Poker Playing Robber Killed During Card Game Shootout

Anderson County, South Carolina was the scene of a dramatic shootout which ended in tragedy, after a losing card player pulled a gun on his opponent’s during a game of poker.
Jermaine LaCroy Scott, 34, and five other men were playing five-card draw poker in a vacant auto accessories business  at the Commerce Industrial Center near Delaware Road when, as the Anderson sheriff’s office explains:
“In an attempt to recover lost money and to rob the other players in the game, Scott pulled out a handgun and pointed it at the other players.”
Jermaine LaCroy Scott was not the only person around the table with a gun, however, and one of the players who held a concealed weapon permit exchanged fire with his would be assailant.
Jermaine LaCroy Scott was hit several times in the ensuing shootout, while one of the other players was incidentally wounded in the melee.
Describing the incident, the sheriff’s spokesman commented:
“Approximately 6:57 a.m. this morning a deputy was leaving roll call after a shift change and…was flagged down about a possible shooting at this business. When the deputy arrived on scene he discovered that there had been two people, two men that had been shot and he called for EMS. EMS transported the two victims to AnMed.”
The would be robber died of his wounds at around 10 a.m., while the injured player who was trying to get out of the way during the shootout, suffered a shot to the hand.
The shooting has since been determined as an act of self-defense, and no charges are being filed for either the death of Scott or the low stakes gambling game, which led to the tragic incident.

Other news:   2024 WSOP Europe schedule released

Poker News
01 May 2018
Last Tuesday, US-facing poker site Americas Cardroom (ACR) was targeted by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack which crippled the site’s traffic, ultimately leading to a cancellation of the tournaments it was running at the time. After working to resolve the issue, another cyber attack was then launched against ACR on Sunday, meaning that
29 Mar 2018
Last week, Francisco Vallejo Pons, a Spanish chess Grandmaster, pulled out of the European Individual Championship in Batumi, Georgia having made it through to the competition’s fifth round. Vallejo had previously won the event in 2013, and was this year’s fourth placed seed, with the tournament acting as an important qualifier for the 2019 Chess
21 Mar 2018
Earlier this week, Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security (MoPS), headed by General Tran Dai Quang (photo), decided to clarify details about its crackdown on illegal online gambling and money laundering in the country. The move was apparently made because of what was described as “inaccurate reports” circulating about its operation in the northern province of
06 Mar 2018
The Crown Casino in Melbourne is facing disciplinary action that could lead to the suspension of its gaming license following evidence tabled by MP Andrew Wilkie in the federal parliament related to illicit practices in Australia’s slot machine market. As a spokeswoman for the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) stated on March