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440 Geary Street
San Francisco, California
Type: Card Room
Status: Closed
Open: 1940s, Close: 1948
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Operated by George Karoly and owned by Eddie Sahati. Located next to the lobby of the Somerton Hotel. Raided in 1948 with Karoly, and 22 others arrested (see Archive).
Photo from 4/30/1948 (San Francisco Examiner) of patrons in front of the hotel being herded into a patrol wagon after a raid on the club. |
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CG201729 Obsolete Denom: 15¢
Added: 2018-05-27
Color: Beige
Mold: LCrown
Inlay: HS Gold
Contributed by: Jamison Pike
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CG267089 Obsolete Denom: $1
Added: 2021-06-20
Color: Green
Mold: LCrown
Inlay: HS-Gold
Contributed by: Luke Rapley
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CG046185 Obsolete Denom: $5
Added: 2011-10-13
Last Update: 2023-04-24 Color: Mustard
Mold: LCrown
Contributed by: Barry "barrychip" Weintraub
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CG280519 Added: 2022-02-20
Last Update: 2022-02-20
Photograph from 4/30/1948 (San Francisco Examiner). Photo of detained poker players during the 1948 raid, still seated at their poker tables, chips on the table.
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CG280520 Added: 2022-02-20
Last Update: 2022-02-20
Photograph from 4/30/1948 (San Francisco Examiner). A large board in the raided Somerton Hotel Card Room show the house rules for self-dealt poker games. The checkered coat on the left, is that of Eddie Sahati, who had stepped out of the club, and avoided being arrested.
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