Casino Chip of the Day
March 28th, 2022 at 2:06:31 PM
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Oh that’s an interesting observation, I never would have seen that.
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March 29th, 2022 at 1:37:45 AM
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State: Texas
City: San Antonio
Casino: SA Card House
Today’s chip of the day is from SA Card House in San Antonio, Texas. SA Card House is the busiest (as far as I could tell) poker room in San Antonio. They have over 20 tables and when I visited most of them were being used. I played 1/3 Holdem for a few hours and honestly didn’t enjoy the table much as one of the players was quite angry and making it uncomfortable for the rest of the table. SA has a pretty large snack section that can be purchased at the front of the poker room.
The chip is one of my favourites for both its simplicity and the beautiful font that is used for the club name. The chip is white and textured with 4 edge inserts, 2 orange and 2 blue. The club name is written in orange in the aforementioned beautiful font across the middle of the chip. Underneath the name the denom is orange and the location is black. Above the club name is the denom spelled out and a fleur-de-lis both in black. I’m not sure why the club chose to use the fleur-de-lis.
City: San Antonio
Casino: SA Card House
Today’s chip of the day is from SA Card House in San Antonio, Texas. SA Card House is the busiest (as far as I could tell) poker room in San Antonio. They have over 20 tables and when I visited most of them were being used. I played 1/3 Holdem for a few hours and honestly didn’t enjoy the table much as one of the players was quite angry and making it uncomfortable for the rest of the table. SA has a pretty large snack section that can be purchased at the front of the poker room.
The chip is one of my favourites for both its simplicity and the beautiful font that is used for the club name. The chip is white and textured with 4 edge inserts, 2 orange and 2 blue. The club name is written in orange in the aforementioned beautiful font across the middle of the chip. Underneath the name the denom is orange and the location is black. Above the club name is the denom spelled out and a fleur-de-lis both in black. I’m not sure why the club chose to use the fleur-de-lis.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
March 29th, 2022 at 9:43:02 AM
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March 30th, 2022 at 12:04:04 AM
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State: Texas
City: San Antonio
Casino: Alamo
Today’s chip of the day is from the Alamo Card House in San Antonio, Texas. This was an interesting location for a poker room. The poker room was in a strip mall as many of the Texas rooms are, this one was sandwiched by a church and an Allstate insurance with a mosque beside the church. I drove to 3-4 former poker rooms in San Antonio only to find them closed and I honestly expected this one to be the same when I realized what was around the room. Turns out they were open and are still open to this day. The crowd, both the workers and players were on the rougher side (bikers) but they were all extremely friendly. There was 1 table running when I got there so I had to wait 20-30 minutes to get a seat and when I did I only played for 1 hour because I had other rooms I wanted to visit that night. I spent most of my time trying to find a suitable chip to keep as they were all in rough shape. The higher the denom the better the chips were which is why I almost kept a $5 chip for my collection but I was texting a collector friend of mine and he convinced me that the $1 wasn’t in that bad of shape and I should keep that. I listed and came home with a $1 chip.
Here is a rack of chips and what I was talking about. A lot of the chips were completely rubbed off and looked white like the red one in the tray.
The chip is a grey with 6 sets of two black edge inserts with a white Diamond between each set of edge inserts. The centre inlay is a silver metal like colour with the poker room name in white and the denom taking up most of the inlay in gold. Both sides of the chip are the same I just took pictures of both sides to show the poor quality. Keep in mind I sifted through 30 or so chips to find this “better” quality one.
City: San Antonio
Casino: Alamo
Today’s chip of the day is from the Alamo Card House in San Antonio, Texas. This was an interesting location for a poker room. The poker room was in a strip mall as many of the Texas rooms are, this one was sandwiched by a church and an Allstate insurance with a mosque beside the church. I drove to 3-4 former poker rooms in San Antonio only to find them closed and I honestly expected this one to be the same when I realized what was around the room. Turns out they were open and are still open to this day. The crowd, both the workers and players were on the rougher side (bikers) but they were all extremely friendly. There was 1 table running when I got there so I had to wait 20-30 minutes to get a seat and when I did I only played for 1 hour because I had other rooms I wanted to visit that night. I spent most of my time trying to find a suitable chip to keep as they were all in rough shape. The higher the denom the better the chips were which is why I almost kept a $5 chip for my collection but I was texting a collector friend of mine and he convinced me that the $1 wasn’t in that bad of shape and I should keep that. I listed and came home with a $1 chip.
Here is a rack of chips and what I was talking about. A lot of the chips were completely rubbed off and looked white like the red one in the tray.
The chip is a grey with 6 sets of two black edge inserts with a white Diamond between each set of edge inserts. The centre inlay is a silver metal like colour with the poker room name in white and the denom taking up most of the inlay in gold. Both sides of the chip are the same I just took pictures of both sides to show the poor quality. Keep in mind I sifted through 30 or so chips to find this “better” quality one.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
March 30th, 2022 at 11:07:51 PM
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State: Texas
City: San Antonio
Casino: Rounders
Today’s chip of the day is from Rounders Card Club in San Antonio, Texas. It took me awhile to remember which club this was but once I was able to jog my memory with pictures from their website I realized which club it was even though I remember this club as being in Houston. I stopped at this place around 3-4 am one morning to see if I could knock it off my list before going to bed but the club was just about to close it’s last table. I came back a few days later during normal people hours of the day and sat at the 1/3 game for a short time before my 2/5 seat was available. A cool thing I saw was the dealer and one of the players (old guy around 80) were from the same platoon or something like that in the army. When the player was out of time on his card the dealer paid the next hour of his time out of his tips for the player as a thank you. I don’t think the player even realized the dealer had done it which was preferred by the dealer.
I eventually got my 2/5 seat and played for a few hours until I had to buy time again. The game wasn’t bad but wasn’t great so I decided to cash out. The cashier was a nice guy who I had chatted with when I was buying in for a few minutes and then again when I cashed out. He complimented me on my silver streaks in my hair and asked me if it was natural or I had it done, I said it was natural. After about 10 minutes of chatting he asked me if I wanted to go out sometime, I made a joke that he wasn’t my type as I prefer short Asian girls and he laughed. He said he didn’t think I was gay but he figured he’d take a shot lol. I was quite flattered, it’s always nice when someone finds you attractive.
The chip is the exact same model as yesterday’s chip. Thanh chip is grey with 6 sets of 2 black edge inserts and a white diamond between each set. The centre inlay background reminds me of a table cloth with suits on it. The club name, the logo and the denom are all in black.
City: San Antonio
Casino: Rounders
Today’s chip of the day is from Rounders Card Club in San Antonio, Texas. It took me awhile to remember which club this was but once I was able to jog my memory with pictures from their website I realized which club it was even though I remember this club as being in Houston. I stopped at this place around 3-4 am one morning to see if I could knock it off my list before going to bed but the club was just about to close it’s last table. I came back a few days later during normal people hours of the day and sat at the 1/3 game for a short time before my 2/5 seat was available. A cool thing I saw was the dealer and one of the players (old guy around 80) were from the same platoon or something like that in the army. When the player was out of time on his card the dealer paid the next hour of his time out of his tips for the player as a thank you. I don’t think the player even realized the dealer had done it which was preferred by the dealer.
I eventually got my 2/5 seat and played for a few hours until I had to buy time again. The game wasn’t bad but wasn’t great so I decided to cash out. The cashier was a nice guy who I had chatted with when I was buying in for a few minutes and then again when I cashed out. He complimented me on my silver streaks in my hair and asked me if it was natural or I had it done, I said it was natural. After about 10 minutes of chatting he asked me if I wanted to go out sometime, I made a joke that he wasn’t my type as I prefer short Asian girls and he laughed. He said he didn’t think I was gay but he figured he’d take a shot lol. I was quite flattered, it’s always nice when someone finds you attractive.
The chip is the exact same model as yesterday’s chip. Thanh chip is grey with 6 sets of 2 black edge inserts and a white diamond between each set. The centre inlay background reminds me of a table cloth with suits on it. The club name, the logo and the denom are all in black.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 1st, 2022 at 3:52:45 AM
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State: Texas
City: San Antonio
Casino: Wicked River
Today’s chip of the day is from Wicked River in San Antonio, Texas. This was a brand new club when I visited and to be honest I was surprised when I searched it just now that it is still open. The club was about a month old and although it was huge and beautifully put together, nobody seemed to be there. I went while they were having a poker tournament with less than 10 players and after waiting/going for dinner for a few hours I came back and no players had shown up to play cash games. I ended up playing heads up Open Face Chinese Poker with the owner of the club. We had been chatting about the game I used to play about 6 years ago so I decided I might as well play and grab a chip. I lost $99 and kept my chip before heading out, mission complete!
The chip is white with 4 blue/grey edge inserts. MoGH lists the engravings as gems but I think they look more like roses. The centre inlay is white and textured with club name, location, denom and date established all in black.
An upside to going to brand new poker clubs or casinos is that obviously the chips are always in better condition as this one is.
City: San Antonio
Casino: Wicked River
Today’s chip of the day is from Wicked River in San Antonio, Texas. This was a brand new club when I visited and to be honest I was surprised when I searched it just now that it is still open. The club was about a month old and although it was huge and beautifully put together, nobody seemed to be there. I went while they were having a poker tournament with less than 10 players and after waiting/going for dinner for a few hours I came back and no players had shown up to play cash games. I ended up playing heads up Open Face Chinese Poker with the owner of the club. We had been chatting about the game I used to play about 6 years ago so I decided I might as well play and grab a chip. I lost $99 and kept my chip before heading out, mission complete!
The chip is white with 4 blue/grey edge inserts. MoGH lists the engravings as gems but I think they look more like roses. The centre inlay is white and textured with club name, location, denom and date established all in black.
An upside to going to brand new poker clubs or casinos is that obviously the chips are always in better condition as this one is.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 2nd, 2022 at 4:42:13 AM
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State: Texas
City: San Antonio
Casino: Royal Card House
Today’s chip of the day is from Royal Card House in San Antonio, Texas. Sadly that’s all I can tell you about the club as I can’t remember this place even after looking at pictures of the place.
The chip is white and the same model as yesterday’s chip except if you look at the two of them the edge insert colours are backwards. This chip has 4 sets of grey/blue inserts while yesterday’s was blue/grey. There are 8 engravings of a flower around the chip. The centre inlay is black with the card room name and the denom.
City: San Antonio
Casino: Royal Card House
Today’s chip of the day is from Royal Card House in San Antonio, Texas. Sadly that’s all I can tell you about the club as I can’t remember this place even after looking at pictures of the place.
The chip is white and the same model as yesterday’s chip except if you look at the two of them the edge insert colours are backwards. This chip has 4 sets of grey/blue inserts while yesterday’s was blue/grey. There are 8 engravings of a flower around the chip. The centre inlay is black with the card room name and the denom.
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You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 2nd, 2022 at 5:49:18 AM
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The chip is white and the same model as yesterday’s chip except if you look at the two of them the edge insert colours are backwards.
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Is one upside down? I'm assuming that obverse and reverse inserts are the same, since only one face is portrayed for each chip. (This suggests that the inserts might be applied as customizations after the chip is stamped, possibly in a different factory on a different continent.)
I am curious which manufacturer produced these. "It" could be a rose, it could be a bat, it could be a target from Galaga.
edit: I see the difference in the edge insert patterns now.
May the cards fall in your favor.
April 2nd, 2022 at 2:35:09 PM
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I’m not sure who manufactures this chip but I’ve seen it about 10 times now.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 3rd, 2022 at 1:06:56 AM
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Doc do you have vacation/chip collecting plans for this summer?
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 3rd, 2022 at 2:08:46 AM
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State: Texas
City: San Antonio
Casino: Abby J
Today’s chip of the day is from Abby J Card House in San Antonio, Texas. My friend had visited this club two years ago and warned me that they have trouble getting a game going sometimes. Knowing this I called them as I was getting into San Antonio and when they said they had 1 table running I immediate headed over there. This is a small club with 6 tables and the owner was playing in his own game. I chatted a bunch with the owner and found out that he is quite well off from his career (retired) and this was a passion project for him. It was clear to me that he was losing money running this club but he didn’t seem to care. The name of the club comes from his granddaughter Abby who he named the club after.
I played for a few hours with a fun little group of locals. I had an old man purposely slow roll me which I can’t say has happened to me in a very long time, I was pretty annoyed with him but didn’t say anything.
The chip is a beaut! The chip is made to look like cracked stone with the outer rim being a darker grey than the inner circle. The shape of Texas takes up most of the inner circle with a giant gold “1” over it. The club name is in white around the edge of the chip. This is not only one of my favourite Texas card room chips but one of my favourite in my collection.
City: San Antonio
Casino: Abby J
Today’s chip of the day is from Abby J Card House in San Antonio, Texas. My friend had visited this club two years ago and warned me that they have trouble getting a game going sometimes. Knowing this I called them as I was getting into San Antonio and when they said they had 1 table running I immediate headed over there. This is a small club with 6 tables and the owner was playing in his own game. I chatted a bunch with the owner and found out that he is quite well off from his career (retired) and this was a passion project for him. It was clear to me that he was losing money running this club but he didn’t seem to care. The name of the club comes from his granddaughter Abby who he named the club after.
I played for a few hours with a fun little group of locals. I had an old man purposely slow roll me which I can’t say has happened to me in a very long time, I was pretty annoyed with him but didn’t say anything.
The chip is a beaut! The chip is made to look like cracked stone with the outer rim being a darker grey than the inner circle. The shape of Texas takes up most of the inner circle with a giant gold “1” over it. The club name is in white around the edge of the chip. This is not only one of my favourite Texas card room chips but one of my favourite in my collection.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 3rd, 2022 at 3:45:13 AM
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PokerGrinder,
I agree that the Abby J chip is attractive, but rather than "cracked stone", I would describe the pattern as "marbled".
What does "I had an old man purposely slow roll me..." mean? I assume it is a poker-specific term.
Dog Hand
I agree that the Abby J chip is attractive, but rather than "cracked stone", I would describe the pattern as "marbled".
What does "I had an old man purposely slow roll me..." mean? I assume it is a poker-specific term.
Dog Hand
April 3rd, 2022 at 5:57:17 AM
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Quote: PokerGrinderState: Texas
City: San Antonio
Casino: Abby J
Today’s chip of the day is from Abby J Card House in San Antonio, Texas. My friend had visited this club two years ago and warned me that they have trouble getting a game going sometimes. Knowing this I called them as I was getting into San Antonio and when they said they had 1 table running I immediate headed over there. This is a small club with 6 tables and the owner was playing in his own game. I chatted a bunch with the owner and found out that he is quite well off from his career (retired) and this was a passion project for him. It was clear to me that he was losing money running this club but he didn’t seem to care. The name of the club comes from his granddaughter Abby who he named the club after.
I played for a few hours with a fun little group of locals. I had an old man purposely slow roll me which I can’t say has happened to me in a very long time, I was pretty annoyed with him but didn’t say anything.
The chip is a beaut! The chip is made to look like cracked stone with the outer rim being a darker grey than the inner circle. The shape of Texas takes up most of the inner circle with a giant gold “1” over it. The club name is in white around the edge of the chip. This is not only one of my favourite Texas card room chips but one of my favourite in my collection.
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I think this is one of the nicest looking chips you have posted in a long time. Thanks PG for all your work.
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April 3rd, 2022 at 6:41:02 AM
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PG why not call the slow roller out?
April 3rd, 2022 at 7:46:40 AM
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Quote: PokerGrinderDoc do you have vacation/chip collecting plans for this summer?
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I don't seem to be able to come up with viable plans for doing much of anything more than dinner at a local restaurant. Maybe some day soon I will start trying to get around to working on filing my income taxes.
BTW, that Abby J chip brought us to a total of 1,400 casinos represented in this thread. Seems like a significant milestone to make note of.
April 3rd, 2022 at 12:37:34 PM
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Quote: DogHandPokerGrinder,
I agree that the Abby J chip is attractive, but rather than "cracked stone", I would describe the pattern as "marbled".
What does "I had an old man purposely slow roll me..." mean? I assume it is a poker-specific term.
Dog Hand
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“A slow roll occurs at showdown when a player with an extremely strong hand, often the nuts, faces river bet and then delays calling or turning over his cards. This is usually done to give an opponent false hope that he holds the winning hand. Slow rolling is a serious breach of poker etiquette.”
In this situation I called the river and showed I had two big pairs, he said that’s a really good hand and then about 5 seconds later finally tabled his hand to show the winner. He had a smirk on his face so I knew this wasn’t just an old guy being slow but that his intent was to slow roll me.
John the reason I didn’t say anything is that it’s not worth the trouble. It’s a small poker room where I am the new guy, it’s easier to just let it roll off and move on especially when the pot was maybe $300.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 3rd, 2022 at 10:46:21 PM
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Thank you for sharing such informative, useful and helpful knowledge! This gave me some insights to do better. I would really love to see more updates from you.
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April 3rd, 2022 at 10:46:57 PM
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Quote: sonebetThank you for sharing such informative, useful and helpful knowledge! This gave me some insights to do better. I would really love to see more updates from you.
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April 3rd, 2022 at 10:47:42 PM
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Thank you for sharing such informative, useful and helpful knowledge! This gave me some insights to do better. I would really love to see more updates from you.
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April 4th, 2022 at 3:31:11 AM
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State: Texas
City: Flint
Casino: Top Shelf
Today’s chip of the day is from Top Shelf Poker Room in Flint, Texas. Top Shelf is just outside of Tyler, Texas which is a 90 minute drive from Dallas. The club was formerly Tilt before it was sold late 2020/early 2021 and is located in what looks like a garage/storage locker. I went last March and they were just finishing up a tournament when I got there. The cash game was a lot of fun, people came and went as the night went on. They have a player pool of about 30 regulars that they said that come a couple times a week. At one point a chef from a local restaurant came by to play for about 20 minutes and brought a bag of chicken and a bag of steak from his work which were both excellent. I played until the game broke about 4-5 hours later. Honestly I love these tiny poker rooms, they are always the most fun.
Sadly about a month ago this club was shut down and everything was seized including money they raised for charity. They are hoping that since TCH in Dallas won their court case that they will do the same and get to reopen very soon.
The chip is yellow/beige with 6 sets of 2 white edge inserts. The centre inlay is black with the club name and the denom both in white twice around the inlay. The middle of the inlay is the logo which I think is supposed to be a round poker table with the 4 suits displayed.
City: Flint
Casino: Top Shelf
Today’s chip of the day is from Top Shelf Poker Room in Flint, Texas. Top Shelf is just outside of Tyler, Texas which is a 90 minute drive from Dallas. The club was formerly Tilt before it was sold late 2020/early 2021 and is located in what looks like a garage/storage locker. I went last March and they were just finishing up a tournament when I got there. The cash game was a lot of fun, people came and went as the night went on. They have a player pool of about 30 regulars that they said that come a couple times a week. At one point a chef from a local restaurant came by to play for about 20 minutes and brought a bag of chicken and a bag of steak from his work which were both excellent. I played until the game broke about 4-5 hours later. Honestly I love these tiny poker rooms, they are always the most fun.
Sadly about a month ago this club was shut down and everything was seized including money they raised for charity. They are hoping that since TCH in Dallas won their court case that they will do the same and get to reopen very soon.
The chip is yellow/beige with 6 sets of 2 white edge inserts. The centre inlay is black with the club name and the denom both in white twice around the inlay. The middle of the inlay is the logo which I think is supposed to be a round poker table with the 4 suits displayed.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 4th, 2022 at 5:36:27 AM
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I know that this thread is a bit fragile in the system, due to the impressive post count. Not deleting the spam posts, lest some wires get crossed in the process and something catches fire.
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May the cards fall in your favor.
April 5th, 2022 at 1:50:42 AM
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State: Texas
City: Killeen
Casino: All-In
Today’s chip of the day is from the All-In Club in Killeen, Texas. I was in Killeen for one night last year and stopped at two poker clubs, All-In being one of them. It was a little bit sketchy on the outside and inside I felt out of place until I got to the table and everyone was very welcoming. I played for a few hours with a couple of great action players who were trying to give their money away as fast as possible. I didn’t stay too long as I had one other club that I wanted to visit that night. I was in Killeen last month again and this place has since closed with one of the partners opening a new club that I will eventually post the chip from. Poker rooms in Texas close often but small town rooms close even more often from my experience.
I kept a $5 chip at All-In due to the horrible shape the $1 chips were in. The chip is red with 6 white edge inserts. The centre inlay is white with the club name and the denom in red. The black logo is hard to see on the chip so I took a picture of the logo on the felt. The All-In label was added by me last year so that I would remember what the picture was of. Also while the lighting isn’t great, you can see that the $1 chips have been completely worn off. That’s not the light, they are just plain white now.
My best guess is the logo is of a dragon/snake with wings wrapped around another one. If you look at the head of the creature it kind of looks like a horse head but that wouldn’t make any sense.
City: Killeen
Casino: All-In
Today’s chip of the day is from the All-In Club in Killeen, Texas. I was in Killeen for one night last year and stopped at two poker clubs, All-In being one of them. It was a little bit sketchy on the outside and inside I felt out of place until I got to the table and everyone was very welcoming. I played for a few hours with a couple of great action players who were trying to give their money away as fast as possible. I didn’t stay too long as I had one other club that I wanted to visit that night. I was in Killeen last month again and this place has since closed with one of the partners opening a new club that I will eventually post the chip from. Poker rooms in Texas close often but small town rooms close even more often from my experience.
I kept a $5 chip at All-In due to the horrible shape the $1 chips were in. The chip is red with 6 white edge inserts. The centre inlay is white with the club name and the denom in red. The black logo is hard to see on the chip so I took a picture of the logo on the felt. The All-In label was added by me last year so that I would remember what the picture was of. Also while the lighting isn’t great, you can see that the $1 chips have been completely worn off. That’s not the light, they are just plain white now.
My best guess is the logo is of a dragon/snake with wings wrapped around another one. If you look at the head of the creature it kind of looks like a horse head but that wouldn’t make any sense.
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You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 5th, 2022 at 7:12:02 AM
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PG, I indexed this chip with a hyphen in the club's name, the way it looks to me on the chip. If that is an error, let me know, so I can correct it. Thanks.
April 5th, 2022 at 2:02:35 PM
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Quote: DocPG, I indexed this chip with a hyphen in the club's name, the way it looks to me on the chip. If that is an error, let me know, so I can correct it. Thanks.
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No you are correct, I missed that. Also I forgot to tell you to put the city name in the index cause I have another All-In club that I will post eventually that has no relation to the original club.
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You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 6th, 2022 at 3:09:30 AM
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State: Texas
City: Harker Heights
Casino: Kard Klub
Today’s chip of the day is from the Kard Klub in Harker Heights, Texas. I’m not sure what makes this Harker Heights and not Killeen but this club (not Klub lol) is a 9 minute drive from yesterday’s location. This club was not quite open yet when I got there, I waited for about 20-30 minutes until enough players showed up to start a game. Half the building is the poker room and the other half has a few pool tables and their “slot machines” which are actually computers that are in most of the small rooms that you can play slots on and win “credits”. Those “credits” can be sold to the owner of the club for money. Basically a long winded way around the law.
Once the game got started it was like any other poker game. The waitress would come around often to see if anyone wanted anything and I hadn’t eaten yet so I asked about food. Turns out somebody makes a bunch of homemade mini pizzas and then sells them here for I think it was $5. I figured for $5 it wasn’t going to be good but it actually was pretty tasty and apparently they are raw when they get cooked at the club. Overall cool little club that is still in business today as far as I know.
The chip is grey with 8 edge inserts, 4 white and 4 dark grey. The centre inlay is white with a silver border and then a black ring around that. The club name is in white twice with two crowns. The centre white area has a silver Fleur-de-lis with a black “1” overtop of it. I guess I should probably point out that the reason the club name is spelled with “K’s” instead of “C’s” is a play on the King in the deck of cards just in case that wasn’t obvious.
City: Harker Heights
Casino: Kard Klub
Today’s chip of the day is from the Kard Klub in Harker Heights, Texas. I’m not sure what makes this Harker Heights and not Killeen but this club (not Klub lol) is a 9 minute drive from yesterday’s location. This club was not quite open yet when I got there, I waited for about 20-30 minutes until enough players showed up to start a game. Half the building is the poker room and the other half has a few pool tables and their “slot machines” which are actually computers that are in most of the small rooms that you can play slots on and win “credits”. Those “credits” can be sold to the owner of the club for money. Basically a long winded way around the law.
Once the game got started it was like any other poker game. The waitress would come around often to see if anyone wanted anything and I hadn’t eaten yet so I asked about food. Turns out somebody makes a bunch of homemade mini pizzas and then sells them here for I think it was $5. I figured for $5 it wasn’t going to be good but it actually was pretty tasty and apparently they are raw when they get cooked at the club. Overall cool little club that is still in business today as far as I know.
The chip is grey with 8 edge inserts, 4 white and 4 dark grey. The centre inlay is white with a silver border and then a black ring around that. The club name is in white twice with two crowns. The centre white area has a silver Fleur-de-lis with a black “1” overtop of it. I guess I should probably point out that the reason the club name is spelled with “K’s” instead of “C’s” is a play on the King in the deck of cards just in case that wasn’t obvious.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 7th, 2022 at 2:43:10 AM
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State: Texas
City: Galveston
Casino: Celebrity Card Club
Today’s chip of the day is from Celebrity Card Club in Galveston, Texas. It took me about a hour to drive to Galveston from Houston but it wasn’t too bad as there were a few clubs to hit on the way back halfway between Galveston and Houston. I got to CCC around 8 pm and they were in the middle of a one table tournament. The guy told me they would start a cash game as soon as the tournament was over. I asked about food around there and was told to go to a taco food truck a few blocks away. I went and ordered some of the best tacos I’ve ever had. Shortly after I got back they were ready to start the game. The club is small with only 4 tables but they seem to get one going 5 days a week from talking to the owner. There is another CCC in Odessa which I tried to go to and ended up seriously injured instead, that’s a story for a different chip of the day though.
The game broke less than 2 hours later as everyone lost their money and there were only 3 of us left. I won about $700 and then headed back to Houston after stopping at I think Spades and the Mint poker rooms.
The chip is the same model as the Wicked River and Royal ones that I posted recently. The chip is white with 8 rose/gem engravings and 4 grey/blue edge inserts. The logo/club name is red and black with the suits inside the 3 “C’s” and the 4th one replacing the “A” in card. The denom is in black below the logo.
City: Galveston
Casino: Celebrity Card Club
Today’s chip of the day is from Celebrity Card Club in Galveston, Texas. It took me about a hour to drive to Galveston from Houston but it wasn’t too bad as there were a few clubs to hit on the way back halfway between Galveston and Houston. I got to CCC around 8 pm and they were in the middle of a one table tournament. The guy told me they would start a cash game as soon as the tournament was over. I asked about food around there and was told to go to a taco food truck a few blocks away. I went and ordered some of the best tacos I’ve ever had. Shortly after I got back they were ready to start the game. The club is small with only 4 tables but they seem to get one going 5 days a week from talking to the owner. There is another CCC in Odessa which I tried to go to and ended up seriously injured instead, that’s a story for a different chip of the day though.
The game broke less than 2 hours later as everyone lost their money and there were only 3 of us left. I won about $700 and then headed back to Houston after stopping at I think Spades and the Mint poker rooms.
The chip is the same model as the Wicked River and Royal ones that I posted recently. The chip is white with 8 rose/gem engravings and 4 grey/blue edge inserts. The logo/club name is red and black with the suits inside the 3 “C’s” and the 4th one replacing the “A” in card. The denom is in black below the logo.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 7th, 2022 at 11:39:24 PM
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State: Texas
City: El Paso
Casino: Sun City
Today’s chip of the day is from Sun City Card Club in El Paso, Texas. I took a (very) long route from Denver to Las Vegas last year through NM and AZ and made a stop in El Paso to play at two poker clubs. This was during the severe cold front that shut down Texas and other states. When I got to El Paso there was snow on the ground and temperatures were below 30. I was coming from nasty weather in Denver and I’m Canadian so the mild winter weather in El Paso didn’t bother me in the slightest. This was actually the 2nd of the two clubs that I stopped at that night. I played for a hour just to collect a chip (was very tired from long drive) and then my hotel was next door. Annoying but funny I had to check into 3 different rooms because the first two hadn’t been cleaned at all since the last guests. The front door lady was more annoyed with housekeeping and the situation than I was.
The chip is white with 6 blue edge inserts the club name is listed twice on the chip with the denom on the bottom of the chip and the logo of the 4 suits in a circle on the left hand side.
City: El Paso
Casino: Sun City
Today’s chip of the day is from Sun City Card Club in El Paso, Texas. I took a (very) long route from Denver to Las Vegas last year through NM and AZ and made a stop in El Paso to play at two poker clubs. This was during the severe cold front that shut down Texas and other states. When I got to El Paso there was snow on the ground and temperatures were below 30. I was coming from nasty weather in Denver and I’m Canadian so the mild winter weather in El Paso didn’t bother me in the slightest. This was actually the 2nd of the two clubs that I stopped at that night. I played for a hour just to collect a chip (was very tired from long drive) and then my hotel was next door. Annoying but funny I had to check into 3 different rooms because the first two hadn’t been cleaned at all since the last guests. The front door lady was more annoyed with housekeeping and the situation than I was.
The chip is white with 6 blue edge inserts the club name is listed twice on the chip with the denom on the bottom of the chip and the logo of the 4 suits in a circle on the left hand side.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 9th, 2022 at 2:57:17 AM
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State: Texas
City: El Paso
Casino: House of Kings
Today’s chip of the day is from House of Kings in El Paso, Texas. This is the first of the two card rooms I visited during my 14 hours in El Paso, I’m not sure why I posted them in reverse order but I did cause I guess I’m a rebel or something. This was a standard club with 8 tables and 2 games running the night that I was there. I played for a hour as I was short on time and wanted to get to Sun City while a game was still running.
The chip is white the same maze like pattern that we have seen before on the Texas Card House chip from Houston. There are 4 sets of 3 edge inserts in black, yellow and red. The centre inlay is black with a giant crown, the 5 points of the crown have the 4 suits and then a giant Diamond on the middle point. The club name and the chip denom are both in white below the crown.
City: El Paso
Casino: House of Kings
Today’s chip of the day is from House of Kings in El Paso, Texas. This is the first of the two card rooms I visited during my 14 hours in El Paso, I’m not sure why I posted them in reverse order but I did cause I guess I’m a rebel or something. This was a standard club with 8 tables and 2 games running the night that I was there. I played for a hour as I was short on time and wanted to get to Sun City while a game was still running.
The chip is white the same maze like pattern that we have seen before on the Texas Card House chip from Houston. There are 4 sets of 3 edge inserts in black, yellow and red. The centre inlay is black with a giant crown, the 5 points of the crown have the 4 suits and then a giant Diamond on the middle point. The club name and the chip denom are both in white below the crown.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 10th, 2022 at 1:01:33 AM
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State: Texas
City: Austin
Casino: Texas Card House
Today’s chip of the day is from Texas Card House in Austin, Texas. Texas Card House in Austin is one of the two busiest rooms in the city with The Lodge. I went on a busy weekend night and spent most of my visit trying to get on the crazy action 2/5 main game. I started at the 1/3 while I waited for a 2/5 seat, shortly after they started a new 2/5 must move game which basically means they use that table as a feeder table so the main game never breaks. I played there for about 90 minutes until I finally got to the main game. The main game had a few action players but the main guy was this very loud and very drunk older Asian man who was giving away chips faster than he could buy them. I wasn’t able to get any good spots with the Asian whale and then just my luck 30 minutes after I arrived at the table they couldn’t control him anymore and had to call him an Uber and send him home for the night. Once he was gone a bunch of people starting racking up their chips since the easy money was gone so I did the same. Oh well it’s about the journey not the end result right? Right? RIGHT?!?
The chip is very similar to the one from Spring/Houston but the edge inserts are slightly different. The chip is white with 4 red rectangle and 4 yellow triangle edge inserts. The chip has the same maze like pattern as the chip from yesterday that I’ve seen a few times now in Texas. The centre inlay is white with the club name and the chip denom in black with the Texas Card House logo above that also in black.
City: Austin
Casino: Texas Card House
Today’s chip of the day is from Texas Card House in Austin, Texas. Texas Card House in Austin is one of the two busiest rooms in the city with The Lodge. I went on a busy weekend night and spent most of my visit trying to get on the crazy action 2/5 main game. I started at the 1/3 while I waited for a 2/5 seat, shortly after they started a new 2/5 must move game which basically means they use that table as a feeder table so the main game never breaks. I played there for about 90 minutes until I finally got to the main game. The main game had a few action players but the main guy was this very loud and very drunk older Asian man who was giving away chips faster than he could buy them. I wasn’t able to get any good spots with the Asian whale and then just my luck 30 minutes after I arrived at the table they couldn’t control him anymore and had to call him an Uber and send him home for the night. Once he was gone a bunch of people starting racking up their chips since the easy money was gone so I did the same. Oh well it’s about the journey not the end result right? Right? RIGHT?!?
The chip is very similar to the one from Spring/Houston but the edge inserts are slightly different. The chip is white with 4 red rectangle and 4 yellow triangle edge inserts. The chip has the same maze like pattern as the chip from yesterday that I’ve seen a few times now in Texas. The centre inlay is white with the club name and the chip denom in black with the Texas Card House logo above that also in black.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 12th, 2022 at 12:25:09 AM
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State: Texas
City: Waco
Casino: HOT
Today’s chip of the day is from HOT Social Club in Waco, Texas. HOT stands for heart of Texas. I got there as they were opening (I should really learn to stop showing up at the open time) and they didn’t have a game running yet. I went next door to a fancy Italian restaurant and had a very solid meal before heading back to the poker room. When I got there they were running a 2/5/10 Holdem game so I jumped in. I only played about 2 hours because the whole table decided to play PLO and I’m not a fan of the game so I called it a night. The club was nicer than most of the small town clubs that I visited, they had a nice waiting area with couches and a tv. They definitely went the extra mile on the refreshment area and the bathrooms as well.
The chip is is half white and half grey with 20 red circles around the edge of the chip. The centre inlay is grey with the club name in black and the denom in white on a red Diamond in the middle.
City: Waco
Casino: HOT
Today’s chip of the day is from HOT Social Club in Waco, Texas. HOT stands for heart of Texas. I got there as they were opening (I should really learn to stop showing up at the open time) and they didn’t have a game running yet. I went next door to a fancy Italian restaurant and had a very solid meal before heading back to the poker room. When I got there they were running a 2/5/10 Holdem game so I jumped in. I only played about 2 hours because the whole table decided to play PLO and I’m not a fan of the game so I called it a night. The club was nicer than most of the small town clubs that I visited, they had a nice waiting area with couches and a tv. They definitely went the extra mile on the refreshment area and the bathrooms as well.
The chip is is half white and half grey with 20 red circles around the edge of the chip. The centre inlay is grey with the club name in black and the denom in white on a red Diamond in the middle.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 13th, 2022 at 12:08:44 AM
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State: Texas
City: College Station
Casino: Game On
Today’s chip of the day is from Game On Social Club in College Station, Texas. I think I’ve explained that in Texas to get around the gambling laws the clubs charge a membership fee and a hourly seat fee since they can’t legally rake the pots. Some clubs however decide to break the law and rake the pots even though it’s illegal. Game On was one of those clubs and it made me laugh when I asked the owner about it. His response was “it’s not rake, it’s called a ping”. Now you might be thinking what’s a ping, well it was explained to me that it’s a portion of every pot that gets paid to the invisible player in seat 10 that gets dealt cards and auto folds, the invisible player also posts their blinds in turn. I’m not sure who the owner is trying to fool but that’s rake in sheep’s clothing. Either way I was there to play for a few hours and collect a chip which is what I did. I have found 5-10 clubs in Texas since then that rake but none of them have tried to hide that it is in fact rake. I played until the game died 3 hours later and then I headed to my hotel for the night.
The chip is grey with 8 white edge inserts. The centre inlay is a lighter grey with the denom listed in white 7 times around the edge of the inlay. The club name is yellow with the logo being a donkey holding a royal flush in spades.
City: College Station
Casino: Game On
Today’s chip of the day is from Game On Social Club in College Station, Texas. I think I’ve explained that in Texas to get around the gambling laws the clubs charge a membership fee and a hourly seat fee since they can’t legally rake the pots. Some clubs however decide to break the law and rake the pots even though it’s illegal. Game On was one of those clubs and it made me laugh when I asked the owner about it. His response was “it’s not rake, it’s called a ping”. Now you might be thinking what’s a ping, well it was explained to me that it’s a portion of every pot that gets paid to the invisible player in seat 10 that gets dealt cards and auto folds, the invisible player also posts their blinds in turn. I’m not sure who the owner is trying to fool but that’s rake in sheep’s clothing. Either way I was there to play for a few hours and collect a chip which is what I did. I have found 5-10 clubs in Texas since then that rake but none of them have tried to hide that it is in fact rake. I played until the game died 3 hours later and then I headed to my hotel for the night.
The chip is grey with 8 white edge inserts. The centre inlay is a lighter grey with the denom listed in white 7 times around the edge of the inlay. The club name is yellow with the logo being a donkey holding a royal flush in spades.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 14th, 2022 at 2:49:01 AM
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State: Texas
City: Lubbock
Casino: West Texas
Today’s chip of the day is from West Texas Card House in Lubbock, Texas. This is a smaller room with only 5 tables but definitely the nicest room in the town of Lubbock. This was my last stop of 3 in Lubbock and when I got there the only game running was a $10-$25 on the bottom Omaha game which means instead of normal blinds the person with the button has to post at least $10 and no more than $25. I really wanted to grab a chip before leaving town so I waited 30-45 minutes until a seat was available and jumped in for a few hands. When I bought in I mentioned I wanted a $1 chip to keep and the owner wasn’t keen on the idea (he said his count at the end of the night would be off) and only gave me $5/$25 chips. When I got to the table I realized I would be able to get a $5 chip broken down when I wanted to tip. I won a pot and did just that and discreetly pocketed the chip for my collection. I only played for about 15 minutes because as I’ve mentioned I don’t enjoy playing Omaha, I’m not overly good at it and this was a very big Omaha game. I broke roughly even after being up $150 or so but I got my chip so I have no complaints.
The chip is white with 4 blue and 4 grey edge inserts. There are 8 crowns and 8 diamonds etched into the chip. The centre inlay is white with club name in blue/black and the denom in black. The logo is a poker chip with the outline of Texas in it.
City: Lubbock
Casino: West Texas
Today’s chip of the day is from West Texas Card House in Lubbock, Texas. This is a smaller room with only 5 tables but definitely the nicest room in the town of Lubbock. This was my last stop of 3 in Lubbock and when I got there the only game running was a $10-$25 on the bottom Omaha game which means instead of normal blinds the person with the button has to post at least $10 and no more than $25. I really wanted to grab a chip before leaving town so I waited 30-45 minutes until a seat was available and jumped in for a few hands. When I bought in I mentioned I wanted a $1 chip to keep and the owner wasn’t keen on the idea (he said his count at the end of the night would be off) and only gave me $5/$25 chips. When I got to the table I realized I would be able to get a $5 chip broken down when I wanted to tip. I won a pot and did just that and discreetly pocketed the chip for my collection. I only played for about 15 minutes because as I’ve mentioned I don’t enjoy playing Omaha, I’m not overly good at it and this was a very big Omaha game. I broke roughly even after being up $150 or so but I got my chip so I have no complaints.
The chip is white with 4 blue and 4 grey edge inserts. There are 8 crowns and 8 diamonds etched into the chip. The centre inlay is white with club name in blue/black and the denom in black. The logo is a poker chip with the outline of Texas in it.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 14th, 2022 at 2:49:56 AM
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Probably unlikely but if anyone has chips to post I’m almost done posting my chips from last year so someone else could take over if they have something to post.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 14th, 2022 at 3:14:03 AM
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Quote: PokerGrinderProbably unlikely but if anyone has chips to post I’m almost done posting my chips from last year so someone else could take over if they have something to post.
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I have a few. Happy to wait until you are done posting yours
April 14th, 2022 at 12:55:50 PM
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Quote: RideTheEdgeQuote: PokerGrinderProbably unlikely but if anyone has chips to post I’m almost done posting my chips from last year so someone else could take over if they have something to post.
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I have a few. Happy to wait until you are done posting yours
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I have 5 more chips to post and then the floor is all yours sir.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 15th, 2022 at 1:39:05 AM
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State: Texas
City: Lubbock
Casino: Gin Mill
Today’s chip of the day is from Gin Mill Card Club in Lubbock, Texas. This is the first club I visited when I got to the city and another odd collecting story. When I got there they had no game and not much for prospects of one so I went to grab lunch and check out another poker room close by. The other poker room was permanently closed so I grabbed a bite and headed back. I was sitting and waiting when the owner, dealer, another player and I decided to play this weird card game for $20 per person. The game was a mix of BJ and high card flush, basically it was a draw game where you try and get a 3 card flush with the closest to 31 points. If you had the lowest total when someone knocked you lost a chip, lose 4 chips and you are out. I got to heads up and was ahead 2 chips left to 1 for the other guy. He got dealt Q10 of hearts a 2, he picked up a K of hearts for a 30 which is the 3rd best hand behind 31 and trips. He discarded the 2 and would you believe it I had two 2’s in my hand so I won the whole game and $60 total.
After we finished the card game a player showed up that wanted to play heads up and since that seemed like the only way I was getting a chip after having been there for over 3 hours I agreed. I played this guy while the house was raking (illegally) every pot. After about 15 mins I won his $100 and he said that was all the money he had so we were done playing. Between dealer tips and rake I only ended up making about $55-$60. It felt very gross for the house to take that much but I got my chip so I was happy.
They were having a freeroll tournament that night and I said I didn’t want to play but they convinced me I should stay and go all in first hand, maybe I’ll win a crap ton of chips. I finally agreed cause they had been really nice all afternoon. Everyone gets seated with their chips when the owner says can everyone stand for the national anthem, I thought that was a joke and didn’t get up. Very quickly I realized the guy was dead serious as everyone in the room stood and faced the tv that had the waving flag on it and the words to anthem. The owner pressed play on the music and they all sang the anthem, that might be the weirdest thing that I have ever seen in a poker room and I have seen some very weird stuff.
The chip is white Chipco style chip with 3 yellow/blue edge inserts. The centre inlay has the club name and the denom in black. The logo above the name is 4 playing cards with no rank and each one has a suit on it.
City: Lubbock
Casino: Gin Mill
Today’s chip of the day is from Gin Mill Card Club in Lubbock, Texas. This is the first club I visited when I got to the city and another odd collecting story. When I got there they had no game and not much for prospects of one so I went to grab lunch and check out another poker room close by. The other poker room was permanently closed so I grabbed a bite and headed back. I was sitting and waiting when the owner, dealer, another player and I decided to play this weird card game for $20 per person. The game was a mix of BJ and high card flush, basically it was a draw game where you try and get a 3 card flush with the closest to 31 points. If you had the lowest total when someone knocked you lost a chip, lose 4 chips and you are out. I got to heads up and was ahead 2 chips left to 1 for the other guy. He got dealt Q10 of hearts a 2, he picked up a K of hearts for a 30 which is the 3rd best hand behind 31 and trips. He discarded the 2 and would you believe it I had two 2’s in my hand so I won the whole game and $60 total.
After we finished the card game a player showed up that wanted to play heads up and since that seemed like the only way I was getting a chip after having been there for over 3 hours I agreed. I played this guy while the house was raking (illegally) every pot. After about 15 mins I won his $100 and he said that was all the money he had so we were done playing. Between dealer tips and rake I only ended up making about $55-$60. It felt very gross for the house to take that much but I got my chip so I was happy.
They were having a freeroll tournament that night and I said I didn’t want to play but they convinced me I should stay and go all in first hand, maybe I’ll win a crap ton of chips. I finally agreed cause they had been really nice all afternoon. Everyone gets seated with their chips when the owner says can everyone stand for the national anthem, I thought that was a joke and didn’t get up. Very quickly I realized the guy was dead serious as everyone in the room stood and faced the tv that had the waving flag on it and the words to anthem. The owner pressed play on the music and they all sang the anthem, that might be the weirdest thing that I have ever seen in a poker room and I have seen some very weird stuff.
The chip is white Chipco style chip with 3 yellow/blue edge inserts. The centre inlay has the club name and the denom in black. The logo above the name is 4 playing cards with no rank and each one has a suit on it.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 16th, 2022 at 2:31:07 AM
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State: Texas
City: Lubbock
Casino: Stacks
Today’s chip of the day is from Stacks Social Club in Lubbock, Texas. Of the three clubs in Lubbock that I visited this is by far the least impressive and they were giving away a Lambo? Ferrari? I honestly don’t remember what it is.
They were planning on running a 1k buy in tournament out of this 4 table poker “room” that gave the sports car to the winner. The owner said the car was sold to him for about 100k, I don’t see how he didn’t stand to lose money on this tournament.
Anyway the room if you can call it that was some old office building in a strip mall where they made a makeshift poker room. When I got there they were playing 5 handed including the owner, I sat down for under a hour just to get my chip. Their nightly tournament was starting shortly after I got there so I was lucky to even have time to play the cash game and grab the chip as the cash game broke when the tourny started. I kept a $5 chip because if I remember correctly and that’s always iffy, they used generic chips without the club name on the $1 chips.
The chip is red with 8 edge inserts, 4 green and 4 blue. The chip has the same maze like pattern as quite a few of the other Texas chips I’ve posted. The centre inlay is white with stacks 4 different colours of chips. The club name and the denom are both black.
City: Lubbock
Casino: Stacks
Today’s chip of the day is from Stacks Social Club in Lubbock, Texas. Of the three clubs in Lubbock that I visited this is by far the least impressive and they were giving away a Lambo? Ferrari? I honestly don’t remember what it is.
They were planning on running a 1k buy in tournament out of this 4 table poker “room” that gave the sports car to the winner. The owner said the car was sold to him for about 100k, I don’t see how he didn’t stand to lose money on this tournament.
Anyway the room if you can call it that was some old office building in a strip mall where they made a makeshift poker room. When I got there they were playing 5 handed including the owner, I sat down for under a hour just to get my chip. Their nightly tournament was starting shortly after I got there so I was lucky to even have time to play the cash game and grab the chip as the cash game broke when the tourny started. I kept a $5 chip because if I remember correctly and that’s always iffy, they used generic chips without the club name on the $1 chips.
The chip is red with 8 edge inserts, 4 green and 4 blue. The chip has the same maze like pattern as quite a few of the other Texas chips I’ve posted. The centre inlay is white with stacks 4 different colours of chips. The club name and the denom are both black.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 17th, 2022 at 2:33:04 AM
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State: Texas
City: Georgetown
Casino: Georgetown
Today’s chip of the day is from Georgetown Poker Club in Georgetown, Texas. Georgetown Poker Club is a 9 table poker room 31 minutes north of Austin. I visited this club during my week stay in Austin and played a couple hours of 1/2 NL once they had enough players to start a game. I always wonder why these small town poker rooms have so many tables when I never personally see any of them running more than 1-2 tables at a time. Overly ambitious I guess. Nothing stood out about this club but the staff and owners were very kind.
The chip is white with 4 grey/blue edge inserts and 8 flower engravings around the edge of the chip. The centre inlay is white with an odd shape that is yellow and has the poker room’s name in red. Above the yellow shape is what looks like a statue on top of a building which probably has some significance to a local building but I don’t know anything more about it. The denom is black with a red outline at the bottom of the inlay.
City: Georgetown
Casino: Georgetown
Today’s chip of the day is from Georgetown Poker Club in Georgetown, Texas. Georgetown Poker Club is a 9 table poker room 31 minutes north of Austin. I visited this club during my week stay in Austin and played a couple hours of 1/2 NL once they had enough players to start a game. I always wonder why these small town poker rooms have so many tables when I never personally see any of them running more than 1-2 tables at a time. Overly ambitious I guess. Nothing stood out about this club but the staff and owners were very kind.
The chip is white with 4 grey/blue edge inserts and 8 flower engravings around the edge of the chip. The centre inlay is white with an odd shape that is yellow and has the poker room’s name in red. Above the yellow shape is what looks like a statue on top of a building which probably has some significance to a local building but I don’t know anything more about it. The denom is black with a red outline at the bottom of the inlay.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 17th, 2022 at 4:43:14 AM
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PokerGrinder,
The "odd shape" is an homage to the iconic "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign:
The "statue on top of a building" is the "Goddess of Liberty" statue atop the Texas State Capitol in Austiin:
I've been enjoying your posts... Keep up the good work!
Dog Hand
The "odd shape" is an homage to the iconic "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign:
The "statue on top of a building" is the "Goddess of Liberty" statue atop the Texas State Capitol in Austiin:
I've been enjoying your posts... Keep up the good work!
Dog Hand
April 17th, 2022 at 3:25:52 PM
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Duh I should have known that about the Vegas sign, thanks for that and the info about the statue.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 18th, 2022 at 1:08:22 AM
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State: Texas
City: Midland
Casino: KoJack’s
Today’s chip of the day is from KoJack’s Poker Club in Midland, Texas. I had heard a few times during my time in Texas that the craziest poker games happen in Midland and they weren’t wrong. When I got there I filled out a bunch (more than any other club) of paperwork for my membership and paid the daily membership. I then found the most expensive hourly rate for poker that I had seen in Texas by far at $16/hour. I sat down at a $5 OTB game which is short for on the button. Basically OTB means that instead of the game having a small and big blind, the person on the button posts the only blind, in this case $5. The game started like any other game, nothing crazy but within about 30 minutes the chips were flying. I was in for $1500 because although the max buy in was $800 you could match the biggest stack on the table. The game was really good and I was sitting with about 3k on the table when 4 hours later we were down to 6 handed and everyone agreed to double the stakes to $10 OTB. I played until I believe 1 am when I forced myself to leave a great game because I had to get up in the morning to drive to my next stop. This is where I wish I had gone straight to the hotel…
There is another club called CCC which if you remember I posted a chip from the other CCC in Galveston. It was in nearby Odessa so I drove the 20 minutes to check it out and hopefully get one more chip before leaving Texas. I had trouble finding it but eventually I got to a dark parking lot and it seemed like the lights were off in the poker room but I decided to check anyways since I was there. I got out of my car walked a few feet forward in the very dark parking lot when BAM I am on the ground writhing in pain. I had tripped on the cement parking block and went down knee into pavement and ribs into the edge of the curb. I luckily caught myself in time with my hands so I didn’t hit my face or head but as you could imagine I was in bad shape. My initial reaction was I had broken my kneecap with the amount of pain I was in. After a few minutes on the ground I decided to see if I could put any weight on my leg and walk to the car. Surprisingly I was able to walk and nothing was broken, just bruises and blood or so I thought.
I drove gingerly back to my hotel, got some ice and iced my knee. At this point the adrenaline started to wear off and I realized how injured my ribs were. I was breathing heavy and every movement hurt my ribs. Luckily I didn’t break them but it was many months before they were healed. I sleep on my stomach and the only way I could do that was with a pillow underneath my left side, I had to sleep like this for about 3 months and I didn’t stop feeling pain for about 6 months. In the morning to get out of bed I had to roll off the bed cause I couldn’t get the strength to sit up normally. All this for a poker chip 🤦♂️
The chip is white with 6 blue edge inserts. The poker room’s website, the location and tip chip are listed around the centre of the chip in black. The middle of the chip has the poker room name and the denom in blue with 2 playing cards in blue as well, the King of hearts and J of spades or KoJack as it’s known.
City: Midland
Casino: KoJack’s
Today’s chip of the day is from KoJack’s Poker Club in Midland, Texas. I had heard a few times during my time in Texas that the craziest poker games happen in Midland and they weren’t wrong. When I got there I filled out a bunch (more than any other club) of paperwork for my membership and paid the daily membership. I then found the most expensive hourly rate for poker that I had seen in Texas by far at $16/hour. I sat down at a $5 OTB game which is short for on the button. Basically OTB means that instead of the game having a small and big blind, the person on the button posts the only blind, in this case $5. The game started like any other game, nothing crazy but within about 30 minutes the chips were flying. I was in for $1500 because although the max buy in was $800 you could match the biggest stack on the table. The game was really good and I was sitting with about 3k on the table when 4 hours later we were down to 6 handed and everyone agreed to double the stakes to $10 OTB. I played until I believe 1 am when I forced myself to leave a great game because I had to get up in the morning to drive to my next stop. This is where I wish I had gone straight to the hotel…
There is another club called CCC which if you remember I posted a chip from the other CCC in Galveston. It was in nearby Odessa so I drove the 20 minutes to check it out and hopefully get one more chip before leaving Texas. I had trouble finding it but eventually I got to a dark parking lot and it seemed like the lights were off in the poker room but I decided to check anyways since I was there. I got out of my car walked a few feet forward in the very dark parking lot when BAM I am on the ground writhing in pain. I had tripped on the cement parking block and went down knee into pavement and ribs into the edge of the curb. I luckily caught myself in time with my hands so I didn’t hit my face or head but as you could imagine I was in bad shape. My initial reaction was I had broken my kneecap with the amount of pain I was in. After a few minutes on the ground I decided to see if I could put any weight on my leg and walk to the car. Surprisingly I was able to walk and nothing was broken, just bruises and blood or so I thought.
I drove gingerly back to my hotel, got some ice and iced my knee. At this point the adrenaline started to wear off and I realized how injured my ribs were. I was breathing heavy and every movement hurt my ribs. Luckily I didn’t break them but it was many months before they were healed. I sleep on my stomach and the only way I could do that was with a pillow underneath my left side, I had to sleep like this for about 3 months and I didn’t stop feeling pain for about 6 months. In the morning to get out of bed I had to roll off the bed cause I couldn’t get the strength to sit up normally. All this for a poker chip 🤦♂️
The chip is white with 6 blue edge inserts. The poker room’s website, the location and tip chip are listed around the centre of the chip in black. The middle of the chip has the poker room name and the denom in blue with 2 playing cards in blue as well, the King of hearts and J of spades or KoJack as it’s known.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 18th, 2022 at 9:37:36 AM
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Pic of ribs?
April 18th, 2022 at 1:11:15 PM
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Lol I don’t have one.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 18th, 2022 at 2:08:09 PM
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Johnzimbo,
Here's the pic you requested ;-)
Also, another poster (who I guess prefers to remain nameless?) PM'd me to say that the image I called the Texas State Capitol building is rather the Williamson County Courthouse in Georgetown, TX:
That makes more sense, since the poker room is in Georgetown.
Dog Hand
Here's the pic you requested ;-)
Also, another poster (who I guess prefers to remain nameless?) PM'd me to say that the image I called the Texas State Capitol building is rather the Williamson County Courthouse in Georgetown, TX:
That makes more sense, since the poker room is in Georgetown.
Dog Hand
April 19th, 2022 at 2:05:48 AM
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State: Texas
City: Austin
Casino: Bullets
Today’s chip of the day is from Bullets Card Club in Austin, Texas. This wasn’t the biggest club but definitely my favourite in the Austin area. I got there and there were two 1/3 games running. They signed me up for a membership and offered me some homemade pot pie which was very good. I got a seat at the must move table where the action was… well there was no action. The other table however looked like great action so I was thrilled when they asked someone to move to the other table and nobody in front of me on the list wanted to go. Off I went to the magical action table!
This table had straddles, players spewing and overall just a fun atmosphere of people drinking and gambling which is my favourite type of game. Normally my MO in Texas was to play 1-2 hours and move on to collect a chip at another club but this game was wayyyyy too good to leave. I ended up playing 6+ hours until the game broke itself around 2 am I believe. I made almost 3k in the game which made up about 25% of my profits for my 3 weeks in Texas. Overall a very good night.
The chip is white with 4 yellow/gold/yellow edge inserts that are quite faded and now look slightly like a stain on the chip. The centre inlay is yellow with the club name in black block letters around the inlay. The centre circle is brown with the denom in the same black block style and pocket aces (hearts and spades) for the “bullets” that the club is named after.
City: Austin
Casino: Bullets
Today’s chip of the day is from Bullets Card Club in Austin, Texas. This wasn’t the biggest club but definitely my favourite in the Austin area. I got there and there were two 1/3 games running. They signed me up for a membership and offered me some homemade pot pie which was very good. I got a seat at the must move table where the action was… well there was no action. The other table however looked like great action so I was thrilled when they asked someone to move to the other table and nobody in front of me on the list wanted to go. Off I went to the magical action table!
This table had straddles, players spewing and overall just a fun atmosphere of people drinking and gambling which is my favourite type of game. Normally my MO in Texas was to play 1-2 hours and move on to collect a chip at another club but this game was wayyyyy too good to leave. I ended up playing 6+ hours until the game broke itself around 2 am I believe. I made almost 3k in the game which made up about 25% of my profits for my 3 weeks in Texas. Overall a very good night.
The chip is white with 4 yellow/gold/yellow edge inserts that are quite faded and now look slightly like a stain on the chip. The centre inlay is yellow with the club name in black block letters around the inlay. The centre circle is brown with the denom in the same black block style and pocket aces (hearts and spades) for the “bullets” that the club is named after.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 19th, 2022 at 2:12:30 AM
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This ends my posting of the chips that I collected between January and June of last year and look at that, it’s not even June yet!!!
I do have some more chips that I’ve collected over the last few months but I haven’t taken any pictures of them yet so tune back in around next January or so (just kidding).
I have plans to collect a bunch more chips this year. I’m currently doing some work stuff but when I’m done in June I’m planning on taking a road trip to Vegas through NM and AZ where I plan on finishing those states. There are 3 new chips in Southern California I will get and then a few in northern Nevada on my way home from Vegas back to Canada. I will also stop in KC for a new chip and then a few in Colorado.
In August I have a free 12 day cruise from London through the Scandinavian countries to Estonia and back. Before the cruise I’m planning on travelling through Scotland and Ireland for 3 weeks so I’ll grab whatever chips are available there.
I do have some more chips that I’ve collected over the last few months but I haven’t taken any pictures of them yet so tune back in around next January or so (just kidding).
I have plans to collect a bunch more chips this year. I’m currently doing some work stuff but when I’m done in June I’m planning on taking a road trip to Vegas through NM and AZ where I plan on finishing those states. There are 3 new chips in Southern California I will get and then a few in northern Nevada on my way home from Vegas back to Canada. I will also stop in KC for a new chip and then a few in Colorado.
In August I have a free 12 day cruise from London through the Scandinavian countries to Estonia and back. Before the cruise I’m planning on travelling through Scotland and Ireland for 3 weeks so I’ll grab whatever chips are available there.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
April 21st, 2022 at 2:12:03 PM
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State: New Hampshire
City: Nashua
Casino: Lucky Moose
I've been especially cautious about going back into casinos and card rooms but found a window where I could collect. I decided to refresh my collection of New Hampshire chips and believe I am just one venue shy of a complete set. In the coming months, one room will re-open and another is changing its name/ownership, so I'll probably do another trip at some point this summer to get those three and complete the set.
First stop is the Lucky Moose. This is actually not that far from me in southern New Hampshire but since they don't offer poker I've never been before. It's apparently been around a while, but I just discovered the place. The casino is in the parking lot of a small shopping center. Inside it looks like a TGIF or Applebees with a bar in the middle and seating around the bar, except about half the seating area has low limit table games. There are just a few tables, and the few that were open were completely packed when I stopped by one afternoon. So, these chips are unplayed by me and just purchased directly from the cage. After getting the chips and stopping by a store in the shopping area I was off to nearby Boston Billiards to play some poker.
(edited to add $2 chip)
City: Nashua
Casino: Lucky Moose
I've been especially cautious about going back into casinos and card rooms but found a window where I could collect. I decided to refresh my collection of New Hampshire chips and believe I am just one venue shy of a complete set. In the coming months, one room will re-open and another is changing its name/ownership, so I'll probably do another trip at some point this summer to get those three and complete the set.
First stop is the Lucky Moose. This is actually not that far from me in southern New Hampshire but since they don't offer poker I've never been before. It's apparently been around a while, but I just discovered the place. The casino is in the parking lot of a small shopping center. Inside it looks like a TGIF or Applebees with a bar in the middle and seating around the bar, except about half the seating area has low limit table games. There are just a few tables, and the few that were open were completely packed when I stopped by one afternoon. So, these chips are unplayed by me and just purchased directly from the cage. After getting the chips and stopping by a store in the shopping area I was off to nearby Boston Billiards to play some poker.
(edited to add $2 chip)
Last edited by: RideTheEdge on Apr 21, 2022
April 21st, 2022 at 2:55:35 PM
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They have $2 chips, in addition to $2.50?
The only casino I've ever played that had $2 chips was the Stables in Miami, OK. The confusing part was their $2 chip color was red, just like their $5 chips... I wonder how often the dealers mispaid the players.
Dog Hand
The only casino I've ever played that had $2 chips was the Stables in Miami, OK. The confusing part was their $2 chip color was red, just like their $5 chips... I wonder how often the dealers mispaid the players.
Dog Hand
April 21st, 2022 at 3:01:27 PM
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Yikes, PG. Painful tale! And all in the name of chip collecting!
April 21st, 2022 at 3:23:09 PM
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Quote: DogHandThey have $2 chips, in addition to $2.50?
The only casino I've ever played that had $2 chips was the Stables in Miami, OK. The confusing part was their $2 chip color was red, just like their $5 chips... I wonder how often the dealers mispaid the players.
Dog Hand
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My records show 35 $2 chips in my collection from all over the country. New Hampshire used to have a max bet of $4 and $2 bets were common. Foxwoods had a $2/$4 limit poker game. I have a lot of $2 chips from California used in 1/2 NL poker.
