Hello Chippers; Here is a short story from yours truly or a guest author of our experiences while harvesting somewhere in the gaming world. A few are from countries out side the USA. Most are entertaining and most are instructive as to what to do or what not to do while harvesting chips from casinos or card rooms. Reggie

PERSONAL HARVESTING STORIES

CARSON VALLEY INN MINDEN, NV

By:RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER

CARSON VALLEY INN IS RIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN TOPAZ LAKE AND CARSON CITY ON HIGHWAY 395. USUALLY I JUST DRIVE BY THIS CASINO BUT I HAD A HARVEST MISSION THERE THIS TRIP. THEY HAD A SERIES OF COLLECTOR $5 CHIPS, AND THIS WAS FEW YEARS BACK, WHEN I WAS HEAVY INTO COLLECTING ANY CHIP THAT HAD A CARD IMAGE ON IT.
IT WAS FAIRLY EARLY IN THE DAY, I HAD JUST LEFT RENO AND WAS HEADING BACK TO SAN DIEGO AND WAS GETTING HUNGRY. CARSON VALLEY INN HAD A NEAT LITTLE COFFEE SHOP THAT REALLY LOADED YOUR PLATE UP, ALTHOUGH I DID NOT KNOW THAT AT THE TIME I WALKED IN THERE. WHEN I WADDLED OUT TOWARD THE CASINO FLOOR IT WAS QUITE EMPTY. THE USUAL MORNING SCENE PREVAILED, ONE BLACK JACK DEALER ONE PIT BOSS AND ONE CHANGE PERSON FOR THE WHOLE CASINO. THE PIT BOSS HAD FINISHED HIS MORNING PAPER AND WAS LOOKING FOR THINGS TO DO, WHEN I WALKED UP AND ASKED HIM ABOUT THEIR $5 COLLECTOR SERIES CHIPS. HE SAID YEAH WE STILL HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THEM, AND GAVE THE HIGH SIGN TO HIS DEALER TO INDICATE IT WAS OK TO START SPREADING OUT THE $5’S ROW BY ROW. WELL, WE FOUND ABOUT 6 OR 7 AS I REMEMBER OF THE $5’S THAT I DID NOT HAVE IN NO TIME, AND I BOUGHT A HANDFUL OF $1 CHIPS TO BALANCE OUT THE BILL TO A $50 PURCHASE, TIPPED THE DEALER AND TOLD HIM TO BUY THE BOSS A CUP OF COFFEE OR WHATEVER AND WINKED AT HIM.
THIS WHOLE HARVEST WAS EXTREMELY PLEASANT AND FUN, SURE WISHED THEY ALL WENT AS SMOOTH AS THIS ONE DID. AND YES I DID GET ENOUGH AT THIS HARVEST…REGGIE
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