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 […]
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KTRH-AM 740 out of Houston followed up the Morning News story about our efforts to legalize poker in Texas with one of their own. In their piece, the opposition claims we poker liberators* are simply seeking a regressive tax that
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Not super-related to poker … but as Houston poker-raid cases make their way through the notably harsh Harris County court system, I couldn\’t help but think about how in Texas, playing underground poker is basically the same crime as decapitating
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DALLAS–I happen to be on my old stomping grounds … to play a little Batface poker and try to do the work that police can\’t and get to the bottom of the string of robberies here. (Pokerati\’s conclusion, despite declarations
Harris County sheriff\’s deputies raided a poker room on the northwest outskirts of Houston this afternoon. There were about 8 tables of action — a $300 tournament had just gotten underway — and 11 were arrested. Police say the raid
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Fourteen of the 15 people arrested in last week\’s raid at The Palms in Houston have been charged with engaging in organized crime. From KHOU: The district attorneys office has now charged 14 of those arrested with engaging in organized
The Houston Police Department has fired back at Pokerati\’s assertion that the SWAT team was necessary for their raid on The Palms. From KHOU: HPD\’s Vice Division was so concerned about being able to get inside what they said was
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This is not a stock photo. It is recent KHOU footage of poker players being rounded up so they can plea down to a traffic ticket and receive deferred adjudication. So I just took a look at the pictures from
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That\’s about all we know right now. We\’ll try to find out a little more … please feel free to share what you may know, particularly if you were there.
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A fresh comment on a relatively old post about a Dallas poker raid caught my eye … seemed relevant in light of discussions we\’ve been having about police activity in other Texas poker scenes. In it, the accused houseguy makes
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