HARVEST ADVENTURES FROM AN ADDICTED CHIP COLLECTOR

BY RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER
SOME PEOPLE HAVE COMPULSIONS TO GAMBLE, SOME TO AMASS FORTUNES AND OTHER’S, WELL THEY JUST LIKE TO WRITE STORIES. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE ME. I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED TO WRITE, NEVER WAS VERY GOOD AT IT; BUT I HAVE DONE IT OVER THE YEARS JUST THE SAME.
IF ANY OF YOU WANT ANY INSIDE INFORMATION ON ANY CASINO THAT I’VE BEEN TO, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW.
REGGIE

PERSONAL HARVESTING STORIES

PIN AND CUE LANES & RESTAURANT WHITEFISH, MT

By:RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER

AFTER SPENDING ABOUT 4-5 HOURS DOWNTOWN WHITEFISH HARVESTING AT THE BULLDOG TAVERN AND THE REMINGTON NANCY AND I DECIDED TO HEAD TO OUR ROOM BACK IN KALISPELL. IT HAD STARTED RAINING WHILE WE WERE AT DOWNTOWN WHITEFISH, SO WE WERE DRIVING KINDA SLOW AND CAREFUL WHEN WE SPOTTED THIS SIGN THAT SAID LIVE POKER ACTION. BELOW IT SAID PIN AND CUE LANES & RESTAURANT. SO, I WHIPPED A RIGHT INTO THE RATHER LARGE PARKING LOT AND WE WALKED IN. IT WAS KINDA FRIENDLY MONTANA STYLE, AND WE KEPT WALKING PAST THE BOWLERS AND SPOTTED THE MACHINES AND STEPPED UP A COUPLE STEPS INTO ONE OF THE CRAZIEST POKER GAMES I HAD BEEN IN. YEAH, YOU GUESSED IT THERE WAS A DRUNK AND COUPLE YOUNG GUYS; WHEN I SAT DOWN IT MADE FIVE POKER PLAYERS.
MY FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WAS LOOKING OVER THE CHIPS, MOST OF THE 50c AND $1.00 CHIPS HAD A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WEAR ON THEM. (THEY WERE HOT STAMPED WITH A LOGO) SO I HAD TO GO THROUGH THEM CAREFULLY, AFTER A WHILE THE GAME OWNER AND DEALER COULD NOT TAKE IT ANY MORE AND ASKED ME WHAT I WAS DOING? THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TALK CHIPS, AND AFTER THE 2ND OR SO VISIT BY NANCY FOR MORE SLOTS MONEY, AND I HAD COLLECTED ENOUGH OF THE 50c, $1 & $5 CHIPS TO MAKE A QUICK GET-AWAY; I TOLD THE DEALER-OWNER WE HAD TO GET BACK TO KALISPELL. HE SAID TO NANCY, GO UP TO THE BAR AND TELL THE BAR MAID TO GIVE YOU $20 WORTH OF SLOT PLAY. NANCY LOVED THAT, I WONDERED HOW MUCH POKER MONEY I WAS GOING TO LOSE FOR HER TO PLAY SOME MORE. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORTER THIS WENT ON FOR AT LEAST 2 MORE TIMES, AND THE LOCAL DRUNK THAT WAS KEEPING THE GAME INTERESTING, DECIDED HE HAD TO BE GOING TOO, WE ALL KNEW THAT WOULD BREAK THE GAME SO, WE SAID OUR GOOD BYES AND I WAS VERY HAPPY WE STOPPED, I HAD A FUN EVENING OF POKER CHATTER AND HARVESTING.
NO, I DID NOT HARVEST ENOUGH OF THOSE LITTLE JEWELS…REGGIE
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