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I don't know if it the same "card club" but I went to one a while back that is in the back of a pawn shop (just off the square). I played in a ring game for a couple of hours and just got the feeling that there was collusion going on between some of the regulars. I might have just been paranoid, but I haven't been back.

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There are games and "rooms" coast to coast. Depending on the size of the town and the local law (always iffy), you can find safe places and "WTF am I doin' here?" Phone numbers don't always get you in. "Friend of a friend" might.

Outsiders (noobs) sometimes get worked over by the regulars. They're probably never gonna see you again, so WTF. Your b/r just adds to the local economy. "Ya'll come back now, ya heah?" (here's yer hat 'n dohn let tha doah hitcha 'n tha ass on yer ways out)

And always remember, there's no such thing as "too paranoid." [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]