Raid on NYC clubs underway right now.

[GiantBuddha]

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Making it even more enticing is the fact would-be robbers know the owners of these halls aren't going to call the police because their poker dens are illegal.

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An incorrect assumption. Of course when the police perform the armed robbery themselves...

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

And so close on the heels of all the speculation on Mayor Bloomberg's potential run for the Presdiency. What a coincidence. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[craigruby]

nah just the dealers/floor..

[corvair girl]

***********edited********* don't discuss security.

[craigruby]

not sure but id doubt that they did

[MrBananagrabber]

I was there until 9:30 and didn't see any commotion. This fits the profile of the typical NYC raid: on a Thursday night, after 10:00. I have never seen the club so full, every seat at every table was occupied and there were full 15/30 O8 and 10/20 LHE HK games running.

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More on last night....

The cops sliced all of the felt tables and the carpeting in the front room. All of the chips were removed and some players even arrested for having similar names as other people who had bench warrants out for them. This is now the 3rd time a raid has happened in NYC when I have been there that day and left prior...

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Bloomberg (or Giuliani) won't get my vote for President, and I don't even live in New York. What a travesty in what is supposed to be the Land of the Free.

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Bloomberg is a confirmed poker player, he plays in the Bahamas and hosts a game on his boat. Unfortunately Bloomberg doesn't control the police or the DA's office, they are independent. Also he cannot change state law. Don't blame him, the guy has nothing to do with the state of NYC poker.

Gulliani on the other hand used the raid on Mayfair as a political tool. He is scum.

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More than 100 people inside at the time. Gamblers arrested.

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It's well documented playing poker isn't illegal. Collecting the rake/time is. Players are only arrested are for warrants, drugs, etc.


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Actually thats an improperly documented fact. Profiting from gambling is illegal in NY State, but they chose not to prosecute the player. So technically if you lose while playing your ok, if you win while playing your breaking the law. A lawyer like TMTTR can explain further, this is only my layman's explanation.

[GiantBuddha]

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Bloomberg is a confirmed poker player, he plays in the Bahamas and hosts a game on his boat. Unfortunately Bloomberg doesn't control the police or the DA's office, they are independent. Also he cannot change state law. Don't blame him, the guy has nothing to do with the state of NYC poker.

Gulliani on the other hand used the raid on Mayfair as a political tool. He is scum.

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I'll second that.

[swope]

there is a lot of static right now between bloomberg's peeps and guiliani's peeps.

it would not be beyond the scope of reason to wonder if guiliani's camp orchestrated this specifically to distract resources from bloomberg's nascent run for pres.