The poker community is once again facing the legal system’s onslaught, this time in Texas. Last week, law enforcement raided The Lodge Card Club in Austin, TX, and the doors have been locked up since. There is a fact with this that cannot be overlooked, however: the crackdown on the Texas “poker club” system was… Read more »
The Lodge Card Club, just north of Austin, Texas, was raided Tuesday morning by state police and the Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commission (TABC). Little is known about the incident, which occurred just hours after the conclusion of the Lodge Championship Series. Doug Polk, who owns the card club with Andrew Neeme and Brad Owen,… Read more »
Last week, Doug Polk challenged “the world” to a heads-up cash game match. $100,000 buy-in, blinds of $200/$400, simple as that. Later that day, he announced his first opponent: Bill Perkins. When all was said and done on Sunday, Polk finished $29,800 in the hole, but the contest served as great publicity for The Lodge… Read more »
Poker room owned by poker players Texas, of all places, is in the news once again for its poker rooms (though I suppose it’s weird that the state hasn’t made the poker headlines more, considering the most popular poker variant is name after it). This time, it is unretired poker pro Doug Polk who announced… Read more »
