{"id":117355,"date":"2019-10-15T14:33:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T21:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=117355"},"modified":"2019-10-15T15:26:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T22:26:14","slug":"wsop-flasher-found-unfit-to-stand-trial-on-terrorism-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wsop-flasher-found-unfit-to-stand-trial-on-terrorism-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"World Series of Poker Flasher Kenneth Strauss Found Unfit to Stand Trial on Terrorism Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

A poker player who gained temporary notoriety at this year\u2019s World Series of Poker Main Event<\/a> for exposing a little bit more than just his hole cards has been declared mentally unfit to stand trial for making terrorist threats.<\/p>\n

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Kenneth Strauss at a Las Vegas court hearing in September. He was committed into psychiatric care by a judge on Friday. (Image: Michael Blackshire\/Las Vegas Review-Journal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kenneth Strauss<\/a> was disqualified from the $10,000 Main Event at the Rio, Las Vegas on July 6 after moving all-in with Q-6, flipping his hand face up on the table, then pulling down his pants to reveal his genitals.<\/p>\n

He then removed his shoe, which he threw at his opponent who was contemplating a call with pocket fives.<\/p>\n

If the shoe was all about inducing the call, it worked. But Strauss hit a queen on the flop to win the pot. That’s poker. But any sense of achievement for Strauss was short-lived. He was frog-marched out of the tournament shortly afterwards and banned from the Rio and all Caesars properties.<\/p>\n

Strauss was spotted later that night in the Luxor poker room in a state of heightened inebriation, once again with his pants around his ankles.<\/p>\n

Committed Player<\/strong><\/h2>\n

But what most had ascribed to misplaced drunken hi-jinks appears to have been something far more serious.<\/p>\n

Later that month, the 45-year-old was arrested by Metro police for making threats and giving false information in relation to an act of terrorism. He was indicted in August.<\/p>\n

Having refused to attend a court hearing last Friday, Strauss was declared mentally incompetent to stand trial by Chief District Judge Linda Bell. He was committed to a psychiatric hospital for an undetermined period on the advice of a psychologist\u2019s report.<\/p>\n

Police arrested Strauss after Twitter users, with the Las Vegas shooting still fresh in their minds, became alarmed by his tweets, including the following:<\/p>\n

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Shootings are taking place all over Las Vegas. Please leave me alone @VenetianVegas<\/a> I have no place to go currently. And all Casinos that have me banned will be destroyed effective immediately. And @Rio<\/a>, get my belongings together immediately when @POTUS<\/a> declares safe I\u2019m going.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ken Strauss (@kpittboy) July 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n