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

THE REMINGTON WHITEFISH, MONTANA

By:RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER

THE REMINGTON IS ABOUT TWO DOORS DOWN FROM THE BULLDOG SALOON; WHICH HOUSES THE JIMMY CLAYTON POKER ROOM. CENTRAL AVENUE IS A VERY ACTIVE STREET, DAY OR NIGHT. THIS NIGHT IT WAS RAINING HARD AND STEADY.
WHEN NANCY AND I WALKED INTO TO THIS FINE ESTABLISHMENT, WE COULD NOT HELP FROM MARVELING AT ALL OF THE OLD WEST FURNISHINGS, THE BACK BAR THE RUSTIC OLD TABLES, THE HUGE SPACES BETWEEN SLOT MACHINE BANKS, ETC. AND THEY USED A BIT OF MARKETING BY PLACING THEIR TWO POKER TABLES IN THE VERY FRONT OF THE CASINO-BAR-RESTAURANT, WHERE PEOPLE COULD SEE THEM FROM THE SIDEWALK.
I NOTICED THERE WAS NO ONE PLAYING JUST TWO DEALERS AND I THINK ONE OF THEM MIGHT HAVE HAD A PART OWNER SHIP IN THE POKER TABLES BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS. I COULD TELL THIS WAS GOING TO TAKE SOME DOING TO GET THE CHIPS OUT OF THIS PLACE.
MEANWHILE NANCY WANDERED OFF TO FIND A FRIENDLY MACHINE THAT SHE COULD COAX A FEW BUCKS OUT OF, WHILE I CHIT CHATTED WITH THESE TWO DEALERS. THEY SAID THERE SHOULD BE A FEW PEOPLE ALONG ANY TIME, BECAUSE (I ALREADY KNEW THIS) THAT JC’S NEXT DOOR HAS PROBABLY FILLED BOTH OF THEIR TABLES. I TOLD THEM YEAH THEY WERE BOTH FULL, SO I CHATTED SOME MORE WITH THEM, THIS WAS ALWAYS EASY FOR ME, SINCE I HAD GREW UP IN MONTANA AND I KNEW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE STATE THAN MOST TOURIST TYPES THAT TRY TO TALK THEM OUT OF CHIPS. IT WAS GOING ON ABOUT AN HOUR OF WAITING AND TALKING, WHEN I SAID OUT OF THE BLUE; WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GET JUST 20-30 DOLLARS WORTH OF CHIPS? THEY KINDA OF LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND THE RAIN WAS STILL COMING DOWN STEADILY, AND ONE OF THEM SAID, SURE WHY NOT AND LEANED OVER THE DEALERS BOX AND OPENED IT UP. HE SPREAD OUT SOME CHIPS AND I WENT TO WORK. WHEW; THAT WASN’T A LOT OF FUN, I DID GET ENOUGH CHIPS FROM THEREMINGTON…REGGIE
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