gopherblue
Straight Flush
I swore I was done buying sets of chips, but @rjdev7 recently offered trade-bait I just couldn't refuse. I have always lusted after the King's Castle TRK chips--but this set always seemed out of reach. *Sigh*...TRK old-school leaded goodness in a breakdown that I like, ultrasonic cleaned and oiled, in very good condition? Yes, please.
Many of you know this set--it has what is probably one of the most recognizable and interesting inlays, which itself tells a whole story in a simple graphic.
The casino was styled as a 1960s-70s theme casino built on the shore of Lake Tahoe. It was founded by a former executive from the Vegas Caesars Palace, named Nate Jacobson (shown here on the left with, of all people, Jimmy Hoffa):
Jacobson wanted a similar theme and decided on a Knights of the Roundtable concept. The medieval motif was hard to miss--the 1960s building itself had castle turrets, crenelated parapets and a Camelot dinner theater.
The King's Castle opened in 1970, but unfortunately it had a very short run. By 1972 it was closed, due to mismanagement, lack of casino patrons during the skiing season, and most importantly, chronic theft of the casino's take by security and cage staff in the soft-count room. The upside of this disastrous run—as well as the fact that the manager who was supposed to destroy the casino's chips when it closed (by dumping them in Lake Tahoe) actually kept a portion of the chips--is that a decent number of the chips are available in the market and are in very good condition.
Credit goes to Rjdev7 for putting most of this set together--I filled out the rack of $100s by acquiring an additional 90 hundos because, well, why not? They are stunning. Bank of $14,200...can easily handle a 1/2 NL game and probably much more.
On to the pr0n...
Many of you know this set--it has what is probably one of the most recognizable and interesting inlays, which itself tells a whole story in a simple graphic.
The casino was styled as a 1960s-70s theme casino built on the shore of Lake Tahoe. It was founded by a former executive from the Vegas Caesars Palace, named Nate Jacobson (shown here on the left with, of all people, Jimmy Hoffa):
Jacobson wanted a similar theme and decided on a Knights of the Roundtable concept. The medieval motif was hard to miss--the 1960s building itself had castle turrets, crenelated parapets and a Camelot dinner theater.
The King's Castle opened in 1970, but unfortunately it had a very short run. By 1972 it was closed, due to mismanagement, lack of casino patrons during the skiing season, and most importantly, chronic theft of the casino's take by security and cage staff in the soft-count room. The upside of this disastrous run—as well as the fact that the manager who was supposed to destroy the casino's chips when it closed (by dumping them in Lake Tahoe) actually kept a portion of the chips--is that a decent number of the chips are available in the market and are in very good condition.
Credit goes to Rjdev7 for putting most of this set together--I filled out the rack of $100s by acquiring an additional 90 hundos because, well, why not? They are stunning. Bank of $14,200...can easily handle a 1/2 NL game and probably much more.
On to the pr0n...
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