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

LODGE, THE BLACK HAWK, CO

By:RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER

’TWAS A RAINY SUMMER NIGHT IN COLORADO, (I DID WANT TO SAY GEORGIA)WHEN I PULLED INTO BLACK HAWK. I FELT LUCKY TO FIND A PARKING SPOT INSIDE A PARKING GARAGE. ANY WAY I STUMBLED INTO THE LODGE, AND THAT WOULD BE THE EXTENT OF MY HARVESTING FOR BLACK HAWK. (I DIDN’T KNOW IT AT THE TIME)
I GOT INTO ONE OF THE WILD POKER GAMES THAT PREVAILED THROUGH OUT COLORADO AT THAT TIME. AS I REMEMBER, IT WAS A $5 LIMIT WITH 5 RAISES. IT SEEMED LIKE IT WENT THE LIMIT EACH ROUND ON EACH HAND, WELL I LOST ABOUT TWO BILLS BEFORE I REALIZED IT WAS NOT MY NIGHT TO BE A SHOWDOWN WINNER AT THE HOLD’EM TABLE.
I DID CULL OUT THE CHIPS I NEEDED, WHICH WAS NOT TOO MANY. IT WAS STILL RAINING PITCHFORKS AND HAMMERHANDLES, AND I SLOWLY RESIGNED MY THINKING THAT THERE WOULD BE NO MORE HARVESTING IN BLACK HAWK.
THEN I TURNED MY ATTENTION TO FINDING A ROOM IT WAS GETTING VERY LATE OUT IN RAINY COLORADO. I MUST HAVE TRIED FOR AN HOUR OR MORE. NO LUCK ON GETTING A ROOM. AT THAT TIME I TOTAL GAVE UP THE IDEA OF TRYING TO DO ANY MORE HARVESTING, THIS RAINY NIGHT.
SO, I DROVE OUT OF THE BLACK HAWK AREA AND DOWN A VERY SCARY ROAD (AT LEAST AT NIGHT) INTO DENVER, FOUND A SUPER EIGHT THAT BACKED UP NEXT TO A TRUCKING COMPANY. DRIVERS WERE COMING AND GOING ALL NIGHT. I DID NOT GET MUCH SLEEP THAT NIGHT, BUT I DID GET ENOUGH CHIPS TO LAST ME A WHILE. THEY PROBABLY COST ME $20 EACH, BUT IF YOU PLAY; SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA PAY.
VERY EARLY THE NEXT DAY AFTER A FREE BREAKFAST, I HEADED NORTH TOWARDS DEADWOOD…REGGIE
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