14 arrested — \”at least,\” authorities say — presumably to be charged with traffic-ticket offenses. Though you never know with Harris County … they\’d be up for Class A capital punishment there, I suspect, if that dang constitution didn\’t get in the dern way.
Not clear on what the FBI\’s involvement was here. The Feds generally haven\’t gotten involved in these sorts of local raids throughout Texas. And in general this raid seems a bit peculiar as there supposedly hasn\’t been any sort of crackdown for a few years, a Houston player tells us.
Some basic info about what was known as the I-45 South game:
It\’s a very large game that\’s been running for many years. They have $2,000 freerolls every night. Games running from 1/3 NL up to 5/10 on a regular basis.
Also a bit odd/lame … commentors in this news report seem intent on naming names and tattling on other games that may or may not be involved in the Houston poker underground but have yet to be raided. Cool raw video footage though, if you want a closer glimpse of handcuffed players.
