Keeping Chips from Casinos - Page 4

Photoc · #31 11-17-2005, 06:07 AM

Chips humm

I have about $1k worth in chips at home. 1's, 2's, 3's, 4's, 5's, 7's, 8's (yes, 7's and 8's), 10's, 20's, 25's all in my collection. I dont go higher but if I'm ever hurting for $, I can ebay or take them back to most of the casinos. (some are out of state).

ThaHero · #32 11-17-2005, 07:08 AM

Thanks for the replies guys! Guess I have a lot of catching up to do if I want to catch up to some of you.

Gonna start with the casinos around L.A. and branch out.

I'd like to hear about some other collections too if you haven't posted yet and are being shy.

UATrewqaz · #33 11-17-2005, 12:34 PM

I heard about a guy once asking about the following

Take like $1000 to casino and get a whole bunch of chips

Take them home and use them over the weekend for a home game, whatever, etc.

Take them back to the casino and cash in later.

Kinda a cheap ass but hey, I think it was a good idea.

#34 11-17-2005, 12:55 PM

Funny story on this note. A guy that ran a now defunct NYC poker room thought it would be nice to have some large unit Borgata chips on hand. This way if someone who was an AC player cashed in a big win they didn't have to walk out with a giant wad of cash. This would be expecially helpful at the end of the night when the drawer was short on $100 bills and you were giving a guy $3000 in $20's.

So he gives a friend who was going to Borgata $20,000 and asks him to bring some chips back. The guy buys 8 racks of green chips and stuffs them in a bag. It was quite the priceless moment when he was holding a bag of 800 quarters asking his friend what the hell he thought he was going to do with them.

WC64 · #35 11-17-2005, 02:20 PM

I have kept a $1 chip from every place I have ever played poker. Only about 20 or so casinos so far though

MicroBob · #36 11-17-2005, 06:08 PM

Playing at the Horsehoe-Tunica a few months ago there was some guy (decent player) who said that he'll sometimes take a half-decent $5 chip home (fairly new in other words)...wash it a little bit...and sell it on e-bay for $10.

Obviously if you don't get a bid that is worthwhile you can just bring it back to the casino for $5 I guess.

Not sure if this guy was for real or not.
Also not sure if you might be able to find someone willing to pay $125 for a $100 chip...or willing to pay $550 for a $500 chip.

idrinkcoors · #37 11-17-2005, 07:04 PM

You definately need to start taking home a chip from every place you play. I take a $5 or a $2 or a $1 from the first pot I win. If I'm bored sometime, I'll pull out my chips and remember the Casino and/or pot that I won. The Wynn has those cool $3 chips too.

Side story: I was playing a $1/$3? nl game at the Wynn, (200 buy-in). One of my first hands I get A/9 and the flop in A/9/3 rag. The eight seat bets $20. I go all-in, but I hold back a $3 chip. The dealer tells me to put it in the pot. I ask her if I can keep it for a souviener. She tells me no. The eight seat player is watching me the whole time and calls with A/K. Rags come out, and I pocket my $3 chip.

#38 11-17-2005, 07:10 PM

Anyone frequent the Palms in Vegas? They have a lot of differnt cool collector type chips (ltd. editions, celebs/music types on them).. but they are the $5 ones. Only been to Palms twice but so far I have seen No Doubt, Nelly, Playboy girls, etc. on them. I always make it a point to take the ones I like home with me.

cgwahl · #39 11-17-2005, 10:24 PM

[ QUOTE ]
Playing at the Horsehoe-Tunica a few months ago there was some guy (decent player) who said that he'll sometimes take a half-decent $5 chip home (fairly new in other words)...wash it a little bit...and sell it on e-bay for $10.

Obviously if you don't get a bid that is worthwhile you can just bring it back to the casino for $5 I guess.

Not sure if this guy was for real or not.
Also not sure if you might be able to find someone willing to pay $125 for a $100 chip...or willing to pay $550 for a $500 chip.

[/ QUOTE ]

Wouldn't be shocked if this were true. For some people, since they just want the chip, its cheaper/easier to pay a little "handling" charge than to go down and pick it up themselves.

MCS · #40 11-18-2005, 02:46 AM

Yes, I keep a $1 chip from everywhere I play. It's a fun and cheap souvenir.

Don't worry even a little bit about "taking chips off the table." Nobody cares when you tip the waitress with a $1 chip, and this is the same thing. I just sorta look through my chips for a clean one during some downtime and pocket it. Good times.