I haven't posted in awhile, but just hit my 400th (and 401st) chip yesterday so thought I'd provide an update.
First, since we all have our own rules/guidelines for our collections, here are mine:
* can only collect one chip per casino/club
* I must have personally played poker (no table games, etc) there
* Each chip has to be from a unique casino/club. Therefore if a casino is closed then reopened under new ownership that changes the name of the casino (and therefore the chip changes) I can go again and collect a chip.
Some recent notables:
* Went to Colorado to play for the first time. Got several there.
* Went to Atlantic City for the first time in a long time.
* Texas...man Texas has a million poker rooms at the moment.
* Nothing much other to note. Just lots of poker EVERYWHERE.
Here's a website that shows where each chip was captured from in each state. For example I'm in Texas right now and just collected my 22nd chip from that state. I also have them by year so I know I've captured 19 chips so far this year. Might be able to get on in Oregon later this week, got one planned for Washington at the end of the month and then in July I go to Houston for the first time. I expect several there depending on time available.
https://mcpokerchip.wordpress.com/
Happy collecting everyone! If you don't have your chips displayed, I encourage you to look at Tiny Treasures. I now have four 99 each chip frames up in the house and the 5th one has just started with these recent chips. They're a great conversation starter and look very much like art.
ENJOY!