You Gotta Know When To Fold ’Em: Inside The Late Night Poker Raid In The Lone Star State

You Gotta Know When To Fold ’Em: Inside The Late Night Poker Raid In The Lone Star State

I was playing poker on a Tuesday morning at the Texas Card House Social, the other big poker house in the Austin area, when the word came down: the Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commission had raided The Lodge. Rumors flew around as to why this might have been. People floated underage drinking, illegal private games, maybe a pedophile lurking in the player pool, but that all seemed pretty unlikely. The Lodge is a big business that recently hosted a…