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Introducing the new chip set.
Anthony's Poker Room.
Anthony's Poker Room.
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This set has a very special meaning. Thank you @timinater for bringing it to reality.
The Dugout has been a nickname for my basement bar and poker room since its creation, but the poker room section of my basement has been known as Anthony T. C..... Memorial Poker Room for the past couple years, in memory of my late father.
My father gets the credit for the poker room design. While standing in my unfinished basement with the designer and contractor, he was the one that said that this space was perfect for a poker room, and not a lounge area, that I had planned. He died before he was ever able to play in it.
My father owned, at one time, the largest professional fireworks display company in the United States. It was a family business that was brought over from Italy in the early 1900's.
The chip design is based on the business. Both the company logos are incorporated into the chip design, with the $1 and $25 being the two company logo colors. The $5 chip is based on my favorite firework show picture, Chicago lakefront years ago. The $100 color scheme is based on a finale of a fireworks show, with multiple colored fireworks in the air.
The company was sold when my dad died in 2021, so it is no longer in the family.
Hope everyone enjoys.
The Dugout has been a nickname for my basement bar and poker room since its creation, but the poker room section of my basement has been known as Anthony T. C..... Memorial Poker Room for the past couple years, in memory of my late father.
My father gets the credit for the poker room design. While standing in my unfinished basement with the designer and contractor, he was the one that said that this space was perfect for a poker room, and not a lounge area, that I had planned. He died before he was ever able to play in it.
My father owned, at one time, the largest professional fireworks display company in the United States. It was a family business that was brought over from Italy in the early 1900's.
The chip design is based on the business. Both the company logos are incorporated into the chip design, with the $1 and $25 being the two company logo colors. The $5 chip is based on my favorite firework show picture, Chicago lakefront years ago. The $100 color scheme is based on a finale of a fireworks show, with multiple colored fireworks in the air.
The company was sold when my dad died in 2021, so it is no longer in the family.
Hope everyone enjoys.
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Just seeing this and absolutely love it Tom. Actually I have been a fan of everything you have created...lol. Anyways, as a fellow Pyro I love this set and the meaning behind it is everything. A-mold was an obvious choice and looks great. Congrats on another fantastic set and what i am guessing is the most meaningful of your creations to date. Thanks for sharing my friend.
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Played last night. 8 players, so 1 table cash game. Really solid action. I got smoked but good times still had. Food and drink were fantastic. My regulars loved the new chips. Completely forgot to get a single picture.
Plan is for a multi-table tourney next month once I get my work schedule.
Plan is for a multi-table tourney next month once I get my work schedule.
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Next night 11/22. Very excited. Looking to be a big turnout. Tourney might be in December or January.
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Updated display with a few new bottles.
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"a few".
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Great poker night yesterday. Unexpectedly larger turnout, monster pots, and great food and drink. Good times had by all.
Planning for a next month multi table tournament.
Only got a few pics.
Planning for a next month multi table tournament.
Only got a few pics.
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Possible multi-table tournament a month away.
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And off topic. Another addition to the music room...
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So solid turnout last night. 14. Two tables of cash games. I got smoked and couldn't win anything, but good times had by all.
A funny story about my shuffle tech malfunctioning....
A funny story about my shuffle tech malfunctioning....
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So a few hours into playing, The shuffle tech at my table stops working (each table had a shuffle tech running). Dead. Turns out, the electrical outlets on one side of my basement popped the breaker and I had to go reset it. Before I realize it was a breaker, I went into the shuffle tech cabinet and checked the cord. All good, cord still plugged into the shuffle tech.
The process of getting to the breaker is not the easiest. I have to go into my music room, move some items and a shelf away from the door that has the breakers behind it, and then put it all back.
Breaker flipped, shuffle tech powered back on, and all is right with the world, except I lose a deck of cards. I'm searching all over my basement. Back into the music room, bathroom, storage room, behind the bar. My other players are just as confused as I am of where the hell this deck of cards disappeared to.
I give up and open another deck of cards and we keep playing.
Both tables are running a shuffle tech but now my table's shuffle tech starts to have jamming issues. Every shuffle that is completed, I have to hold both buttons to have the deck return to the top. Total pain, but I keep doing this, and my plan was to clean it today.
Fast forward to today and it is still doing this. I clean the rollers, can of air inside it, and I finally take the flush mount down, and what do I discover...
The missing deck of cards was in the side tray.
When I checked the power cord, I accidentally flipped the switch from flush mount to side tray, and the reason it kept jamming was because the shuffled cards couldn't go into the side tray because of another deck in it.
Epic fail on my part for not realizing I accidentally flipped the switch.
All is right with the shuffle tech.
Sorry for the long post.
The process of getting to the breaker is not the easiest. I have to go into my music room, move some items and a shelf away from the door that has the breakers behind it, and then put it all back.
Breaker flipped, shuffle tech powered back on, and all is right with the world, except I lose a deck of cards. I'm searching all over my basement. Back into the music room, bathroom, storage room, behind the bar. My other players are just as confused as I am of where the hell this deck of cards disappeared to.
I give up and open another deck of cards and we keep playing.
Both tables are running a shuffle tech but now my table's shuffle tech starts to have jamming issues. Every shuffle that is completed, I have to hold both buttons to have the deck return to the top. Total pain, but I keep doing this, and my plan was to clean it today.
Fast forward to today and it is still doing this. I clean the rollers, can of air inside it, and I finally take the flush mount down, and what do I discover...
The missing deck of cards was in the side tray.
When I checked the power cord, I accidentally flipped the switch from flush mount to side tray, and the reason it kept jamming was because the shuffled cards couldn't go into the side tray because of another deck in it.
Epic fail on my part for not realizing I accidentally flipped the switch.
All is right with the shuffle tech.
Sorry for the long post.
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Been slacking on posts here. Cash game tomorrow night (Friday). Tacos on the menu.
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Great night was had. I took a monster pot later in the night that put me up quite nicely. 11 players so we kept it at one table. Not bad.
Tacos were fantastic. Drinks were flowing. Only took one pic the entire night.
Good times had by all.
Tacos were fantastic. Drinks were flowing. Only took one pic the entire night.
Good times had by all.
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And look what came in the mail today…
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Updated the music room.
I got tired of climbing over piles of mic cords to get behind my drum sets, so did some major organizing, along with an updated pic of the current configuration.
I got tired of climbing over piles of mic cords to get behind my drum sets, so did some major organizing, along with an updated pic of the current configuration.
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And completely off topic of The Dugout, but fun nonetheless.
I ended up having a gig last week. Definitely not the view or the climate like my last ones in Key West, but still a lot of fun...
I ended up having a gig last week. Definitely not the view or the climate like my last ones in Key West, but still a lot of fun...
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That custom chip set is dazzling.
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