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Welp there goes another one of my favorite restaurants here.
Quote from: Gooch on February 14, 2017, 08:28:29 AMWelp there goes another one of my favorite restaurants here.???
Quote from: Johnny Wichita on February 14, 2017, 04:06:58 PMQuote from: Gooch on February 14, 2017, 08:28:29 AMWelp there goes another one of my favorite restaurants here.???Was thinking he was also involved with Mike's but I guess not.
man if only somebody here knew all the steven scoops
Wichita businessman Steven says he is subject of federal gambling probeSUBSCRIBER CONTENT: Feb 14, 2017, 1:26pm CST Updated: Feb 14, 2017, 4:13pm CSTKELLEN JENKINS/ WBJWichita businessman Brandon Steven told the Wichita Eagle Tuesday that he is the subject of a federal investigation over poker and his attempts to land a casino license. Steven and an investment group attempted and failed last year to obtain a casino license under the name Castle Rock Casino. He also is well-known for his work as a professional poker player.Wichita businessman Brandon Steven told the Wichita Eagle Tuesday that he is the subject of a federal investigation over poker and his attempts to land a casino license.The Eagle reported Tuesday that one of its staffers, whom it did not identify, and the newspaper received letters Tuesday from the U.S. Attorney's office informing them that their phone communications with Steven were intercepted last year under federal law.The letters, required by law, do not implicate the staffer and the newspaper in the probe. They are required as notification that the calls were intercepted by federal investigators.And then later Tuesday afternoon, the Eagle reported that former state senator Michael O'Donnell's calls also have been intercepted by the feds. The Steven family has financially contributed to O'Donnell's senate campaign in the past.Wichita Mayor Jeff Longwell said Monday he expects action from the U.S. Attorney's office on the Steven probe in the next two weeks, amid reports the city is doing its own internal investigation involving the alleged connection of off-duty police officers to Steven. Longwell would not confirm the investigation or any action taken thus far.Steven and an investment group attempted and failed last year to obtain a casino license under the name Castle Rock Casino. He also is well-known for his work as a professional poker player.Steven is a partner in several Wichita car dealerships, the family's chain of Genesis Health Clubs and other businesses.
QuoteWichita businessman Steven says he is subject of federal gambling probeSUBSCRIBER CONTENT: Feb 14, 2017, 1:26pm CST Updated: Feb 14, 2017, 4:13pm CSTKELLEN JENKINS/ WBJWichita businessman Brandon Steven told the Wichita Eagle Tuesday that he is the subject of a federal investigation over poker and his attempts to land a casino license. Steven and an investment group attempted and failed last year to obtain a casino license under the name Castle Rock Casino. He also is well-known for his work as a professional poker player.Wichita businessman Brandon Steven told the Wichita Eagle Tuesday that he is the subject of a federal investigation over poker and his attempts to land a casino license.The Eagle reported Tuesday that one of its staffers, whom it did not identify, and the newspaper received letters Tuesday from the U.S. Attorney's office informing them that their phone communications with Steven were intercepted last year under federal law.The letters, required by law, do not implicate the staffer and the newspaper in the probe. They are required as notification that the calls were intercepted by federal investigators.And then later Tuesday afternoon, the Eagle reported that former state senator Michael O'Donnell's calls also have been intercepted by the feds. The Steven family has financially contributed to O'Donnell's senate campaign in the past.Wichita Mayor Jeff Longwell said Monday he expects action from the U.S. Attorney's office on the Steven probe in the next two weeks, amid reports the city is doing its own internal investigation involving the alleged connection of off-duty police officers to Steven. Longwell would not confirm the investigation or any action taken thus far.Steven and an investment group attempted and failed last year to obtain a casino license under the name Castle Rock Casino. He also is well-known for his work as a professional poker player.Steven is a partner in several Wichita car dealerships, the family's chain of Genesis Health Clubs and other businesses.
Quote from: Dr Rick Daris on February 14, 2017, 04:24:44 PMman if only somebody here knew all the steven scoopsSpill it.
Speculating here, did he try to bribe his way into casino biz? His wife's divorce attorney is finding a discrepancy between his stated net worth and the financials he submitted to obtain the gaming license?The big shots that flew into town for high stakes card games liked for hookers to be available, may have included an undercover FBI agent, and might have been so profitable that the money got laundered through legitimate businesses? Just spit-ballin' of course
http://cjonline.com/blog/tim-carpenter/2015-10-01/kansas-casino-bidder-brandon-steven-busted-public-nudity
That's just Wichita
Not really a hot take, but the whole Stevens family is mostly a bunch of druggies, drunks, and worthless humans.
Don't fret the crack staff at the Wichita Eagle is all over this story. What in the world is this? Home boy is under investigation by the FBI and they roll this out?http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article132906284.html
Brandon Steven was playing high-stakes poker against Beverly Lange, a Texas woman at the televised World Series of Poker in 2013, when she decided to go all in with $435,000 in chips.“Would it surprise you if I had a king?” Steven asked her. Steven was telling her that he had kings, which would beat the jacks in her hand. Or he could be bluffing.“No,” Lange said calmly.“It wouldn’t surprise you at all,” he said, taken aback by her response. “What do you do in Austin?”Lange said she ran pom-pom drill team competitions and camps for young girls.“Really,” Steven said, and then, as if trying to see if she was on his level. “You play a lot of poker?”Steven started mumbling aloud the possible hands she could have. She couldn’t have an ace, could she?“I’m really not that good of a poker player,” Lange said. “Don’t try to figure out, you know, what I should’ve done, because what you would expect me to do is probably not something I would do. Does that help you?”Steven laughed: either she had made a mistake, or Steven was being played. “It helps me; it helps me. I know I have the worst hand, and I’m probably still going to call,” Steven said.“If you have the worst hand, I definitely want you to call,” Lange said.But seconds later, Steven folded with the kings that would’ve won. “A dagger to the heart of Brandon Steven,” the TV commentator said. Although Steven lost, the hand showed how savvy he had become at high-stakes poker.