HARVEST ADVENTURES FROM AN ADDICTED CHIP COLLECTOR

BY RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER
SOME PEOPLE HAVE COMPULSIONS TO GAMBLE, SOME TO AMASS FORTUNES AND OTHER’S, THEY JUST LIKE TO WRITE STORIES; YEAH, THAT WOULD BE ME. I WAS NEVER 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 CAN.
REGGIE

PERSONAL HARVESTING STORIES

SILVERTIP CASINO MISSOULA, MT

By:RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER

I HAVE BEEN TO MISSOULA MONTANA SO MANY TIMES I CANNOT REMEMBER WHICH TRIP THIS ACTUALLY WAS. BUT, THIS TIME I KNOW NANCY WAS WITH ME, I DID SIT DOWN TO PLAY POKER AT THE TABLE I ACTUALLY HARVESTED FROM. IN PAST VISITS I JUST REQUESTED CHIPS FROM THE DEALER OR THE THE FELLOW THAT SPELLED THE DEALER.
SOME OF YOU FOLKS THAT READ THIS LITTLE SHORT STORY, MIGHT KNOW THAT THE SILVERTIP IS ONE OF THE HARDEST CASINOS IN MISSOULA TO FIND, IT IS WAY AWAY FROM THE DOWNTOWN/COLLEGE AREA AND IT IS WAY AWAY FROM THE MAJOR SHOPPING AREAS. IT DIDN’T MATTER WHETHER THIS WAS THE FIRST OR THE MOST CURRENT VISIT TO THIS CASINO IT WAS STILL HARD TO GET TO AND TO FIND.
NANCY AND I WALK IN AND SHE IMMEDIATELY SAYS I LIKE THIS PLACE, IT IS NOT A REAL BIG; BUT IT HAD ENOUGH MACHINES TO KEEP HER HAPPY. I SAUNTERED OVER TO THE LITTLE POKER ROOM THAT WAS KIND OF HIDDEN AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE ENTRY WAY. AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, THEY JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE AN OPEN CHAIR. I SAT DOWN AND STARTED SORTING THROUGH CHIPS AND UPGRADING THE ONES AS I SORTED THROUGH THEM, AS USUAL THE CONVERSATION COMES AROUND TO WHAT THE HECK IS DOING? I TOLD THEM I WAS CHIP COLLECTOR, AND THAT I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN NORTHERN MONTANA; YADDA, YADDA, YADDA. THAT DID NOT HELP ME ON THE POKER TABLE, EARLY ON I COULD SEE I WAS OUT CLASSED AS A PLAYER AND AFTER DROPPING A FEW BILLS, I EXCUSED MYSELF AND COLLECTED NANCY AND MADE A VERY HASTY DEPARTURE.
YES, I DID GET ENOUGH CHIPS THAT TRIP TO LAST ME TO THE NEXT TRIP. HOWEVER, I PAID DEARLY FOR THEM…REGGIE
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