Last year, Texas Card House in Dallas had their business license revoked, but ended up winning their appeal.
Now it appears the city is going after one of the other rooms in town, Poker House Dallas.
This letter was supposedly sent to Poker House Dallas a few days ago, though it was oddly posted as a "review" on the Poker Atlas app. It's not clear if this letter is real, or why it was posted a as a review (did a customer get a hold of it?), but here it is:
However, there's no question that the city is indeed going after Poker House Dallas. Pokernews published an article reporting that the room might be force-closed on May 23.
This was posted on the Poker House Dallas page by management on the Poker Atlas app:
Poker House Dallas is not accused of any wrongdoing against players. The closure threat is due to the very murky legal status of live poker in Texas. These rooms do not operate as casinos or card rooms, but instead private clubs which cannot charge rake, but can charge "seat fees" or admission fees in order to support themselves. These rooms are unregulated, and operate in a similar fashion to a home game.
In case you're wondering, none of this will affect Doug Polk's "The Lodge", as that is located in Round Rock, and these actions are taken by the city of Dallas, not the state of Texas. However, The Lodge could possibly lose its ability to operate in the future if the state decides to take action.
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