[gagners]

I gotta agree partially with Trojan. Even tho cash chips belong to the casino, they WANT you to take them. The pay less than any of us for paulsons etc, and whenever a $5 or even $25 walk out, they made a huge profit. Why do you think there are so many commemorative chips? so people will take them and never redeem them.

Now, tourney chips...hmmm... horse of a different color.

1 - it should be at the risk of the player b/c he is shorting himself (herself, you know what I mean)

2 - it should not leave intact. I think players should have the right to take a chip, but that the casino has the right to "void" the chip, making it impossible to reintroduce (drill a hole through it etc). That way, I get my WSOP "trophy", and the TD is secure knowing that the integrity of the game isn't compromised.

As a matter of fact, since the WSOP chips are re-done ever year (I'm correct on this, right?) I'm wicked surprised that the host casino doesn't sell the chips after the season is done. Could you imagine owning a 500 chip set of ACTUAL WSOP ME CHIPS? How much would we, as true chip geeks, be willing to pay for that? Enough to buy next year's tourney set I'm certain.

For home games and small local tourneys and the like, if you want a chip, offer to buy it off of the owner. If he says no, keep your grubby hands off of them...