I always like checking out the Two Plus Two forums to see what’s going on. There’s always a lot of chatter about NYC card rooms getting raided by the police.

The NYPD just won't allow large card rooms to operate in the city anymore. They’ve been shutting them all down. It’s unfortunate too since most people in NY and NJ love playing in these clubs.

The good thing is that not all of the clubs have been shut down. The smaller clubs have seemed to thrive in this year long assault on illegal card rooms.

The smaller clubs provide players with a place to play but unfortunately the game selection drops off since the clientele is much smaller. I guess it’s better than nothing.

Doubletake was a club that was closed two weeks after it opened. Ouch! I recently mentioned how these clubs seem to be shooting themselves in the foot by advertising their locations online. Sending out mass emails is just asking the police to shut down your operation.

I remember trying to visit a club called Satellite with one of my friends several months ago and they were closed. At first, I thought they were shut down but I’ve since heard that they opened up at a new location.

The “old days” of large sized card rooms in NYC like Playstation and Players Club will probably be the thing of the past at least for awhile or until the raids die down.

Either way, the club owners are going to have to learn to be a little more careful and secretive of their location. If not, they’ll have to do a better job at paying off the police!