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Tales of the Honeybadger
Honeybadg:
... great question ... certainly not a waste of time ... but the value could come in different ways.
For me it was a little bit of a wake up call to stop playing so wildly (at times).
For the specific event - if you wanted to grind $1/2 (or below) heads up play then it would sharpen you up.
Nik Persuad is an amazing analyst of the game - though the net effect here was to make me re-consider heading to Vegas this year - maybe that will save me $10k +
A lot of MTT play is pretty automatic - but playing heads up is a great chance to hone the skills in playing marginal hands (which might be useful in the MTTs).
It got me thinking about the following:
Do I really get the most value out of every pot? - No
Do I consider properly how many river cards are actually blanks - No
Do I put the maximium pressure on people to make decisions - No
The course then went into some pretty advanced stuff with regards to using pokerstove and (premium) poker table ratings to select and destroy players by systematically analysing their games as per "jungleman" ... which at the moment I really don"t have the time to do ...
But I was really pleased to have Nik shine a light and stop me playing so automatically ... it will make me a better player (in the long run) ... so I would say yes worth the money.
Caveat - I probably wouldn"t have paid the cash had I not cashed at Black Belt Live.
As a general comment - if the pro player has a great record then probably worth the pearls of wisdom they may provide - perhaps more to follow on this.
L
Honeybadg:
Nothing happening on the cash tables tonight ... -$182 ... two pairs vs two opponents ... 4 spades on the board ... mmm
Playing cash feels like an epic bouncing ball - whatever ever you do it reverts to nothing much up nor down.
There is something very appealling about bouncing balls ... smile.
I was recalling when I used to play a more grinding cash game (in easier poker times) - I never really sought weak opponents to play - maybe I should??
Need to play some Omaha again ...
L
Honeybadg:
Weird and wonderful cash session for -$56 ... played badly at the start but got a break catching a flush ... then AQ became a full house ... but then AJ in A88 vs 89 ... then 99 vs TT as overpairs ...
Earlier ... got a life when the stone called nuts just called by trip 9s ... very strange ... but K9 into K33 ... found KQ ... oh well ...
L
Honeybadg:
Solid start to the weekend ... +$160
Cash session started playing way too loose ... but tightened a little then played every hand ... to the point where my premium hands got fairly well played ... very passive table for the most part ...
Put down AK into Kxxxx (three spades) against a new player to the table who wanted all the money in the middle ... mmm
Pre-flop I had raised and they had re-raised which I had flatted ... it felt like the best I was getting was a chop ... great price to call but was I crushed?
Time to walk in the sun ...
Get ready for tonight"s action ...
L
Honeybadg:
Out in 23rd of 102 in the APAT Holdem ... killed in two strokes by mporter1 ... all very standard stuff ... 88 on the button I raise ... re-raised by A8 in the SB ... A on the flop ... then AQ vs JJ and no help ...
Enjoyed the play before this - played pretty loose but pretty much always ahead of average until the end ...
Omaha - fairly wild starting hands mainly stuggling - could have been more patient ...
Sunday Warm Up tomorrow ... looking forward to it ...
L
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