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I am building a mixed casino set and would like 1 rack of 10 cent chips. My group plays 10c / 25c blinds. For the 25c chip I am using the Horseshoe $25 Secondary chip.

Let me know what is available as I am flexible in regards to colors and molds.

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I will also be straight up and suggest to you since you only really need these for the small blind, I would recommend you either go to a single .25 blind or .25/.25 blinds because in reality the dimes won't be in play much. Even if the small blind wanted to call, that person would have to pull the dime back and replace it with a quarter since there would be no way to make change.

I used mine as antes for $1/2 limit stud games.
 
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My stupid brain read the subject line and thought "geez, you're not going to get very good chips for that price" :cautious: o_O :rolleyes:

Duh. GLWSearch!
 
I will also be straight up and suggest to you since you only really need these for blinds, I would recommend you either go to a single .25 blind or .25/.25 blinds because in reality the dimes won't be in play much. I used mine as antes for $1/2 limit stud games.

More chips on the table always makes players feel better, even if they just get moved around a lot making change.
 
Stacks of chips that don't see the felt are a waste of money, get in the way and are only annoying to the players. Anytime someone decides to dump their dimes and throw a random amount in the pot, time is wasted because they have to counted down to find out if the amount is right and then more time is wasted as every subsequent player has to repeat the process if they want to call. At least with quarters it is easy to visually verify if there are 1, 2 or 3 quarters in the bet.
 
Stacks of chips that don't see the felt are a waste of money, get in the way and are only annoying to the players. Anytime someone decides to dump their dimes and throw a random amount in the pot, time is wasted because they have to counted down to find out if the amount is right and then more time is wasted as every subsequent player has to repeat the process if they want to call. At least with quarters it is easy to visually verify if there are 1, 2 or 3 quarters in the bet.

Do you have any dime chips for sale? Pretty sure that's what this thread is about, not your opinion of his game.
 
Even if the small blind wanted to call, that person would have to pull the dime back and replace it with a quarter since there would be no way to make change.
That's not the chipper way to do it. He actually needs two racks of dimes and a rack of nickels... because that way, a player just adds another dime and a nickel to his 10c to match the quarter big blind. Mucho chipos, and they all see play. :)
 
Stacks of chips that don't see the felt are a waste of money, get in the way and are only annoying to the players. Anytime someone decides to dump their dimes and throw a random amount in the pot, time is wasted because they have to counted down to find out if the amount is right and then more time is wasted as every subsequent player has to repeat the process if they want to call. At least with quarters it is easy to visually verify if there are 1, 2 or 3 quarters in the bet.

I do appreciate your input. I am torn between making the game a 25c/25c blind game and adding the 10c chip to the game.

Reason for adding the 10c

1. They look purdy...nice to have a few more chips on the table

2. Its tradition. We have played for a long time a certain way.

Reasons to make the game 25c/25c.

1. Streamline the game

2. Save money on "unnecessary" chips

Technically it is my game so I can do what I want but I also am anticipating some whining and bitching if I change things up to go with 25c/25c.

I will see how it goes. If I find some 10c chips I really like then I will go that route.

BTW thanks to everyone for "chipping" in and helping out up to now.
 
It is your game so it depends what your long term goals are. If you eventually want to move up the stakes then go to .25/.25 blinds. If you prefer to keep the game smaller then there is nothing wrong with a single .25 blind.

In a home game, the small blind virtually NEVER folds, unless the pot has been raised. When I started my cash game, I wanted my game to reflect reality and implemented .50/.50 blinds. Plus .50 chips were easier to acquire than .25. My players appreciate the advantage of the .50/.50 single chip blinds. I do have some racks of quarters and when I decide to put them in play, rather than use single chip blinds, I get grumbling.

I acquired the dimes because we also play limit games and I wanted .10 antes to go with $1/2 limits. But our standard limits have moved up through the years to $3/6 with .25 antes and I would rather see the dimes in play somewhere rather than gather dust on my shelf.
 
It is your game so it depends what your long term goals are. If you eventually want to move up the stakes then go to .25/.25 blinds. If you prefer to keep the game smaller then there is nothing wrong with a single .25 blind.

In a home game, the small blind virtually NEVER folds, unless the pot has been raised. When I started my cash game, I wanted my game to reflect reality and implemented .50/.50 blinds. Plus .50 chips were easier to acquire than .25. My players appreciate the advantage of the .50/.50 single chip blinds. I do have some racks of quarters and when I decide to put them in play, rather than use single chip blinds, I get grumbling.

I acquired the dimes because we also play limit games and I wanted .10 antes to go with $1/2 limits. But our standard limits have moved up through the years to $3/6 with .25 antes and I would rather see the dimes in play somewhere rather than gather dust on my shelf.

Yeah I hear ya. I actually don't want to increase stakes. One concern I have with making it 25c/25c. is that the game could grow too much. With 25c/25c blinds that means your average raise pre flop will be 0.75 or $1.

We used to play 10 NL for many years and recently switched to 20 NL. It may sound silly to high rollers here but this can actually get expensive. We also have some bad players....

If you suck, as some of our players do, and you lose 2-3 buyins every other week that gets expensive.

I would feel bad if some of my friends stopped playing or didn't want to come because of the money. I just want to have fun and drink some beers. Poker is just a fun excuse to get together and watch sports and hang out.

Your logic though about the small blind almost never folding and therefore just pulling back the dime and replacing it with a quarter makes sense. The dimes will not see play post flop anyway...I think I am seeing the light.

PS. still interested in seeing what people have to offer in the way of dimes though....I am still a chip lover at heart....logic be damned.
 
If you are doing $20 buyins then actually .10/.10 blinds would also make a lot of sense and keep the play smaller. Also then they would see the felt much more often as .40-.80 raises would become more common.
 
Right now we use 10c/20c which is traditional and works. The game (while not intentionally) also is educational for a lot of people who don't play much or haven't played in a casino. For this reason I think it best to keep the structure as traditional as possible so if they play elsewhere or play in a casino they understand what is happening.

For example, they understand what it means for SB to complete.

As I mentioned there are also some nitty (nitty in terms of rules) folks who would scoff at 10/10 or 25/25.

I will probably end up making it a 10c/25c game and just find some dimes that work. After some play if the dimes really are superfluous I will sell them off.
 
A rack of real Paulson dimes is not going to come cheap if you can find them. Have you considered finding a chip you like and doing a relabel. Since you are not using a real quarter why spend a fortune for real dimes?

But other options: Good Luck Club 10's, Casino De Mexico 10's
 
A rack of real Paulson dimes is not going to come cheap if you can find them. Have you considered finding a chip you like and doing a relabel. Since you are not using a real quarter why spend a fortune for real dimes?

But other options: Good Luck Club 10's, Casino De Mexico 10's

Yeah I certainly don't want to spend more than 200 USD/rack. I just thought someone else may have some label project sitting around they wanted to move. I don't really want to go down the labelling road myself.
 
We play 5c/10c blinds with a $10 buy-in. Lately we started allowing rebuys at $20 to make it a more level playing field once everyone else has won a bit.
I use both 5c and 10c chips in my game and love having both. If you don't mind spending the money for an additional fractional, go for it.

I got lucky with my current rack of dimes, but my 2 previous racks ran me about $400 each iirc.
Just so you know what kinda money dimes can run you.
 
We play 5c/10c blinds with a $10 buy-in. Lately we started allowing rebuys at $20 to make it a more level playing field once everyone else has won a bit.
I use both 5c and 10c chips in my game and love having both. If you don't mind spending the money for an additional fractional, go for it.

I got lucky with my current rack of dimes, but my 2 previous racks ran me about $400 each iirc.
Just so you know what kinda money dimes can run you.

I know a bit but still pretty nooby. I knew dimes would be rare but didn't realize they would be this pricey... I am slowly learnin :)
 
Other than the ones previously mentioned and shown in the posts above... there are a couple of racks of pink, Commerce Casino dime chips floating around out there somewhere.
I was the original purchaser of them and used them in a mixed set years ago. Found them from a collector who had them stashed and brought them out of their dark, dirty, closet!

Good luck with the search. There aren't many options out there and as already stated... not cheap!
 
Also forgot that I was going to add there are only a couple of other options that I have seen out there too...

Pioneer Hotel, Las Vegas - Green dime with red inserts, hot stamp.
Horseshoe Club, Reno, NV - Bright Orange dime solid, hot stamp.

See top row in image for dimes...
 

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Also forgot that I was going to add there are only a couple of other options that I have seen out there too...

Pioneer Hotel, Las Vegas - Green dime with red inserts, hot stamp.
Horseshoe Club, Reno, NV - Bright Orange dime solid, hot stamp.

See top row in image for dimes...

super interesting pic. I didn't even realize Dunes had a 10c chip.
 
They did!
Not sure what it was used for, but was made on their house mold, as you can see in the pic.
Most of the ones that I have seen have been in almost new and unused, uncirculated condition... so I am not sure if they ever made it out of the vault before it was destroyed.

Hope you are successful on your search!
 
Some MGM relabelled 10c chips sold just before Christmas. Does anyone know who bought them and if so I would like a rack of these MGM 10c chips.

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