Wasn't going to read all 11 pages, but this is sort of a hobby for me now. Last night I played in my 205th poker room. I actually keep a website listing the poker rooms so that I know when I'm traveling if I've been to that poker room or not. I get a chip from each casino and I have them in frames.

Most of the chips are dollars, but I have anywhere from 25 cent chips to five dollar chips. Two of the chips are autographed.

Check out the list here: http://mcpokerchip.blogspot.com/2010...beginning.html

Wow, you blew me away. I think I was in 1st or 2nd place with 80 until you posted this. lol

Blew away my 130-150 rooms....I gotta start to travel more!

I didn't hit every page, but I'm gonna throw my two cents in here...How do I come in terms of area's played? Do I crack top ten? I think I count 41-42 rooms but I didn't do the play in every room in vegas circuit a lot of you guys did.

SF
LA
Vegas
Chicago/nw indy and aurora
Tunica
indiana(south)
West Virginia
PA
NJ
NY(turning stone and niagara)
CT
Delaware

abroad-
Canada- fallsview
France- aviation club
Spain- casino barcelona

I, too, always save a chip from everywhere I play...

Florida
- Ebro Greyhound
- Pensacola Greyhound
- Ocala Jai Alai
- Derby Lane
- Tampa Hardrock
- The Isle
- Hollywood Hardrock

Northeast
- Delaware Park
- The Borgota
- The Taj
- Foxwoods
- Mohegan Sun

Nevada
- Caesar's
- Bellagio
- Bally's
- Mirage
- Venetian
- Grand Sierra (Reno)
- Silver Legacy (Reno)
- Harvey's (Tahoe)

Also, Harrah's in New Orleans and Beau Rivage in Biloxi.

Edit: and the Horseshoe in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Nice list MC. Being from the UK, I'd only ever considered AC, Vegas and S.Cali as places in the US for a poker trip. Looks like there are plenty of other options to extend my own chip collection.

Thanks guys. It's a fun hobby for sure. I've played in some of the biggest most famous rooms (Belagio, the Bike, etc) and some of the smallest no name poker table only rooms. Heck one time I drove up a mountain for an hour to play at a one table poker game in the middle of blackjack tables ( eagle mountain casino).

Couple of places to check out if you are interested (besides my website above) is chip guide.com and Tiny Treasures.

Chip guide has a list of every casino and a picture of all their chips. So when I travel I check this website out first to research who does and who doesn't have poker. All my chips are from where I play poker at. No poker, no chip. Unfortunately I can't find a reliable website that shows poker rooms only, as chip guide.com shows all casinos. Also there is an active message board of chip collectors. If you are missing a chip from either some place you won't be able to get back to or it's closed down now, someone on this board will sell or trade you that chip.

Tiny Treasures is where I get my frames. He's based in Vegas and does a great job. In fact I need to order another frame soon as I have my last 15 chips loose for now.

In regards to my website, I'm still debating on whether or not to write a trip report for each casino. I kind of want to do it to help me remember each room, but for crying out loud that's 200+! Of course every day that goes by that I don't write about it, I forget more and more of the details.

Anyway, probably more than you cared to know.

I like this...
WI- Ho-Chunk, Potowatomi
IL-Grand Victoria, Hollywood, Harrahs-Metropolis
IN-Majestic Star, Blue Chip, Casino, Horseshoe, Indianapolis e tables
MI-Four Winds
AZ- Casino AZ
NV- Mirage, Bellagio, Venetian, Ballys, Caesars, Aria, Imperial Palace

Washington
Club Hollywood
Goldies
Parkers
Diamond Lils
Drift On Inn
Hideaway
PJ Pockets
Suquamish Clearwater
Tulalip
Muckleshoot
Snoqualmie

Nevada
Planet Hollywood
Bellagio
Venetian
Bally's
Aria
Golden Nugget
Caesar's

Vancouver
Edgewater
Boulevard

Florida
Gulfstream
Isle
Hard Rock Hollywood
Mardi Gras

Vegas
Venetian
Wynn
Mirage
Orleans
Binions
Bellagio
Caesars
Tropicana
O`Sheas
Luxor
Mandalay Bay
Aria
Planet Hollywood
IP
Ballys
Paris (room gone)

Louisiana

Harrah`s New Orleans
Cypress Bayou-Charenton
L`Auberge du Lac-Lake Charles
Horseshoe-Shreveport
El Dorado-Shreveport

Oklahoma

Hard Rock-Tulsa
River Spirit-Tulsa
Riverwind-OKC
Fire Lake-Shawnee
Winstar
Choctaw-Durant
Some forgotten casino up on Kansas border

Atlantic City
Borgata
Caesars

Pennsylvania

Mohegan Sun-Willkes Barre
Meadows-Pitt
Rivers-Pitt

New York
Turning Stone-Verona

Mississippi
Beau Rivage-Biloxi

Canada
Windsor, Ont casino--a Caesars`s I think


Best of the Best rooms-Venetian, Aria, Beau Rivage, Rivers-Pitt, Harrah`s-NO (only for the action-action makes up for extreme discomfort of room), Borgata

Worst-IP-Vegas, O`Sheas (do it simply to say you`ve done it), Windsor, Ont, Meadows-Pitt, Turning Stone-Verona, NY.

OP what made you want to go to Casino Real, Manteca CA and also Bay 101?

i was already near manteca and figured i would just check it out. lively small NL game with no cap as well as a great O8 game from my memory.
bay 101 is a poker destination and a wpt stop. there was amazing action there too, but i haven't played there since they changed the format of the big bet games. back when it was $200 limit per bet (no cap to raises when heads up), i won a $3k heads up pot. he just wouldn't stop raising me!

CA:
COMMERCE
MORONGO
PECHANGA
THE BIKE
DIAMOND JIM'S ( MOJAVE)
HAWAIN GARDENS
HUSTLER CASINO
HOLLYWOOD PARK CASINO
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NEVADA:
LAS VEGAS:
-
TROPICANA
HOOTERS
MGM GRAND
PLANET HOLLYWOOD
BALLYS
BILLS GAMBLING SALOON
THE OSHEAS
FLAMINGO
IMPERIAL PALACE
HARRAHS
THE VENETIAN
WYNN
MANDALAY BAY
LUXOR
EXCALIBUR
THE ORLEANS
MONTE CARLO
ARIA
BELLAGIO
RIO
CAESARS PALACE
THE MIRAGE
TREASURE ISLAND
SAHARA
STRATOSPHERE
GOLDEN NUGGET
RENO/TAHOE:
-
EL DERADO
CIRCUS CIRCUS
PEPPERMILL
GRAND SIERRA
CASEARS TAHOE
HARRAHS TAHOE
HARRAHS RENO
HARVEY'S LAKE TAHOE
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OTHER REGIONS:
France:
-
CERCLE WAGRAM
AVIATION CLUB
-
LONDON
-
CASINO AT THE EMPIRE
VICTORIA CLUB
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Spain:
-
GRAN CASINO, SEVILLA
-
MONTANA:
Staxx Card Club
-
INDIANA:
Horseshoe, Hammond
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Florida:
Hard Rock, Hollywood FL

Originally Posted by danspartan
Got a late start at 40 AND haven't started collecting chips

MN
Canterbury (home ice, so to speak)
Running Aces
Grand Casino Hinckley

IA
Diamond Jo's
Horseshoe Council Bluffs

WI
Potowatami

MI
Soaring Eagle
Greektown

NY
Turning Stone

Canada (eh)
Falls View

MS
Tunica

CA
Oceans 11
Oaks

NV
Venetian
Bellagio

IL
Pair-a-dice (Peoria)

Italy
Casino di Venezia (Venice)

AC
Borgata
Harrahs
Caesars
Taj
Showboat

Vegas
Bellagio
Aria
Rio

Florida
Hollywood Hardrock
Isle
Dania Alai Jai

PA
Parx

NY
Turningstone

MS
Beau Rivage

I like that idea with the $1 chips, I gotta start doing that.

Vegas

Bally's
MGM
Bellagio
Aria
Venetian
Harrah's
Red Rock
Flamingo
Gold Coast
M
Palms
Planet Hollywood
Golden Nugget
Hard Rock
Green Valley Ranch
Fiesta
Mirage
Hooters
The Orleans
Treasure Island
Bills
O'Sheas
Imperial Palace
Stratosphere
Sahara
Caesar's Palace
Monte Carlo
South Point
Wynn
Rio
Palace Station
Silverton

Reno

Grand Sierra Resort
Silver Legacy
Peppermill
Harrah's

NorCal/Oregon

Oaks
Lucky Chances
Napa Valley
Jackson Rancheria
California Grand
Bay 101
Gold Country
Casino San Pablo
Twin Pines
Collusa
Paiute Palace
Seven Feathers
Cache Creek

SoCal

Pechanga
Commerce
Bicycle
Hollywood Park
Morongo

East Coast

Foxwoods
Turning Stone
Borgata
Taj Mahal
Seabrook
Rockingham
At least 10 different underground Boston rooms

Overseas

Aviation Club (Paris)
Holland Casino (Amsterdam)
Casino Barcelona

I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch, oh well.

Haven't played that many, but I thought it interesting, if only for me, to list them.

Arizona
Casino Del Sol - Tuson
Desert Diamond - Tuson

Florida
Ocala Jai alai - Reddick
JCKC - Monticello
Hamilton Jai Alai - Hamilton
Orange Park & St. Johns - Jacksonville
Creek Entertainment - Gretna
Ebro Greyhound Park- Ebro

Mississippi
Gold Strike - Tunica
Sam's Town - Tunica
Hollywood Casino - Tunica
IP - Biloxi
Isle of Capri - Biloxi
Beau Rivage - Biloxi

North Carolina
Harrah's - Cherokee

South Dakota
Saloon #10 - Deadwood
Silverado - Deadwood
Gold Dust - Deadwood

Played poker in a casino for the first time ever tonight, £50 freezeout at the Broadway Casino in Birmingham.

I must say I found it very grim, the majority of the players were depressed looking middle aged men and there was so much antagonism and bitterness flying around. One hand in particular I flopped a full house after checking 64o in the BB and ended up doubling, my opponent looked at me like I had just shot his kids dead.

Is this the general story in casinos?

Las Vegas
• Mirage
• Wynn
• Treasure Island
• Binions
• Bellagio
• Excalibur
• Planet Hollywood
• Flamingo
• Monte Carlo
• Mandalay Bay
• Circus Circus
• Luxor
• Venation

Elko
• Forgot the name of the place – only game in town around ten years ago


Atlantic City
• Trump Taj
• Borgata
• Tropicana


Philly
• Parx


Colorado
• Hyatt
• The Lodge
• Bullwhackers
• Riveria

Iowa
• Harveys
• Binions

Fla
• Hardrock (Hollywood)
• Palm Beach Kennel Club

Min
• Canterbury

Louisville
• Harris Boat

Probably a few more that I have not remembered over the last 15 to 20 years. I used to save the chips as well. My niece now uses them as toys.

Vegas
Caesars
MGM
Venetian
Wynn
Bally's
Bellagio
Mirage
Luxor
Mandalay Bay
Canada
Caesars Windsor
Detroit
MGM
Motor City
WV
Mountaineer
PA
Rivers
Coming Soon
Horseshoe Cleveland*
Hollywood Casino Toledo*

just got lucky in the BB and checked and flopped nuts. It happens but i guess the story would change if you raised pflop and than there might be frustration.

Well played though

Quick update to see if we can get this thread back going (and/or continue it). This weekend was chip number 214 for me (Jumer's in Rock Island). Played in a great structured tournament there. Highly recommend it.

Next up is a trip to the Spokane, WA are where I have spotted 7 more poker/card rooms to add to the collection.

Then a trip to VEGAS! This is where I need your help. I have a bunch from Vegas (around 70) but haven't been there in over 4 years. Can anyone tell me the rooms that you know of that have opened up in the past 4 years? That will help me research which casinos/cardrooms to go to.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun, Borgata, Taj Mahal, Tropicana, Caesars AC, Showboat AC, Harrahs AC, Turning Stone Casino, Wynn, Caesars LV, Venetian, MGM, Casino AZ, Mirage, Bellagio, Casino De Montreal

Well you know all the rooms in Las Vegas that you have been in and allvegas.com has a complete list of all Las Vegas card rooms.

Foxwoods; Seneca Gaming and Entertainment in both Irving (used to have a card room) and Salamanca, NY; Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls, NY; Fallsview (Canada); and Casino Niagara (Canada).