An angry man landed a vicious punch on a poker player at a casino in Minnesota, as seen in a video going viral on social media.
The video, shared on Friday by poker player and content creator “TimeTravelerPoker,” shows a man with a ponytail landing several blows on another man seated in a poker game. The man then picks up and throws a small table before walking out the casino doors.
Poker Fight at Minnesota Casino
The incident took place at Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen, Minnesota, according to “TimeTravelerPoker,” who told PokerNews that casino runs $2-$100 Spread Limit cash games on weekends.
It isn’t clear what prompted the attack or whether the attacker was part of the poker game.
“TimeTravelerPoker” said that he was not the one who recorded the video, and also noted that the man who got attacked “is a friend.”
Despite taking multiple blows, the man can be seen in the video getting up from his chair after the incident.
“The older man can take a punch,” one X user noted. “Very cowardly attack though.”
Though they aren’t common, physical altercations do occasionally happen at the poker table. Last month, video surfaced of a dealer slamming a poker player to the ground in a charity card room in Michigan.
Other incidents have occurred in the last few years, including a player getting knocked out in the Red Rock Poker Room in Las Vegas, a man fighting an ARIA Poker Room employee, and a player attacking World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) ring record-holder Maurice Hawkins in a home game.
Going back a few years further, old-school grinder Sammy Farha was allegedly involved in a physical altercation at Legends Poker Room in Houston, Texas in December 2021.
Connor Richards
Senior Editor U.S.