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Owner Agrees to Plea Bargain in 2022 Texas Poker Room Raid Case

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:35:52 +0000

Seventeen months after authorities raided the Watauga Social Lounge Poker Club during a $100,000 guaranteed tournament, the card room’s owner, Joe Vongkaysone, has reached a plea deal and will avoid jail time. But he’s out a significant amount of money from the legal fight.

Vongkaysone, who issued a statement to PokerNews following the plea deal, was charged in October 2022 with one count of engaging in organized crime and a separate count for gambling promotion. Multiple players at the Dallas, Texas area poker club were fined, and numerous staff members were arrested.

Champions Club Winter Poker Open In Texas Will Have $1M Gtd. Main Event

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:01:23 +0000

Texas is known for having some of the best tournament action in the country, and the state is living up to its reputation with the upcoming 2024 Champions Club Winter Poker Open, a series taking place Feb. 2-19 and culminating with a $1,500 buy-in Main Event with a $1 million guarantee attached.

PokerNews will be on-site at Champions Club in Houston to provide live updates from the three-day Main Event, alongside a few side events like the $1,100 buy-in PLO Championship with a $150,000 guarantee and a $400 buy-in Mystery Bounty event with a $300,000 guarantee.

Man Proposes to Girlfriend at Texas Poker Room; Find Out if She Said Yes! (VIDEO)

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 19:36:27 +0000

Following a very brief tank to collect her thoughts, a poker dealer from The Lodge Card Club accepted the marriage proposal from a poker player at the Texas card room.

It’s been an eventful January for the largest poker club in the Lone Star State. Not only did The Lodge give out $100,000 via a random drawing to a lucky player, the Austin-area club just hosted a $200 buy-in tournament that attracted over 5,200 entrants, creating a prize pool of $840,000.

The Lodge in Texas Awards $100k to Lucky Poker Player

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 23:35:40 +0000

There was no need to hit a bad beat jackpot to win a massive prize for one lucky poker player at The Lodge Card Club in Texas. All it took was a random drawing.

The poker club co-owned by Andrew Neeme, Brad Owen, and Doug Polk hosted one of the best promotions you’ll ever see in a local card room last month. Each day in December, the poker room held an hourly random seat drawing.

Texas Poker Community Mourns Loss of Empire Poker's Edward Garcia at Age 37

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 21:00:33 +0000

On November 27, the Texas poker community lost valued member Edward Garcia, one of the primary operators at the Empire Poker Club.

Born September 29, 1986, Garcia was well-known in Houston poker circles. At the end of November, the Empire Poker Club took a moment to offer a toast in remembrance.

He was the GM basically, but he was the literal definitely of selfless, Matt James said of Garcia. Always put everyone else that worked there ahead of himself. Just an all-around great guy and H-Town poker legend.

Doug Polk's Texas Poker Room is Giving Away $100k to One Random Player

Fri, 24 Nov 2023 18:35:32 +0000

The Lodge Card Club near Austin has a Texas-sized promotion starting Dec. 1 that will award one lucky customer $100,000 in cold hard cash.

On New Years Day, the largest poker room in the Lone Star State will host a drawing that could change someones life. Or, at the very least, serve as a significant bankroll booster.

How does one enter the contest? Simply by playing poker at The Lodge, co-owned by prominent poker pros Doug Polk, Andrew Neeme, and Brad Owen, any day, at any time, during the month of December.