in further bad news for Austin poker home games, there was another poker robbery on Friday night this weekend. As always these things have sketchy detail, but the three accounts I've heard correlate enough to be publishable.
It was a small but well-publicized home game, and was held at gunpoint by two guys who took the buyins. They apparently had cased the joint enough to be knowledgeable about the setup there. A couple folks at the game were beaten, but the overall M.O. of this robbery sounds fairly different from the earlier robbery I reported here.
What's bad about this robbery is the fact that it was a small game (rather than a larger tournament), which from a thief's standpoint should be a non-desirable target. I don't understand why thieves would target a small home game; from a risk:reward standpoint they are very poor targets.
So while I expect attendance at poker home games to take a temporary dip, I also expect thieves in their right minds not to try to hit any more games anytime soon. I play with enough NRA members and gun dealers that are now packing heat to games that would make that a very poor choice.
Why don't these story's feature more prominently in the news? You hear about every other kind of robbery.
Posted by: Marc on December 16, 2004 10:10 AM
do you know that name of the people who ran the game?
Posted by: jack on January 5, 2005 04:29 PM
do you know that name of the people who ran the game?
Posted by: jack on January 5, 2005 04:29 PM
I was at this game...who posted the original story here?
Posted by: Quack on February 16, 2005 03:47 AM
In the laws of Texas Chapter 47.03- Keeping a gambling place.
A) A person comitts an offense if they use any real estate, building, room, tent, vehical, boat or other property owned or under thier control.
B) Defense to prosecution;
1- Gambling occured in private place
2- No persons recieved economic benifit other than personal winnings.
3- except for skill or luck the risk is the same for all.
QUESTION-
1- Dose a commercial lease constitute a private place if it is not open to the public and participation is by membership or invitation only?
2-Dose the sale of beverages and food constitute economic benifit to the manager?
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