I have been working with J.D. Morris of the Las Vegas Sun (yes Ralph, LAS Vegas) on an article about poker chips. Gene Trimble has been an ENORMOUS help getting J.D. the guts of a story about the life expectancy of your typical casino chip. Let's face it - Gene is a SWELL guy!!

Now, I need your help.

I need a scan of a chip. Not just ANY chip, mind you, but the legend of legendary chips. The $5 New Boulder Club chip. The one we have posted on The Chip Guide is, well, small.

Tiny to be exact. Not usable for what the Las Vegas Sun (yes Ralph, LAS Vegas) needs.

Now, I have a mouse pad that is of that exact chip. So if all else fails, I can either take a picture of it, or see if I can scan it (which I doubt my scanner is big enough to scan that bad boy.

Do you have access to that chip? Can you provide me a nice, detailed scan of THAT chip? If you can, please contact me!!! I will see if I can get the misses to make you some cookies. I would be willing to trade you a chip from my traders pile for such a scan!

Is the bribery working? I hope so. I have ZERO knowledge on how many of these chips exist, and in whose collection they belong. If you can help, I can see if I can get El Presidente Doug Smith to send you a Christmas card! Personally autographed by Doug himself! Maybe if you're lucky, he will sign it while smoking a cigar, so you can get actual cigar smoke embedded with the ink on your Christmas card!! Now I ask you, how can you resist THAT?!

Thank you for your help. Thank you for looking. The Tubes Group thanks you. The Tubes Group thanks your family.