WSOP winner arrested (not Jerry Yang, jesus wouldn't let that happen)

[Micro Donk]

im pretty sure thats the case, but i could be proven wrong.

i remember my dad wanted to start up a multi tbl poker room a few years ago with no rake, but didnt because of the trouble he wuold have to go thru to not have cops find out

tunica is a VERY popular destination around here, needless to say

[apefish]

If you can't trust the authorities to police your morals who can you trust?

[Kaka]

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here in TN any kind of gambling (including home games like that) is illegal. except the lottery.

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Even without a rake????

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yep. even without a rake. for the really curious, here are a couple attorney general opinions poo-poo-ing non-rake games in Tennessee and even saying Indian casinos are not viable in Tennessee:

1. receiving anything more than the bet placed in the middle (rake or no rake) is illegal, plus some discussion on skill versus chance: http://www.attorneygeneral.state.tn....5/OP/OP159.pdf

2. an attempt to set up a deposit/lease structure are shot down: http://www.attorneygeneral.state.tn....06/OP/OP46.pdf

3. indian casinos not viable (does not discuss jurisdictional or pre-emption issues): http://www.attorneygeneral.state.tn....06/OP/OP80.pdf

only the state-run lottery and once-a-year fund-raising raffles for churches and schools are kosher under the TN constitution (the CONSTITUTION! good luck lobbying a change to that). sadly, home games (even without a rake) are illegal in TN. That said, the day they come after low-stakes home games is the day all hell breaks loose.

Selective enforcement is an issue, though, meaning if the police have a particular interest in someone at the game, they can bust the small-time game under the anti-gambling law as a pretext to getting their hands on somebody for other (presumably bigger) purposes.

[Luckyspikes]

TN sucks

[Nairb]

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Not really as a whole as I have lived here all my life, just too many bible thumping baptists trying to save all us lowly sinners from the demon poker. I play in a pretty high stakes tourney with some local officials and people in Govt. in a major TN city and they think this bust was as stupid as we do but they all agree there is more to this than poker and the rumor is the old guy arrested owed an unpaid gambling debt to some pretty powerful peoples and the bust was just a rouse to get their money back.

Another black eye on TN though, after Frist, the moral guidance officer for the general public, did what he did.

[Mitch Evans]

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"Police also said McKinney was charged with possession of Schedule III narcotics after pills were found in his pocket."

I played several hours with him at the RIO in 50-100 STUD HI-LOW' cash game during the WSOP 2006 & 2007. I got the feeling that is not a narcotic'user.

I dono much about "pills", but i don't think he would have reach 82 y o if he was taking illegal'stuff.

- jpp

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Heh, it's Schedule III, so it's probably Tylenol 3.

[EWS87]

am i the only one who thought and was hoping it was gonna be jerry yang before opening thread

[Sykes]

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am i the only one who thought and was hoping it was gonna be jerry yang before opening thread

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no.

I really hate America.

Seriously, the hypocrisy of our nation is outstanding. Glorify a game that involves degenerates on national TV, but bust their house in, take their [censored] if they are doing it at home. Amazing.

[EWS87]

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am i the only one who thought and was hoping it was gonna be jerry yang before opening thread

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no.

I really hate America.

Seriously, the hypocrisy of our nation is outstanding. Glorify a game that involves degenerates on national TV, but bust their house in, take their [censored] if they are doing it at home. Amazing.

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what does my post have to do what you wrote...i agree with what you said but dont get the connection as to why my post was quoted

[DontTapTheGlass]

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am i the only one who thought and was hoping it was gonna be jerry yang before opening thread

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no.

I really hate America.

Seriously, the hypocrisy of our nation is outstanding. Glorify a game that involves degenerates on national TV, but bust their house in, take their [censored] if they are doing it at home. Amazing.

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So true. And gambling is not allowed, but our state governments are allowed to hold lotteries for their own profit...insane.