CCM Hateful Eight: Aviation Club (tournament) v. Dunes (2 Viewers)

[jbutler]

v.

 

[Mr. Cheese]

Aviation club FTW!

 

[jbutler]

Blowing my mind that the Aviation club is currently doubling the Dunes vote count.

 

[Mr. Cheese]

Blowing my mind that the Aviation club is currently doubling the Dunes vote count.

The Dunes are nice but imo they don't pop like the AC chips do so its not even a close call. The AC 5k, 10k, and 25k pretty much sealed the deal for me personally.

 

[Puggy]

This is EZ

 

[jbutler]

This is EZ

Very much agreed, but I don't think we clicked the same button, Pug!

 

[Poker Zombie]

I thought this would be a simple pick for me, but there are a few key chips in the Dunes set that are really making it a tough call. I love house molds, but ACF spot "progression" is dynamite.

 

[chipjoker]

Dunes for me.

 

[luckbox]

........ but ACF spot "progression" is dynamite.

agree but the inlay i will refrain from comment

Dunes, all the way


jb..please forward the phone number of the young lady in your avatar..

any woman that can put that much meat in her mouth will be in the running to become my next ex-wife

 

[Puggy]

Very much agreed, but I don't think we clicked the same button, Pug!

Haven't clicked yet. On tapatalk. Tomorrow. But I'm sure you're right Jack

 

[Psypher1000]

Aviation Club for me, hands down. This one could be a very close race, but I figure the Dunes set ultimately gets the nod here. The Dunes mold and the $25 just kill me, whereas the only thing I dislike about the ACF's are the yellow spots on the hundo (and even those aren't terrible).

 

[ovo]

Doones, don't forget those tasty 25k chips

 

[BGinGA]

Dunes set is very, very nice. ACF set is outstanding.

 

[ovo]

I'll take Aztar striped over Aviation every day of the week

 

[BGinGA]

ovo: dunes > aztar > acf
bg: acf > dunes > aztar

It's like rock-paper-scissors

 

[dickzapper]

I like a set to have a little more variance than AvC, so I got to pick Dunes.

 

[slisk250]

Come on Dunes lovers!!!

 

[courage]

Both are great sets but Vegas history, shaped inlays, oversize chips, and awesome spots, colors trump (apolitically) a nice inlay and spot combos.

 

[Numerobis]

Both great sets, closed casinos in mythical places, the inlay of the Dunes are nicer but the colors and the edgespots of the ACF are just uncomparable! They win

 

[ChipEnvy]

That rack of Dunes chips doesn't even make it out of it's own property tournament. That place put out some sick chips!

That aside, this one was easy. AC by not a small margin.


*** Don't get me wrong. The Dunes are beauts and I am envious of any chipper that owns a set, but those ACF's.... daaaaum.

 

[bivey]

I thought this would be a simple pick for me, but there are a few key chips in the Dunes set that are really making it a tough call. I love house molds, but ACF spot "progression" is dynamite.

Whaaaat???? I love the ACF, and will vote for it here, but like the Mapes, there is no progression. Two spot patterns is not a progression. What they did with this set works extremely well, no doubt, but a progression?

 

[TheBigTater]

There is obvious bias from the commissioner using the Dunes as an enforcer to knock out the other major contenders (WSOP secondaries, now the ACF's), while trying to advance the Foxwoods against sup par competition in the other bracket.

Everytime with the Dunes against heavyweight opponents.

Still say the Dunes are one of my all time favs, but the ACF's are just an outstanding tournament set. Gonna go against my heart and take...

Aviation Club +

 

[Poker Zombie]

Whaaaat???? I love the ACF, and will vote for it here, but like the Mapes, there is no progression. Two spot patterns is not a typical progression. What they did with this set works extremely well, no doubt, but a progression?

I typed the word progression in quotes, because I agree on some level that 2 patterns are not a progression. However, the cutter was the same 8 x 1/4 cutter for every chip, but the high end denoms filled each cutout with a pair of 1/8s rather than a single 1/4 spot. For an elegant club like ACF, this is the only way to do progression. Any more, and it would look pedestrian. Any less, and progression wouldn't exist at all.

It's subtle, and brilliant.

 

[bivey]

I typed the word progression in quotes, because I agree on some level that 2 patterns are not a progression. However, the cutter was the same 8 x 1/4 cutter for every chip, but the high end denoms filled each cutout with a pair of 1/8s rather than a single 1/4 spot. For an elegant club like ACF, this is the only way to do progression. Any more, and it would look pedestrian. Any less, and progression wouldn't exist at all.

It's subtle, and brilliant.

Don't disagree with you there. They are beautiful. They did go from 6 to 8, no? I'm being nit picky now, your point is well taken.

 

[luckbox]

inlay is flat out super fugly on Aviation, an exacto blade to pop them off would be an improvement and maybe make it a closer race....

looks like an advertising company designed it for a hollywood awards show, i was trying to refrain from slingin mud but Dunes is a classic superior chip...no excuses

but then i forgot a few here are backing another hideous loser named clinton....so that may explain it.

 

[jbutler]

inlay is flat out super fugly on Aviation, an exacto blade to pop them off would be an improvement and maybe make it a closer race....

Dunes is an all-time top 3 best inlay for me, so ACF is no challenger in that regard, but I do like the ACF inlay as well. And I like the spots and colors. They just can't match the Dunes for me.

 

[72o]

I am truly torn with this one. I actually like the ACF inlay quite a bit, but the Dunes inlay is wicked pissah! But those ACF colors are wicked pissah in their own right. I'm gonna need to come back to this one.

 

[guinness]

I love house molds, but ACF spot "progression" is dynamite.

This is confusing. ACF doesn't have ANY spot progression for 5, 25, 100, 500, 1000. Then at 5K, when the spots change, they remain the same again for the 10K and 25K.

Both sets are hot but Da' Dooons takes it for me and I'm also shocked at the imbalance. ACF $25's are better looking than Dunes (mint choc chip combos always look nice), but ACF 100's and 500's lack any imagination vs Doons. I love the house mold (esp in person and I know I'm lucky to have used both cash and tourney sets). I also love the oversize of the higher Dunes denoms, plus they feel great performance wise.

The ACF's also remind me of the old Paulson fantasy sets for some reason. Scratching my head at this one.

 

[slisk250]

I think the big difference for people depends on how they value the history of the sets. ACF has better colors is some cases but the 100 is a dog and some people don't like the Dunes 25. IMO the only ACF chips that are something special are the 3 highest denoms. I would really love to play with those chips but with the exception of handling a few higher denoms, they are just another nice Paulson THC mold chip with a marginal inlay. ACf has some history but to compare it to the Dunes is like comparing dice chips to TRKs. I remember handling those great Dunes molds, perhaps the best ever house mold in appearance, for the first time. I sat in my garage with about 700 of them thinking about the rat pack days, mob history, and I got excited to relive a bit of the past in perhaps the world's most famous gambling city of all time. The Dunes inlay is so good @links_slayer designed a PCF HoF set that was voted on by the membership. When you consider that fact and with ACF enjoying a 3/2 advantage at post time, I'm stunned. Dunes should be pulling away for a showdown against the outstanding Mapes chips.

 

[ovo]

I think everyone in France is voting for ACF