Some images post-raid:
Ace high is located on Swiss Avenue in a relatively quiet neighborhood, a few blocks away from Baylor hospital, next door to a Pilates studio, and across the street from various philanthropic organizations.
Police struggled to get in.
Here\’s pretty much what they busted into, according to the spam sent out inviting people to Friday\’s game.
And here\’s what it looked like after that game broke. Raucous action, to say the least.
The Dallas SWAT team left a mess behind.
I wonder if they realize that playing poker is the same level of offense as littering.
They cleaned out the cage almost completely. And the office.
But they left a little money behind?
And some cake. And beverages, not-alcoholic variety, you may notice.
(Jaycee, I hope you\’re not mad … but I helped myself to a bottle of water. DPD, I apologize for messing with a crime scene, but I was thirsty.)
More destruction — like really, the armored cops had a hard time busting through the fine construction of hip lofts put in a previously crime-ridden neighborhood.
Players tried to flee out the back door …
But that fence is far too high. Poker players could climb a smaller fence perhaps …
Cops had some fun with the white board before they left.
And such is the death of a poker room — second time around for this one.