[Jeffage]

1) You can buy chips from the dealer usually, or just go up to the cage and buy them there. Chip runners may be available but are often just around for the mid limit and higher games (at least where I play).

2)Most casino hotels have safes available. Inquire at the front desk.

3) Tell the floorman you want to be put on the transfer list. When a seat opens in another game of the limit you are playing, the floorman will let the next person on the transfer list have an option to take it before the next person on the main list gets it. You stay in your game and keep playing till this happens and you can then choose to take the seat or decline.

4) Depends on the room..talk to a floorperson.

5) When you have to go to the bathroom, just go. When you get back, if you have not missed the blinds you can return to play as normal. If you have missed them you can either sit out till the button comes around and then post the big blind or if the button has just passed, you can post a live blind behind the button (you put up the small blind, which is dead, and the big blind which is live and you can act on it when its your turn..ie: check if no one has raised, raise yourself, etc) rather than wait till the BB comes around.

6) If you want to. Most people in low limit games chop..if you don't feel like asking right away, simply don't look at your cards if a chopping situation is coming and ask before you even look.

7) No idea, sorry.

8) Varies by cardroom but in the vast majority of them, if it's checked through on the river, the earliest position shows first. Don't show till you have to in these spots.

Good luck,
Jeff