[Steely Tom]

Ted Binion is another poor soul who was just too high strung.

[kiryandil]

Binion was no daisy. The strain was more than he could bear.

[abb]

Ted Binion is another poor soul who was just too high strung.

That's putting it mildly. Didn't his Friendgirl and her side piece conspire to poison him? IIRC, the boyfriend had just constructed an underground vault in which Binion stored his huge collection of silver dollars.