Had a great time seeing all the familiar dealers and collectors. (They were all wearing clothes on the show floor.) All was going quite well until I sat down at that table (Bud Meyers' I think) to look at the $5 mystery box of chips. Banged my knee against the steel leg which was hidden by the tablecloth. As Dr. Zachary Smith said, "OHHHH, the Pain!! The Pain, Will!" But I did score that NC Large Crown chip (it's from Bullock's in Hanford, CA).

Scored on some illegal Florida chips from Gene Trimble's bucket of surprises. Rain came down in buckets on Saturday so I had no need of Melissa's services. I can attest that my Cat Trac Truck, although clean, was not particularly happy out in the parking lot. Went through the $1 Chipco sample box and pulled out a $25,000 chip from Tom Gores in Beverly Hills. Ha, ha, ha!!!! It's for real!! Mr. Gores owns Platinum Equity (which has similar chips) and his own basketball too. He hired a whole team to go play with it. Man's got class!

The food at Arizona Charlie's buffet was pretty good, too. I didn't see any atomic mushroom clouds in their kitchen. C'mon now, who's ever been to Farmersville, let alone the Rusty Spur? Da $500 boid o' happiness, and a hundred dollar Carson Valley Inn chip in lucite, but NOT notched. I can summarize my experience: Holy Cow!!!