Well-known poker professional player and YouTuber Doug Polk Recently, I assure players that in a well-known poker room in Texas The Lodge Card Club After being raided by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC)，Player funds are still completely safe。
On Tuesday morning, TABC launched an action against this Texas-based poker club, which attracted great attention from the poker circle. As one of the co-owners of the club, Polk then posted on the social platform X (front row) Posted a response, saying that it is still waiting for more information and expects to A more complete official description will be released within one day。
However, under this post, poker professionals Tom Dwan Commenting on Polk, it is implied that Polk used to publicly criticize others when they were caught in disputes.
Dwan wrote: "A large part of your past brand image was based on publicly chasing others when they encountered similar situations. I hope you can take a moment to reflect now and understand the negative effects of those choices. I also hope you can do less of that in the future. 」
Polk fights back against Dwan
Polk obviously didn't buy Dwan's comments and quickly responded strongly. Polk has publicly criticized Dwan many times in the past, and this time he hit back unceremoniously.
Polk wrote on X: "I have personally assured all players that all player funds will remain safe during this witch hunt from TABC.
And you are still said to owe tens of millions of dollars.
Shut up. 」
This fierce response also caused the incident to ferment rapidly in the poker community.
Players were asked to take away chips during the raid
According to the players on the scene, when TABC entered the venue for action,，Players who were at the table at the time were told to take their chips home first, Wait for the poker room to reopen before returning to cash out.
As of Wednesday morning, The Lodge Card Club was still closed, and it is not clear when the poker room will be able to resume operations.
The Lodge consists of Doug Polk, Andrew Neeme and Brad Owen Co-owned, it is one of the largest poker rooms in Texas. The venue is located in Round Rock, a suburb of Austin, own Close to 70 card tables。
Originally, the venue was expected to be held later this week World Poker Tour (WPT) Special Event, But due to current legal issues, WPT has decidedTemporarily postpone the event。
Why TABC intervened is still unclear
It is still unclear to the outside world Why did TABC enter the Lodge Card Club to take action?。
TABC is regulated by TexasAlcoholic beverage industryThe state-level agency.
It is worth noting that there is a Independent restaurant and bar, The facility has a separate liquor sales license from the poker club.
In addition，A public information officer from the Round Rock Police department has confirmed, local policeDid not participate in the legal action against the poker room。
PokerNews said that they have contacted TABC several times for a response, but so far they have not received an official explanation.