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[Swampy]

I use either a chip or, if I feel the need of a little reminder of how lucky I am, the piece of a Chinese mortar round that I dug out of my leg in 1971 -- usually the chip.

[Bremen]

Today I actually had a dealer grab chips off my cards and give me change for a bet. I protested and they counted down the pot and verified it was over, but I do believe I'll have to get a dedicated protector :0)

[bolgenmod]

I have three protectors I use.

The first is a medallion from Winchester England with King Alfred the Great on it. For those who don't know, many tourist sites in England (and elsewhere, but EVERYWHERE in England) sell these souvenir coins which are nice and heavy and thus great card protectors. (I got a friend who's crazy for WWII aircraft a medallion with a Spitfire on it from the Duxford Air Museum.)

The second is a Mardi Gras coin that has McDuff the crime dog biting into a very large "bone" (a "bone" with nutsack). Take a bite out of "crime" indeed!

The third is one of Ten's Egyptian Chipcos: the $100 chip. I couldn't afford a real set, so I had to content myself with a sample set and an extra of my favorite design to use as a protector.

It may be dorky, but I like to have my protector with me. I don't believe in luck, but I believe in habit. One night, I forgot to bring any of them, and my cards felt naked. (I still won, but...)

[Bartman387]

Since I've gotten back from Vegas I have used one of these two chips. Did bad using the MGM chip, so I may stick with the Golden Nugget. Also, I'm thinking about buying an old Binions Horseshoe chip from the 50's and using that all the time .

[Blackjack]

I use the top part of a pez dispenser - like a looney tunes etc.. I switch depending upon what kind of mood i'm in.

Blackjack

[BoxTree]

$1 chip that says, "Westin Rio Mar" on it.

It looks like a $100 chip at Commerce.

But not quite.

So people always ask.

And then they think I'm from Puerto Rico.

(If you've met me, you should be laughing at the absurdity right now: I look like Evan.)

So I tell them my brother went on his honeymoon there.

And then they ask me if they have poker in P.R.

And I explain that they have blackjack.

And this happens every single time I sit down at a table at Commerce.

Every. Single. Time.

Why do I use this thing again?

[RollaJ]

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I have seen players go all-in and have their hands mucked by mistake THREE times, once in a ring game and twice in tournaments.

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I hate that, the second time it happened to me is when I started using 4 sticks of TNT, with a mercury switch

[cvillegold]

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A big, black dildo.

I hope you clean it before you use it.

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Before I go to the card room or after? [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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You mean during don't you [img]/images/graemlins/ooo.gif[/img]

[Fishwhenican]

Now THAT's funny!!

I usually just use a dollar chip.
Sometimes, depending on what kind of mood I'm in, I'll use a 30-06 shell casing from a bullet I used to shoot the last buffalo I killed or I might use an elk ivory.
But usually, just a dollar chip

[Wetdog]

I use a rubber chicken about 5 1/2 inches long. After each losing hand I choke the chicken.