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About 18 months into the Hobby... 45k plus in chips... do we have a problem? (2 Viewers)

Ben8257 said:
Most of my efforts right now are going to the Jack's Fat Hat set! I love those dang 48mm monsters!
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Getting close to 20 player playable... but then have to design the plaques
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Yes I do realize a 4th grader could do a better job on this! Lmao

Where you hiding Fat Hats?? Lol
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I think @upNdown was trying to make some plaques similar to this.
 
ChipFinderSK said:
I think @upNdown was trying to make some plaques similar to this.
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I bought his set and the tights to those plaques... well to get them made. Basically the same Idea but a bit more like the chips them selves so it looks like they were "meant to be" part of the set. @upNdown was trying to keep them generic so others could also utalize the design for other Jack's sets.
 
I’ve never seen anything like this before on PCF. /mindblown
 
Ben8257 said:
Well in about a week Brie and I will have been around for 18 months....

Not busy at work today and off the top of my head, I decided to sit down and write out our chip count (we get asked all the time and I really had no clue)

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25 playable sets, 14 cash and 11 tourney...that I can think of.

This has been an amazing journey and wouldn't trade a minute! Of course I have never been more broke in my life!! Haha

Yes some of these chips are slugged chips from before the forum.
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We don't have a bunch of what I call "meet up worthy chips" but still have accumulated a few quality sets!

Many of my pictures are out dated and sets have grown to the numbers listed. I don't have photos of everything... but figured I would share some!
1) Burbon Basement CPC customs on the B mold by @detroitdad.10/2020
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2) PCA secondary cash Paulson Leaded THC, @FordPickup92 prize possession. The nicest chips in our collection.
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3) Aces Casino and Sports Bar, Paulson RHC grand inlay. When we first started chipping... before we even knew what Paulson was, I found one if the $3 Blaze orange chips on eBay and fell in love. The perfect pumpkin chip!

Brie found a complete rack of $5s and a mixed rack of $2s and $3s from one seller on eBay and bought me my first 2 racks of paulson's. Apache still had one 500 chip set avalible at the time and so began my journey for a playable set of casino used Paulson chips!!
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4) Garden City Casino, Paulson RHC grand inlay. Again when I first started the serch for the Aces, it wasn't uncommon to come across Garden city chips, loving the weird denoms, I really liked the $2 and $3 chips. Apache had a playable set offered but it was pretty expensive given I was also working on Aces at the time. I found a previous year Black Friday sale that still had $2 BCC, $3 BCC and Paulson $5 chips for $.30/$.30/$.45 a chip and ordered quite a few times because I am addicted to chips and couldn't say no to the price... but I had no idea how much of a pain it was going to be to find the other denoms. Apparently they didn't have very many $1 chips or someone must have a monster limit set out there! Lol

Once I started as with most it became a quest to fill in the holes in the set. Just when you think it's not going to happen and start to give up hope... someone lists the perfect chips you need! I know many out there are still trying to get playable with these... they exist, don't give up hope!!
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5) sold off a set here but will save this spot for our JOkers Wild Cali THC set, I will post pics when I get the rest of them in hand and cleaned!

6) BCC Fan of Cards Giant inlay on the Sun mold.

Around the same time as the Aces and Garden citys were happening in our first couple of months, I found a small set of Paulson Royals Flush chips on eBay, basically the same chips other than manufacturer and reversing the order of the cards. Our group only play tourneys, but there has always been talk of maybe playing cash. I thought well... what would be better than a cool real clay set of Micro stakes cash for a family friendly game? I don't ever want to get a family feud going over playing poker, that would defeat the purpose of me being in this hobby all together! I figured if we play tourneys with rebuys for $20... why not try a cash game for the same stakes? We still have yet to play cash with the home team, but we did get these in play at an Ohio meet up this year!

As I continued to serch for chips to add to my paulson set, I quickly found that the BCC version was more readily avalible and the colors are actually much more vibrant on that series as well. Today the set is 2,800 chips and only some of the nickles and dimes are still paulsons, I sold the rest off or traded to get this a majority BCC set!

This set would still not be playable if it wasn't for the help from my good friend @Chipandchair who owned a truly amazing collection of these and passed them on to us!

The left stack is for 2 tables of $.10/$.20 blinds $40 buy in, the right stack is for 2 tables of $.05/$.10 $20 buy in.
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7) Atichoke Joe's, Carson City Nv. Paulson THC leaded.

Very early on I found myself curious if anyone had ever made nickles of even pennies... seems crazy that a casino would invest that much in tiny micro stakes denoms, come to find out many casinos had nickles but I only found 1 that made pennies... not only that but on occasion they are avalible as singles... so I started buying a few.

It wasn't long that I figured out my ultimate goal would be a rack of these nickles, but who knows how long that would take, obviously I missed the train on racks long before... but did I? Shortly after Spinettis listed a rack of dimes and I thought well... get them while I can, then my buddy David Aka. @AfterTheFact shared that he had scores a rack on a recent trip to vegas andcould help me get a rack for myself! Quickly this dream of a 10 year plus quest became reality that it was going to be expensive, but I could actually get a playable set! Spinettis help me have a dream come true in a very short period of time, buti t wasn't cheap or a delightful experience let's say. Still looking to get to (40) of the $1 chips, but as of now it is playable with 20/20/12/20/1 starting stacks for 10 players at $20 each... plus plenty for rebuys with the $4 chips!
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I realize the spot progression is terrible and the puke yellow chip isn't the best, but to get it playable I had go go with what I could get! Over time I would love to change to the Peanut House inlayed quarters and beautiful yellow fifty cent chips, but for now it is an all original playable casino used micro stakes set! The prize of my collection in my opinion.

8) casino used $.25 limit set all Paulson THC but not complete.

This was a recent Idea, @Beakertwang is really a fan of limit Omaha or pot limit games. After making other sets work at our Ohio meet up last month I decided maybe I should build a fun set that is built for that particular game.

The concept is stolen from @Irish with his amazing Taste the rainbow set... each player starts with a rack of different color quarters. Then rebuys will be made (hopefully with $2 HP chips if I ever find any) and possibly a rack of HP $20s down the road.

Again this one is a work in progress... only playable as a quarters game right now, but it will shape up eventually.
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9) Ash St Club, Ventura CA, Paulson THC.... our $1 limit set. Always loved green $1 chips, anything with a clover or luck related a bonus, Ventura highway by the band America is my favorite song! How could I not jump at the chance for these.

I wouldn't own a single chip of it wasn't for my buddy Derrick @juankay20 , the higher denoms in this series are RHC and no decent $20 avalible for a value chip, so I found 2 used not great racks of 98 CDIs to relabel as a $20 Ash st, which is not complete yet! Beautiful colors, still cleaning these. But one of the few sets I would call meet up worthy!

Chips with the future $20 value chip shown.
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10) The mixed Hot Stamp cash set, Paulson (mostly THC some of the $1 eldorados are RHC for now to get it playable)

When I was serching for THC fracs on eBay a while back. I came across a lot if the peach/flesh/tan Treasure Chest fracs... I knew it would be the perfect match to the Eldorado $1 chip... I love hot stamps and the old vintage idea of owning a set was worth building something around those chips! Currently it has 2 fracs because we play some $.25/$.50 games and some $.50/$1 games... still working on the treasure chest chips and looking for more town tavern $5s, but definitely one of my favorite sets.
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11) Pick Hobson's Riverside Hotel Reno NV. TRK Scrown mold.

I was told by a veteran chipper early on at our first meet up that "it is not the feel of TRKs, it's the bright colors that draw people in"... I wanted to find out for myself, I loved the Bright pink $5 chip here and decided to find a few... he was wrong! Lol I absolutely love everything about old school TRKs, extremely heavy and buttery to shuffle. Definitely getting harder to find and not many amazing chips here but definitely playable for a couple of tables, another nice retro aspect of the collection!
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Recently with Bries help we finally got to (60) of the Pick Hobson fracs! Also 124 of the dimes... just need one more!!

12) Santa Ysabel Resort and Casino, Santa Ysabel CA, Paulson RHC

When these chips were announced to be sold as sets, I truly fell in love with the unique colors... we decided this was anand RHC group buy that we were going to put some effort into building a nice multi table set.
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We have 4 racks of the Pink chips we are turning into fracs, our only standard RHC inlay chipset in the whole collection.

13) 05 CDI cash, Paulson home mold, fantasy line.

When I joined the forum I like many others was in a quest for Bond chips, I knew these existed but the prices being around $3 a chip... I didn't think I would ever afford a playable quantity... also the cash side of this series I wasn't very fond of the security factor, the most produced fantasy line ever, and my primary concern was the tourney set. Many if these were part of a purchase of a larger set and were mostly just sitting around...

I thought well... if I come up with a relabel for the $20 and $100... then I could build a small set for cash and have a CDI themed evening.. when @Polochris listed these customs he had already made fir a resonable price... I knew it was a no brainer!
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Obviously this has grown given the set numbers in the first pic, We are up to 3 racks of fracs, 3 racks of $1s and 3 racks of $5s.

Well that's the cash sets... post #2 coming!

Fellow Chipper Ben
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You have put together some very nice sets in a relatively short period of time . I really enjoyed seeing all your fabulous sets !!! Thank you for
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TRKingChips said:
You have put together some very nice sets in a relatively short period of time . I really enjoyed seeing all your fabulous sets !!! Thank you for
sharing them …
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Well thank you John!

It is so much fun having a partner to chip with. Not too many super rare or high end chips, but the collection was built with the idea of having a large variety of chips to offer our guests. There are a couple other sets but still works in progress.
 
Ben8257 said:
Well thank you John!

It is so much fun having a partner to chip with. Not too many super rare or high end chips, but the collection was built with the idea of having a large variety of chips to offer our guests. There are a couple other sets but still works in progress.
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yeah, i'm jealous of your partner
 
J0KER said:
Wow..... I just purchased my first set of chips to get started with my boys. Very impressive collection!
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Congratulations on the chips! For some people one say is all they need! For many of us around here the itch just keeps coming back! What chips did you purchase? Not sure I ever saw your intro post so welcome to the hobby JOKER! Not sure how to tag you as there are two members with the same name! Lol
 
Ben8257 said:
Congratulations on the chips! For some people one say is all they need! For many of us around here the itch just keeps coming back! What chips did you purchase? Not sure I ever saw your intro post so welcome to the hobby JOKER! Not sure how to tag you as there are two members with the same name! Lol
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Thanks! I bought a set of the Monte Carlo chips to start off with. Purchased some HSI 1's off of SJFCPK18 earlier this evening too. I'm more of a fan of the clays after sampling about 20 sets. Thanks for the warm welcome!
 
J0KER said:
Thanks! I bought a set of the Monte Carlo chips to start off with. Purchased some HSI 1's off of SJFCPK18 earlier this evening too. I'm more of a fan of the clays after sampling about 20 sets. Thanks for the warm welcome!
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If you mean these Monte Carlos
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Then yes I still own those as well! Only played them one time when we got our home poker game back together before joining PCF. Way too many denoms but at least they were cheap! Honestly I don't mind slugged chips, obviously prefer clay but at they end of the day the both serve the same purpose. Lol

Everyone says you gotta let them go, but they were a stepping stone in my chipping journey. As a pack rat, you never know... maybe someday they will see the felt again!

Unfortunately like many others once you get real clay in your hands... it's all down hill from there. Haha

Ben
 
Ben8257 said:
If you mean these Monte Carlos
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Then yes I still own those as well! Only played them one time when we got our home poker game back together before joining PCF. Way too many denoms but at least they were cheap! Honestly I don't mind slugged chips, obviously prefer clay but at they end of the day the both serve the same purpose. Lol

Everyone says you gotta let them go, but they were a stepping stone in my chipping journey. As a pack rat, you never know... maybe someday they will see the felt again!

Unfortunately like many others once you get real clay in your hands... it's all down hill from there. Haha

Ben
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Yep, those are the ones. Little heavy for my taste but I think to get a set that we can get started with right away without spending too much money is a great start. I like the design. Edge pattern looks really nice as well, but I agree. I sampled some Pharaohs, Majestics, Milanos and they just feel so much better. I bought some HSI 1's off another member so i'll start building a set of those while we play with the Monte Carlos.
 
CrazyEddie said:
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Well done, good sir! And welcome!
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Thanks! I really wanted to like the ceramics. I sampled the tiki kings, valentinos, nevada jacks, nile club, crowns, and some others. I just don't really like the way that they look like they were ran through a printer. Faded and some of the text/images appear to be blurry. Not as much on the tiki kings but once I put the pharaohs in my hand I knew that was the direction I was headed.
 
Well we have often been asked where we keep all of the singles. For the most part they are all here, organized and love this system!
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We have been in need of getting them organized for a while, finally got it all squared away this morning!

Case #8 is the TRKs, only a (300) chip case, #8 is the "secondary" or playable dealer buttons, the primary set is for display, not for use.

Ugly metal case onthe end is all extras, plastics and ceramics that don't have a home but has to go somewhere. Probably needs a new home but always throwing new crap in there, when it gets full we take some out and sell it in lots on eBay for $.10 a chip or whatever! I know, its hoarding but... organized hoarding! Current residence
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And the "best chips" case that goes to every meet up!
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Chicken chips all nestled there in their nest in the bottom left corner there! Still a little room for something awesome!!

Single collectors Be Crazy!!
 
Ben8257 said:
Well we have often been asked where we keep all of the singles. For the most part they are all here, organized and love this system!
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We have been in need of getting them organized for a while, finally got it all squared away this morning!

Case #8 is the TRKs, only a (300) chip case, #8 is the "secondary" or playable dealer buttons, the primary set is for display, not for use.

Ugly metal case onthe end is all extras, plastics and ceramics that don't have a home but has to go somewhere. Probably needs a new home but always throwing new crap in there, when it gets full we take some out and sell it in lots on eBay for $.10 a chip or whatever! I know, its hoarding but... organized hoarding! Current residence
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And the "best chips" case that goes to every meet up!
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Chicken chips all nestled there in their nest in the bottom left corner there! Still a little room for something awesome!!

Single collectors Be Crazy!!
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A very collection of single chips !!!
 
TRKingChips said:
A very collection of single chips !!!
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We are getting things together for a poker game this evening with @krafticus or I would take the time to open each case. I will get to it! The fracs live elsewhere
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Also barrels and projects are not included, but probably around 3 - 4k in singles if I had to estimate... the sickness is bad!!
 
Funny, some of the button collectors were chatting the other day and someone made the comment about a Limit Set... of Dealer buttons. Got me scratching my head. Well how many 60mm buttons do I actually own? Never had them all out on the table together.

Well...
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As of this morning 420 unique 60mm Buttons, in the Primary collection

Add in The secondary set 245, and the spares 64 brings us to 729 dealer buttons. Enough for a limit set? Not really, but still crazy all on the table together
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All back in their homes again
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Secondary (playable choices) on the left. Primary (display only) on the right.

If anyone was curious how the hell we store that many buttons. Again organized hoarding! Lol
 
Honestly no method to the madness there, just try to keep them organized so that the different designs or card rooms stay together. I think there are 7 Bahamias, 6-7 PNY, 8 or so Terribles, so I just try to keep them together that way... other than that it's just random.
 

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