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Tales of the Honeybadger
samuel_9:
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Honeybadg:
Day 1 had some super weird hands ... including my last event (APT at the Fox) ... I had gone nearly 7 hours without a AA,KK,QQ or AK ...
So nice to see AA ... I make a normal 2.7BB raise ... two callers ... not great ... flop T78 two diamonds ... not great ... I make a continuation bet ... both flat ... small balling now ... I check ... initial caller bets about 2/3 of the pot which is called so I am out cheap ... Caller 1 had flopped the straight and flush draw ... caller 2 a worse straight draw and worse flush draw ... losing a lot of chips chasing and missing both draws ...
I am pleased with losing the min here ...
Most of the day I was ahead of average but my attempts to build a stack were thwarted by bluffing into card racks who hit everything ...
Still in good order when the AA arrives again ... UTG + 1 ... standard raise ... 6! callers ... this is obviously a nightmare ... but AQx flop looks tremendous news for a check raise ... I check ... but amazingly it is checked right around ... river is a T giving a flush draw ... nightmare ... I make a small bet fearing the worst (KJ) ... one caller ... I am happy to check the river and take the pot versus the other Ace who sadly missed their two pairs ...
Had a few super marginal spots which I elected to pass on but got gready with my KK raise called in the BB ... allowing a gutshot on the river ... this checked momentum but I spent last two levels looking for spots to re-shove that just weren"t there ...
Next time ...
Honeybadg:
Genting event seems so far away now ...
Watching the final table fairly hilarious/tedious.
Hilarious to see the guy who limped called my all in with his Q8s vs my AJ ... obviously he won that one ... and then won £16k+
He also talked me into a two hand penalty for folding out of turn - I did do it - but pretty harsh given the the dealer motioned to collect the player"s cards two ahead of me, which triggered the player to my right to fold, which triggered me to fold ...
Also the player who made a bizarre miss-click raise with QTo - blinds were 250/500 - raised to 1250 - flat called - then raised to 2250 ... I have AQo ... I thought about it for a while but no need to get committed ... of course it is a Q high flop that I would have won ... as the hand developed he explained he meant to call ... doh ... then called things down and won the and with a pair of queens ... fair enough ...
Tedious because the play was so painfully 1D - except for Barny Boatman donking off his stack with 22 into the semi slow played AK which spiked the turn ... Ruslav took that hand down and glad he won it for that alone ... overall the standard seemed pretty weak/dull ... a bit more ABC might have served me well ... that said if AJ holds vs Q8s in play on Day 2 and ready to rumble ...
Next time!
L
Honeybadg:
Played a little push and shove poker $1/$2 ($40 cap) ... got well ahead then lost some flips ... yawn ...
A pointlessly early exit in the Big $11 - 10,000+ runners - flush draw shove that was always getting called.
The Big $55 has just begun - FOCUS.
Ate some venison steak and thought of swiss rolls - happy days.
L
Honeybadg:
But a short night after a very early QQ vs AK ... losing to the low straight on the river ... then shoved the flush draw with up and down straight draw ... flush would have tripled me back into play but was already against the nut straight ... no escape.
Lots of tempting things to play ... mmm
L
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