This is more of a fact sheet I put together for myself rather than an "Illegal Of The Day." When I see chips either bought by or used by the same guy I try to note it. The 1st chip I got attributed to Tom Moore was the Horseshoe mold M in a circle. I got it many years ago. I traded for a 2nd one last year by accident.

Used at Circle M Ranch and Tom Moore's Castle Hills Club, San Antonio, TX, 1950's.

I was still at the Four Queens and very much involved with the WSOP when I got it. My 1st stop was to talk to Amarillo Slim Preston. He was always good for stories about Texas chips. You kinda had to cut through the BS but still great stories. He told me about some big poker games at Tom Moore's places. All the usual suspects played there. Benny Binion, Johnny Moss, Sailor Roberts, Puggy Pearson, OK Johnny, Jack "Treetop" Strauss to name a few. The blinds were determined by how big the "fish: of the week was.

The ID on these chips were never in doubt but when the Taylor records came along, they proved the ID on the chip as T's molds were made with the same logo.

I got the $5 in Horseshoe chip last year advertised as The Navy Club in San Antonio, TX. It was originally used at the Stephen F Austin Hotel, in Austin by Tom Moore. He later took over the Commanders Club in San Antonio and changed the name to the Navy Club.

I have 2 of these for trade.

Michael Knapp used to have a column in our Club magazine where members sent in UFC's and other members would send in replies for the next issue. A friend reminded me this chip had been in the column. Below is the reply by Doc Finstuen. Doc was a friend and did a lot of research on illegals, Both him and I wrote columns for every issue of Bill Aikemens, now gone, magazine, Gambling Times. It was fun times for illegal chip collectors. Doc dropped out of the hobby and the fun. He used to work for NASA and I use to kid him about finding illegal chips on the moon. I miss Doc.

I need the Navy Club chips. Cough them up if you have a trader.

Some of you might remember when the CCGTCC had chapters. I belonged to several chapters. One chapter was the Lone Star chapter.
Here is Texas chip collector newsletter from July/August 1999. It has a 3 page article written by Doc Finstuen about Tom Moore from Ed Hertel's website. I did not ask Ed, I hope it was ok to download.

Tom Moore had a long career in Illegal gambling and finished off owning a casino in Reno. NV and he got rid of the large white bear.