Late Wednesday night, for the first time in several years, HPD’s Vice Division raided a large gambling operation.

After an undercover investigation that took more than a month, vice detectives and HPD SWAT surrounded a building in southwest Houston. HPD said SWAT was needed because the building was secure and guarded by a private security firm.

Once inside, investigators found dozens of people allegedly playing the popular poker game Texas Hold’em. This is a game that is legal in Texas, unless the house is taking a cut.

HPD told 11 News at the scene that the people running this gambling operation was taking a cut to the tune of at least $10,000 a night.

The gambling room had 14 poker tables, some of them with cards and poker chips.

Officers spent more than an hour counting and seizing cash.

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