Controversial Chip & Poker Opinions (20 Viewers)

[BK_Cheques]

Real casino chips are the bee's knees!

 

[upNdown]

This is what I think of your opinion


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Yeah yeah, go sleep with a rack!

 

[RichMahogany]

Yeah yeah, go sleep with a rack!

*slowly and sheepishly raises hand*

 

[Taghkanic]

Poker is best played 7- or 8-handed, is bad with 9, and becomes a total abomination with 10.

 

[PlaidDragon]

I just posted what I thought was a controversial chip opinion in another thread and figured it could be interesting/fun to see a whole thread full of different ones.

*What I ask is if you see an opinion that is just baffling, stupid, wrong, makes you irate, or you just simply disagree with it, instead of passionately contesting it, just give it the ol' Kifer Special . Wear it like a badge of honor, because too often a "controversial opinion" is actually anything but that. The more , the better.*

So keep it simple and have it!

Edit - Controversial poker opinions welcome as well.

Chipcos are awful.

 

[Stufflymcstuff]

Poker is best played 7- or 8-handed, is bad with 9, and becomes a total abomination with 10.

3-5 people is ideal IMO.

 

[JMC9389]

Poker is best played 7- or 8-handed, is bad with 9, and becomes a total abomination with 10.

Just change this to 6 or 7 handed, ok with 8, and bad with 9 and 10, and I'm right there with you if it's NLHE.

For any other game besides NLHE, the same is true, but change the numbers to 5 or 6, ok with 7, and bad with anything more.

 

[upNdown]

3-5 people is ideal IMO.

Controversial!

 

[CacheCreekCollector]

Real Paulson clay casino chips are the bee's knees!

FYP

 

[djfayze]

Just change this to 6 or 7 handed, ok with 8, and bad with 9 and 10, and I'm right there with you if it's NLHE.

For any other game besides NLHE, the same is true, but change the numbers to 5 or 6, ok with 7, and bad with anything more.

This is my sweet spot. Love a 6 or 7 handed game.

 

[chipinla]

Just change this to 6 or 7 handed, ok with 8, and bad with 9 and 10, and I'm right there with you if it's NLHE.

For any other game besides NLHE, the same is true, but change the numbers to 5 or 6, ok with 7, and bad with anything more.

I like 5-6 but that’s about how many people on the planet I like

 

[Squakmix]

Whenever new chips arrive in the mail I feel like Jerry from this scene:

 

[Mojo1312]

Jamie Gold is the G.O.A.T.!

 

[wyldephang]

I don't know if this is controversial, but in my experience, Kem cards have largely been a disappointment. Great feel, but the print quality and consistency leave much to be desired. It sounds like the QC has gone downhill since production or ownership changed hands several years back; many posters allude to an "old Kem" and a "new Kem." For what it's worth, add my name to the list of people who aren't blown away by "new Kem."

 

[chipinla]

I don't know if this is controversial, but in my experience, Kem cards have largely been a disappointment. Great feel, but the print quality and consistency leave much to be desired. It sounds like the QC has gone downhill since production or ownership changed hands several years back; many posters allude to an "old Kem" and a "new Kem." For what it's worth, add my name to the list of people who aren't blown away by "new Kem."

I actually like my Copag and Modianos over Kem… I’m on your side

 

[djfayze]

Speaking of controversial card opinions, I’ve got 25+ different plastic setups from all the major companies and I prefer my Da Vinci or Modiano from Amazon over any of em.

 

[TheTrout]

I don't know if this is controversial, but in my experience, Kem cards have largely been a disappointment. Great feel, but the print quality and consistency leave much to be desired. It sounds like the QC has gone downhill since production or ownership changed hands several years back; many posters allude to an "old Kem" and a "new Kem." For what it's worth, add my name to the list of people who aren't blown away by "new Kem."

I felt the same way. The front of the cards have smeared ink on many of them. Fortunately there was no issue with the backs, so they are still playable. It stinks because I love the material.

 

[BPTDirector]

Time chips aren’t necessary to speed up the game.

 

[ekricket]

Time chips aren’t necessary to speed up the game.

I like to get about ten in a turbo, then use them one after another to run a whole level off the clock

 

[Taghkanic]

I prefer four-color decks, but am perfectly happy with heavy plastic Hoyle cards.

They’re both durable and cheap enough that I can get a lot of use out of each deck, and can readily replace cards or entire decks without much if any concern about cost.

… But also, I live on Hoyle Road, so these also work as ersatz custom cards for my game. So.

 

[OfficerLovejoy]

[...]so these also work as ersatz custom cards for my game.[...]

Hold the phone! You guys use the word ersatz?

 

[Coyote]

Hold the phone! You guys use the word ersatz?
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We sometimes use it meaning "fake" or "dummy", but I think the correct meaning in German is substitute or replacement.
It must have become known here during the Nazi occupation, when young kids would steal ersatz wheels from German military vehicles.

 

[OfficerLovejoy]

We sometimes use it meaning "fake" or "dummy", but I think the correct meaning in German is substitute or replacement.
It must have become known here during the Nazi occupation, when young kids would steal ersatz wheels from German military vehicles.

You are correct.

 

[CrazyEddie]

English just LOOOOVES stealing words from other languages and misusing the crap out of them.

It's our specialty.

 

[Coyote]

English just LOOOOVES stealing words from other languages and misusing the crap out of them.

It's our specialty.

And then returning the word to its mother language, in a wrong use.

For example, the Greek verb to diagnose is correctly used for a disease: "Disease X was diagnosed in person A".
In English, you say "Person A was diagnosed with Disease X".
Because of English language domination worldwide, now Greeks have adopted the wrong (by their own syntactical rules) use.

 

[allforcharity]

Don't want this thread to be forgotten.

My inflammatory comment of the day:

"Rounders" is a mediocre movie, at best.

 

[CrazyEddie]

Yeah, but it's OUR mediocre movie!

 

[liftapint]

I like 5-6 but that’s about how many people on the planet I like

I am right there with ya! Lol

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

Patrick Bruel is a Poker coach.

 

[OfficerLovejoy]

Patrick Bruel is a Poker coach.

And yes, I'd rather google a meme instead of the person's name.