Jimmy Chagra

[yimyammer]

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People thought Chagra, the biggest drug distributor in the south of 60s and 70s was dead. He's not; he's going on Talking Trash with Brian Wilson in 15 minutes. There's a sticky on worldseriesofpoker.com to find the interview. Google him if you've never heard of him, then call in qith any questions you might have.

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can you post the link, I cant find the video on their site

[fleece_me]

any way to get a link this on the espn website?

[kemystery]

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One of the most notorious gold mines for golfers was a huge-stakes player named Jimmy Chagra. Texas based, Chagra was a high-rolling drug dealer who liked to recklessly wager his ill-gotten gains. He was famous for showing up at the Las Vegas Country Club carrying two shopping bags full of cash and being flanked by bodyguards.

In the casinos he was known as a lavish tipper. Following a sky-high run at a Caesars Palace craps table, he tipped the croupier $600,000. In his locker there, he routinely stashed $900,000 in cash. "He'd go into gambling situations with $1 million or $2 million on him," remembers a Vegas-based career gambler. "It was possible that he could win, but usually it was a question of how much you could take from him. If he lost $200,000 or $300,000 to a couple of us, well, that was a pretty good day for Jimmy Chagra."

Though Chagra was indicted on conspiracy charges for the murder of a Texas judge and is serving a life sentence in federal prison on related charges, he was loved in Las Vegas. Then again, anybody who went through money as quickly as he did would be absolutely adored in Vegas. "I beat him and I beat him and I beat him; I probably won $600,000 from him," says Puggy Pearson, most likely lowballing the true figure. "He tried to play a lot of everything. He was in the dope business and he wanted to look like a gambler. I beat him at poker and golf and I might have played some bumper pool with him. He lost a lot of money to those of us who were in Vegas at the time. He lost well into the millions for sure. Then the gamblers would take their winnings from him and lose it at the race book or craps. Hell, they got to get rid of their money one way or the other." Puggy looks momentarily wistful, probably missing the big hauls that Chagra made possible. Then he adds, "Yeah, Jimmy was a good boy."



Michael Kaplan

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source Cigar Afficionado

[NFulton]

Vinny Vinh'll be pleased to hear he's still around

[davidlong14]

Also, rumored, that some of these gambling "losses" were, in fact, thinly veiled money laundering.

[grdred944]

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i prefer N. Chilada

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Beautiful!

[Cactus Jack]

Hired Woody Harrelson's father to assinate Judge Wood. I was living in San Antonio at the time. Very big deal.

[Trident]

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Vinny Vinh'll be pleased to hear he's still around

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I'm not proud, but I laughed

[Jourdain]

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People thought Chagra, the biggest drug distributor in the south of 60s and 70s was dead. He's not; he's going on Talking Trash with Brian Wilson in 15 minutes. There's a sticky on worldseriesofpoker.com to find the interview. Google him if you've never heard of him, then call in qith any questions you might have.

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can you post the link, I cant find the video on their site

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