Perhaps another title might be ...

Was there a better way I could of handled this?

Okay, here goes ...

I was in Vegas back the end of June, first part of July, trying to win my way into the WSOP events, including I'd hoped the one on June 30th at noon (no, I didn't play after all, in part for reasons you'll see below (I didn't get my goal of making more money for the buy in)).

I decided to build my bankroll which isn't what I'd hoped it would be by playing in the Binions Classic event on June 29th, at 2pm, the buy in was $150 bucks, with no rebuys.

We had about 500 players, and I was doing pretty good, the table was nice, and actually quite chatty for a mostly male table (I was the only woman there), we are only 40 off from the money, and I am in the big blind.

Previous to this hand, the player to my right had been knocked out.

The blinds are 1600 and 800, ante is 200, and the UGT opens up the pot for 5k which is over half his stack, and I have about 13k left (he has 9k left).

When it comes to me I look down and see pocket 10's, and I go all in.

UTG (who is a nice kid), thinks for a moment, and says he callls.

He turns over pocket jacks, and I know I'm in deep dodo, and I'm right, as I get no help on the flop, river or turn.

Now, towards the end of this, this jerk of a young kid (I'd say he was about 21 or 22 yrs of age) from Aussie land comes over with his stack and as we soon find out, he is very drunk.

(Think of that kid on last years (the 2006) WSOP that was drunk, being a pain, and times it by four, and you got a picture of this kid).

He's loud and obnoxious and zero's in on me, starts poking at my chips and says in a loud voice, I'm gunna take you out, you don't belong here, then slugs the last of the drink he brings to the table with him, and starts yelling Cocktails (like he really needs more)!

He then turns his attention back to me and starts barraging me, I try to ignore him, but the more I try the louder and more obnoxious he gets.

The next hand comes and I'm in the Small blind, he announces to me and the rest of the table that he's gunna keep raising until he can rid the table of me.

Sure enough he does raise, but I have nothing, so I fold.

Next hand after that, he makes a small raise, again I have nothing, but a person after that does, raises, and another goes all in.

Dummy from Australia and the other player calls. During the hand the Aussie keeps telling the other guy, just check it down so we can get this other guy out, at each turn, dummy says it again loudly.

After the hand is over, I point out to him (as he's getting on my last nerve here) that while many players do this, to say it out loud is considered collusion, and that he shouldn't be doing that.

In the end, the all in player survives, and dummy starts in again with me. He then shoves his drink holder into my space, my chips go flying, and I tell him, to move it. He then takes it and puts it over in a guy I've come to know as Andy, space (a really nice guy as well), who is to this loudmouth Aussie's right, and starts yelling for the cocktail waitress again.

I can see on Andy's face he is stunned and doesn't know how to handle it. For me this is even more truly amazing, the shocked look on Andy's face, as I've been trying for hours to get a read on him, and his face has been like stone. For Andy's face to show that much emotion, well, I know that he's stunned as well.

I have had enough, I call the floor, and complain, tell them what has happened thus far, including how the Aussie was telling the other guy what to do in the middle of a hand with an allin player in.

The floor (a guy by the name of Alan who is the on duty floor) gives him a warning, tells him he'll have to forgo a round of play if someone complains again.

Next hand, it comes around to me, and I'm very short stacked, and I look down and see Ace/10, it's not the best hand in the world, but for someone who is short stacked, it's an okay hand IMO, and I'm only a few places off from the button.

It goes around and besides the blinds, we get 1 other caller, big mouth decides to fold, and I go all in.

He then starts in again, saying oh I should of called, I wanted to be the one to take you out.

In the mean time it's going fold fold fold, and I'm hoping everyone will fold their hand and I can pick up the blinds and antes.

It gets to the player who limped in preflop, and loudmouth starts telling him, call her, you know you want to call her!

The guy thinks about it, starts to move his cards again to the muck, and then the Aussie starts in again and says, come on buddy, do it for the table, get rid of this woman! The guy thinks again, and says, Okay I will call her.

Now I'm really ticked off, he's doing it again, and worst of all, it is affecting me! Only reason I didn't call the floor in the middle of this exchange, is that I didn't want to give away the strength of my hand.

I turn over my A/10 o/s, and the guys turns over Q/J o/S.

Flop comes 10/king, 8, rainbow.

Now the dummy loudmouth Aussie (who's not even in the hand) starts chanting, give us an ace, give us an ace, we want to get this woman out of here!

Turn is a blank for both of us, but on the river, comes a 9, giving the other guy a queen high straight, and I'm out 30 spaces from the money.

(BTW, I had established myself as a good, tight player, so when I went all in or raised the table pretty much folded until this jerk came along)

dummy loudmouth starts cheering, saying that's the way to do it, we now have no more women at the table! yeah!

I'm furious now, and I call over the floor, tell them what happened, and they make him sit out a round. I also tell them they need to cut him off since that is what I suspect is driving this fool (they tell me that they can't cut off a player for any reason).

I've never had this happen this badly before, ever since I first started playing poker 4 years ago, where I was at a table with someone who had such hatred for women, and especially not by someone this young.

Normally if something started, all it took at most is one call to the floor to get it to stop.

Is there anything I could of done differently, and what can be done about obnoxious drunks who zero in on you just because you're the only woman at the table?

In addition, I later came across this similar attitude over at the Orleans event, by someone who was also an Aussie, who seemed to resent my being there at the table as him.

Is there something in the Aussie Culture where they don't think women belong at the poker table, or what?

Comments anyone?