Thursday, April 12, 2007

ARTICLE: Police organization will fold poker game in Portsmouth (The Virginian-Pilot - HamptonRoads.com/PilotOnline.com)

ARTICLE: Police organization will fold poker game in Portsmouth (The Virginian-Pilot - HamptonRoads.com/PilotOnline.com): "ORTSMOUTH - City officials have forced organizers of a lucrative poker tournament to shut down the games.

Texas Hold 'em charitable tournaments will end June 10, Skip Blanchard, an event organizer and a second vice president for the Virginia Fraternal Order of Police, said Wednesday. The FOP's one-year contract with the bingo hall where the games are played ends in June.

'We're done,' Blanchard said.

The FOP's charitable foundation has been sponsoring the games, which are played at 2880 Airline Blvd., since last summer."

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