If someone were to get fired from their job for (allegedly) committing a Class-C misdemeanor (the equivalent of a traffic ticket) … then they could have a mighty lawsuit on their hands. At the same time, I am not a lawyer, and I am not looking to cause further harm, so I will disregard my own legal opinion and remove the photo if said ladies contact me so i can understand THEIR concerns. Again, I am very easily reachable — via email, telephone, or blog. In fact, please encourage them to contact me ASAP, so I can remove the photo before people start showing up for work on Monday morning.

Also, by the way, are those of you who are requesting this editorial change making the same request to Channel 11? They have the same image up on their website — just an FYI, since that is more likely to be seen by non-poker people than anything on Pokerati. And if the Dallas police contact me asking to remove any images that, say, make them look stupid — because, really, someone theoretically could lose their job over this there, too — should I honor their wishes? Just curious — because though I am biased out the yin-yang when it comes to poker, I do try to be fair and journalistically credible on occasion.

I’m not trying to be a jerk. In fact, read through some of the other comments and you’ll see I have made a few editorial redactions. But so far the only lady involved in the Jackie’s raid that I have heard from are Judy and Beti … and neither of them have made any requests to change the coverage ex-post-facto.

Pokerati is a great venue for players to stay in touch with what is happening out there. I just disagree with the posting of pictures that may be viewed by people who don’t understand our passion and look at poker as a mortal sin.If by chance the people in the pictures work for a neanderthal like that it could have negative repercussions on that persons day job.

As always, the principal(s) involved in any editorial content request are welcome to contact me. I am very reachable and will listen to any concerns and respect requests for privacy. But these two screen grabs from the Channel 11 video, in my humble editorial opinion, tell the story of what really happened best. (Kudos to JD Miles’ cameraman.)

And beyond that, we need to face the fact that the doors of underground poker in dallas have just been kicked in. whether we like it or not, with more than 30 arrests and 100 tickets in 2006, this is now a very public issue … and will become more so as these cases move their way through the court.

Fortunately, as far as I can tell, few players have anything to be ashamed of for playing the game in the places they played.

Grow up Texas and join the rest of the country, people are going to continue to gamble for money whether you like it or not. Stop wasting taxpayer dollars on non-violent “crime” and get a job.