A few nice good poker games images I found:
Poker and Dempseys
Image by ldandersen
At Robert’s birthday brunch/poker game Sunday.
I really need to get out and start taking photos with the SLR again–people must think all I do is drink old absinthe cocktails these days.
Incidentally, I did really well in this game–much better than usual. If it hadn’t been for a couple of ill advised bets on long shot straight draws toward the end, i would have taken all!
Playing Poker in Dallas? Watch Out!
Image by alexmuse
The Dallas Police might not be that good at stopping general property crimes, but they will kick your ass if you play poker. Thanks to A&E the team is armed to the teeth and they will take you down if you go "all in."
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By all accounts, Texas Hold’em was invented in Texas and popularized in Dallas starting in 1925. The game has been played throughout the city for more than 80 years without notice from State, Local or National authorities. That all changed this year when A&E’s SWAT began filming here in Dallas this June. According to the Dallas Observer:
The “cast” of A&E’s reality show Dallas SWAT took down the door at Aces on Irving Boulevard. They were better prepared that night, from all accounts, showing up with full diagrams of the joint–down to the number of tables and the seat positions at each, to better keep track of the players popped for playing Texas Hold ’Em. The raid even received mention from the Cato Institute’s Web site, which referred to the bust and others like it across the country as examples of “frightening militarism.” As I mentioned in a story about underground rooms in September, of so much force being used to bust up a lousy poker game, Bret Maverick would not have approved.
Well it happened again on Friday at three clubs (Jackies, JB’s and Ace-High). Dallas SWAT smashed doors and windows in all three locations. They were armed with flack jackets, M-16s, jackhammers, masks and other automatic weapons. Each patron was ticketed with gambling and released (with news cameras shooting as they exited the facilities). What is going on? Why can’t the local police stop basic property crimes? Why focus on individuals who want to play cards with one another for money? The Cato Institute commented on the Dallas raids on their website, referring to them as “examples of frightening militarism.” If you want to stop poker in Dallas, just send uniformed or un-uniformed officers to the poker room and write everyone tickets. Robert from the Dallas Observer explains, “Because if ESPN and the Travel Channel have taught us anything, it’s that pale, overweight poker players are notoriously dangerous people–at least when their trips lose to a flush on the river. M-16s. Yup. I can totally see that.”