Captain Lou
Sitting Out
I was asked in another thread about the ESPN Tilt chips I mentioned, so I started this thread to keep that one on topic.
The Colorado Casino was the fictional hotel where the “World Championships” were played in the ESPN miniseries “Tilt” which ran in 2005. ESPN had an option for a second season, and was taking so much time making up their minds that a second ending was filmed for season one that ties up all the loose ends and was never aired (it is on the DVDs). Interesting side note: the show was actually filmed in Toronto. In the end, ESPN declined the second season so the production company did what production companies normally do when their work is done: they sold off their equipment in batches.
Supposedly the chips were not supposed to be in one of the trailers that was sold, but there they were. The buyer wasn’t interested in the chips so they did what everybody else does with stuff they don’t want: they put them on eBay. There was quite a feeding frenzy over them.
There were a couple of sets of chips used in the series made by BCC: one used in a cash game in the first episode that are called ESPN Diamonds because of the label. The other were the Colorado Casino chips featured throughout the show (there were both cash and tournament variants). I recently sold a few sets of my Diamond chips to help fund the purchase of a custom set.
I have 2300 of the Colorado Casino chips that will remain in residence in my collection. Unfortunately, BCC is long gone so finding more of them to fill out my set is about as likely as my winning the WSOP main event two years in a row. LOL But if you know anyone who might want to part with them.... please let me know!
Here's a look at my collection:
http://www.scorebooksoftware.com/ColoradoCasino.jpg
Cheers,
Lou
The Colorado Casino was the fictional hotel where the “World Championships” were played in the ESPN miniseries “Tilt” which ran in 2005. ESPN had an option for a second season, and was taking so much time making up their minds that a second ending was filmed for season one that ties up all the loose ends and was never aired (it is on the DVDs). Interesting side note: the show was actually filmed in Toronto. In the end, ESPN declined the second season so the production company did what production companies normally do when their work is done: they sold off their equipment in batches.
Supposedly the chips were not supposed to be in one of the trailers that was sold, but there they were. The buyer wasn’t interested in the chips so they did what everybody else does with stuff they don’t want: they put them on eBay. There was quite a feeding frenzy over them.
There were a couple of sets of chips used in the series made by BCC: one used in a cash game in the first episode that are called ESPN Diamonds because of the label. The other were the Colorado Casino chips featured throughout the show (there were both cash and tournament variants). I recently sold a few sets of my Diamond chips to help fund the purchase of a custom set.
I have 2300 of the Colorado Casino chips that will remain in residence in my collection. Unfortunately, BCC is long gone so finding more of them to fill out my set is about as likely as my winning the WSOP main event two years in a row. LOL But if you know anyone who might want to part with them.... please let me know!
Here's a look at my collection:
http://www.scorebooksoftware.com/ColoradoCasino.jpg
Cheers,
Lou
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