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08-09-2006, 03:06 AM
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Why is a $2.50 chip called a snapper?
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08-09-2006, 03:34 AM
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Guma,
A $2.50 is designed to more efficiently pay off a natural 21 (blackjack) when there is a $5 bet. If there is no $2.50, the dealer has to pluck a $5, two $1's and a 50 cent piece. With a $2.50 chip, the dealer plucks a $5 and a $2.50. But the action is so quick, and often with flair, when the dealer plucks the $5, they will slam it against the $2.50 in the same motion they use to pluck that $2.50 from the tray. That slam creates a distinctive sound (a snap) and over the years the $2.50, in many gaming circles, is called a snapper.
Jim (Gaming Ore) Follis
EDIT!!! Well, with much chagrine, I have been corrected about this (by none other than Gene Trimble, CC>CC Hall of Fame member. Gene advises that even though the chips may be plucked out this way, it is not how they got their name.
Turns out it was great story, but not exactly accurate and now I need to find out the rest of the story. Sorry, more to follow! (J(GO)F 1/25/0 
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08-09-2006, 03:37 AM
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And who says ChipTalk is not educational !?!? |
08-09-2006, 03:50 AM
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It comes as no surprise that you had the answer Gaming Ore! Thanks for the excellent explanation. I didn't realize this was more of a Blackjack chip. I don't play the game so I have never seen them in use.
The reason I was asking is because I want to give my collection a theme or narrow my searches instead of trying to buy up everything I see that I like. So far I have narrowed it down to fractionals, but I have some more narrowing to do.
Thanks again!
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08-09-2006, 08:24 AM
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I see a snapper in your future Guma...
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08-09-2006, 09:07 AM
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Gaming ore provides a wealth of information out here doesn't he? Now that we know why it's called a snapper, can anyone tell us why they call a Hundred dollar bill a "wrapper" ????
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08-09-2006, 02:19 PM
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Hey all -
I have always enjoyed and thought that Jim's explaination was the better of the two explainations that I have heard... However it has also been said that it is a snapper because a snapper is a blackjack or natural. This explaination came from the early days of face down games when players would snap down their cards when they had a blackjack.
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08-09-2006, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Harlequin011 I see a snapper in your future Guma... | Waiting on three of them to come in the mail! 
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01-30-2008, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Gaming Ore  Guma,
EDIT!!! Well, with much chagrine, I have been corrected about this (by none other than Gene Trimble, CC>CC Hall of Fame member. Gene advises that even though the chips may be plucked out this way, it is not how they got their name.
Turns out it was great story, but not exactly accurate and now I need to find out the rest of the story. Sorry, more to follow! (J(GO)F 1/25/0 | No worries, hon; this only adds to the folklore. I can't wait to hear this now. |
01-30-2008, 10:23 AM
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Good info, I always thought it was a $5 "snapped" in half. Figuratively speaking. |
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