Custom artwork group buy. US/CAN CARDS MOLD (12 Viewers)

[Himewad]

I have seen my chip designs ... I hope to have my "inlays" back to me in the next day or so!

 

[Eloe2000]

At some point through the process everyone's.
Remember computer monitor colors aren't the same as in your hands. I'm trying over here!!!

I personally don’t need samples, but I am a photographer and can photograph them under a controlled lighting scenarios in my studio and color correct the images on a calibrated monitor if this is a real concern to anyone. Color representation inaccuracies will generally be attributable more to the original photograph and lighting condriojs as well as the in-camera processing or post processing, and not attributable to viewer monitor differences. For what it’s worth, Bosco’s original photos were color corrected well and should be fairly accurate. Also, why I don’t use Apple computers, their monitors and screens on phones and iPads are generally pretty darn accurate.

 

[Jake14mw]

Art that was emailed to me from the group buy we are getting physical proofs printed in a picture and video form to make sure the colors and art are printing properly.

My sincere apologies Sean, I know it's just dumb me because nobody else seems to have a question. So this means that are going to create one sample of each chip in China using the .ai artwork files, and then email you jpg and video files of those sample chips?

 

[SeanGecko]

These were the samples they did for mine in my original buy

SAMPLES 1 .jpg

• SeanGecko
• Apr 5, 2020

So each set will get a similar treatment to make sure no issues are needed for correction. Then it will be sent to by jpg and video.
Cool?

 

[RudysNYC]

Can some people with more experience than me confirm that my chip quantities aren't severely f****d up? With the cash set I'm trying to cover my guys' standard .25/.50 and .50/1, as well as the rare 1/2. With my 12 $100 plaques, total bank is $3470. With the tournament set, I'm trying to cover a T10k for up to 1 table of 10 or T5k-T7500 for 2 tables.

Any help would be appreciated! This is my first set where I don't have to order in rolls of 25 so don't wanna screw myself and underbank. Thanks!

 

[SeanGecko]

Can some people with more experience than me confirm that my chip quantities aren't severely f****d up? With the cash set I'm trying to cover my guys' standard .25/.50 and .50/1, as well as the rare 1/2. With my 12 $100 plaques, total bank is $3470. With the tournament set, I'm trying to cover a T10k for up to 1 table of 10 or T5k-T7500 for 2 tables.

Any help would be appreciated! This is my first set where I don't have to order in rolls of 25 so don't wanna screw myself and underbank. Thanks!
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Looks good ish to me

 

[GetUrShineBox]

Can some people with more experience than me confirm that my chip quantities aren't severely f****d up? With the cash set I'm trying to cover my guys' standard .25/.50 and .50/1, as well as the rare 1/2. With my 12 $100 plaques, total bank is $3470. With the tournament set, I'm trying to cover a T10k for up to 1 table of 10 or T5k-T7500 for 2 tables.

Any help would be appreciated! This is my first set where I don't have to order in rolls of 25 so don't wanna screw myself and underbank. Thanks!
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I think You should get 200 - 0.25c chips. Enough for 10 players to have a barrel each. Especially if you play .25/.50.

I’m going with
200 - 0.25
400 - 1‘s
250 - 5’s
100 - 20’s
50 - 100’s

my goal was to start each player with a barrel of .25’s, two barrels of $1’s, top off with $5’s. Then use $5’s and $20’s for rebuys. $100’s will probably never make it in my games but too pretty not to add.

probably going to add 20-25 extras of each too in case of imperfections or to give out sample sets.

 

[TheDuke]

These were the samples they did for mine in my original buy

SAMPLES 1 .jpg

• SeanGecko
• Apr 5, 2020

So each set will get a similar treatment to make sure no issues are needed for correction. Then it will be sent to by jpg and video.
Cool?

Totally unexpected and totally awesome! This group buy keeps getting better!

 

[GetUrShineBox]

Can some people with more experience than me confirm that my chip quantities aren't severely f****d up? With the cash set I'm trying to cover my guys' standard .25/.50 and .50/1, as well as the rare 1/2. With my 12 $100 plaques, total bank is $3470. With the tournament set, I'm trying to cover a T10k for up to 1 table of 10 or T5k-T7500 for 2 tables.

Any help would be appreciated! This is my first set where I don't have to order in rolls of 25 so don't wanna screw myself and underbank. Thanks!
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For tournaments it depends on starting stacks. Most guys on here like 12/12/5/6 which would be 120 - 25’s
120 - 100’s
50 - 500’s
60 - 1000’s

the other option is 8/8/6/6 which I was thinking if I have two tables. So then you need.
160- 25’s
160 - 100’s
120- 500’s
120- 1000’s

Order extra 1000’s and use them and the 5000’s to color up or for rebuys.

even if you lower to a starting stack of 5k or 7500 I still think you Def need 160 - 25’s and 100’s. You’ll spend a lot of time making change for blinds without that many.

 

[RudysNYC]

I think You should get 200 - 0.25c chips. Enough for 10 players to have a barrel each.

Without being blasphemous, while I appreciate the Moar Chips movement, I'm more of a "economical/even stack." I think it was @BGinGA who once pointed out fracs are kind of worthless outside of blinds, and at most each person will need three to get their desired bet size with 1s in play. Tbh the number I was least worried about was my amount of fracs hahah

even if you lower to a starting stack of 5k or 7500 I still think you Def need 160 - 25’s and 100’s. You’ll spend a lot of time making change for blinds without that many.

I will definitely have to think more about this then. Thanks for the input brother your point about making change is very well taken

 

[GetUrShineBox]

Without being blasphemous, while I appreciate the Moar Chips movement, I'm more of a "economical/even stack." I think it was @BGinGA who once pointed out fracs are kind of worthless outside of blinds, and at most each person will need three to get their desired bet size with 1s in play. Tbh the number I was least worried about was my amount of fracs hahah


I will definitely have to think more about this then. Thanks for the input brother your point about making change is very well taken

yup the fracs I understand where people are coming from but I just like the even barrels.You get 3 barrels of chips for $50 then top off w $5’s if buy ins are higher than $50.
if i bought in a .25/.50 game with $50 and was given 12 fracs I’d be on tilt from the get go. Haha.
then what do you give out w the 12 fracs? 22 - $1’s and 5 - $5’s?
I’m no expert but I don’t shine shoes no more either.

 

[RudysNYC]

yup the fracs I understand where people are coming from but I just like the even barrels.You get 3 barrels of chips for $50 then top off w $5’s if buy ins are higher than $50.
if i bought in a .25/.50 game with $50 and was given 12 fracs I’d be on tilt from the get go. Haha.
then what do you give out w the 12 fracs? 22 - $1’s and 5 - $5’s?
I’m no expert but I don’t shine shoes no more either.

So I was an idiot when I made the labels for my current set and my fracs are .50s since we play .50/1 more than anything else (my other buddy tends to host .25/.50 but he has dice chips lol). Played yesterday actually, starting stacks of $50 were 10/20/5. Was planning on giving people 20/20/5 as people came in until I had to make do. Me and my guys all basically only play cash, so the fracs would flow from person to person pretty quickly.

F**k I got decisions to make lol

 

[TheB00T]

Anybody got a CMYK for something similar to Showboat Grey?

 

[honkydevil]

So I was an idiot when I made the labels for my current set and my fracs are .50s since we play .50/1 more than anything else (my other buddy tends to host .25/.50 but he has dice chips lol). Played yesterday actually, starting stacks of $50 were 10/20/5. Was planning on giving people 20/20/5 as people came in until I had to make do. Me and my guys all basically only play cash, so the fracs would flow from person to person pretty quickly.

F**k I got decisions to make lol

What was the issue? Running out of .50s?

 

[RudysNYC]

What was the issue? Running out of .50s?

No, it just froze us out of .25/.50 unless we ignore face value. Half my friends aren't into the finer details of poker, so to them .50/.50 feels like a totally different game lol. If I had been on here before I ordered the labels for my current set I'd have made a much more informed decision, hence my desire to get this set right

 

[AnteAndy]

yup the fracs I understand where people are coming from but I just like the even barrels.You get 3 barrels of chips for $50 then top off w $5’s if buy ins are higher than $50.
if i bought in a .25/.50 game with $50 and was given 12 fracs I’d be on tilt from the get go. Haha.
then what do you give out w the 12 fracs? 22 - $1’s and 5 - $5’s?
I’m no expert but I don’t shine shoes no more either.

I never understood spending more money on frac chips just to kerb some OCD about giving out barrels to people. I always did 12 fracs for each starting stacks. Just makes a few extra seconds difference instead of getting more chips just to give out barrels. I have 120 qrtrs, never had a problem in any .25/.25 or .25/.50 games i threw, never had problem with people making change either.

I'd much rather use one of the rack of fracs to allocate more towards higher denominated chips. Two racks of fracs is understandable if you have two tables, though.

 

[BGinGA]

Can some people with more experience than me confirm that my chip quantities aren't severely f****d up? With the cash set I'm trying to cover my guys' standard .25/.50 and .50/1, as well as the rare 1/2. With my 12 $100 plaques, total bank is $3470. With the tournament set, I'm trying to cover a T10k for up to 1 table of 10 or T5k-T7500 for 2 tables.

Any help would be appreciated! This is my first set where I don't have to order in rolls of 25 so don't wanna screw myself and underbank. Thanks!
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For your stated purposes, I'd recommend a 600 chip cash set with 120/220/220/40 breakdown (plus your $100 plaques), and just be aware that you'll probably run short on $5s when ocassionally playing 1/2. Bumping the $5s up to 260 would help that a little, by reducing the 25c/$1 counts to 100/200 chips (which is plenty for a single-table 25c/50c or 50c/$1 game). Just hand out a barrel of quarters with each of the first five buy-ins to get them all on the table immediately, and get all of the $1 chips in play before issuing any $5 chips.

Personally, I prefer at least 120/240/240 (.25-1-5) for cash games that use quarters, and 200/600/100 (1-5-20/25) for games that don't. If needed, $20 bills play in the quarter games (very rarely needed), and $100 bills (or plaques) can play in the bigger game (also rarely needed). So my combination-use cash sets are typically 120/240/600/100 plus 40x $100 (1100 chips), and adding a rack of nickels for micro-stakes bumps it up to an even 1200 chips.

For a 400-chip single-table T25-base tournament set, I always recommend a 120/120/50/75/35 breakdown, which supports 12/12/5/6 starting stacks (up to T10K) with enough extra T1000 chips for T25/T100 color-ups, plus sufficient T5000 chips for larger starting stacks (up to T25K), T500 color-ups (when needed), and/or re-buys if desired.

If wanting to stretch the set to cover two tables, you need a minimum of 160 chips each of the T25 and T100 denoms, plus at least 80x T500 (supporting 8/8/4/2 for T5K stacks). The combined set would look like this, minimum:

160 x T25
160 x T100
80 x T500
60 x T1000
40 x T5000
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500 chips, although it would be more flexible and work better with 140x T10000 and 60x T5000 (600 chips total), allowing for twenty 8/8/4/7/x starting stacks up to T20K each with sufficient T5000 chips to handle color-ups (plus still handle all of the single-table parameters, but now using T5000s for all color-ups).

Tl;dr -
Single-table cash set (25c/50c to 1/2): 100/200/260/40, 600 chips

Single-table T25-base tourney set: 120/120/50/75/35, 400 chips

Two-table T25-base tourney set: 160/160/80/140/60, 600 chips

Plus extras to cover loss/theft, damage/breakage, and sample sets. 5 to 10 extra chips of each denomination is usually sufficient, pending the number of sample sets.

 

[RudysNYC]

Single-table cash set (25c/50c to 1/2): 100/200/260/40, 600 chips

Single-table T25-base tourney set: 120/120/50/75/35, 400 chips

Two-table T25-base tourney set: 160/160/80/140/60, 600 chips

Plus extras to cover loss/theft, damage/breakage, and sample sets. 5 to 10 extra chips of each denomination is usually sufficient, pending the number of sample sets.

Thanks a lot for this, friend. Incredibly useful breakdown, appreciate you laying it out for me!

 

[warma]

Sorry, I'm not a rack guy.

what are the tubes you use?

 

[Eloe2000]

I think I have finalized my .25/.25-1/2 cash & T100 tournament combo set. This combo set is very usable for cash and tournament and can fit in a single 1000 chip case.

Cash set: $2,590 bank for .25/.25 to 1/2 in a pinch (680 chips) and $100 chips can serve double duty if absolutely necessary to add significantly to the bank.

• .25 x 120
• 1 x 260
• 5 x 220
• 20 x 60

Tournament: 10/6/11/1 T20k breakdown plus rebuys (320 chips)

• 100 x 100
• 500 x 60
• 1000 x 110
• 5000 x 50

 

[BGinGA]

I think I have finalized my .25/.25-1/2 cash & T100 tournament combo set. This combo set is very usable for cash and tournament and can fit in a single 1000 chip case.

Cash set: $2,590 bank for .25/.25 to 1/2 in a pinch (680 chips) and $100 chips can serve double duty if absolutely necessary to add significantly to the bank.

• .25 x 120
• 1 x 260
• 5 x 220
• 20 x 60

Tournament: 10/6/11/1 T20k breakdown plus rebuys (320 chips)

• 100 x 100
• 500 x 60
• 1000 x 110
• 5000 x 50

That totals 660 cash chips, not 680.

And I think that's really light on $5s for a 1/2 game. For a 680-chip multi-stake game (and $100 back-ups), I'd go with 120/220/300/40.

 

[Eloe2000]

That totals 660 cash chips, not 680.

And I think that's really light on $5s for a 1/2 game. For a 680-chip multi-stake game (and $100 back-ups), I'd go with 120/220/300/40.

Oh thanks for pointing that out. We rarely play 1/2 for the group this set will be used with and when we do it plays soft because we typically are playing .25/.25, .25/.50, etc. at that game. We don’t play 1/2 like we do at the local casinos even playing on the same day. We have been playing for years so I have a good sense of the bank needed but to your point I will add the extra chips to the 5s and maybe drop the 20s down.

120/260/240/60 or maybe 120/260/260/40.

 

[Dodger]

For your stated purposes, I'd recommend a 600 chip cash set with 120/220/220/40 breakdown (plus your $100 plaques), and just be aware that you'll probably run short on $5s when ocassionally playing 1/2. Bumping the $5s up to 260 would help that a little, by reducing the 25c/$1 counts to 100/200 chips (which is plenty for a single-table 25c/50c or 50c/$1 game). Just hand out a barrel of quarters with each of the first five buy-ins to get them all on the table immediately, and get all of the $1 chips in play before issuing any $5 chips.

Personally, I prefer at least 120/240/240 (.25-1-5) for cash games that use quarters, and 200/600/100 (1-5-20/25) for games that don't. If needed, $20 bills play in the quarter games (very rarely needed), and $100 bills (or plaques) can play in the bigger game (also rarely needed). So my combination-use cash sets are typically 120/240/600/100 plus 40x $100 (1100 chips), and adding a rack of nickels for micro-stakes bumps it up to an even 1200 chips.

For a 400-chip single-table T25-base tournament set, I always recommend a 120/120/50/75/35 breakdown, which supports 12/12/5/6 starting stacks (up to T10K) with enough extra T1000 chips for T25/T100 color-ups, plus sufficient T5000 chips for larger starting stacks (up to T25K), T500 color-ups (when needed), and/or re-buys if desired.

If wanting to stretch the set to cover two tables, you need a minimum of 160 chips each of the T25 and T100 denoms, plus at least 80x T500 (supporting 8/8/4/2 for T5K stacks). The combined set would look like this, minimum:

160 x T25
160 x T100
80 x T500
60 x T1000
40 x T5000
------------------
500 chips, although it would be more flexible and work better with 140x T10000 and 60x T5000 (600 chips total), allowing for twenty 8/8/4/7/x starting stacks up to T20K each with sufficient T5000 chips to handle color-ups (plus still handle all of the single-table parameters, but now using T5000s for all color-ups).

Tl;dr -
Single-table cash set (25c/50c to 1/2): 100/200/260/40, 600 chips

Single-table T25-base tourney set: 120/120/50/75/35, 400 chips

Two-table T25-base tourney set: 160/160/80/140/60, 600 chips

Plus extras to cover loss/theft, damage/breakage, and sample sets. 5 to 10 extra chips of each denomination is usually sufficient, pending the number of sample sets.

 

[SeanGecko]

what are the tubes you use?

that was a bit.

Paulson Racks. 66.7mm

 

[Marhault]

Ok so I tried to measure the gap in Chipco racks for these but I can't get my calipers down in the hole. So I tried to get a good pic of the gap.

So the gap is about 1.1mm or roughly 1/3 of a chip which is bigger than I thought it was but not as big as was claimed. They very well could fit in the Paulson racks better, but for the cost difference I'll take Chipco everyday. Unless someone has a line on some cheap Paulson racks that is...maybe another accompanying GB...

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

It's on the Diamond's mold but I had some mockup for the WSOP 1987-1990 line. Here're the T500, T1000 and T5000.

I have all the chips done from T1 to T5000 but I only did the inlays for T500, T1000 and T5000.

If anyone is interested, I can share or even change the text (for example change "Diamond" with your name and your city name instead of "for home use").

 

[SeanGecko]

It's on the Diamond's mold but I had some mockup for the WSOP 1987-1990 line. Here're the T500, T1000 and T5000.

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I have all the chips done from T1 to T5000 but I only did the inlays for T500, T1000 and T5000.

If anyone is interested, I can share or even change the text (for example change "Diamond" with your name).

PEOPLE JUMP ON THIS!!!


Now I am thinking of a tournament set. Want to see the rest....

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

PEOPLE JUMP ON THIS!!!


Now I am thinking of a tournament set. Want to see the rest....

I'll do the other inlays this evening.

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

And probably I'll make the lower text bolder.
It's better for ceramic chips.

 

[jr8719]

Can some people with more experience than me confirm that my chip quantities aren't severely f****d up? With the cash set I'm trying to cover my guys' standard .25/.50 and .50/1, as well as the rare 1/2. With my 12 $100 plaques, total bank is $3470. With the tournament set, I'm trying to cover a T10k for up to 1 table of 10 or T5k-T7500 for 2 tables.

Any help would be appreciated! This is my first set where I don't have to order in rolls of 25 so don't wanna screw myself and underbank. Thanks!
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That tournament set is one of my fave sets from this group buy thus far — great work, dude!