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

BOOMERS PUB MISSOULA, MT

By:RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER

BOOMERS PUB HAS THE FOLLOWING WROTE ON EACH OF IT’S CHIPS, IT IS UNREADABLE TO THE AVERAGE PERSON. BOOMERS PUB-GAMING-GRILLE-LIQUOR. WHEN YOU WALK IN THERE, ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENING IT IS A HAPPENING PLACE. I WALKED IN THERE ONE EVENING AND WANDERED AROUND UNTIL I FOUND THIS LITTLE NOOK BACK IN A CORNER WHERE THERE WAS A SINGLE TABLE WITH 9 PLAYERS ALREADY GOING AT IT. I SAID WHO DO I TALK TO TO GET ON THE WAITING LIST. QUICKLY A YOUNG MAN SAID TO ME WHAT IS YOUR NAME YOU WILL BE NEXT IN. IT WAS NOT TOO LONG WHEN SOME GOT UP AND SAID I GOT A HOT DATE, CASH ME OUT. I BOUGHT IN FOR A BILL AND STARTED METICULOUSLY GOING THROUGH THE RACK FOR THE PERFECT CHIPS, AND AT THAT TIME THERE WAS ONLY 1’S AND 5’S AVAILABLE, BUT AS I GOT TO TALKING TO THE CARD ROOM MANAGER, THE BRUSH AND THE DEALER (ALL THE SAME GUY) HE SAID HE HAD CHIPS THEY USE FOR ANTES YEARS AGO (25c CHIPS) AND SOME TWO DOLLAR CHIPS THAT THEY NO LONGER USE, BUT WOULD NOT SELL; BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT HONOR CASHING THEM IN.
WHILE I PLAYED, I CHIT CHATTED WITH THE “BOSS” AND GOT ALONG VERY WELL WITH HIM, I POSED THE QUESTION, I KNOW YOU CAN’T SELL THESE TWO CHIPS IN QUANTITY BUT WOULD YOU SELL ME ONE EACH, HE SAID WHY NOT. HE HAD A BAR TENDER COME TO SPELL HIM FROM MARATHON DEALING SO HE COULD HIT THE HEAD, AND DO WHAT WAS NECESSARY WHILE HE GOT RELIEVED. HE THEN GOT DOWN ON HIS KNEES OPENED A SAFE THAT WAS RIGHT CLOSE TO ME, AND PULLED OUT A COUPLE OF THOSE CHIPS I WAS BEGGING FOR; HE SAID HERE YA GO, NO CHARGE. JUST DO NOT EVER TRY TO CASH THEM IN. I TOLD HIM, NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT THERE, THEY ARE GOING TO CALIFORNIA IN A FEW DAYS. LATER WHEN I CASHED OUT WITH MY POCKETS FULL OF ONES AND FIVES, I THANKED HIM AGAIN. THAT WAS A SWEET HARVEST, NO PROBLEMS AND I DID GET ENOUGH CHIPS TO LAST MANY YEARS…REGGIE
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