Chip emergency narrowly avoided

Big Mike · #1 (**permalink**) 11-27-2006, 01:16 AM

I went in to work today, which I guess is now yesterday, expecting to have a quick game of poker after getting off shift at 2300h. As I walk out my door to leave, I realize I haven't got any chips with me. "No problem", I think, "Chris will be there and he always brings chips if he's working overnight". Once I arrive, however, I discover Chris is working the same shift I am, and has brought no chips (I tend to always have chips with me, but today I was borrowing my sister's car.)
We are immediately concerned. The evening game was shaping up to be larger than normal, with three guys staying late and one guy coming in who wasn't working, we'd have a 7 man tourney, instead of our normal 4 or 5.
Luckily we knew the guy coming in owned some chips, but they were Dice chips. Slightly above average dice chips, but I still am not a big fan of playing with them. We give him a call to bring them. Unfortunately, he has lent them out to a friend of his. We were about to have one of the bigger games of the year, and nobody has chips! As a known chip geek, this is also somewhat embarassing for me.
Fortunately, my supervisor, and his supervisor, both wanted to see this game happen. At 2145h they sent me home to get some chips.

My wife was fairly surprised to see me. Got back to work by ten thirty with a nice set of Faux Clays, ready to rock. Wish the story had a better ending than me busting out fourth, AJ vs AQ, but I that's the way it goes sometimes, especially when you should have been home and in bed instead of playing

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Mike

VIVA FAUX CLAY!

imperial10 · #2 (**permalink**) 11-27-2006, 01:32 AM

Awesome way of recovering! Don't you feel naked sometimes without your chips.... In my family no one plays poker until I get there, because I own the chips that make the poker experience happen. The pot lucks wait, the home games wait until I'm present holding my leather case of poker delight. There was one time at one of our many family pot lucks where no one brought any chips except one guy and he brought out bicycle chips. We also played on a coffee table. Holy cow...we all sat on the floor, some had coolers to sit on. I won that night but it was difficult, I never missed my table and chips so bad in my life.

UW85 · #3 (**permalink**) 11-27-2006, 01:52 AM

Sounds to me like you need to get your staff together and Group Buy on some company chips that stay on site!

The Madturk · #4 (**permalink**) 11-27-2006, 01:52 AM

Oh so lucky to have supervisors that allow that. Pretty sure would catch grief if they caught site of a deck of cards at work.....Find myself taking chips just in case more and more when going somewhere there is card game or chance of one..... Maybe cause im only one with chips worth a darn in all the groups i play with.

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Originally Posted by Big Mike

My wife was fairly surprised to see me.

VIVA FAUX CLAY!

LOL... better than her and company

being surprised to see ya home that early.....
Mike