Only four spots remain for the $1 chip pool for the new season of The Apprentice, which begins on Thursday, Sept. 22.

The pool will work the same as last season. Each of the potential 18 apprentices will be represented by a chipper. As each apprentice wannabe is fired, that chipper will send one $1 chip to each of the remaining chippers. The result is that each chipper would be risking up to 17 $1 chips. If you are fired the first week, you would be out 17 chips. If your candidate makes it to the halfway point, you would break even. If your apprentice wins, you would be ahead 17 chips.

Hopefully this season's contestants will be better than last season's losers, since Donald Trump personally picked each of the contestants. And since Donald's competing with Martha's Apprentice, he'll probably do a better job than last year.

E-mail me if you are interested in playing. The pairing of apprentices and chippers will be done on a random basis.