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Nov 22,2006, 03:22 PM
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#1 | | CUPID STUNT!
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| Another Poker Club Robbed..
Shooting snarls highway traffic for GTA
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Font: * * * * Melissa Dunne, National Post
Published: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
TORONTO — Traffic snarled on Highway 401 for almost six hours Wednesday morning when westbound lanes were shut down as police searched for shell casings after a shooting.
A man fired at two police officers during a high-speed chase, one of two shootings since Tuesday, said Toronto police.
Police were called to the Thornhill Social Club, near Finch Avenue West and Dufferin Avenue, around 3:45 a.m. after reports two men stormed into the club where at least 20 people were playing poker.
The pair fired at least five rounds into the ceiling, scooped up all the money off the tables, and sped off in a silver SUV when police arrived.
The officers followed the SUV onto the westbound 401, with the SUV reportedly hitting speeds of 140 kilometres an hour.
“One of the suspects fired three rounds at police … police lost them,’’ said Staff Sgt. Don Cole. ‘‘It is believed they exited the 401 at Keele.’’
The officers were not injured, and the suspects are still at large.
“There is a possibility there are more rounds in the grass, since they shot and drove up the on ramp,’’ Cole said. “It' s just looking for a needle in a haystack.’’
Rush hour traffic was snarled for several kilometres back to the Yonge Street exit as the westbound collector lanes of Hwy. 401 from Allen Road to Keele and the Dufferin Street ramps were closed from 4 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. while officers looked for and found shell casings, according to police.
“We got news of the road closures out, but people woke up and got on the same route. Some took the 407, but that was backed up as well,’’ said OPP Const. Julia McCuaig.
Meanwhile, a section of the downtown core, near the Eaton Centre, was closed off Tuesday night after up to 10 shots were fired, police said.
Police are hunting for a man they say opened fire on a black Cadillac, with as many as four passengers inside, on O’Keefe Lane at Shuter Street at about 6 p.m.
The car reportedly sped away with at least one visible bullet hole. No vicitms have been found.
Shuter from Yonge to Victoria streets was closed off, with six shell casings were found on O’Keefe Lane.
The shots were fired just three blocks north from where 15-year-old Jane Creba was shot dead while shopping on Yonge Street last Boxing Day.
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Nov 22,2006, 04:46 PM
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#2 | | SHIP IT, BITCHES!
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now illegeal poker is responsible for shutting down the 401.
what more do the authorities need to see before they put an end to this? how long before these people start consuming marijuana? 
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Nov 22,2006, 04:52 PM
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#3 | | CUPID STUNT!
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I don't get this.
I'd probably be packing if I ran a club with tons of money in it...plus two gorillas at the door.
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Nov 22,2006, 05:01 PM
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#4 | | CPF's super Donk
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Originally Posted by haddon  I don't get this.
I'd probably be packing if I ran a club with tons of money in it...plus two gorillas at the door. |
I've been there it's 2 minutes from my office. Thw whole place doesn't give off a whole good vibe. Last time I was there at 3 am a few kids (under 20) come in looking like they just got in a fight. Not a good scene.
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Nov 23,2006, 10:25 AM
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#5 | | Cash games are evil!
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I played in a tournament the same night just west at Finch and Weston; never heard of this club before. Wonder what kind of cash they were playing for? I know some clubs have $500 buy-in tournaments which I would think would be a target for sure.
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Nov 23,2006, 10:53 AM
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I heard this on 'breakfast television' the announcer said:
"for what appears to be the robbery of an underground chess club, sorry, I mean poker club"
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Nov 23,2006, 01:07 PM
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#7 | | Baby Eater
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Those underground chess clubs are becoming more and more violent. Chess is a gateway to drugs.
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Nov 23,2006, 02:25 PM
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#8 | | MONEY OUTSTANDING
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Originally Posted by pokerJAH I played in a tournament the same night just west at Finch and Weston; never heard of this club before. Wonder what kind of cash they were playing for? I know some clubs have $500 buy-in tournaments which I would think would be a target for sure. |
Action was pretty good at the club, it was a spin off of the old riverroom in woodbridge and one of its owners. Clubs should definitely beef up security. One of the safest places I know has a double door entry. You get buzzed through the first door but the second door has a camera above it and unless they know you you're not getting in.
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Nov 23,2006, 02:43 PM
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#9 | | CPF's super Donk
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They ran low limit games. 1/2 NL or 3/6 limit.
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Nov 23,2006, 02:54 PM
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They also had a great 5/5 NL game on Tuesday and Thursdays. Very well run and professional. Some have said it had the best action for a 5/5 in the city. This game was run by someone who did not own the club just simply hosted his game out of the venue. He is a very respected player amoung the poker community and this is a sad thing to happen to such a great guy.
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Nov 23,2006, 03:21 PM
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#11 | | Wannabe a Xuan Liu!
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Was the poker club actually called Sam's? I played in another club in that same intersection, and I never realized there were so many clubs in the Finch area. Quote:
Originally Posted by haddon Police were called to the Thornhill Social Club, near Finch Avenue West and Dufferin Avenue, around 3:45 a.m. after reports two men stormed into the club where at least 20 people were playing poker. |
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Nov 24,2006, 03:22 PM
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The chicken shit pricks that did this have been caught and hopefully, due to the idiots shooting at the cops, they will be gone for a very long time!
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Nov 24,2006, 05:57 PM
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#13 | | CPF's super Donk
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It was officially called the Thornhill Social Club. I believe I have a card around here somewhere. I'm so glad the little shits got ratted out and caught. They had to be ratted since they were gotten so quick and one was in London. Hopefully some common cents will prevail and the robbers of the chess club will go to jail for a while.
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Nov 24,2006, 06:40 PM
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#14 | | Run Good Wizard |
I am a regular there and I am glad those guys were caught....its one of the best clubs in T.O and the players and owners there are great.
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Nov 24,2006, 09:50 PM
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what happened to the guys taht were caught ?
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