Joe was an old-school throwback; always willing to dive in and help if he could but never one to take any crap from anybody. I worked with him on several group buys and PGI group offerings -- great guy but stubborn with strong principles and lots of genuine enthusiasm.
He wa involved on both CT and PCF, and made a lot of great stuff available for chippers. He bought the old Hispania compression clay assets, purchased the defunct Chipco International assets after John S. was imprisoned for tax fraud, and made original Chipco blanks available again before selling a lot of stuff to Gene @ ABC/BRPro when retiring from Palm Imports / Palm Gaming International.
Short list of PGI chip-related offerings: the original Private Cardroom china clays on the greek key mold, updated Royal Yak ceramics, excellent PCF Tournament ceramic chips, Championship Poker Series china clays, both Palm Gaming and Chipco branded acrylic chip trays, along with countless dealer buttons, custom and semi-custom ceramic and china clay chips, laminated labels for plastics and china clays, and budget-priced plastic playing cards -- all at great prices.
RIP, Joe. Save me a seat at the poker table, buddy.