Bengals Rookie Held Up During Poker Game at Super 8 Motel
- Bengals rookie Corey Tindal held up while playing poker at a Super 8 Motel
- Two suspects were playing poker with Tindal and another man when the incident occurred
- Suspects got away with $2,400 in cash, three cell phones and a set of rental car keys
- Tindal and other man won’t face gambling charges
Cincinnati Bengals rookie cornerback Corey Tindal was held up during a poker game this past Monday night at a Huntington, West Virginia Super 8 Motel.
From the Herald-Dispatch:
Tindal was at a Super 8 Motel playing poker with another man and the two suspects with more than $4,000 in the room. Sometime around 1:00 a.m., one of the two suspects pointed a semi-automatic pistol at Tindal and the other man.
The suspect reportedly hit Tindal twice on the top of his head with the barrel of the pistol and asked for the money. "Lay down and give me all the money," the Herald-Dispatch reported the suspect as saying.
The one suspect hit Tindal twice on the top of his head with the barrel of the pistol then demanded cash. Both got away with $2,400 in cash, three cell phones and a set of rental car keys.
The identities of the two suspects are not known as Tindal and the other man only knew them by nicknames after meeting them the prior evening.
Tindal and the other man will reportedly not face charges for gambling.
Tindal earned a workout with the Bengals after the NFL Draft then signed with the team as an undrafted free agent. He will still need to compete for a place on the 53-man roster this fall.
- Nagesh Rath, Gambling911.com
