Controversial Chip & Poker Opinions (19 Viewers)

[aggie]

ok, I’ll ask. What is “MOAR?”

The opposite of “LASS!”

 

[warma]

The opposite of “LASS!”

So a “LAD”?

 

[chipinla]

ok, I’ll ask. What is “MOAR?”

 

[merkong]

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Dangerous concept at my house with regard to my poker chest.

 

[ArielVer18]

NLHE home games that include the following are bad for the long-term health of your game:

• wide buy-in range
• a stack match option
• unlimited optional straddles

If you have a long-running game with this format, it's only because you don't actually host frequent enough to notice players dropping out or your players actually prefer to play with larger blinds

 

[Rieguy]

Thread fluffing is worse than thread crapping.

 

[doublebooyah85]

NLHE home games that include the following are bad for the long-term health of your game:

• wide buy-in range
• a stack match option
• unlimited optional straddles

If you have a long-running game with this format, it's only because you don't actually host frequent enough to notice players dropping out or your players actually prefer to play with larger blinds

I agree matching the big stack really changes the game. However, the players that want to will really voice up for it, and the host needs to know prohibit it for the health of the game (Even tho the host wants to put more chips into play, host must be disciplined lol.)

 

[doublebooyah85]

Thread fluffing is worse than thread crapping.

This is a great post! I can’t believe no one has liked it yet.

 

[NotRealNameNoSir]

Thread fluffing is worse than thread crapping.

HOW has this comment not gotten more likes?? Y'all are sleeping, this comment is great, if I didn't have tons of these already I would've already dibs'd it.


EDIT: Looool @doublebooyah85 that's hilarious, didn't read your comment before posting.

 

[JMC9389]

How are these posts still here?!?!?!

Free bump.

 

[Rieguy]

You're all fcking reported.

 

[bernielomax]

Copying other people's posts and then pretending you didn't see theirs (which was right above yours).

 

[NotRealNameNoSir]

Copying other people's posts and then pretending you didn't see theirs (which was right above yours).

 

[doublebooyah85]

It doesn’t bother me when people buy chips and never felt them. Nor plan to. Not why I’m into this hobby. But I get it.

 

[grantc54]

It doesn’t bother me when people buy chips and never felt them. Nor plan to. Not why I’m into this hobby. But I get it.

Counterpoint, whenever someone sells a mint set of chips for more than they paid they should be forever branded as a flipper.

 

[doublebooyah85]

Counterpoint, whenever someone sells a mint set of chips for more than they paid they should be forever branded as a flipper.

Haha also doesn’t bother me. Why else are they keeping it mint. Bc they’re a collector.

This hobby really shuns people who collect and may sell when they can get what it’s worth.

I absolutely came late into this hobby. Bc it was clearly a hobby with very little intention on collecting in benefit of one day it being valuable.

But that’s so damn common with almost everything else lol. Props to the community being as tight knit as it was in policing prices and trading fairly. But I also sense their is plenty of hypocrites.

 

[RocAFella1]

Haha also doesn’t bother me. Why else are they keeping it mint. Bc they’re a collector.

This hobby really shuns people who collect and may sell when they can get what it’s worth.

I absolutely came late into this hobby. Bc it was clearly a hobby with very little intention on collecting in benefit of one day it being valuable.

But that’s so damn common with almost everything else lol. Props to the community being as tight knit as it was in policing prices and traded fairly. But I also sense their plenty of hypocrites.

That's just the natural progression of a lot of these type of things. I can't say all but a lot of the initial "collectors" did it NOT because of the potential value but for the actual passion for these things. But with anything else, once it becomes collectible the value only goes up. Think of sports cards or any other collectible. Kids didn't buy them because they wanted them to appreciate in value over time, but look at Jordan rookie cards nowadays.

 

[doublebooyah85]

Jordan shoes! @RocAFella1 even better example! I’m sure several collected cards for future $ but I bet very very very few shoe collectors in the 80s / 90s

 

[grantc54]

Thread fluffing is worse than thread crapping.

If thread crapping isnt allowed in classifieds then thread fluffing shouldnt be allowed either. Only posts related to buying or asking for more info about a sale should be allowed.

Anyone who posts "why hasnt this sold yet" should be required to buy the chips or banned.

 

[RocAFella1]

Mustard is the new blaze orange.

 

[Asmodeus]

We need a Fluffer emoji,

The question is would it be for people to use to make fun of fluffers or for fluffers to use replacing putting on
knee pads and dragging out the post

 

[bernielomax]

By referring to your set micro stakes, one can forgo the required PCF minimum number of $5 racks (which is 4).

 

[RocAFella1]

By referring to your set micro stakes, one can forgo the required PCF minimum number of $5 racks (which is 4).

It’s not the size of your set that matters it’s how you use it.

 

[bernielomax]

Dealer buttons are the most important part of any self dealt home game. A dealer button is the only way players can determine who is the dealer (other than just looking up and seeing who is holding the cards).

 

[upNdown]

By referring to your set micro stakes, one can forgo the required PCF minimum number of $5 racks (which is 4).

That’s true. My microstakes set only has 320 fives.
But here’s my own controversial option:

.25/.50 is not microstakes. That’s just home stakes. Microstakes is a game with chips smaller than a quarter.

 

[springbox]

Mint chips are overrated, unless they're purely a display piece. Chips are meant to be felted, and slightly worn chips feel nicer to play with.

 

[allforcharity]

That’s true. My microstakes set only has 320 fives.
But here’s my own controversial option:

.25/.50 is not microstakes. That’s just home stakes. Microstakes is a game with chips smaller than a quarter.

Is it microstakes anymore when your total bank is 5 figures? (i.e. one barrel of $500 plus whatever else you actually play with)

 

[chipinla]

That’s true. My microstakes set only has 320 fives.
But here’s my own controversial option:

.25/.50 is not microstakes. That’s just home stakes. Microstakes is a game with chips smaller than a quarter.

Agreed!

 

[monkeydog]

I played at Playground Poker and Casino Montreal this week.

Playground using BJ chips. Casino Montreal uses B&G.

There is nothing wrong with high end plastic chips, and I think I may even like them better.

At a minimum they seemed cleaner than clay chips, and they were old.

Casino Montreal had anniversary chips in play from 2010 - and they seemed as good as new.

I can't imagine buying clay chips if I ran a casino.

 

[JMC9389]

I played at Playground Poker and Casino Montreal this week.

Playground using BJ chips. Casino Montreal uses B&G.

There is nothing wrong with high end plastic chips, and I think I may even like them better.

At a minimum they seemed cleaner than clay chips, and they were old.

Casino Montreal had anniversary chips in play from 2010 - and they seemed as good as new.

I can't imagine buying clay chips if I ran a casino.

The problem is that any home or casino plastic chips I've encountered thus far are super slippery, or in the case of Bud Jones, have a suction cup effect on each other when stacked. This is a recipe for the chips not stacking well.

Figure out a non sticky plastic chip and my arm can be twisted for a set that I like. Polyinno hybrids from Sunfly are a nice compromise and work well for me. B+G by the sound of it seem to be the least slippery, but also the least common. Abbiati and Matsui are too slippery for me.