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My last blog post was just over 2 years ago, in July of 2021, after returning from my first poker road trip through Texas. During that trip I visited the Houston, Austin, and San Antonio areas to play poker in as many of the Texas social poker clubs as possible and to pick up lots of chips to add to my casino chip collection. Many of you enjoyed reading about my experiences -- especially those of you who have never played poker in Texas.

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(12-21 June 2021)

I just returned from a road trip through Texas. My objective was to play poker in as many of these new “Private Social Poker Clubs” as I could, and to collect some $1 chips to add to my collection. Before I even returned home, several people had contacted me asking for trip details. Some were considering making a similar poker road trip through Texas and others just wanted to know how Texas poker clubs operate. My casino chip ...

In the not-too-long-ago days of Las Vegas, your Casino Host was the man to know. They had the power of the pen and were generous with the RFB comps (Room, Food, and Beverage). They made you feel like a truly valued customer. Always happy to see you at their casino, they knew you were there to gamble, and gave little attention to today's obsession of tracking your play by computer and analyzing how much in comps you are entitled to receive. If you were there, you were playing, so you got comped ...

I booked my trip to Las Vegas this week for the 48th annual World Series of Poker. I'll arrive on June 5th and stay 18 nights. I'm catching up on a few PFA podcasts and listened to one yesterday where Druff suggested that the WSOP should have more than 2 racks of tournament chips. These two items gave me the idea to write up a Rio/WSOP chip article.

The first thing I did was to check the Nevada Gaming Control Board Gaming Commission website. Each month they publish the Chip and ...

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We've all seen those "Frisbee" 500,000 and 1,000,000 WSOP tournament chips on the ESPN broadcasts. You've probably even handled a few oversized $1,000 chips in the pit or at the poker tables. These large chips are something of a novelty. They certainly stand out in the crowd. But did you know that a few casinos have produced oversized $1 chips?

The standard casino chip has a diameter of 39mm. Oversized chips have a diameter of 43mm. Casinos generally ...