Doug Polk Fights for Texas Poker Clubs with New Organization

Doug Polk has founded a new organisation called Texans for Hold’em to fight back against recent attacks by law enforcement on poker clubs in Texas. Poker clubs in Texas have been subject to raids and harassment by authorities, who have been misinterpreting the law deliberately.

In Dallas, permits were issued to open poker rooms back in 2020 but by 2021 efforts were being made to close them all down. The city of Dallas recently came under fire for spending $550,000 of taxpayer’s money in legal fees on the attacks.

The legal arguments center around the concept of what is called a social poker club where the owners cannot directly profit from rake, only by membership and seat fees. Currently there are more than 75 such venues in the state but a proposed bill is threatening to have them all shuttered. Doug Polk’s new organisation is now aiming to clarify the matter before it is too late.