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RE: Houston Poker Room Gun Battle
More details, some questions, progression of violence

The story behind an underground game in Houston that broke with a flurry of bullets last week — resulting in one fatality and two others wounded — is starting to emerge. Filtering through braggadocio, legal ambiguities, and the inherent fuzziness […]

RE: Houston Poker Room Gun Battle

More details, some questions, progression of violence

Houston Poker Room Gun Battle: 1 Robber Killed, 1 Player Injured

Blog / By Dan Michalski

Details are just coming in, but it took place in an underground game in southwest Houston late Wednesday night … Three armed gunmen burst into a strip-mall game to rob it, and one of the players pulled out his own

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Totally unrelated …

Blog / By Dan Michalski

A wise underground poker room operator once advised me (shortly before his room got raided) that every economic bubble burstage in history (or fall from grace) is predicated by luxe so redick, displays so over-the-top … well you can\’t really

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James McDaniel Poker-Homicide Case Delayed

Blog / By Dan Michalski

Cop-killer-turned-Dallas-underground-game-operator (and alleged Choctaw colluder) James McDaniel\’s trial in the death of 21-year-old SMU coed Meaghan Bosch is supposed to get underway this week, but has been temporarily delayed. In an effort to put one of the more, er …

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Inside the New York Underground

Blog / By Dan Michalski

Semi-related to all the activity going on today … there\’s a great story in Salon about poker: A city awash in cards Inside New York\’s underground poker scene, where no one thinks about the recession, or their rent money, when

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Front Page Poker

Blog / By Dan Michalski

First, my apologies to any loyal Pokeratizens who may or may not be run out of business in a fully legal poker environ. You know I respect (most of) your game(s) … the Morning News called asking for my informed

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Poker, Law are Both Skill Games
PA attorney convinces court that Texas Hold’em is not “unlawful gambling”

Blog / By Dan Michalski

We clearly have our first finalist for Best Poker Lawyers \’09: Pete Campana of Williamsport, PA, successfully defended two clients caught up in an undercover police investigation into a $1/$2 NL game held in a garage (a dealer and a

Poker, Law are Both Skill Games

PA attorney convinces court that Texas Hold’em is not “unlawful gambling”

Cereus Launches Today

Blog / By Dan Michalski

Reminded via a Tiffany Michelle MySpace status update — \”Excited about the Cereus launch this week!\”: The player pools, tables, tourneys, etc. from Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet magically merge today. Trying to keep an open mind … because theoretically

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Is the Austin Poker Scene Moving from Raids to Robberies?

Blog / By Dan Michalski

I\’m outta touch, but I\’m hearing stuff. Supposedly there was a robbery in Austin in late October where someone got shot? Anyone know more about this? From what I do understand, most of the games in Austin are small —

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November Nine in the Non-Poker Media

Blog / By Dan Michalski

For all those negatively noting that the delayed final table isn\’t bringing the hype it promised … patience, patience … it\’s coming: The New York Times just took note of their hometown favorite, Ylon Schwartz. He\’s an interesting character —

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