{"id":12899,"date":"2018-08-30T15:53:05","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T15:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=12899"},"modified":"2018-08-30T21:36:58","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T21:36:58","slug":"the-lebron-james-of-poker-arrested-for-running-an-illegal-new-york-poker-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/the-lebron-james-of-poker-arrested-for-running-an-illegal-new-york-poker-game\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018LeBron James Of Poker\u2019 Arrested For Running An Illegal New York Poker Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NYPD has arrested\u00a0Geeta Singh<\/strong> for working an illegal poker game in New York<\/strong>. Singh called herself the \u201cLeBron James of Poker<\/strong>\u201d and was also allegedly found with stashes of cocaine and heroin.<\/p>\n

Singh was arrested<\/a> in Atlanta<\/strong>\u00a0and flown to New York two weeks after the police raid on the game<\/a> on Aug. 3. In the raid, a total of 32 people were arrested, $125,000<\/strong> in cash was seized together with two pounds of cocaine.<\/p>\n

The game was operated from a mall apartment on Sixth Avenue, officially, the Avenue of the Americas, in Manhattan<\/strong>. Players paid $200 to get a seat or $500 for the VIP room on a different floor of the apartment.<\/p>\n

According to reports, Singh was paid around $250,000<\/strong> a year for her work and used the mobile app\u00a0Meetup<\/strong> to recruit players.<\/p>\n

The numbers are small beer when compared to the games Molly Bloom<\/strong> used to run and which formed the basis for the film, \u201cMolly\u2019s Game<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the drugs charges will mean that Singh is likely to receive serious jail time compared to the one year of probation awarded to Bloom, if she is convicted.<\/p>\n

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