Tales of the Honeybadger

[Honeybadg]

Genting will be next face to face poker for me ... with three day 1"s ... should get to 400+ runners @ £400 ... pretty spicy pot to win ...

It"s usually APAT that gets me back in the zone wanting to take these bigger things on ... map APAT victory on Genting ... just need to avoid lucky maniacs and a great chance to run deep ... avoiding lucky maniacs can be troublesome ...

L

[Pears27]

I thought your usual strategy was to BE the luck maniac?  

[Honeybadg]

I thought your usual strategy was to BE the luck maniac?  

In bigger tournaments - perhaps the unlucky maniac ...

Albeit it is all part of the masterplan ...

Running quite well in APAT online at the moment ...

[Honeybadg]

The week is racing by ... work ... work ... work ... followed my second visit to the personal trainer ...

My observation thus far is that if you go to a personal trainer twice a week - you might well be in pain for 6/7ths of the week ...

It"s all good ... it needs done ... I might be under the mythical 15 stone mark tomorrow ...

As I recall it clinical obesity starts for me (5 foot 10) at 15 stone ... it feels harsh ... but soon I will wave it good bye ...

If I am rolling down a hill it will reduce my momentum (p=mv) ... I would also have less potential energy at the top of a building Ep = mgh ...

As one reduces in weight - you encounter heightened risks of being blown over a cliff - it"s a risk I fear - so I will need to be careful ...

L

[Honeybadg]

What has happened to Man U and Man C - the massive favourites for the Europa League??

Premiership has been so weird this year - super attacking - terrible defending - which just doesn"t work in Europe.

Obviously Chelsea got back into a decent shape to win last night and Arsenal woke up for their heroic failure vs AC Milan but it feels like the best league in the world has reduced in stature ...

Of course it is 100 times better than Scottish football ...

Albeit we did have Chic Charnley ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chic_Charnley

Extract:

"Chic was raised in the North of Glasgow and, evidently gifted as a footballer, was tipped for greatness. However, the early part of his career was chequered by poor discipline which gave him the reputation as a hot head. This scared many clubs away from his talent.

Chic had a voracious appetite for trouble. During a training session in Glasgow"s Ruchill Park, he was attacked by two locals brandishing samurai swords. Charnley responded by leading his teammates in an attack on the two men."

[Santino67]

  Surprising he never walked into that Wimbledon team around then, Chic made Vinny Jones look more like Aled Jones

[Honeybadg]

I am reviewing this and wondering how I managed to get Chic Charnley on to my blog ...

... neatish link to Irvine Welsh ... who I saw interviewed on Melvyn Bragg"s class and culture show ... I love Irvine for saying he is now Upper Class ... due to his monies ... tongue in cheek me thinks ...

I remember when Trainspotting came out - such a great book to read - but made me a little nervous of wandering about Edinburgh at night!

Lots written about it glorifying drug use - but for me it was a tale of everyone having a story to tell - and telling it well -a spotlight into the lives of people you would never otherwise see ...

I think I should re-read it ... my favourite Irvine Welsh story regards a concerned father beating up Goofy at Disneyland for scaring the kids ... or did I dream that??

L

[Honeybadg]

I am not convinced by the merits of waking up at 4am on a Saturday ...

Pondering the UKIPT Nottingham - such a grind though - will see how The Genting runs.

[Honeybadg]

Saturday afternoon football.

Bet on Dundee United to beat Rangers at 2/1 ... terrible match ... Rangers the marginally better side ... but 1-0 down to a sweet strike.

Dundee United now 3/5 - so sitting on a sweat freeroll ... having closed things out.

The game feels like a pre-season friendly - how often can you play at 5/10 and be ahead of Rangers??

Managed to put my Blackberry through the washing machine this morning - It"s a hall of fame action of sheer folly - but what can you say - it"s insured - a pain to retreive numbers and to use alternative handset for a few days.

My last blackberry died in a teacup ...

Before that I dropped a phone down the toilet ...

... before that I fell into the sea ... before that I lost a phone on a hill in Lisbon ... before that a BMX bandit stole my phone whilst I was on it in North London ...

I think this was the first one still in a contract - so 13 years insurance finally gets a claim!

[Honeybadg]

Nice to re-gather some monies ... you have to wonder why Aluko not on the pitch from the start ...

Let"s follow it up with Wales to win by more then 5.5 pts ... 4/5 shot ... seems solid.

L

[Santino67]

Managed to put my Blackberry through the washing machine this morning - It"s a hall of fame action of sheer folly

I almost soiled my pants there, just so funny  

[Honeybadg]

The blackberry is currently in a bowl of rice which will "draw out the water" ... I am not optimistic although it was only cooking at 40 degrees ...

If it came back to life - so I could get my numbers off it - it would be a tremendous result!

Sunday Warm Up has just kicked off ... card dead and missing all my draws ... not a problem if I start hitting them later.

Looking forward to APAT League match this evening - I have just about gone off online poker but this brings it back to life - It"s an interesting circle that of drifting from the game and then APAT pulling me back in by hook or crook ... very unlikely that I will be able to play many of the face to face events - unless in London.

On another note - looking at my diary for the DTD UKIPT - such a massive first prize on offer!

Mmm ...

[Honeybadg]

Sunday Warm up is driving me mad ... lots of drawing hands ... but missing them all ... no pairs in about an hour ... here come the Aces ... min raise ... all fold ... 25 BBs but need to get busy ... I should say I have min raised all sorts before and got called or re-raise every time!

Enjoying the following in the Pokerstars lobby:
Cowboys Full (Men only play money tourney)

550 play chips to enter, with a g"tee of 1,000,000 play chips

Currently 2085 runners  - I am fascinated by what the style of play would be??

L

[Honeybadg]

Break 2 and last hand has me down to dust ...

Short stack shove ... re-shoved by another short stack ... 88 is pretty marginal ... but for the win and all that ...

88 vs A4 vs KQ ... flop is JT2 ... river is a 9 for the straight ... don"t really "mind" the AQK ... but the 9 is like being hit in the face with a spoon ...

The A4 only took 40% of my chips - so it"s the right call - especialy if KQ is the re-shove??

Anyway I have 4 BBs ...

[KarmaDope]

Enjoying the following in the Pokerstars lobby:
Cowboys Full (Men only play money tourney)

550 play chips to enter, with a g"tee of 1,000,000 play chips

Currently 2085 runners  - I am fascinated by what the style of play would be??

You can thank an APAT medallist for that tournament - he got fed up of seeing Women"s tournaments and emailed Stars as a joke to ask for a Men Only tourney. That"s what he got!

(see if you can guess who the APAT medallist was...)