SWAT Team Raids High-Stake Poker Game in Great Falls, VA

A high-stake poker game in a private home located in a wealthy neighborhood of Great Falls, Virginia was interrupted by an intrusion of a heavily armed SWAT team.  There was no resistance from the players' side. Eight of the ten players were charged with Class 3 misdemeanor of illegal gambling. Their cash was seized, including $150 000 from the host. The minimum buy-in for the game was $20 000, twice as much as it costs to enter World Series of Poker, the main poker event that takes place annually in Las Vegas,  NV.

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