How big is “high stakes”?

Police raid “high-stakes poker game” using their tactical unit. Buy in was $65.

And this: The detective played for hours — leaving after he lost all his chips, records show.

I wonder how it would have gone if he’d won?

Posted in uncategorized on February 18th, 2011 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |

BWM Says:
February 18th, 2011 at 11:52 am
I saw a figure that the average swat raid costs around $30,000. I haven’t been able to confirm this; it seems high even for gov’t.

If the figure is half of that then it just adds to the absurdity of this.

Hope they don’t decide to raid my $0.50/1 monthly PLO game. We once had an $800 pot!
mikee Says:
February 18th, 2011 at 1:03 pm
Is that cost for salaries, amortized equipment costs, depreciation of consumable items, etc., or is $30k the amortized cost of paying off the lawsuits that occur when the wrong house gets raided?
Bubblehead Les Says:
February 18th, 2011 at 3:12 pm
Wonder how much of the cash confiscated will end up “mysteriously disappearing” from the evidence room?
junyo Says:
February 18th, 2011 at 3:58 pm
$60 is the min buy-in for the $1/$2 tables most places. This was high stakes like 56mph is high speed.
mariner Says:
February 18th, 2011 at 7:14 pm
Too many cops are just thugs with badges.
Diomed Says:
February 18th, 2011 at 7:57 pm
… sore loser thugs with badges.
Wade Says:
February 19th, 2011 at 1:19 pm
Incidents like this illustrate the myth of the “good policeman”. If the “good cops” really outnumbered the assholes, raids like this wouldn’t happen because the “good cops” would refuse to participate or cooperate. That never seems to happen.

As far as I can tell, the “good policeman” is as fictional or as numerically insignificant as the “anti-terrorist muslim”.

Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.

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