{"id":4782,"date":"2021-12-08T15:43:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T15:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=4782"},"modified":"2021-12-08T15:43:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T15:43:15","slug":"johnny-chans-88-social-club-sudden-closure-puzzles-houston-poker-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/johnny-chans-88-social-club-sudden-closure-puzzles-houston-poker-players","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Chan&#8217;s 88 Social Club Sudden Closure Puzzles Houston Poker Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/johnny-chans-88-social.jpg\" alt=\"Johnny Chan\u2019s 88 Social\" title=\"Johnny Chan's 88 Social Club Sudden Closure Puzzles Houston Poker Players\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/johnny-chans-88-social.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/johnny-chans-88-social-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\">\t<strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Houston poker room shut its doors without prior notice<\/li>\n<li>Players are concerned they won\u2019t get their money back<\/li>\n<li>Chan\u2019s business partner allegedly stole money from the club<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/top-10-us-poker-sites\/texas\">Poker players in Houston, Texas<\/a> were caught by surprise with the sudden closure of <strong>Johnny Chan\u2019s 88 Social Club<\/strong>. The reason for the room\u2019s unforeseen closure remains unclear, but there are rumors that it could be dealing with financial issues. <\/p>\n<p>The first signs emerged in December 2020 when 88 Social Club ended up cancelling its <em>Winter Tournament Series<\/em> over concerns it might not be able to cover the guarantees if the series failed to reach its targets.         <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"financial-struggles\">Financial Struggles<\/h2>\n<p>88 Social Club was formerly known as 52 Social. It was bought by <a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/player.php?a=r&amp;n=44\">Johnny Chan<\/a> along with his business partners Ho Jun Sin and David La a few years ago. However, a financial feud erupted between the owners leading to a lawsuit filed by Chan in 2019. In the suit, Chan accused his business partners of mismanaging the club and stealing money. The case was settled before going to court, but since then there has been bad blood between the former business partners. <\/p>\n<p>Chan went on to operate the room while La founded his own poker club called the <strong>Legends Social Club<\/strong> located just a few hundred yards away from 88 Social. The competition resulted in a sharp decline in traffic at 88 Social, with many players transitioning to the rival room. This could have contributed to the club\u2019s closure.<\/p>\n<p>88 Social Club continued to spread games and pay out players until December 3.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"88-social-remains-silent\">88 Social Remains Silent<\/h2>\n<p>The room did not make an official statement as to the closure, leading to various speculations. Some are claiming that the club had gone broke, while others allege that a manager had stolen some cash. <\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of players who are still holding chips from the venue and they\u2019re now concerned that those chips would end up without any value. The room\u2019s financial obligation to players has reportedly gone beyond $1 million.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/mike-matusow-called-out-for-presenting-incorrect-2021-wsop-profit-stats\">Mike Matusow<\/a> recently claimed that Chan spoke to him about what really happened. On his vlog this week, Matusow shared that Chan\u2019s business partner stole the money while Chan was competing at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/blog\/2021-wsop-highlights-during-the-first-half-of-the-tournament\">WSOP in Las Vegas<\/a>. As of now, we don\u2019t know if the club will resume operations or will close for good. Players are still waiting for an official statement from Chan or the club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Houston poker room shut its doors without prior notice Players are concerned they won\u2019t get their money back Chan\u2019s business partner allegedly stole money from the club Poker players in Houston, Texas were caught by surprise with the sudden closure of Johnny Chan\u2019s 88 Social Club. The reason for the room\u2019s unforeseen closure remains&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,11],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Johnny Chan&#039;s 88 Social Club Sudden Closure Puzzles Houston Poker Players<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Poker players in Houston, Texas were caught by surprise with the sudden closure of Johnny Chan\u2019s 88 Social Club.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/johnny-chans-88-social-club-sudden-closure-puzzles-houston-poker-players\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" 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