It's True

Worm: You know what always cheers me up?
Mike McDermott: No, what's that?
Worm: Rolled up aces over kings. Check-raising stupid tourists and taking huge pots off of them. Playing all-night high-limit Hold'em at the Taj, "where the sand turns to gold." Stacks and towers of checks I can't even see over.
Mike McDermott: Fuck it, let's go.
Worm: Don't tease me.
Mike McDermott: Let's play some cards.
Worm: Yes!

These are some of the most cliche'd lines in the entire history of poker films, but I look at them now, and for the first time since I've been playing poker (closing in on a year now), I feel like a real poker player. Maybe it's that I was at the casino at 2:00 AM when I had to be in work at 9:00 AM that morning. Maybe it was the tourney cash and the cash game winnings. It was, after all, my biggest take in a session yet. Maybe it's just because I was at the Taj. I do realize that my accomplishments really pale to the accomplishments of others, but today, for the first time, I really feel like a Rounder. I didn't win the tourney like Mrs. PokerShark did Saturday, or even win as much money as she did, but damn if this isn't a rush.