Aces just got busted. Cops came in with a swat team and TV news crews. All players ticketed (except for those who didn\’t listen to the cops who said, \”Don\’t move,\” and got up from the table). Dealers arrested. Also heard but unconfirmed: two other Dallas rooms got busted, too.
When the Rounder Club got \”caught on tape\” last week, I mentioned to a few folks that we would find out the ramifications within the next two weeks. They didn\’t talk to a Dallas cop on that Channel 8 report. That meant one of two things: 1) Dallas really doesn\’t care about underground poker; or 2) They\’ve got something big (and bad) planned … and if that\’s the case, it\’s too late for any of us to stop it.
NOTE: If you happen to be in a room that is getting busted, please get those cell-phone cameras snapping and email to Pokerati. When the cops think it is a gun you are pointing at them and shoot you, then poker will really have a case … as a jury would have a hard time convicting you of a poker misdemeanor if you already had to take a bullet for it.