re: What's up with Houston poker?

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Card rooms in Texas operate as private social clubs.

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How does that work? I know in Louisiana a non profit raising money for something can hold a poker tournament as long as some of the proceeds go into the donations (I say in Louisiana, but that's anywhere in the US).

Are private social clubs different?

There are small games that go on in small town bars and in the back of grocery stores but they are even getting few and far between. And not just anyone is getting into those.