Don wrote.......

"Andy. Can you give us your rationale?"

They have been called lammers in poker satellites ever since I started playing poker satellites at the Horseshoe, which was about 20 years ago.

I am very surprised Gene never heard them called that. Below is just two links of many referring to poker buy in chips as lammers.

Andy - Las Vegas

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/65/mttc-live/detox-poker-series-hard-rock-las-vegas-august-13-22nd-td-matt-savage-773422/index12.html

http://www.bluffmagazine.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12960