FINALLY!

It felt so good to finally have a winning session today. I played at Binions for about 3 hours and finished ahead $160, most of it coming from one hand.

I limped in late position with TT. Normally I'd raise with this hand but I've been running so bad lately that I'm gun shy and playing very conservatively. A tight/solid player on the button raised to $15 and got a few callers, myself included. The flop came down 2-6-T with two diamonds which was a dream flop for me. The UTG player, who had just sat down and was playing his very first hand, bet out $40 and it was folded to me. I went all in with what I had left, which was about $120 total. It folded back to the bettor and he made a pretty quick call. We flipped up our hands and he showed 22 for bottom set. My hand held up and I took down a nice sized pot. Pretty brutal cooler for him, especially since it was his first hand. He only stayed for another 10 minutes or so before leaving in a huff after he lost another pretty big pot.

I like the atmosphere at Binions but I don't think the games are particularly easy there. I have yet to sit down at a table that you could call soft. There are a lot of guys who look like semi-pro's as well as a lot of tight local rock nits. There is a big absence of people who have no idea what they are doing and give their money away. It could have something to do with the fact that the World Series is in town so there are a lot of good players around, plus I've been playing during the day a lot which is usually tighter than at night. I think I need to put in a couple of 3 AM to 11 AM sessions at Bally's if I want some easy money.

Some drunken guy was asked to leave today because he was just being loud and obnoxious and abusive to dealers. He wasn't at my table but one of the nearby ones. At one point he went away to hit the bathroom or something and while he was gone one of the floormen sat down in his seat and picked his chips up. When the drunk came back the floorman said "here's your money," gave him his cash and told him to leave. The drunk guy took offense to this and looked like he was about to take a swing at the floorman. Security was called and they took the guy out. I was glad to see that. I've played at places where drunks are allowed to carry on for way too long. Nice to see they don't mess around at Binions! I'm sure 20 years ago they would have sent him headfirst through the front door "Casino" style.

$150 pot limit Omaha/8 tourny tomorrow at 4 PM!!!