Steve,
As Gene pointed out, The Orleans has to use their own chips in the tournament. Gaming is VERY picky, to give you an example. When I was playing in the $10-$20 hold'em game the other night at The Orleans I was one of the first 10 who started up the game. I was in the #1 seat to the left of the dealer where there is also a plaque holder that the poker room uses to slip the information about that game into. Nobody at the table paid any attention to it as we all knew what we were playing & had all played in this game at The Orleans before, but, as the next dealer came in she saw that the plaque said "$4-$8 hold'em" Since we were playing $10-$20 it was of course wrong. As minor a thing as that was, Gaming could have jumped all over the poker room if they had been around...............Andy - Las Vegas