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At What Age Do You Start Releasing Chipsets Into Circulation? (4 Viewers)
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I feel like age has less to do with this than just how you feel about the chips. I'm not that old (sub 50), but have slowed down a lot on my chip collecting just out of no where. I think I just got happy enough with what I have collected over time and got back into just wanting to play poker with my chips. It helped that I created my own CPC set and made modifications to the line up via secondary chips and got to the point where I was really happy with them which has enabled me to sell off some chips and lose interest in other sets. I think I'm sitting around 9 cash sets still and to me that still feels like too many. I think 6 would be plenty.
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detroitdad
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I often thing 6 is to many. I host approximately 12-15 times a year. I don't need the poker money. Why consolidate my sets just to have the money sit in the bank.
Just my personal feeling on it, but 6 is nice to have some variety and also use one as a loaner set. I like my CPC set, but I do enjoy playing with different set sometimes. Some are traditional colors, some are cali colors. Some are sets I have spent a good amount of time collecting some are sets that are unique with custom plaques, NIT and bounty buttons. Some sets sit around and don't do anything so for me. I feel like if that happens over a longer duration, I'd rather release the chips back into the wild so someone else can use them and enjoy them. Just like that limit set that I never used but I knew someone would enjoy a lot more
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Just my personal feeling on it, but 6 is nice to have some variety and also use one as a loaner set. I like my CPC set, but I do enjoy playing with different set sometimes. Some are traditional colors, some are cali colors. Some are sets I have spent a good amount of time collecting some are sets that are unique with custom plaques, NIT and bounty buttons. Some sets sit around and don't do anything so for me. I feel like if that happens over a longer duration, I'd rather release the chips back into the wild so someone else can use them and enjoy them. Just like that limit set that I never used but I knew someone would enjoy a lot more
Thank you! I think it is cursed. I was in for $400, out for $380
That sounds like a bargain for some great entertainmentThank you! I think it is cursed. I was in for $400, out for $380
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That sounds like a bargain for some great entertainment
It was a great bargain until I decided I needed to build a standard mardi gras cash set to go along with it lol
This would qualify as one of those "you have to" moments.
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Absolutely! Thank you for the deal!
I sat down last night and jotted down a rough draft of potential dates for games. As @Irish graciously hosts monthly NLHE tournaments and I usually only miss one or two a year, and that he lives 20 minutes away and share a lot of the same player pool, I'm gearing myself towards hosting mostly cash games. I'm looking to do 8 cash games, 2 or 3 NLHE and the rest circus/dealer's choice, and 4 tournaments this year, two NLHE and two that are mixed games. I ran a PLO tournament last week and, despite very small adjustments being needed, was a massive success after I asked the guys thoughts on the structure and how it ran.Just my personal feeling on it, but 6 is nice to have some variety and also use one as a loaner set. I like my CPC set, but I do enjoy playing with different set sometimes. Some are traditional colors, some are cali colors. Some are sets I have spent a good amount of time collecting some are sets that are unique with custom plaques, NIT and bounty buttons. Some sets sit around and don't do anything so for me. I feel like if that happens over a longer duration, I'd rather release the chips back into the wild so someone else can use them and enjoy them. Just like that limit set that I never used but I knew someone would enjoy a lot more
When I tentatively schedule games, I also try and have a rough idea of which chips I'm putting into play. I think I may have too many sets when the ESPT's aren't even slated to be in the rotation this year. Fingers crossed that I can use them as a guest set somewhere. But I don't want to sell chips off, just in case the monthly tournament that I had with my 6/7 local guys that I ran from 2020-2023 ever becomes a thing again. We didn't do it last year nor this year because a couple of the guys are getting/have gotten married and had kids, but I don't just want to keep 4 tournament sets when that number of yearly tournament games can go right back up to 8 again in the future!
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That's a good valid point to place on the sets remaining. I have one cheaper tournament set (Aria card molds) just in case I ever host a tournament (I haven't since 2006 or so). The rest are just cash sets able to handle our splashy 0.25/0.50 mixed games or a splashly 1/2 game.
I think my urge of which set to get into play when we are able to get enough players for a game stems from chip sightings I've seen on the forum recently which reminds me of sets I have and then those get into play if they haven't been used recently. Other times I get into play chips that just recently had an update or are newer. Sometimes I let a guest pick a set. I track mentally the sets that haven't hit the table and sometimes ponder the last time they were on the felt. Any set that has been heavily dormant is a set that is potentially up for sale. I don't like the idea of a set that's worth several thousand just sitting in storage. I think this feeling stems from me collecting chips to use and enjoy them.
I 've stopped at 4 genuine cash sets (2 CPC, one Paulson casino, one Paulson mixed) plus 2 hybrid tournament + micro cash sets (one CPC, one Tina), plus a crappy custom-labelled dice chip travel set.
Thankfully, both my godsons play poker (I 'm childless).
But, I 'll have to be specific in my will.
Always having Jesus on my mind, saying "if you have a second coat, give it away".
Edit: As @DrStrange put it, my biggest nightmare about selling is packaging.
If some of you could come to Athens for retirement, I could sell something. Still time, I 'm 55.
Thankfully, both my godsons play poker (I 'm childless).
But, I 'll have to be specific in my will.
Always having Jesus on my mind, saying "if you have a second coat, give it away".
Edit: As @DrStrange put it, my biggest nightmare about selling is packaging.
If some of you could come to Athens for retirement, I could sell something. Still time, I 'm 55.
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This time last year I think I had 12 so I’m making slow progress haha
Roh roh.......
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