All In Club, Tyler, TX Casino Chips

All In Club
Card Club (Texas Holdem)
Launched 2005 at a local motel in response to a newspaper full-page ad that offered prizes to play Texas Holdem poker with regular chips and rules of the AIC.
Since Texas doesn’t allow gambling, the venues were operated in sports bars and restaurants. Patrons received extra chips for purchasing drinks and ordering food from a special menu.
There was no rake or tips and player acted as dealers at each table.
Prizes consisted of gift certificates to the venue like free drinks or meals.
There was an online presence and it was played every week somewhere in East Texas as live poker.
Partners were from Las Vegas, and it all came crashing down when one of the financial backers died. It is still played at a local American Legion Post in Tyler. However, there is no rake or tipping allowed. Players set the buy-in rules.
Same chips still in play.