HARVEST ADVENTURES FROM AN ADDICTED CHIP COLLECTOR
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.
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 info on any casino that I’ve been to, I would be happy to tell you what I can.
Reggie
A HARVEST STORY BY A GUEST AUTHOR
BULL DURHAM-BLACK HAWK, CO
STEVE GOBEL
No table games anymore. Too Bad, they had Great Chips!
Signed up for the Players Card:
The place falls into the "joint" catagory. Black Hawk seems to be divided into 2 strata. The old small joints, and the big corporate casinos. Each have their charms, and their drawbacks. Depends on what experience you're looking for.
In this case the cashier, Tika, was quite friendly and we talked for a while. I showed her The Chipguide on my cell phone. We talked about all of the chips. She said she still has a $100 chip (CG133145 but not notched), and maybe still has a second one. Said the $100's were never on the tables. They were given to employees as a Christmas Gift. ( I assume cashable, at least at the time, but forgot to ask.) Tika said she'd sold one of the $100's for $150 back some time ago, but couldn't remember if she still had another extra one. Not a chip collecter, so much as she'd worked at Bull Durham for a long time and just held onto a copy of each of the chips that crossed her drawer. Said there was one set that made up a Bull on the edges as you stacked them. I don't have enough of the 2002 LE chips to stack 'em and find out if those are the ones or if there is something else out there. Again I defer to the Colorado Collectors to educate me further.
I went back the next day as Tika told me to talk to Larry. I did so, and he confirmed the the $100's were employee Christmas gifts. He was more of a collector, has given it up, but still is not ready to turn loose of any of his goodies.
In a roundabout way, Larry and one of the other guys at the cashier window said something that gave me the impression that they have all of the old chips locked up, stored away somewhere. Tika had just said that the chips were "gone" when I asked if any were stashed away in the cage somewhere. Take this info for no more that it cost you to get it
P.S. With Club sign up you can get a free Hot Dog. Either I was really hungry, or that dog was pretty good. Kinda a neat giveaway item. If I'm ever wandering the streets there again, I'd go back for another one of the dogs as a good quick inexpensive snack.
Harvest Stories from here & abroad 