i have collected a $1 chip from every poker room that i've played in over the past couple of years, starting in about late 2006. i have chips from 32 different rooms plus a player's card from the excalibur from the plo game on the poker-tek tables. and i played in a room in black hawk, colorado but must have forgotten to bring home a chip.

in rough geographical order:

Oceans 11, Oceanside (San Diego)
Palomar Card Club, San Diego
Viejas Casino, San Diego
Village Club, San Diego
Harrah's Rincon, San Diego-ish
Pechanga, San Diego-ish

Bicycle Casino, LA
Hustler Casino, LA
Commerce, LA
Golden West Casino, Bakersfield
Tachi Palace, Lemoore CA
Bay 101, San Jose CA
Comstock Casino, Tracy CA
Casino Real, Manteca CA
Cache Creek, Sacto / Napa CA
Club One, Fresno CA

Venetian, Vegas
Bellagio, Vegas
Caesar's Palace, Vegas
Rio, Vegas
Mirage, Vegas
Aladdin, Vegas
Golden Nugget, Vegas
MGM Grand, Vegas
Binion's, Vegas
Wynn, Vegas
Cactus Pete's, Jackpot NV
El Dorado, Reno
Atlantis Casino, Reno
Harvey's, Lake Tahoe NV

Casino Arizona, Scottsdale
Winstar Casino, OK

You've got me beat, but I do the same thing with $1 chips. My list:

Commerce, LA
Monte Carlo, LV
Mirage, LV
Caesars, LV
Cherokee, Tulsa
Harrahs, KC
Lumiere, St Louis
Horseshoe, Louisville
Hollywood, Cincinnati
Wheeling Island, WV

Going back to Vegas in 2 weeks for my anniversary and plan to hit up MGM (our hotel), Luxor (free lessons for Mrs Wino), Venetian, and maybe Bellagio.

Let's see.

San Diego County

• Sycuan
• Viejas
• Barona
• Casino Pauma
• Harrah's Rincon
• Ocean's 11

Riverside County

• Lake Elsinore
• Pechanga

Los Angeles County

• Commerce
• The Bicycle Club
• Normandie Casino
• Hollywood Park
• Hustler

Lost Wages

• South Pointe
• Silverton
• Mandalay Bay
• Luxor
• Excalibur
• Tropicana
• Hooters
• MGM
• Planet Hollywood
• Monte Carlo
• Bally's
• Bill's Gamblin Hall
• O'Shea's
• Flamingo
• Imperial Palace
• Caesar's Palace
• Harrah's
• Venetian
• Riviera
• Circus Circus
• Sahara
• Stratosphere
• Palace Station

Jean, Nevada

• Buffalo Bill's

Macau

• Casino Grand Lisboa

I must have lost my chip from bally's las vegas. hmmm....
plus i have played at lake elsinore, but only a tournament. i won it and left.

Las Vegas:
Mandalay bay
Luxor
Excalibur
Tropicana
MGM
Monte Carlo
Aladdin (back in the day)
Planet Hollywood
Paris
Ballys
Bellagio
Hard Rock
Tuscany
Bills Gambling Saloon
Caesars
Flamingo
Harrahs
Mirage
Venetian
TI
Wynn
Stardust
Riviera
Las Vegas Hilton
Hooters
Sahara
The Orleans
Red Rock
M
Palace Station
Strat
Golden Nugget
Binions
Rio
Palms

AC:
Borgata
Harrahs
Caesars

Biloxi:
Grand Casino(before hurricane)
Beau Rivage
IP
Hard Rock
Treasure Bay(before hurricane)
Gulfport Grand(before hurricane)
Palace
Isle of Capri
Casino Magic(bay st. louis)

Tunica:
Harrahs
gold strike
horseshoe
Sams Town

Bossier city, LA:
Horseshoe
Eldorado

Baton Rouge, LA:
docked boat casino, dont remember name

Oklahoma:
Cherokee
Firelake Grand
Winstar

Albuquerque, NM:
Sandia

LA:
Commerce
Bike

Florida:
Hard Rock(Tampa)
Hard Rock(Hollywood)
Derby Lane
Tampa bay downs
Tampa Greyhound
Sarasota Kennel Club
Ocala Jai Alai
Pompano Harness Track
Palm Beach Kennel club
Naples Kennel club
Sun Cruz
Johns Pass Gambling boat

California
Capitol Casino
Limelight
Silver Fox
Folsom Lake Bowl
The Phoenix
Lucky Derby
Lucky Chances
The Oaks
San Pablo
Jackson Rancheria
Cache Creek
Commerce
The Bike
Deuces Wild

Nevada/Stateline/AC
Harrah's
Harvey's
Tropicana

You guys are degens compared to my list

Ahhhhh, I count 30 off the top of my head. About half in vegas, 10 in the bay area, and some odd ones here or there.

I try to do the dollar chip thing, but I am woefully forgetful.

more places i've played and don't have chips from:

palace station
red rock
palms
mandalay bay
(underground room in houston)

NH

• Seabrook Poker Room
• Rockingham Park

CT

• Mohegan Sun
• Foxwoods

NH

• Turning Stone

Vegas

• Monte Carlo
• MGM
• Flamingo
• Ceasers Palace
• RIO
• Bellagio
• Wynn
• TI

CT
Mohegan Sun
Foxwoods

Vegas
Mandalay
Luxor
MGM
Excalibur
Tropicana
Monte Carlo
Planet Hollywood
Venetian
Bally's
Binions
Mirage
Hard Rock

Los Angeles
Commerce
Bike
Hustler
Hollywood Park

Aruba
Radisson Hotel & Casino

Panama City
Veneto Casino

Vegas

• MGM Grand
• Cannery
• Ballys
• Sunset Station
• M
• Silverton
• Paris
• Golden Nugget
• Flamingo
• Bellagio
• Mirage
• Harrahs
• Plaza
• Orleans
• Luxor
• Circus Circus
• Four Queens
• Sahara
• Texas Station
• Venetian
• Hard Rock
• Imperial Palace
• Ceasars
• Palazzo
• Mandalay Bay
• Excalibur
• Treasure Island
• El Cortez
• Green Valley Ranch
• Fitzgeralds
• South Point
• Wynn
• Red Rock
• Hooters
• Binions
• Bills Gambling Hall
• Fremont
• New York New York
• Riviera
• Monte Carlo
• Golden Gate
• Hilton
• Las Vegas Club
• Terribles
• Rio

Michigan

• MGM Grand
• Soaring Eagle
• Four Winds
• Greektown
• Turtle Creek

Tunica

• Gold Strike
• Grand
• Horseshoe

Random

• Celebrity Cruiseline
• Casino Windsor
• Casino Aztar(missouri)

Obviously some of these weren't from poker rooms as the property doesn't have one, but probably 95% of the collection is from poker.

i was gonna say, i didnt think NY NY or terribles had a poker room.

My list isn't nearly as cool, as I've got other things to do in Vegas than play poker.

Arizona:

• Casino Arizona (both south in the original tents before ANY of the new buildings, and in the current location)
• Gila River Wild Horse Pass
• Gila River Vee Quiva
• Fort McDowell (back when they moved out of trailers full of smoke)
• Harrahs Ak Chin (my first Harrahs card was activated there 15 years ago -- or so I found when I went there 8 days ago for a small tournament)
• Cliff Castle Casino (before the rebuild, but have visited since)
• Several strip-mall "Card Rooms" in the Phoenix area..

California:

• One of the Sacramento "card rooms" - Rancho's Club, methinks.
• Viejas on I-8 outside of San Diego
• Morongo on I-10
• San Manuel outside of San Bernardino
• Commerce in LA
• Bay 101 in San Jose

Vegas:

• Excalibur (my first!, with dealers raking quarters and getting tipped in silver!!!one1!)
• Binions
• Golden Nugget
• Imperial Palace

I've been in most of the "big" rooms in Vegas, but too often find myself with company that isn't interested in me sitting at a poker table for hours on end when I could be teaching them to shoot craps.

Wow, I counted in my head before opening this thread.... I've played in 15 different poker rooms.

And I thought that was a lot.

Missouri:

Harrah's St. Louis
Ameristar St. Charles
President's St. Louis
Lumiere Place St. Louis
Harrah's North Kansas City

Nevada:

Wynn
Venetian
Mirage
Mandalay Bay
Caesar's Palace
MGM Grand

I want to play in more places in Vegas but whenever I'm there, I have trouble finding a reason to play anywhere other than Venetian.

San Diego:
Village Club Card Room

LA:
Bike
Commerce

WA State:
Muckleshoot
Bremerton Lanes
Allstar Lanes
Chips Casino East Bremerton

Phoenix:
Casino Arizona
Fort Mcdowell

Las Vegas:
MGM
Excalibur
Luxor
Bellagio
Venician
Caesar's Palace
Harrah's
Orleans
PH
Aladdin
Rio
Hooters
One of the stations, forgot which

Iowa:
Prairie Meadows

London:
Vic

Strictly Atlantic City for me:

Hilton
Tropicana
Caesar's/Bally's
Trump Taj
Borgata

That's it.

I also collect $1 chips from all casino's I play poker in, although I have missed a few.

MINNESOTA
1) Running Aces (Columbus) *
2) Canterbury Park (Shakopee) *
3) Treasure Island Casino (Welch)*
4) Grand Casino Hinckley (Hinckley)
5) Black Bear Casino (Carlton)
6) Grand Casino Mille Lacs (Onamia)

WISCONSIN
1) St. Croix Casino (Turtle Lake)

IOWA
1) Diamond Jo's (Northwood)

FLORIDA
1) Hard Rock Casino (Tampa)
2) Derby Lane (St. Pete)

ARIZONA
1) Casino Arizona (Scottsdale)
2) Gila River - Vee Quiva (Laveen)
3) Fort McDowell (Fountain Hills)

CALIFORNIA
1) Commerce Club (Commerce)
2) Bicycle Club (Bell Gardens)
3) Ocean’s Eleven (Oceanside)

NEVADA
Las Vegas
1) Luxor
2) Excalibur
3) MGM
4) Monte Carlo
5) Planet Hollywood/Aladdin
6) Bally's
7) Bellagio
8) Caesars
9) Mirage
10) Flamingo
11) Imperial Palace
12) Harrah's
13) Venetian
14) Wynn
15) Riviera
16) Sahara
17) Rio - WSOP
Reno
18) El Dorado
19) Peppermill

35 Poker Rooms in Total
* = Home Casinos in MN

I'm at about 130 -- with a chip and a story from each. But then, I started in 1969. OK, OK -- I'll get the records and chips out and list them.

Missing all of NorCal, Reno, San Diego and the entire East Coast - so my target is 200.

Abe I started around the same time. That makes us a couple of dinosaurs. As far as casinos played at I am far behind you with 60. I plan on playing at every poker room in the Midwest. So hopefully I should be around 130 rooms by the time I’m done. My favorite play to play is the Golden Nugget. I started playing there in 1976 and still enjoy playing there when I get to Vegas. You can catch me on the latest Windy City Poker Championship Show http://windycitypokerchampionship.com/

CT
- Foxwoods
- Mohegan Sun

Vegas
- MGM Grand
- Bellagio
- Planet Hollywood
- Wynn
- Mirage
- Treasure Island
- Rio

London
- The Vic

Prague
- Golden Prague

NY Turning Stone
NY Seneca Niagara
ON Casino Niagara
NH Rockingham Park
CT Foxwoods
CT Mohegan Sun
NJ Trump Taj
NJ Ballys
NJ Harrahs
NJ Borgata
NJ Showboat
FL Hard Rock Ft L
FL Tampa Bay Downs
FL The Isle (Pompano Park)
FL Daytona Beach KC
FL Dania Jai Alai
IN Argosy/Hollywood
IN Horseshoe So In
IN French Lick
CA Ocean's 11
CA Bay 101
NV Grand Sierra Reno
NV Peppermill Reno
NV Atlantis Reno
NV Cal Neva Reno
NV Harvey's Tahoe
NV Caesars Tahoe (now Mount blue or something)
NV Lakeside Tahoe
NV Binions LV
NV Golden Nugget LV
NV Tuscany LV
NV Orleans LV
NV Palms LV
NV Rio LV
NV Excalibur LV
NV Flamingo LV
NV Luxor LV
NV Mandalay Bay LV
NV Sahara LV
NV Stratosphere LV
NV Bellagio LV
NV Caesars Palace LV
NV MGM Grand LV
NV Mirage LV
NV Venetian LV
NV Wynn LV

holy shyte am I a degen.

hmmm... ~25 I guess.

I thought this was gonna be a stupid thread but it's actually quite cool, the idea to collect $1 chips.

I've never done that but I've just got a ton of players club cards from casinos all over the country and world.. from NV CA OR WA NY NJ BC AUS etc etc.. I think the $1 idea is cooler though.

I forgot WV... Mountaineer and Wheeling Island.