[SharpAngles]

I'm down in SD right now and was surprised to see a sign on the door of the Palomar Club from the fkn FBI that the site was closed. Looked it up and see the sht hit the fan with their little operation out of the back room. The Village was a nice spot and the Palomar was a degen donkfest so personally I'll be sad to see them go. Only positive I can think of is a bunch of fresh blood up at O11 so let's all hope this isnt too bad long term for SD poker.

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/...ard-club-feds/

http://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/...ney-laundering

The investigation, which began in 2013, involved hundreds of intercepted calls and text messages, border crossing records plus extensive surveillance and reviews of financial records.

Stroj, the lead defendant, is described as a large-scale international bookmaker based in the San Diego area. He is charged with conducting an illegal bookmaking business, conducting an illegal poker and blackjack business and conspiracy to launder money.

According to court records, Stroj and codefendants used offshore gambling websites, including betblackdiamond.com, LBTsports.com and diamondsb.ag, to manage his bookmaking business. Stroj used financiers, a business manager, sub agents, money runners, money couriers and debt collectors to conduct the bookmaking business and launder millions of dollars.

The bookmaking clients would make checks out to the casinos such as Palomar and the Village Club, or the Wynn and Bellagio casinos in Las Vegas, and the funds would be deposited into marker or player bank accounts, court records said.

During one intercepted call, Stroj discussed gambling income and how to launder it through a card club: “Palomar is the best way I can wash the money. I don’t have to report it. I just deposit it at the Palomar and there’s no problems for me.”

In another call, Stroj said: “Between you and me, the best way to launder money, you do it through these local casinos in San Diego…that’s how, if someone owes me a 100 ($100,000) and they want to wire it to me, I wire it to the Palomar and leave it in my player’s bank and they give me chips.”

[SharpAngles]

According to court documents, some of the defendants allegedly operated unlicensed casinos out of rented Rancho Santa Fe mansions. Up to three times a week, some defendants held intimate high-stakes poker and black jack games in extravagant settings that featured professional card dealers, prostitutes, chefs and waitresses.

Sounds like my type of home game.

[Auto Donk]

yep, no surprises here..... sounds like a bigger scale operation than the little rooms all over H town, but the scheme is pretty much the same......

surprised they didn't nail em on cocaine possession charges, as such usually go hand in hand....

obviously Stroj got lazy and decided against repeatedly using a three month "burner" phone; most dopes I know in htown doin' games change phones on which they do "business" every few months for just this reason

[Auto Donk]

According to court documents, some of the defendants allegedly operated unlicensed casinos out of rented Rancho Santa Fe mansions. Up to three times a week, some defendants held intimate high-stakes poker and black jack games in extravagant settings that featured professional card dealers, prostitutes, chefs and waitresses.

Sounds like my type of home game.

haha.... one game runner in htown used to run a game on Wednesday nights out of a seedy swinger's bar; a big free roll where he'd back the swinger chicks he was bangin' with "extra" chips during the huge freeroll he'd run prior to the cash games (to draw in players, u had to play cash if you cashed in the trny, for eg).... game girls were generally swinger whores he'd give x to at the beginning of the night.... they'd be trippin' balls; one such gamegirl was so horned up, during the trny, she says "someone fuk me," and some dope stands up and starts bangin' her doggy style (standing) right beside one of the active poker tables.... (about seven or 8 tables goin)....

ah, fond memories of that place.......

[JAKEPEAVY21]

I used to play at The Palomar all the time

It will be interesting to hear the local chatter when I'm in SD next week

[SharpAngles]

Hope you didn't have any money in the player bank Jake. Word is the Feds took everything. Almost a mil from palomar alone

[JAKEPEAVY21]

plenty of other rooms within 20 minutes of Palomar..Lucky Lady, Barona, Viejas and Sycuan.

[GaryDN]

Careful Jake, the "G" men may be waiting for you with their records and videos of you taking down yet another win at the Palomar. LoL !!!

[SharpAngles]

plenty of other rooms within 20 minutes of Palomar..Lucky Lady, Barona, Viejas and Sycuan.

Wow, it's like a who's who of crap SoCal cardrooms. Probably 10 NL tables combined between those 4 dumps. I feel for the guys down there, options are getting beyond limited.