Info
[ Home | About
Me | Chipping Basics |
Glossary | Links
| Hall of Fame ]
[ Convention
Pictures | Membership Application
]
My Casino Chip Collection
Casino Chips listed by location, includes Casino name,
denomination, and TCR #
[ Las Vegas A-M
| Las Vegas N-Z | Lake
Tahoe | Reno | Other
Nevada | Illegals ]
[ Kentucky Derby ]
Casino Chip Thumbnail Scans
Casino Chip images listed by location. CAUTION! Dial-up users may wait a while as the
pages load.
[ Las
Vegas A-M | Las Vegas
N-Z | Lake Tahoe | Reno
| Other Nevada ]
Featured Casinos and Themes
[ Golden
Nugget $0.25-$5 | Golden
Nugget $25-$100 | Cal
Neva Lodge | Tahoe
Village ]
[ Kentucky Derby Page 1 | Kentucky
Derby Page 2 | Kentucky Derby
Page 3 ]
Doug Saito held a seminar on Thursday morning called Chip Stories II. He had a slideshow that was filled with pictures of old, closed casinos. Doug was able to provide some history of each place, and where available had some shots of chips that came from the casinos. It's not just the collecting of the chips, but the gathering of knowledge of the places as well. This was one of the high points of my trip.
Paul said Chip Stories II was a "don't miss" event, and he was right! George is on the left, Paul is in the middle, and Charlie is on the right. I think
Charlie had as much fun as anybody. He brought a huge amount of poker chips and illegals to trade. I wish I had taken a shot of all his chips at the trading session...they took up the whole table!
Mostly, we narrowed our activities to three things: Losing money at the casinos, pouring over the booths at the show, and drinking beer! Here's George getting primed for the big Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament. His goal was NOT to be the first one to bust out. He lasted until right before the first break...good job George! Now that you have that one under your belt...watch out for next year!! 
Allan is getting pumped up for the Poker Tournament! He's wearing a serious gambling shirt so you had better look out! Allan did pretty well, making it through several rounds of limit increases. During the early parts of the Tournament, his table attracted the larger crowd of on-lookers.
Paul met this gentleman at the Show. It turns out this gentleman used to own the Silver Slipper! Paul was going to try to get an in-depth interview with him. What an historical find! Hopefully Paul will share some of the highlights of his interview. Who knows...maybe this gentleman has some old Golden Nugget chips
he wants to part with!!!
Here's a great shot of Allan's back! He was a busy guy at the show. Not only did he have his own booth, but people were posting questions to him the entire time. 
I had to stop at the Casino Rarities booth to see James Campiglia.
Some of the nicest and rarest chips at the show were there. I've done a lot of business with James over the last couple of years and I finally got the chance to meet him. Man...he had some sweet Cal-Neva Lodge chips,
C'mon PowerBall! I did pick up a replacement $25 Treasure Chest Carson City from him. Just like James...he made me a good deal. 
Here's another one I hit a lot...the JackpotAuctions booth. They were giving away prizes using chips from one of their earlier promotions. I made sure I brought my chips and it paid off. I won a golf shirt, a hat and a casino glass. I'm just amazed that I was able to get all of
the stuff home in the same two bags I took with me!
George and I were doing this quite a bit...checking out the wares! We both picked up supplies as well as chips. 
