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Tales of the Honeybadger
Honeybadg:
Levein"s managerial qualities are unspeakable ...
Tough group - but you have to actually try to win ... spew ...
Suitably annoyed we headed to the Paralympics ... Wheelchair Basketball finals at the 02 ...
20 mins before the off - the flickering signs of a migraine - and no pills on me - off to the first aiders - and then the doctors ... who are being asking me about my vision ... in the next cubicle a guy dressed as Elvis with a cardboard guitar ... is this some hallucinatory test ... no apparently he is a doctor ... so that okay ...
I am fading fast ... but they deal up some paracetemol and codeine and off we go back to the arena ... vision still impaired and they are whipping up a storm just before the off ... super weird sporting experience in terms of being spaced out ... but amazing in terms of skill and bravery ... flying out of wheelchair headfirst ... then doing a super press up to right themselves ... Canada won the final with their star player Patick Anderson in dazzling form.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Anderson_(basketball)
I loved the Paralympics - so much more than the Olypmics - felt more real in a way - people overcoming epic adversity and coming out all guns blazing ... The first event I watched was some female powerlifting ... the winner lifted 143kg ... are you kidding ... I have not been to the gym get to see what I could shift but I would guess something like 75kg!?!
I watched the goalball finals too ... a marvellous exhibtion of eccentric sportsman slinging medicine balls towards massive goals with the best technique for defending being to put your body on the line ... thud ...
Some very interesting tactics though ... sneaking around the court to take your opponents unawares ... epic time wasting by taking super slow shots at goal ... crowd booing this ... and being told to shut up by the refs as the players could not hear the ball coming ...
I will try to find a suitable clip ...
Closing ceremony was great though ... simpler and more effective than the Olympics ...
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Honeybadg:
Finally back to a poker table entering the Unibet Open in London ...
Initial table very mixed but featuring:
Ben Vinson
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=59352
Nicolas Dervaux
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=99836
Hauke Heseding
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=213097
Nik Persaud
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=3790
Starting with 400BB so lots of scope to float ... and happily I soon turned a straight (also had the flush draw) vs the flopped set ... who could not get away from donating me the extra half of his chips following my all in with the nuts ...
Further ammo - but little progress partly due to the turned Q-flush taking a very conservative view versus my turned nut flush ...
Next phase - was pretty much card dead and then moved to a new table ... soon to be followed by Ben Vinson who once again had position on me ... I"ll give him the edge on the day"s play and we both live to fight another day ... but in a crazy last level with everyone looking for spots ... all that happened was the xy got shoved into KK or AA ... my x"s and y"s were too ropey to even push ... so not by design I return with 22,100 chips ... next level 600/1200 (100) ...
Noticeable exits ... including Toby Lewis ... so pleased to be back ... needing a double ...
Back to the tables at Midday.
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Honeybadg:
Day 2 and not a hand in sight ... of course any two can be pushed but was keen to find a nice spot ...
Spot 1 was to push 89s back into maniac serial raiser pretty much knowing I will get called ... as it happened he found a caller ... so I got to see what would have been a beautiful flop including the 56 of diamonds for the straight draw flush ... he then went all in claiming at least top pair so no rabbits ...
My exit hand - early position raises - Charles Chattha flats presumably with a small/mid pair - I shove with QJs - initial raiser goes all in - leaving Chattha with a marginal decision - in which he decides to fold his pocket pair.
Sadly the original raiser holds AQo ... so drawing thin ... of course I hit the comedy queen but no further help ... oh to be against AK or JJ down ...
So no dice when it mattered ... ran well early on day 1 ... but never managed to spike a pocket pair ... one spike would have made a lot of difference ... last two and a half hours of play one pocket pair which I could have reshoved but would have been 55 vs AA vs KK ... and no Ace better than A-7 ... which would have been a chop ... not sure what is next up??
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Honeybadg:
... last action before leaving the casino was to bet on :
Motherwell
Dunfermline
Partick
QOS
4 aways - just under 10/1 - to just about pay for the entrance fee ... ding ding ...
Honeybadg:
... but unfortunately poker was dong dong ... having being card dead so long at the unibet last night was a feast ... a feast of great starting hands and bad beats!
The APAT ME was the the exception with me playing badly and getting called for it!
In the Euro 7.5K g"tee - 20 Euro Rebuy - I had my Aces spiked with 4 clubs to a flush then built a stack before getting chopped down A8 vs T8 (straight on the river) ... then QQ vs KJ (straight on the river) ... then I squeezed QJo into KK no help at all ...
Likely the last poker for a while ... need to regain energy for next face to face MTT ... not convinced that I will get to Friday and dive into the GUKPT main event in London ... but stranger things have happened ... I would guess we are looking further away ...
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