Meanwhile, as Dallas Police were busting a poker game last night, an 8-Liner room less than a half-a-mile away was getting robbed. (Maybe not at the exact same time, but pretty close to it.) I am not sure that non-poker […]
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Good story in today\’s DMN about the VFW poker bust, the Texas Poker Act, and police frustration with the issue of illegal Texas Hold\’em games in North Texas. No mention of the armed robberies that police don\’t/can\’t handle … and
Seems like everyone is prepping in some way or another for the WSOP. And that includes a lot of Dallas dealers. About a dozen or so of our favorite hometown card-flingers will be working the Series this year … so
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Turns out it\’s true … while we were all abuzz about police poker raids last month, there was not only the attempted robbery that we already told you about, but also there was an actual robbery just a few days
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Julian in Dallas writes in with some official information about this past weekend\’s poker busts, and … perhaps like a player intentionally showing his hole cards? … informs Dallas pokerers about what the police plan to do next. (Austin poker
Dallas Police to Poker Players:
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The news keeps trickling in … and still no arrests reported from either of the four recent poker \”raids\” — at DC\’s, Top Shelf, the Island Club, or the VFW. (Can we really call them raids if there\’s no semblance
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Below is the audio from an impromptu, late-night interview with the Dallas police official who seemed to be in charge of the post-raid cleanup at the Audie Murphy VFW. He provides some basic facts about this latest police incursion and
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Dallas po-po says they know about \”a majority\” of local games. And even though we have yet to see a single conviction (by judge or jury) of more than 200 potential defendants, here\’s a list of underground poker rooms put
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The Dallas Police Department continues its crackdown on illegal gambling … busting a poker game at the Audie Murphy VFW Post 1837 just several hours ago. There were reportedly seven full tables running when nearly 20 police officers entered the
Another Big Dallas Poker Bust
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A thriving low-stakes poker room got a bit of a scare last night — when two unidentified visitors attempted to rob the joint at gunpoint. This comes as the state Legislature is considering a measure to legalize various forms of
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