There's a little more to the story than meets the eye. Frank may have run a clean ship but that doesn't mean the other teams did. Down and out "to hell with the IRS" hustlers would sign W2-G's for up to 10%.
Steve was a poker dealer at the Colorado Belle when I was spending lots of time in Laughlin from 1996 to 2002. He told me about being down and out when he first came to Las Vegas....and going to work on Tuna Lund's team.
I asked him what was going on with the W2-G situation. Who was signing? He said "There was lots of swapping seats going on. I signed a bunch. A few years later I started dealing poker, got married and settled down....then the IRS dunned me for $50,000. They finally settled with me for $7,000. I had to make payments until I got it all paid."
Tuna is dead now. "To hell with the IRS!" would probably be a nice litle epitaph on his tombstone.
