Controversial Chip & Poker Opinions (18 Viewers)

[doublebooyah85]

Mixing white and black inlays don’t tilt me!

 

[toothpic]

Mixing white and black inlays don’t tilt me!

 

[TX_Golf_N_Poker]

deleted.

 

[TX_Golf_N_Poker]

messed this up... Wrong tag.

 

[TX_Golf_N_Poker]

200x $1
800x $5

Fracs are useless. They either 1) sit in a barrel untouched until felted, 2) get tossed in a rainbow bet usually by an annoying old guy, or 3) get put in the pot to be lost first so people don’t have any useless denoms in front of them.

With this many $5s one rack of $25s doesn’t bring much added bank value and bills can be used instead of $100s.

Your games clearly play differently than mine! My cash sets have at least two different fracs (one has FIVE!) and quarters are the workhorse chip for a lot of my games.

 

[DirtyTIVA]

Your games clearly play differently than mine! My cash sets have at least two different fracs (one has FIVE!) and quarters are the workhorse chip for a lot of my games.

Yeah I probably lose a lot more money playing in these games.

 

[RichMahogany]

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You’d hate my topper for this Friday’s game! Especially in seat 4.

Not sure if this is controversial…but to me, Bahamia’s are
The most butterface casino set I’ve ever seen. They look great in stacks and racks, but that face? Ick

 

[upNdown]

Not sure if this is controversial…but to me, Bahamia’s are
The most butterface casino set I’ve ever seen. They look great in stacks and racks, but that face? Ick

Tied with PCNYs, but yup

 

[BPTDirector]

Tied with PCNYs, but yup

Bcc High Rollers suffer the same malady. I had a big set, loved the spots, hated the faces being covered by the giant inlay. I am a show more clay and keep the inlays normal 7/8 or 1 1/16.

 

[aggie]

Not sure if this is controversial…but to me, Bahamia’s are
The most butterface casino set I’ve ever seen. They look great in stacks and racks, but that face? Ick

To be fair, ain't nobody looking at the faces.

 

[DirtyTIVA]

Not sure if this is controversial…but to me, Bahamia’s are
The most butterface casino set I’ve ever seen. They look great in stacks and racks, but that face? Ick

I’m actually only using the topper. I don’t really have a Bahamia set anymore. I’m debuting my IHC set for play with @Godzilla28 @TheRealTeddyKGB and @Vineyard.

 

[jr8719]

People who use Starbursts as fracs – especially when the rest of the lineup has matching inlays – are just uncreative and lazy.

 

[upNdown]

People who use Starbursts as fracs – especially when the rest of the lineup has matching inlays – are just uncreative and lazy.

I feel like there’s one guy here who hates relables (fake chips) so much he refuses to make matching fracs. He’ll probably show up here and start ranting.

 

[jr8719]

I feel like there’s one guy here who hates relables (fake chips) so much he refuses to make matching fracs. He’ll probably show up here and start ranting.

That one guy being... You?

 

[Gear]

That one guy being... You?

 

[Chipandchair]

I feel like there’s one guy here who hates relables (fake chips) so much he refuses to make matching fracs. He’ll probably show up here and start ranting.

When you locate him please let him know about my chips currently listed in the classified, real fracs, thanks

 

[KarateMaster72]

Dear sir or ma'am, here is my latest revision for your order.

- Now using Helvetica like a real designer
- Noticed the letters were a little too spaced out, reduced tracking a bit
- Added more ponies
- Added more rainbows
- Added more rainbow ponies

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I hope you are happy with these changes, please let me know if you need more revisions.

This just gave me a nose bleed and a seizure. Then I lost all control of my bodily functions

 

[KarateMaster72]

Not unless they're in banded stacks of $10,000

 

[ChipMonster]

higher denomination chips shouldn’t fetch a premium over lower denomination chips within the same set. I’d be willing to bet there isn’t a meaningful difference in production cost or production numbers of a $1 chip vs $100 chip…

Of course there are caveats when comparing $1k and up chips but for normal table stake denoms, they should be pretty much the same.

 

[aggie]

higher denomination chips shouldn’t fetch a premium over lower denomination chips within the same set. I’d be willing to bet there isn’t a meaningful difference in production cost or production numbers of a $1 chip vs $100 chip…

Of course there are caveats when comparing $1k and up chips but for normal table stake denoms, they should be pretty much the same.

 

[toothpic]

higher denomination chips shouldn’t fetch a premium over lower denomination chips within the same set. I’d be willing to bet there isn’t a meaningful difference in production cost or production numbers of a $1 chip vs $100 chip…

Of course there are caveats when comparing $1k and up chips but for normal table stake denoms, they should be pretty much the same.

That's a losing bet based off published numbers from past TheChipRoom sales.

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/black-friday-sale.64636/page-54#post-1484486

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...ndiana-sale-thread.62028/page-42#post-1484482

 

[ChipMonster]

That's a losing bet based off published numbers from past TheChipRoom sales.

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/black-friday-sale.64636/page-54#post-1484486

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...ndiana-sale-thread.62028/page-42#post-1484482

Interesting. Are there tally numbers for IG out there?

 

[DirtyTIVA]

higher denomination chips shouldn’t fetch a premium over lower denomination chips within the same set. I’d be willing to bet there isn’t a meaningful difference in production cost or production numbers of a $1 chip vs $100 chip…

Of course there are caveats when comparing $1k and up chips but for normal table stake denoms, they should be pretty much the same.

Higher denom chips are 1) artificially rare and 2) usually with more complex spots than the $1 and $5 which translates to more $$$ here on PCF.

 

[ChipMonster]

Higher denom chips are 1) artificially rare and 2) usually with more complex spots than the $1 and $5 which translates to more $$$ here on PCF.

So my plan to drive down the higher denom prices so I can build out a tourney set won’t work?

I still don’t believe that it generally costs more to make a higher denom chip vs lower and it probably just comes down to amount produced. I just bought some $500 IG and nobody can tell me these cost more to make than the $5 IG…

 

[toothpic]

So my plan to drive down the higher denom prices so I can build out a tourney set won’t work?

I still don’t believe that it generally costs more to make a higher denom chip vs lower and it probably just comes down to amount produced. I just bought some $500 IG and nobody can tell me these cost more to make than the $5 IG…

Cost more to make? Sometimes. The complexity of the edge spot patterns do increase the price. Normally a $100 has more complex spots.

The main factor when buying chips from a closed casino or card room is that there's simply less to go around. In past TCR sales the higher denoms sell out very quickly and the $1 and $5 stay around for a while. This is a mix of people buying them for lower stakes sets, people buying them for tournament sets or people buying them to collect them. Add in very appealing edge spots and colors makes the frenzy even more furious.

 

[aggie]

So my plan to drive down the higher denom prices so I can build out a tourney set won’t work?

I still don’t believe that it generally costs more to make a higher denom chip vs lower and it probably just comes down to amount produced. I just bought some $500 IG and nobody can tell me these cost more to make than the $5 IG…

I don’t think anyone ever said they cost more to produce, just more to acquire.

 

[DirtyTIVA]

I still don’t believe that it generally costs more to make a higher denom chip vs lower and it probably just comes down to amount produced. I just bought some $500 IG and nobody can tell me these cost more to make than the $5 IG…

Objectively it doesn’t cost that much more to produce but that’s not really relevant unless you’re able to buy direct from the manufacturer at those prices. Finite supply of what has already been produced dictates price when paired with demand. I don’t think HSI $500 will ever reach price parity with HSI $1 even if the production costs were relatively identical.

This is why many members here do choose to get a custom set from CPC where all the chips roughly cost the same regardless of denom. Or heck even with Tina.

 

[DirtyTIVA]

So my plan to drive down the higher denom prices so I can build out a tourney set won’t work?

I’m not sure how one would drive prices down here in a free market besides suddenly releasing tons of inventory or squelching demand by claiming IHC chips give someone cancer or something. There are plenty of us here crazy enough to pay more for some chips.

 

[ChipMonster]

I’m not sure how one would drive prices down here in a free market besides suddenly releasing tons of inventory or squelching demand by claiming IHC chips give someone cancer or something. There are plenty of us here crazy enough to pay more for some chips.

It was a joke

 

[ChipMonster]

I don’t think anyone ever said they cost more to produce, just more to acquire.

That is the unfortunate truth…

I’d be really interested to see the production numbers for fantasy chips like TP, etc. to see if those were produced more evenly across the board?