If your into late night poker games at home with the buddies then this article is for you. Imagine hosting a poker game and a few hours into the game it's the fuzz and the famed cliche; 'Nobody move, hands in the air'! What would you do? One thing for sure is not to move.

Well that happen to Dennis Barcuch, 38, of Hobbs N.M.. As the host of a home poker game in february of this year and the following is the excerpt from the AP wire.

Felony charges dropped for home poker game Source: AP 5-9-2005 HOBBS, N.M. -- The host of a poker game raided in February for allegedly being high stakes will spend no time in jail.
Dennis Barcuch, 38, of Hobbs has pleaded no contest to gambling -- a petty misdemeanor.
Magistrate Judge Dianna Luce sentenced him to 180 days in jail -- all suspended -- and 180 days of unsupervised probation.

He's also been ordered to pay 67 dollars in fees and donate a hundred dollars to charity.
Barcuch had initially faced 18 months in prison and a five-thousand dollar fine on felony charges of commercial gambling and permitting his home to be used for gambling.
Officers with the New Mexico Department of Public Safety's Special Investigations Division raided Barcuch's residence February Fifth.

As poker becomes more popular more of these stories will become more common. It is the poker web's contention that if you host a home poker game we hope that you play for fun and if the urge to play poker for money arrises and your in an area where playing poker for money is illegal then we would say take your poker game to an Area Casino where poker can be played legally. After all we'd hate to see anyone getting in trouble playing the hottest game in the country. So from the Poker web to your poker home be safe and play right.

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