TL;DR version: Are hot pink 5s a “Terrible” idea?
Longwinded version of the question: I’m almost done assembling a mixed Jack cash set — “mixed” meaning it includes both Jack Detroit primaries (25s, 100s, a few 500s) and Jack Cincys (those gorgeous 2s), plus some other RHCs with Gear relabels to serve as quarters and 5s.
The ketchup/mustard colors of the JD5s just don’t appeal to me, so I’ve been scrounging around for enough red RHC edgespotted chips to relabel as Jack 5s. Seems like RHC 5s are in short supply right now. Anyway, I finally secured three racks of Terrible’s La Granges (red base, purple & cream edgespots) in very good condition, and have ordered Jack 5 labels for them from Gear. I also bought two racks of Terrible’s hot pink .50s, which I was intending to relabel as .25s.
Truth is, I’m not all that crazy about the Terrible’s 5s. They’re looking crisper after some light oiling, but the red/cream/purple thing isn’t what I really want in my main “slave” chip. Been trying to round up Cancun 5s instead, but only have one rack so far, and the supply seems to have dried up.
And in reality, I don’t actually need quarters or even fracs—we play 1/2 NL and 2/5 NL here. I just thought it would be nice to have some... in case either my bankroll crashes or I resell the set someday.
Now: The more I look at these minty hot pink Terrible’s, the more I want to get them in play. I have 200 already, and with patience should be able to find another rack. So I’m thinking: Are pink 5s such a bad idea? Pink seems to universally signal “frac.” But the pink is so hot it’s practically red. (OK, maybe that’s a reach.) And once the guys got used to it, it would just be another $5 chip.
The general ethos here seems to be “whatever floats your boat.” So if my hunt for more Cancuns doesn’t work out, I may have to make those pinks into 5s. Or non-denoms (I have some thoughts on that!) which could go either way.
I dunno. Too much time off on the holiday leads to overthinking. Maybe I should just live with the red/cream/purple Terribles, and be patient until some Cancuns finally hit the market again. Just getting impatient. And those hot pinks are so nice.
Longwinded version of the question: I’m almost done assembling a mixed Jack cash set — “mixed” meaning it includes both Jack Detroit primaries (25s, 100s, a few 500s) and Jack Cincys (those gorgeous 2s), plus some other RHCs with Gear relabels to serve as quarters and 5s.
The ketchup/mustard colors of the JD5s just don’t appeal to me, so I’ve been scrounging around for enough red RHC edgespotted chips to relabel as Jack 5s. Seems like RHC 5s are in short supply right now. Anyway, I finally secured three racks of Terrible’s La Granges (red base, purple & cream edgespots) in very good condition, and have ordered Jack 5 labels for them from Gear. I also bought two racks of Terrible’s hot pink .50s, which I was intending to relabel as .25s.
Truth is, I’m not all that crazy about the Terrible’s 5s. They’re looking crisper after some light oiling, but the red/cream/purple thing isn’t what I really want in my main “slave” chip. Been trying to round up Cancun 5s instead, but only have one rack so far, and the supply seems to have dried up.
And in reality, I don’t actually need quarters or even fracs—we play 1/2 NL and 2/5 NL here. I just thought it would be nice to have some... in case either my bankroll crashes or I resell the set someday.
Now: The more I look at these minty hot pink Terrible’s, the more I want to get them in play. I have 200 already, and with patience should be able to find another rack. So I’m thinking: Are pink 5s such a bad idea? Pink seems to universally signal “frac.” But the pink is so hot it’s practically red. (OK, maybe that’s a reach.) And once the guys got used to it, it would just be another $5 chip.
The general ethos here seems to be “whatever floats your boat.” So if my hunt for more Cancuns doesn’t work out, I may have to make those pinks into 5s. Or non-denoms (I have some thoughts on that!) which could go either way.
I dunno. Too much time off on the holiday leads to overthinking. Maybe I should just live with the red/cream/purple Terribles, and be patient until some Cancuns finally hit the market again. Just getting impatient. And those hot pinks are so nice.
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