I think last year it was sold out early which allowed the pricing ...

Day 1B is sold out 225 runners - so hopefully we get to 450+ (alternates - if they are allowing them??)

5.05am at desk ... my Day 1A at work is nearly over ... day 1B to begin at 1.05pm ... L

[Honeybadg]

Black Belt was fun - played all sorts - got into a good position - but got moved and went card dead for about an hour.

Found TT to squeeze but found KK and no help - about 7 hours in.

The KK player got fully paid with AA, KK, AK and AQ within 10 hands - easy game and so on ...

APAT tomorrow - but not sure what is next beyond that ...

The love of poker on the ebb tonight ... let"s see how tomorrow feels?

L

[Honeybadg]

Here we go again ...

I managed to sleep for 11.5 hours which is super unlike me ...

But 4pm and the Warm Up starts ...

Watching bits of football and the Grand Prix - all very good for the neutral.

Feeling a bit hard done by in face to face tournaments of late - good moves back into KK for two tournaments in a row now ...

Nothing in the face to face calendar - the official plan is head down until the Genting Edinburgh at least albeit that is feeling less of a draw at the moment ... (I guess the draw will grow again!)

And then it would be Vegas albeit I failed to attend last year!

We shall see ...

L

[Honeybadg]

Poker thin week - but was sitting just outside of the money in the Big $100k yesterday when I lost 99 vs 99 vs AT - still plenty left (with a double) but no joy with QJo vs 66 ...

Moment later playing six handed zoom KK vs AA ... then turned a staight vs set ... which rivered a house ... then lost a race ...

It"s all standard ... long strings of random numbers dancing into the night ...

Until about a second ago - I really didn"t fancy playing the Sunday Warm Up - unfinished business - it would be good to finish it ...

I do love slow Sundays that turn into poker days - albeit lots of work to do first.

L

[Honeybadg]

No SCOOP 1 for me ... ideal tournament ... but absolutely full of the cold ... will do well to be awake at midnight for the end of the APAT!

20 min levels - 6 max : Hot Toddy and recover for next weeks offerings.

L

[Honeybadg]

APAT - managed to play 52 of the first 100 hands ... just below average having lost the min QQ vs KK as overpairs ...

QQ vs AQ to go to double the average - only one winner there - yawn ...

Failed to treble my dust A9 vs KT vs xx

Pleasing play/annoying result ...