So I just bought a set of Gulfports which are a low denomination set. I’m trying to figure out how to turn it into a high denomination set. I’m ok with putting some Gear labels over them since it won’t damage anything.
Those 1’s are really beautiful and the star of the set. There are 400 of them and I’d like to maximize the amount in play. My workhorse chips honestly are roughly even between 100’s, 500’s, and 1000’s. The 100’s a little less and 500’s/1000’s more so but not hugely apart. Wondering which denomination do you guys think the white chips are more suitable for? On one hand, a white Cali 100 feels right since it’s a natural color for a 100 chip, but there won’t be as many chips used. A white 1000 chip seems to work as well, since I believe some casinos do use a white 1000 (Aria? I forget). A white 500 seems odd to me.
The red Gulfports I dunno what to do with. It feels weird everywhere except for maybe a 5000? I have seen red 5000’s before I think?
The 25’s are perfect as is.
The 100 Gulfports I love, except I only have 50 of them and from what I know probably impossible to get at least another rack.
Other options would be to build a mixed set like KK suggested above. I think the key is to define the white Gulfports first.
As a reference in the 8 hour 50/100 game I played last week we used up 40 25’s, 180 100’s, 200 500’s, 200 1000’s, and 45 5000’s. This would be considered a crazy night of action for sure. Normally we hardly get to the 5000’s if at all.
So I’m leaning toward making the 400 Gulfport 1’s as the 1000 chip so that on a crazy night they would all get into play without as many 5000’s.
Any advice is appreciated. I do apologize in advance to the purist chippers if they think I’d be butchering this nice set. I do promise sticker overlays only!
My two pennies...do just as Ken suggested. I.e. leave them as is! It is obvious that you are in mega-baller status, so I would get another set that fits your needs. The Grand set is too awesome to mess with. If I were you, I would just forget about the Grand set altogether and sell it to me for a quarter of what you paid for it. Again, just my couple pieces of change.
