Chip purchase.
Do we still have chip enthusiasts here?
I'm looking to buy a set as a Christmas gift, but I'm unsure of how to decide which denominations to buy, and from whom. I'd also love some guidance on quality.
Most often hosting 10 person SNGs followed (hopefully quickly!) by 1/2 max 500 cash. I'd love to find something that can do double duty, and, if possible, keep the cost under $500.
Any direction/discussion appreciated!
I'm looking to buy a set as a Christmas gift, but I'm unsure of how to decide which denominations to buy, and from whom. I'd also love some guidance on quality.
Most often hosting 10 person SNGs followed (hopefully quickly!) by 1/2 max 500 cash. I'd love to find something that can do double duty, and, if possible, keep the cost under $500.
Any direction/discussion appreciated!
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You are a creative type, I would go the Chinese compression molded clay route and have your own labels made, then you can personalize the gift but make them non-denom.
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Prices seem high compared to chiptalk member prices so I would contact them, lay out what you want and then try and cut a deal. They are dealmaker type guys.
Similar chips that I had made:
100 $1s
400 $5s
100 $25s
600 chips
and let cash play
for a sng bare min per player:
8 $25s
8 $100s
4 $500s
2 $1000s
$5k starting stack
Total
80 25
80 100
40 500
20 1000
Usually you wouldn't need to colour up in a sng but you could add 30 $1000s for colourups
250 chips
If you go denominated that would be 850 chips total.
There is another preorder going on right now which fits your budget. Again these are Chinese made compression clay chips. Prices will go up once they land from China.
Championship Poker Chips, Clay Poker Chips, Poker Chips For Sale
For custom order, I would try for around .40 ea and about .06-.15 for labels (not sure of cost there but I also don't know if they are putting the stickers on or you are). But again, you are a good negotiator, you could ask for their best price once you know your totals and then push them for a cheaper deal than that. You catch the owner in a good mood and lots of inventory and they will go way down in price.
These are the 8v colours, the same ones I used for my sng set.
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Tony, your tables are gorgeous!
You played with these ceramics.
I like to put much different graphics on each denomination. It makes it easier on colour blind people to tell the differences.
In an idea world we never have to make change.
It's nicer to have more chips so you don't have to keep making change.
If you play with high quality chips you won't want to play with lower quality chips again.
Go for the highest quality you can get.
Lots of people get a set. And then get a better quality set ... and so on.
Cash game sets:
You can get real casino quality chips, at a casino for $1 each.
If they have $0.25 chips *ALWAYS* get some.
You could just buy five racks of $5 chips and let $100 bills play.
That would cover your cash game needs.
If you're looking a full custom ceramic then you should talk to Joe and Palm Gaming. They have pretty decent chips and a good rate. A friend of mine bought some James Bond theme ceramics from them for much cheaper than I would have expected.
It's hard to get 1 set for both cash and tourney, you'll likely have to get 2 sets or just one big set that covers all denoms.
Moose: you said some people don't care for clay, why is that?
Reef: Thanks for the colour blind point. I'm mildly embarrassed that I didn't think of it… My dad is colourblind.
-if I only want to play 1/2 or bigger… What would be the benefit of having $.25 chips?
Question: if I was going to go super big… And only buy a bit at a time...is there a huge upgrade to be had? We have Christmas, birthday, Valentine's Day, Easter (yes we buy Easter presents) all happening in the first few months of the year. If I doubled my budget --and focussed solely on cash--would I see a huge, noticeable, upgrade in quality?
[then I'm gonna ask my teenager for baby sitting coupons for Mother's Day...and take all their money.
I was shopping out the recommendations itt to see if I cod find a U.S. supplier who charged less...and I keep running into weights. What is the ideal? Can you give me any tips on terminology? I'm seeing HUGE variance in price and I'm having trouble figuring out the difference.
Very fishy!
Get samples!! http://www.apachepokerchips.com/pokerchipsamples.html Or ask Moose!! Or go to Poker Chips and Poker Chip Advice - ChipTalk.net and see for yourself!
Personally I'd go with the Championship Poker Series chips Moose recommended. http://www.apachepokerchips.com/championship-poker-series.html
Reef gave you a bunch of random points. The comment about the quartets was in reference to their rarity in casinos and that if you ever find some, in general you should collect as many as you can because you can sell them on eBay for 4x face value minimum. Conversely since casinos know this, if they have them at all, they guard them very closely because they are losing money on every that disappears into someone's pocket.
Hands down best value and quality for the money would be to use either of the two links I gave you. Best value would be to get in on the preorder link I gave but I feel you might prefer custom labeled chips. If you go custom ceramic through PGI then it would be a bit cheaper.
If you go with a used casino set, you are looking at a min of $1-1.50 per chip and there is nothing out there right now in quantity so you would have to get lucky and buy someone else's set from chiptalk. Black Friday is coming and thechiproom usually has a Sale but afaik they have almost nothing in stock.
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And yeah, moose's links are to some pretty nice chips.
Tip: Go with $20.00 chips for your cash set. No one buys in with $25.00 bills, do they?
Nah, If people are buying in with $20 then just let $20's play. It's not a big deal to give them 4 red.
Thanks so much guys! This has been seriously helpful. I set aside a couple hours this afternoon to do more research, and read the links you sent. Any other info I should get a handle on?
Also, would you be happy to get a gift like this/with the pledge of a monthly poker game, food, dealer for Christmas? I'm worried that it might not have enough "wow" factor.
(We live in a state where there are no casino NLHE/PLO games and the best local stuff conflicts with GW's work schedule)
Absolutely happy! Personally I think that's a huge amount of wow factor! The gift that keeps giving all year 'round on a monthly basis. Don't even question this as a gift Kristy. It's great.
Hell, my wife was giddy when I bought her a set of roulette chips, and she is not nearly as "into" chips as I am.