Casino Chip of the Day
October 23rd, 2023 at 12:31:55 AM
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State: Washington
City: Rochester
Casino: Lucky Eagle
Today’s chip of the day is from Lucky Eagle Casino in Rochester, Washington. Lucky Eagle Casino opened in June, 1995 and has 1267 slot machines and 15 table games. From the second I walked into the casino all I could smell was smoke and the smoke was pooling from all the cigarettes at the ceiling. I couldn’t get over how strong the smell was but it wasn’t surprising as 90% of the people were smoking. After walking around I realized that the tables were in a different section and thank god it was non smoking. The second I passed through those doors the air was super fresh and I could breathe again. I played bj to collect my chip and lost my $100 buy in. I found one slot play and quickly won $300 or so before heading to my last stop for the night.
The chip is white with 4 red (2 sets) edge inserts and 4 red rectangles around the edge of the chip. The centre inlay is a blend of black and blue with an eagle in the background. The casino name and chip denom are gold.
City: Rochester
Casino: Lucky Eagle
Today’s chip of the day is from Lucky Eagle Casino in Rochester, Washington. Lucky Eagle Casino opened in June, 1995 and has 1267 slot machines and 15 table games. From the second I walked into the casino all I could smell was smoke and the smoke was pooling from all the cigarettes at the ceiling. I couldn’t get over how strong the smell was but it wasn’t surprising as 90% of the people were smoking. After walking around I realized that the tables were in a different section and thank god it was non smoking. The second I passed through those doors the air was super fresh and I could breathe again. I played bj to collect my chip and lost my $100 buy in. I found one slot play and quickly won $300 or so before heading to my last stop for the night.
The chip is white with 4 red (2 sets) edge inserts and 4 red rectangles around the edge of the chip. The centre inlay is a blend of black and blue with an eagle in the background. The casino name and chip denom are gold.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
October 23rd, 2023 at 10:37:19 PM
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State: Washington
City: Ocean Shores
Casino: Quinault
Today’s chip of the day is from Quinault Casino in Ocean Shores, Washington. Quinault Casino opened on 5/22/2000 with 800 slot machines and 15 table games. This was the last of 9 stops on the day for me so I did a quick walk though of the slots before plunking myself down at an almost full bj table. I usually try to find an empty table but on a Friday night that wasn’t going to happen. I bought in and lost most of my $100 buy in quickly but was able to win a few hands in a row to get back to even which meant time to leave and get to my hotel for the night after a long day.
The chip is half white and half purple or I guess you could say it’s white with 8 purple edge inserts or vice versa. The centre inlay is white with the casino name in red/black and the denom in black. The logo is a “Q” where the line in the “Q” is a feather.
City: Ocean Shores
Casino: Quinault
Today’s chip of the day is from Quinault Casino in Ocean Shores, Washington. Quinault Casino opened on 5/22/2000 with 800 slot machines and 15 table games. This was the last of 9 stops on the day for me so I did a quick walk though of the slots before plunking myself down at an almost full bj table. I usually try to find an empty table but on a Friday night that wasn’t going to happen. I bought in and lost most of my $100 buy in quickly but was able to win a few hands in a row to get back to even which meant time to leave and get to my hotel for the night after a long day.
The chip is half white and half purple or I guess you could say it’s white with 8 purple edge inserts or vice versa. The centre inlay is white with the casino name in red/black and the denom in black. The logo is a “Q” where the line in the “Q” is a feather.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
October 24th, 2023 at 7:04:41 AM
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I'm not completely clear, or perhaps I'm just a bit curious. Is the casino's full name "Quinault Beach Resort", or is it a part of some beach resort, or it there a different meaning to the notation at the bottom of the center inlay?
October 25th, 2023 at 2:21:08 AM
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It’s Quinault Beach Resort & Casino. I guess I was wrong in leaving off Beach Resort, I figured it was the equivalent to leaving off casino resort which I’ve done for other chips. Lmk how you want it listed and I’ll fix it.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
October 25th, 2023 at 3:00:57 AM
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State: Washington
City: Shelton
Casino: Little Creek
Today’s chip of the day is from Little Creek Casino in Shelton, Washington. Little Creek Casino opened on 9/22/1995 and has 1025 slot machines and 21 table games. I sat down at a bj table to play a few hands and the dealer was one of the worst I’ve ever seen. Slow, couldn’t count very well and paying and taking took forever. She was in her fifties I think and I just figured she was a brand new dealer. She got tapped out and the new dealer was much better. I asked the new dealer if the previous dealer was new and found out that she had been there for over 20 years. To say the least I was stunned. How is someone that bad after so many years, I guess that’s a mystery that I’ll never get the answer to. It was a tad awkward when the dealer realized why I asked but luckily I didn’t stay long.
The chip is a white LCV with an oversized inlay. The inlay is a creek (I assume) with trees behind it and a fish done by an aboriginal artist. I personally love all aboriginal animal art, such a neat way of drawing an animal. The casino name is red/black, the denom is red and the casino location is white.
City: Shelton
Casino: Little Creek
Today’s chip of the day is from Little Creek Casino in Shelton, Washington. Little Creek Casino opened on 9/22/1995 and has 1025 slot machines and 21 table games. I sat down at a bj table to play a few hands and the dealer was one of the worst I’ve ever seen. Slow, couldn’t count very well and paying and taking took forever. She was in her fifties I think and I just figured she was a brand new dealer. She got tapped out and the new dealer was much better. I asked the new dealer if the previous dealer was new and found out that she had been there for over 20 years. To say the least I was stunned. How is someone that bad after so many years, I guess that’s a mystery that I’ll never get the answer to. It was a tad awkward when the dealer realized why I asked but luckily I didn’t stay long.
The chip is a white LCV with an oversized inlay. The inlay is a creek (I assume) with trees behind it and a fish done by an aboriginal artist. I personally love all aboriginal animal art, such a neat way of drawing an animal. The casino name is red/black, the denom is red and the casino location is white.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
October 26th, 2023 at 4:38:36 AM
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State: Washington
City: Kingston
Casino: The Point
Today’s chip of the day is from The Point Casino in Kingston, Washington. This casino opened as Point No Point Casino on 2/14/2002. I figured that the name was joke referring to craps but it turns out it was named after the tribal council. The name was changed in 2006 to The point, I didn’t find a reason behind the change. This was one of the smokiest casinos I’ve ever been to and because of this spent as little time as possible in it. You’ll get lung cancer just looking at the front doors. I played bj and quickly lost $100 at a $15 table.
The chip is a blue RHC with 2 yellow edge inserts. The centre inlay is white with a yellow border containing repeating card suits. The casino name is black with the “O” replaced by a circle with an aboriginal art shark (maybe whale) inside of it. The location is listed in black and the denom is red/black.
City: Kingston
Casino: The Point
Today’s chip of the day is from The Point Casino in Kingston, Washington. This casino opened as Point No Point Casino on 2/14/2002. I figured that the name was joke referring to craps but it turns out it was named after the tribal council. The name was changed in 2006 to The point, I didn’t find a reason behind the change. This was one of the smokiest casinos I’ve ever been to and because of this spent as little time as possible in it. You’ll get lung cancer just looking at the front doors. I played bj and quickly lost $100 at a $15 table.
The chip is a blue RHC with 2 yellow edge inserts. The centre inlay is white with a yellow border containing repeating card suits. The casino name is black with the “O” replaced by a circle with an aboriginal art shark (maybe whale) inside of it. The location is listed in black and the denom is red/black.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
October 26th, 2023 at 6:08:57 AM
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One twitch I occasionally feel in regard to this thread (perhaps due to my nerdy, nit-picking nature) is when I have to make a rather pointless decision on how to list the casino name in the index. Now I don't usually include the word "The" in a casino's name -- what's the point in that? Anyway, I did index this chip under "The Point". Deal with it.
Of perhaps greater interest, this thread has now reached a total of 1,600 official Casino Chip of the Day entries!
Of perhaps greater interest, this thread has now reached a total of 1,600 official Casino Chip of the Day entries!
October 26th, 2023 at 6:30:44 AM
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1600 is a very cool number, 2000 will be even cooler 😊
As far as the casino I don’t usually list “The” either but the same way as some casinos need “Casino” in the title I felt it was the same for this casino.
As far as the casino I don’t usually list “The” either but the same way as some casinos need “Casino” in the title I felt it was the same for this casino.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
October 27th, 2023 at 4:54:51 AM
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Posted a duplicate chip of the day oops
Last edited by: PokerGrinder on Oct 27, 2023
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
October 27th, 2023 at 7:47:14 AM
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October 27th, 2023 at 11:40:56 AM
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Oops my bad
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
October 27th, 2023 at 11:42:28 AM
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Doc just delete my double
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
October 27th, 2023 at 2:57:43 PM
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Since you and RideTheEdge had listed the same casino with variations on the name, I did not catch that it was a duplicate and had already put it in the index. (Hope I haven't done that too many times!) I have now cleaned up the index, I think.
October 27th, 2023 at 3:14:28 PM
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Btw the real name is Suquamish Clearwater
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
November 5th, 2023 at 8:47:09 AM
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Hey so I’ve been absent for the last week, I was travelling to Nassau for vacation. I collected the two chips from the island and also got 5 new chips from Houston on my one day layover. I think only one of them is new to this thread though. I’m going to post a new chip momentarily.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
November 6th, 2023 at 12:51:59 PM
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Well momentarily didn’t happen clearly. I promise I might guarantee maybe posting a chip today?!? 😂
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
November 7th, 2023 at 8:48:52 PM
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State: Washington
City: Silverdale
Casino: All Star Lanes
Today’s chip of the day is from All Star Lanes in Silverdale, Washington. The bowling alley opened in 1985 with the casino opening later in 1999 upstairs. All Star Lanes has 15 table and poker tables. It was very dark and busy when I stopped in. The right side of the room had a few poker tables playing limit O8 and the left side had the table games. I played bj at a full table and it took forever for the hands to get through. I left after about 10 minutes with my chip and a small profit. This was supposed to be my second last casino of the night but Emerald Downs was closed, not sure if they plan to open it back up ever.
The chip is a white RHC with 4 edge inserts in pink and gold. The oversized centre inlay is blue with a background of sky and grass?!? The casino name and location are white and the denom is blue. The logo is the ace of spades and jack of hearts with 3 stars above them.
City: Silverdale
Casino: All Star Lanes
Today’s chip of the day is from All Star Lanes in Silverdale, Washington. The bowling alley opened in 1985 with the casino opening later in 1999 upstairs. All Star Lanes has 15 table and poker tables. It was very dark and busy when I stopped in. The right side of the room had a few poker tables playing limit O8 and the left side had the table games. I played bj at a full table and it took forever for the hands to get through. I left after about 10 minutes with my chip and a small profit. This was supposed to be my second last casino of the night but Emerald Downs was closed, not sure if they plan to open it back up ever.
The chip is a white RHC with 4 edge inserts in pink and gold. The oversized centre inlay is blue with a background of sky and grass?!? The casino name and location are white and the denom is blue. The logo is the ace of spades and jack of hearts with 3 stars above them.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
November 9th, 2023 at 1:35:24 PM
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State: Washington
City: Mountlake Terrace
Casino: Ace’s Poker
Today’s chip of the day is from Ace’s Poker in Mountlake Terrace, Washington. Ace’s Poker opened 5/19/2023 on the former site of the Silver Dollar Casino. I somehow didn’t get to the Silver Dollar Casino before it closed which due to the no actual closing date might have been before I ever went to Seattle, who knows. This poker room is owned by Maverick Gaming which is Eric Perrson’s company. I think I’ve mentioned him before as he owns 31 casinos mostly in Washington. Eric loves himself some Eric and it’s shows with his poker room. When you walk in there is a giant pool wall mural of him playing on one of the high stakes poker streams which made me laugh. What made me laugh even harder was when I bought in and his face is on every damn chip lol. Isn’t ego great? I don’t have an exact number of tables but I’d say there were about 20 in there. I only played for about a hour as the game was mediocre, my vague memories are that I lost $100 or so.
The chip is white (very dirty) with 4 black triangle inserts and 8 blue dots around the chip. The centre inlay is white with a picture of Eric taking up the majority of the inlay. The poker room name is in the middle of the inlay with the logo on pocket aces. The location, denom, and room name are all in black.
City: Mountlake Terrace
Casino: Ace’s Poker
Today’s chip of the day is from Ace’s Poker in Mountlake Terrace, Washington. Ace’s Poker opened 5/19/2023 on the former site of the Silver Dollar Casino. I somehow didn’t get to the Silver Dollar Casino before it closed which due to the no actual closing date might have been before I ever went to Seattle, who knows. This poker room is owned by Maverick Gaming which is Eric Perrson’s company. I think I’ve mentioned him before as he owns 31 casinos mostly in Washington. Eric loves himself some Eric and it’s shows with his poker room. When you walk in there is a giant pool wall mural of him playing on one of the high stakes poker streams which made me laugh. What made me laugh even harder was when I bought in and his face is on every damn chip lol. Isn’t ego great? I don’t have an exact number of tables but I’d say there were about 20 in there. I only played for about a hour as the game was mediocre, my vague memories are that I lost $100 or so.
The chip is white (very dirty) with 4 black triangle inserts and 8 blue dots around the chip. The centre inlay is white with a picture of Eric taking up the majority of the inlay. The poker room name is in the middle of the inlay with the logo on pocket aces. The location, denom, and room name are all in black.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
November 9th, 2023 at 9:02:41 PM
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Quote: PokerGrinderI don’t have an exact number of tables but I’d say there were about 20 in there.
The maximum number of tables in a WA cardroom is 15, so that's probably how many were there.
As for your appraisal of Eric, you can certainly say that again.
Casinos are not your friends, they want your money. But so does Disneyland.
And there is no chance in hell that you will go to Disneyland and come back with more money than you went with.
- AxelWolf and Mickeycrimm
November 10th, 2023 at 1:25:03 AM
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Haha oh ya I forgot about the Washington rule.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
November 10th, 2023 at 1:51:23 AM
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Are you sure the photo isn't Larry the Cable Guy?
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November 10th, 2023 at 5:41:03 AM
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Maybe Eric Persson is Larry the Cable Guy 🤯
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
November 11th, 2023 at 4:47:43 AM
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State: Washington
City: Arlington
Casino: Jamestown Saloon
Today’s chip of the day is from Jamestown Saloon in Arlington, Washington. Jamestown Saloon is located about a hour north of Seattle. The card club opened up in 2020 (poor timing) with 5 tables attached to a restaurant and bar. When I arrived there was one table running and I was able to grab an open seat. Everyone was super friendly and wanted to know where I was from and what brought me to their little card room. I didn’t plan on staying long but the owner, dealers and players were so inviting that I ended up staying for a few hours. They had a ton of free promos going on and even had a half price meal if you play 3 hours. I had a chicken Caesar salad and left shortly after the 3 hour mark as I had one last casino to hit before my cruise to Alaska a few days later.
The chip is a white LCV with 4 edge inserts in pink and blue. The centre inlay is blue with the casino name and chip denom in white block lettering. The logo is an interlocked J and S.
City: Arlington
Casino: Jamestown Saloon
Today’s chip of the day is from Jamestown Saloon in Arlington, Washington. Jamestown Saloon is located about a hour north of Seattle. The card club opened up in 2020 (poor timing) with 5 tables attached to a restaurant and bar. When I arrived there was one table running and I was able to grab an open seat. Everyone was super friendly and wanted to know where I was from and what brought me to their little card room. I didn’t plan on staying long but the owner, dealers and players were so inviting that I ended up staying for a few hours. They had a ton of free promos going on and even had a half price meal if you play 3 hours. I had a chicken Caesar salad and left shortly after the 3 hour mark as I had one last casino to hit before my cruise to Alaska a few days later.
The chip is a white LCV with 4 edge inserts in pink and blue. The centre inlay is blue with the casino name and chip denom in white block lettering. The logo is an interlocked J and S.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
November 11th, 2023 at 11:53:16 PM
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State: Washington
City: Lynden
Casino: Nooksack Northwood
Today’s chip of the day is from Nooksack Northwood Casino in Lynden, Washington. This casino was my last stop before my Alaskan cruise and it’s about 75 minutes drive from Jamestown Saloon. The casino is about 5 minutes from the Canadian border and 20 minutes from the closest border crossing. Nooksack opened in 2007 with 359 slot machines and 8 table games. I got there quite late at night a few hours before the casino closed for the night. I played $10 double deck bj with 2 very young newbies. They barely knew how to play the game so I helped them a few times with some basic strategy hints. I don’t remember if I won or lost but I got a chip so that’s all that matters.
The chip is a white RHC with 4 edge inserts in purple and blue. The centre inlay is blue with 2 fish and 3 purple chips. The casino name is purple and blue, the location is blue and the denom is turquoise.
City: Lynden
Casino: Nooksack Northwood
Today’s chip of the day is from Nooksack Northwood Casino in Lynden, Washington. This casino was my last stop before my Alaskan cruise and it’s about 75 minutes drive from Jamestown Saloon. The casino is about 5 minutes from the Canadian border and 20 minutes from the closest border crossing. Nooksack opened in 2007 with 359 slot machines and 8 table games. I got there quite late at night a few hours before the casino closed for the night. I played $10 double deck bj with 2 very young newbies. They barely knew how to play the game so I helped them a few times with some basic strategy hints. I don’t remember if I won or lost but I got a chip so that’s all that matters.
The chip is a white RHC with 4 edge inserts in purple and blue. The centre inlay is blue with 2 fish and 3 purple chips. The casino name is purple and blue, the location is blue and the denom is turquoise.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
November 12th, 2023 at 9:04:10 AM
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Whenever you or anyone in this thread plays poker in these small clubs and you see or suspect collusion against you, how do you typically handle it? Call it out? Leave? Ignore if the game seems easy anyways?
November 12th, 2023 at 5:14:32 PM
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I would leave but I’ve never found any suspicion games in these small clubs.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
November 13th, 2023 at 9:50:18 AM
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State: Washington
City: La Center
Casino: Fortune
Today’s chip of the day is from Fortune Casino in La Center, Washington. Fortune Casino was formerly Palace Casino which I visited all the way back in 2012 during my first visit to Portland. I wasn’t able to find a date for the name change or the sale of the casino but the dealer told me the name change happened a few months prior (I was there in July).
The signs still hadn’t been fully changed yet as they had the new name and the old one up.
I mentioned about 20 chip posts ago that I hit a magical run on pai gow and this is the casino I had it at. I bought in for $100 and won 10 or 11 hands in a row before losing. I don’t remember if my final win was $110 or if that was my final bet but either way with adding one $10 unit after each win it turned into a very nice win. I left as soon as I lost a hand and headed to Ilani Casino. I can’t say whether the casino looks the same or even mildly similar as it was 11 years ago. When I visited Palace Casino all those years ago I believe my collection was about 40-50 chips while this time around when I stopped in my collection is over 1200 chips.
The chip is a blue RHC with 3 yellow edge inserts. The centre inlay is black with the casino name in gold and white. Above the casino name is the crown logo of Fortune Casinos. The casino location and chip denom are both white.
City: La Center
Casino: Fortune
Today’s chip of the day is from Fortune Casino in La Center, Washington. Fortune Casino was formerly Palace Casino which I visited all the way back in 2012 during my first visit to Portland. I wasn’t able to find a date for the name change or the sale of the casino but the dealer told me the name change happened a few months prior (I was there in July).
The signs still hadn’t been fully changed yet as they had the new name and the old one up.
I mentioned about 20 chip posts ago that I hit a magical run on pai gow and this is the casino I had it at. I bought in for $100 and won 10 or 11 hands in a row before losing. I don’t remember if my final win was $110 or if that was my final bet but either way with adding one $10 unit after each win it turned into a very nice win. I left as soon as I lost a hand and headed to Ilani Casino. I can’t say whether the casino looks the same or even mildly similar as it was 11 years ago. When I visited Palace Casino all those years ago I believe my collection was about 40-50 chips while this time around when I stopped in my collection is over 1200 chips.
The chip is a blue RHC with 3 yellow edge inserts. The centre inlay is black with the casino name in gold and white. Above the casino name is the crown logo of Fortune Casinos. The casino location and chip denom are both white.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
November 13th, 2023 at 12:41:35 PM
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I feel I should ask this question because of the confusion/misunderstanding we had a week and a half ago about the way I presented one of the CCotD posts in the thread index.
Is this Fortune Casino in La Center, WA associated with the Fortune Casino in Lacey and also the ones in Renton, and Tukwila? I now have all four of those casinos indexed with the same casino name but distinguished by the four different locations in parentheses on the line below each casino's name.
(To me, it's confusing enough to have two Fortune Casinos in towns named "La Center" and "Lacey".)
Is this Fortune Casino in La Center, WA associated with the Fortune Casino in Lacey and also the ones in Renton, and Tukwila? I now have all four of those casinos indexed with the same casino name but distinguished by the four different locations in parentheses on the line below each casino's name.
(To me, it's confusing enough to have two Fortune Casinos in towns named "La Center" and "Lacey".)
November 13th, 2023 at 1:24:17 PM
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Quote: DocI feel I should ask this question because of the confusion/misunderstanding we had a week and a half ago about the way I presented one of the CCotD posts in the thread index.
Is this Fortune Casino in La Center, WA associated with the Fortune Casino in Lacey and also the ones in Renton, and Tukwila? I now have all four of those casinos indexed with the same casino name but distinguished by the four different locations in parentheses on the line below each casino's name.
(To me, it's confusing enough to have two Fortune Casinos in towns named "La Center" and "Lacey".)
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You can check current non tribal casinos here:
https://wsgc.wa.gov/licensing/search-license/licensees
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November 13th, 2023 at 4:32:08 PM
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Quote: DocI feel I should ask this question because of the confusion/misunderstanding we had a week and a half ago about the way I presented one of the CCotD posts in the thread index.
Is this Fortune Casino in La Center, WA associated with the Fortune Casino in Lacey and also the ones in Renton, and Tukwila? I now have all four of those casinos indexed with the same casino name but distinguished by the four different locations in parentheses on the line below each casino's name.
(To me, it's confusing enough to have two Fortune Casinos in towns named "La Center" and "Lacey".)
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Yes they are all the same brand/company.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
November 14th, 2023 at 3:10:26 AM
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State: Oregon
City: Portland
Casino: Portland Meadows
Today’s chip of the day is from Portland Meadows Poker in Portland, Oregon. There are a mix of poker rooms across the state, some charge time or daily fees, some are daily fees plus $1 a hour (maybe half hour, can’t remember) which is legal and some say eff it and just rake the pots even though it’s not legal. I wasn’t able to find a date when Portland Meadows opened but they do have 25 tables plus a restaurant bar and an area for simulcast horse race betting. They charge a daily fee of $20 for as long or short as you’d like to play and no rake at all. I don’t understand how they make enough money from the poker room but I got quite a bit of negativity when I brought it up at the table. The dealer and some of the players didn’t seem to like my questioning the system. I took that as an opportunity to shut up lol. I played for a few hours and lost a few big pots leaving down a cool $1000. I had 3 more clubs to hit that night so there was no time to stick around and chase losses. Overall a nice room that I’d happily visit if I was in town again.
Oh I almost forgot. In the parking lot there was a small coffee hut in the parking lot called Girls Next Door Bikini Baristas. I didn’t notice it at first but as I was parking the girl turned around at the window (butt to window) and she was wearing a very skimpy bikini with a great view. When I sat at the table I asked what the deal was with the hut. Apparently they are all over Portland and for $40 she will shake her ass for you or flash her tits, weird business model. Like only fans meets strip club meets Starbucks lol.
The chip is white with 8 edge inserts in gold, 4 long and 4 small. The centre inlay is white with the room’s name in black a horseshoe and the denom in yellow.
City: Portland
Casino: Portland Meadows
Today’s chip of the day is from Portland Meadows Poker in Portland, Oregon. There are a mix of poker rooms across the state, some charge time or daily fees, some are daily fees plus $1 a hour (maybe half hour, can’t remember) which is legal and some say eff it and just rake the pots even though it’s not legal. I wasn’t able to find a date when Portland Meadows opened but they do have 25 tables plus a restaurant bar and an area for simulcast horse race betting. They charge a daily fee of $20 for as long or short as you’d like to play and no rake at all. I don’t understand how they make enough money from the poker room but I got quite a bit of negativity when I brought it up at the table. The dealer and some of the players didn’t seem to like my questioning the system. I took that as an opportunity to shut up lol. I played for a few hours and lost a few big pots leaving down a cool $1000. I had 3 more clubs to hit that night so there was no time to stick around and chase losses. Overall a nice room that I’d happily visit if I was in town again.
Oh I almost forgot. In the parking lot there was a small coffee hut in the parking lot called Girls Next Door Bikini Baristas. I didn’t notice it at first but as I was parking the girl turned around at the window (butt to window) and she was wearing a very skimpy bikini with a great view. When I sat at the table I asked what the deal was with the hut. Apparently they are all over Portland and for $40 she will shake her ass for you or flash her tits, weird business model. Like only fans meets strip club meets Starbucks lol.
The chip is white with 8 edge inserts in gold, 4 long and 4 small. The centre inlay is white with the room’s name in black a horseshoe and the denom in yellow.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
November 14th, 2023 at 10:18:32 AM
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Is this Fortune Casino in La Center, WA associated with the Fortune Casino in Lacey and also the ones in Renton, and Tukwila? I now have all four of those casinos indexed with the same casino name but distinguished by the four different locations in parentheses on the line below each casino's name.
(To me, it's confusing enough to have two Fortune Casinos in towns named "La Center" and "Lacey".)
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Yes, they are all owned by the same company. Fortune Poker in Renton is also the same company.
Casinos are not your friends, they want your money. But so does Disneyland.
And there is no chance in hell that you will go to Disneyland and come back with more money than you went with.
- AxelWolf and Mickeycrimm
November 15th, 2023 at 12:08:41 AM
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State: Oregon
City: Portland
Casino: Final Table
Today’s chip of the day is from Final Table Poker Club in Portland, Oregon. There is no listing for when the club opened or how many tables it has but from memory I’d say 15-20 tables. They charge a daily fee and don’t take any rake which again doesn’t seem enough to make money off of. They don’t run cash games, they run shootouts which are single table tournaments where you can rebuy or cash out anytime you’d like, or you know cash games lol. They call it this because I assume something in the gambling laws prohibit cash games being run. I played for about two hours and got a few hundred dollars of my earlier loss back before heading to the next club. The club was nice and seemed to have a small canteen that might also have had hot food, I’m not sure.
The chip is white with 4 grey/blue edge inserts and 8 roses around the chip. The centre inlay is silver with a yellow border. The poker room name and the denom (slanted for some reason) are both black. Bottom half of the inlay has a royal flush in spades
City: Portland
Casino: Final Table
Today’s chip of the day is from Final Table Poker Club in Portland, Oregon. There is no listing for when the club opened or how many tables it has but from memory I’d say 15-20 tables. They charge a daily fee and don’t take any rake which again doesn’t seem enough to make money off of. They don’t run cash games, they run shootouts which are single table tournaments where you can rebuy or cash out anytime you’d like, or you know cash games lol. They call it this because I assume something in the gambling laws prohibit cash games being run. I played for about two hours and got a few hundred dollars of my earlier loss back before heading to the next club. The club was nice and seemed to have a small canteen that might also have had hot food, I’m not sure.
The chip is white with 4 grey/blue edge inserts and 8 roses around the chip. The centre inlay is silver with a yellow border. The poker room name and the denom (slanted for some reason) are both black. Bottom half of the inlay has a royal flush in spades
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
November 17th, 2023 at 10:22:30 AM
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State: Oregon
City: Portland
Casino: The Game
Today’s chip of the day is from The Game Poker Club in Portland, Oregon. I have to admit it took me some time to remember this place. I was about to do this write with nothing but a “I don’t remember” and then it clicked! I came in late at night around 11 pm after finishing my first 3 poker rooms and 2 casinos. Casinos are easy to get in and out quickly, poker rooms tend to take longer which is why I was running late. I waited 15 minutes for a seat which wasn’t too bad. The game was very good but I think I ended up losing a few dollars. This club runs on a daily fee and no rake, Oregon is easily the most player friendly state cost wise and it’s not close. They have a small kitchen so I ordered a chicken Caesar salad but I don’t think they know what that is. They use Greek dressing and black olives, it was edible but not very good. Win some you lose some I guess.
The chip is white with 3 gold Diamond inserts?!? I’m not sure what else to call them honestly. The centre inlay is silver with a red (not sure why) spade with the club name inside it in white. The denom is in black along with poker club in black.
City: Portland
Casino: The Game
Today’s chip of the day is from The Game Poker Club in Portland, Oregon. I have to admit it took me some time to remember this place. I was about to do this write with nothing but a “I don’t remember” and then it clicked! I came in late at night around 11 pm after finishing my first 3 poker rooms and 2 casinos. Casinos are easy to get in and out quickly, poker rooms tend to take longer which is why I was running late. I waited 15 minutes for a seat which wasn’t too bad. The game was very good but I think I ended up losing a few dollars. This club runs on a daily fee and no rake, Oregon is easily the most player friendly state cost wise and it’s not close. They have a small kitchen so I ordered a chicken Caesar salad but I don’t think they know what that is. They use Greek dressing and black olives, it was edible but not very good. Win some you lose some I guess.
The chip is white with 3 gold Diamond inserts?!? I’m not sure what else to call them honestly. The centre inlay is silver with a red (not sure why) spade with the club name inside it in white. The denom is in black along with poker club in black.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
November 18th, 2023 at 6:29:26 AM
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State: Oregon
City: Oak Grove
Casino: Oregon Poker Club
Today’s chip of the day is from Oregon Poker Club in Oak Grove, Oregon. This club is a weird one in that the poker room is currently inside of Stadiums Sports Bar and also apparently runs inside of Kitkat’s Strip Club but I didn’t go to verify that information that I got from the dealer. I actually was aware of Oregon Poker Club but I thought it was in a different bar until I was told it was at Stadiums while I was at Final Table earlier in the day. I get the impression that the game moves around from time to time. When I got to Stadiums there was a $1/$1 NLH game running and a tournament. I put my name on the list and was third up. I grabbed a chicken Caesar wrap and tater tots at the bar while I waited for close to an hour. Eventually I convinced the other guys waiting to play 5 handed. The daily fee was $5 and no rake was taken. They used a system that I saw once in Texas in College Station. Apparently by the law the game needs to be player dealt although no other clubs seem to care about that. So they provide a dealer and he deals himself a hand every hand but automatically folds his hand, he also posts the blinds when in turn. Following these rules make him a player and makes the game “player” dealt. I stayed for just over an hour as I still had to make a visit to The Game before it closed. I won about $100 at Stadiums.
The chip is grey with 8 edge inserts, 4 black and 4 white. The centre inlay is white with a gold banner, red ribbon and red crown with Oregon poker club on the banner. There is a slight hiccup, I remember the denom being listed on the chip which means it is on the other side of the chip. I don’t have the chip with me but I have made myself a note to add it when I go home for Chanukah beginning of December.
City: Oak Grove
Casino: Oregon Poker Club
Today’s chip of the day is from Oregon Poker Club in Oak Grove, Oregon. This club is a weird one in that the poker room is currently inside of Stadiums Sports Bar and also apparently runs inside of Kitkat’s Strip Club but I didn’t go to verify that information that I got from the dealer. I actually was aware of Oregon Poker Club but I thought it was in a different bar until I was told it was at Stadiums while I was at Final Table earlier in the day. I get the impression that the game moves around from time to time. When I got to Stadiums there was a $1/$1 NLH game running and a tournament. I put my name on the list and was third up. I grabbed a chicken Caesar wrap and tater tots at the bar while I waited for close to an hour. Eventually I convinced the other guys waiting to play 5 handed. The daily fee was $5 and no rake was taken. They used a system that I saw once in Texas in College Station. Apparently by the law the game needs to be player dealt although no other clubs seem to care about that. So they provide a dealer and he deals himself a hand every hand but automatically folds his hand, he also posts the blinds when in turn. Following these rules make him a player and makes the game “player” dealt. I stayed for just over an hour as I still had to make a visit to The Game before it closed. I won about $100 at Stadiums.
The chip is grey with 8 edge inserts, 4 black and 4 white. The centre inlay is white with a gold banner, red ribbon and red crown with Oregon poker club on the banner. There is a slight hiccup, I remember the denom being listed on the chip which means it is on the other side of the chip. I don’t have the chip with me but I have made myself a note to add it when I go home for Chanukah beginning of December.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
November 19th, 2023 at 6:58:36 AM
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State: Oregon
City: Lincoln City
Casino: Chinook Winds
Today’s chip of the day is from Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City, Oregon. Chinook Winds Casino opened in May, 1995 and has 1080 slot machines and 27 table games and poker tables across two floors. I was so excited to get to this casino because after a week of going into casinos with no beatable slot machines (Washington) I was finally back in the land of real casinos again lol. This wasn’t even an amazing casino as it was pretty picked over but I won a few hundred bucks doing a walk through of the casino. The main floor had lots of good machines but the second floor was mostly unbearable slots. I played pai gow to collect my chip and broke even which isn’t hard when only playing 3 hands lol.
The chip is a white RHC with 4 blue edge inserts. The oversized inlay is white and blue with a fish floating above (not sure why it’s flying 🤷♂️) a stream with a mountain in the background. The denom is red in the middle of the inlay and the casino name and location are white around the outside of the inlay.
City: Lincoln City
Casino: Chinook Winds
Today’s chip of the day is from Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City, Oregon. Chinook Winds Casino opened in May, 1995 and has 1080 slot machines and 27 table games and poker tables across two floors. I was so excited to get to this casino because after a week of going into casinos with no beatable slot machines (Washington) I was finally back in the land of real casinos again lol. This wasn’t even an amazing casino as it was pretty picked over but I won a few hundred bucks doing a walk through of the casino. The main floor had lots of good machines but the second floor was mostly unbearable slots. I played pai gow to collect my chip and broke even which isn’t hard when only playing 3 hands lol.
The chip is a white RHC with 4 blue edge inserts. The oversized inlay is white and blue with a fish floating above (not sure why it’s flying 🤷♂️) a stream with a mountain in the background. The denom is red in the middle of the inlay and the casino name and location are white around the outside of the inlay.
You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
