Yesterday I attended my first Hard Rock chip release......It was great!! Besides standing in line for 4 hours to get a number (#25), the experience of being present at a chip release was a lot of fun!! I got to meet and see a lot of fellow chippers, Donna & Bruce (they know all the secrets ), Andy, Ralph, Chuck, Bennie, Norm, Al, Warwick, Dan, etc. I was also able to stopped by to see Gene at the Palms!! On a side note, I would just like to mention that the $2-$3 mark-up that the "New Issue Services" charge for a chip is "cheap" for all the work they go through to make the chips available to us!!

Gabe