Vegas - Binnions

I first met Shaun in Planet Hollywood as he was coming to the end of a 36 hour cash session. We got on like a house on fire and spent today with his mate Neil playing cash in Binnions.

They are from Carlisle and traditional Northern buggers.

Binnions cash game is very nitty, full of old grinders. But then there were us three in a row. Neil plays like Dev, and Shaun plays like a Tom/Nemo hybrid. The old guys didn’t like this combo + Jimbo, although we made many friends.

Most pots featured $10 of limped dead money in the pot as our three combatants went to war with 8T off and the like.

One old guy claimed Shaun sounded like John Lennon. Lol - Hass sounds more like John Lennon and he is Cypriot.

Anyway, mooody old guy makes it $10, I make it $35 with K9. Shaun calls (standard) and old guy folds.

Flop is AA7.
Check, Check.
Turn is J
I bet $60 and Shaun calls.
River is K.

I bet $60 again, Shaun makes it $140 and I call and win against 73off.

Old grinder puts his head in his hands and looks as if he is about to actually pull his hair out.

To give you a flavour about how tight this guy was, he actually flat calls river with quad tens when there is a 2 card straight flush possible. I doubt anyone will believe me but this actually happened and he was playing a hundred fifty behind. Good grief! At least he won $86 for his quads high hand. (he’d have won this if opponent had folded)

I finish on a $1k stack from a total $700 buy in and then do red/black flop for Shaun’s remaining $200 stack which I win.

Shaun has gone to sleep but wants to play an all nighter at midnight in Planet Hollywood. Shazbo is in town tomorrow night, so I guess it would be rude not to have one last blow out…

A good day :)