HARVEST ADVENTURES FROM AN ADDICTED CHIP COLLECTOR

BY RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER
SOME PEOPLE HAVE COMPULSIONS TO GAMBLE, SOME TO AMASS FORTUNES AND OTHER’S, THEY JUST LIKE TO WRITE STORIES; YEAH, THAT WOULD BE ME. I WAS NEVER VERY GOOD AT IT ; BUT I HAVE DONE IT OVER THE YEARS JUST THE SAME.
IF ANY OF YOU WANT ANY INSIDE INFORMATION ON ANY CASINO THAT I’VE BEEN TO, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TELL YOU WHAT I CAN.
REGGIE

PERSONAL HARVESTING STORIES

KORNER CLUB, THE BOZEMAN, MT

By:RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER

FAMILY REUNIONS WERE USUALLY THE REASON FOR ME TO TRAVEL UP TO THIS AREA IN MONTANA. I WAS STAYING OVERNIGHT IN BOZEMAN, AND THOUGHT I WOULD RUN DOWN A FEW LEADS I HAD ON BARS OR CLUBS THAT HAD POKER ROOMS.
THIS NIGHT I HAD AN ADDRESS TO THE KORNER CLUB, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS RIGHT IN DOWNTOWN BOZEMAN, WRONG; IT WAS HALF WAY BETWEEN BOZEMAN AND BELGRADE. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR OF LOOKING (THIS WAS BEFORE GPS) I FOUND IT, AND IT LOOKS JUST LIKE THE PICTURE ON THE CHIP GUIDE, BUT MORE GAWDY WITH ONLY NEON LIGHTS AT NIGHT.
I WALKED IN THE SIDE DOOR AND ASK THE BARTENDER WHERE THE GAME WAS AND HE SAID IT HAD NOT STARTED JUST YET, BUT WOULD BE STARTING WITHIN THE HOUR. I SAID GREAT, AND STARTED UP THE STAIRS HE HAD POINTED TO. IF YOU EVER BEEN IN AN ATTIC THAT HAD BEEN CONVERTED TO A BEDROOM, THIS PRETTY MUCH DESCRIBES “THE POKER ROOM UPSTAIRS”. THE KID THAT WAS RUNNING THE POKER ROOM (HE LOOKED UNDERAGE TO ME, 18 IS LEGAL DRINKING AND GAMBLING IN MONTANA) SAID CAN I HELP YOU AND GRABBED THE BRUSH BOARD, I SAID I REALLY DO NOT HAVE THE TIME TO GET IN THE GAME, BUT COULD I BUY SOME CHIPS? HE REALLY GAVE ME THE ONCE OVER THEN, HE SAID WHAT? I SAID COULD I BUY SOME CHIPS. HE DID NOT SAY ANYTHING FOR A WHILE, AND I KNEW I WAS IN TROUBLE WITH THIS ONE. THEN A FEW PEOPLE STARTED SHOWING UP FOR THE GAME. AND I THOUGHT TO MY SELF AFTER VIEWING THE RACK THAT WAS USED FOR THE GAME, NOTHING VENTURED NOTHING GAINED, COULD I JUST BUY ONE OF EACH OF THE CHIPS, AND I GUESS HE FIGURED THAT WOULD BE THE EASIEST WAY TO DEAL WITH ME AND SAID OK. HE SOLD ME A 25c, $1 & A $5 CHIP FOR $6. I THANKED HIM, AND MADE A DASH FOR THE STAIRS. I FELT LUCKY JUST TO LEAVE WHAT I GOT. AND NO, NOWAY DID I GET AS MANY AS I NEEDED OR WANTED…REGGIE
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