Sweet Texas Jimmy\’s report:
one of the underground rooms I play in in Austin was robbed 2 nights ago by two gangstas with a pistol and a shotgun. they took all of the cash and players wallets. The guys who ran the room called the police, who came to investigate. They found all the tables and chips and books/markers for players, and confiscated all their shit, including tables, chips, and plasma tvs. no arrests were made.
That\’s all we know for now … will try to get more details. I do know that Texas\’ non-Dallas poker scenes are reportedly continuing to boom — and as these games mature, they\’d be smart to learn some lessons from Dallas, which has already had its share of robberies, shootings, police raids, and WSOP final tables.
UPDATE: It was a fresh, friendly game in North Austin. They ran 1/2 NL three nights a week in a small apartment. A lot of Gen-Y kids mingling with the wealthy-donkey Gen-X North Austinites. The robbers knocked on the door, said something akin to \”Charlie sent me\” … and the manager noticed one of the guns and tried to slam the door shut, but the bad guys were able to overpower him and bust in before he could latch the deadbolt.
This game had no security guard or security cameras.