HARVEST ADVENTURES FROM AN ADDICTED CHIP COLLECTOR

BY RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER
SOME PEOPLE HAVE COMPULSIONS TO GAMBLE, SOME TO, 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 AMASS FORTUNES AND OTHER’S, WELL THEY JUST LIKE TO WRITE STORIES. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE ME. I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED TO WRITE I KNOW.
REGGIE

PERSONAL HARVESTING STORIES

SPIRIT MOUNTAIN CASINO GRAND RONDE, OR

By:RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER

SPIRIT MOUNTAIN CASINO IS LAID OUT BEAUTIFULLY ADJACENT TO A MAIN ARTERY THAT TAKES YOU BETWEEN PORTLAND AND THE OREGON COAST. I WAS JUST OVER ON THE COAST AND HAD VISITED THE MILL, THREE RIVERS & CHINOOK WINDS CASINOS EARLIER. I BELIEVE I HAD A RESERVATION FOR THE SPIRIT MOUNTAIN HOTEL AT THE TIME.
I NEVER REALLY DO MUCH LOOKING AROUND ON THE FLOOR OF THE CASINOS, I ALMOST ALWAYS HEAD STRAIGHT FOR THE POKER ROOM IF THEY HAVE ONE. SPIRIT MOUNTAIN AS I REMEMBER WAS AHEAD OF THE THEIR TIME. THE HAD ROULETTE, CRAPS AND PAIGOW AND ALL OF THE HIGH PERCENTAGE TABLE GAMES. IT WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST INDIAN CASINOS I HAD EVER BEEN IN. OF COURSE, THIS WAS WAY BEFORE I WENT TO FOXWOODS AND MOHEGHAN SUN.
THE POKER ROOM WAS HAVING A TOURNAMENT AND AS I REMEMBER. IT WAS A DIFFERENT GAME LIKE 7 CARD HI-LO SPLIT 8 OR BETTER. I ALMOST CASHED, I THINK I WAS EITHER THE BUBBLE BOY OR NEXT TO THE BUBBLE.
LATER AFTER I HAD MY POCKETS FULL OF THE CHIPS I HAD NEEDED, I SAT IN A HOLDEM GAME. THE END OF THE STORY IS THAT I RECEIVED A PLAYERS SHARE OF A BAD BEAT JACKPOT. HERE IS HOW IT WENT DOWN AS BEST AS I CAN REMEMBER. A HAND WAS DEALT, FLOP CAME WITH TWO ACES, THERE WAS ONLY ONE BETTER AT THE TIME, THEN ON THE TURN THE THIRD ACE CAME, AND THEN (DID I MENTION THIS WAS 3-6 LIMIT GAME)THERE WAS THREE BETTING & CALLING UNTIL ONE YOUNG MAN SAID IN DISGUST I KNOW I AM BEAT AND THREW HIS PAIR OF POCKET JACKS IN THE MUCK. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LOSER TO A BAD BEAT. THE POCKET KINGS WENT ON TO LOSE THE HAND AND THE OTHER PERSON IN THERE HAD THE FOUR ACES WITH A QUEEN.
THE KID THAT THREW HIS HAND IN WAS SICK…I BOUGHT HIM A COUPLE OF DRINKS AT A QUIET LITTLE BAR NEAR THE POKER ROOM…TALKED HIM OUT OF HIS MISFORTUNE…WENT TO MY ROOM AND WASHED THE DIRT OFF OF MY HARVEST OF CLAY TREASURES. I DID GET ENOUGH OF SPIRIT MOUNTAIN CHIPS THIS TRIP… REGGIE http://www.themogh.org/cg_chip2.php?id=ORGRSM