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[dennis63]

More Key West Stats:

Occasionally, we offer some statistics about the Key West Resort & Casino chips. The first Key West chips were produced by Apache Poker Chips and ASM in September, 2004. I don't know exactly how many chips were produced in that first run by ASM and Apache.

I acquired the Key West design from Josh and Apache on July 11, 2011.

In October, 2012, the Continental Card & Game Company was formed in Delaware to sell the chips. Since then, we've sold Key West chips to more than 250 collectors in the United States and 21 other countries.

Key West facts:

• Total Key West chips sold by CC&G Co.: 22,123
• Total "face value" of those chips, if they were real: $17,543,356.15 (Our inventory system keeps track for us.)
• Those chips would make a single stack 230 feet, 4 inches high. That's roughly the height of the former Playboy Hotel Casino in Atlantic City. The stack would weigh in at roughly 500 pounds.
• The company has sold 1,429 blue $1 chips at face value -- $1 each. We continue to hold $1,429 in cash to pay out if any are ever returned.
• Number of Key West blue $1 chips cashed in so far: 0
• All Key West's blue $1 chips have been made by Classic Poker Chips.
• We've also sold just under 1,700 Key West roulette chips
• One Key West 14-chip sample set has a playable face value of $31,654.80
• The highest-value Key West denomination is the $25,000 chip. We've sold 452 of them.
• The most popular Key West chip is the white $1 chip. We've sold 3,174 of them. The second most popular is the $100, with 2,762 sold.
• The state with the highest number of people who own Key West chips is now California, with 20.
• Delaware, the second-smallest state in America, has six players who own Key West chips (including me).
• The largest private collection of Key West chips is a player in Colorado with 2,041 chips.
• The company keeps approximately 14,000 chips in stock to sell.
• There is one set of Key West chips in Key West, Florida.
• There is one set of Key West chips aboard a U.S. Navy ship, and one set was delivered to a military member serving in Afghanistan.
• Only one Key West chip denomination has ever been "retired." It was the charcoal and red $20 chip made by ASM, Portland. Fewer than 300 were made.
• All but 200 of the blue-on-blue Key West NCV chips were made by Old ASM in Portland before owner Jim Blanchard retired.
• The company "gimmick" is that the casino doesn't exist, and never existed, but it's run like it was a real casino. We have a short list of people with whom we won't do business. We call that file, "Casino Security."

 

[churlbut18]

I’m fortunate enough to have a barrel of the retired charcoal and red $20, pictured next to the new $20...

And here is an updated pic of the current limit set... hopefully in a position for an add on after the new year to add quarters and fives...

 

[FCCDAD]

My wife's anniversary tournament set.

i notice that the new $1k chips i added have a different color of green spots than the older ones. i have since applied a light wipe of mineral oil to the outside of each barrel, but the difference is still there.

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[andy699669]

My wife's anniversary tournament set.

i notice that the new $1k chips i added have a different color of green spots than the older ones. i have since applied a light wipe of mineral oil to the outside of each barrel, but the difference is still there.

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Which one is the older and which one is the newer?

 

[FCCDAD]

Which one is the older and which one is the newer?

the darker green spots that match the green spots on the hundos are older. the lighter mint green spots are on most of the new ones. two or three of the new ones have the same darker spots the old ones have.

 

[Thomacetti]

the darker green spots that match the green spots on the hundos are older. the lighter mint green spots are on most of the new ones. two or three of the new ones have the same darker spots the old ones have.

Great set and awsome gift
I checked my samples and have 1 old school version...it's yours if you want to build a full barrel of oldies.
I'm sure more members have some to help you out

Ps. happy anniversary
Pss. will post pr0n of my KW set (1700) when the last batch is received

 

[dennis63]

My wife's anniversary tournament set.

i notice that the new $1k chips i added have a different color of green spots than the older ones. i have since applied a light wipe of mineral oil to the outside of each barrel, but the difference is still there.

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You are, of course, correct. The darker green spot is the older chip / color formula.

The colors on the Key West $1,000 chip are: yellow base and day glow green 312 spot.

In the summer of 2013, the supply of a key ingredient used in one of the dyes mixed to make that shade of green dried up. (I think it had something to do with imports being stopped from a country in Central America for political reasons.)

At the time, Mike Daumbach was part owner of ASM, Las Vegas, with his partner at the time. The dye manufacturer offered various powdered dyes. Mike and the manufacturer were certain they could duplicate the color perfectly. His partner decided to simply discontinue offering "day glow green," and forced the issue.

This was one of the (many) reasons Mike decided to leave ASM Las Vegas. We spoke about it by phone one evening that year.

I believe the new Day Glow Green formula was developed by Classic Poker Chips in order to return the color to their palette. The new Day Glow Green uses a new combination / recipe with available dyes.

The resulting color is a tiny bit lighter, but still called "Day Glow Green." It's not uncommon for casino chips -- even those at large casinos -- to have a slightly different shade on the edge spots, or even the chip base itself, from year to year, or batch to batch.

 

[andy699669]

The Dayglo's are using DayGlo Colour Corp. dyes, right? For example, Peacock's origin is Horizon Blue, Tiger's origin is Blaze/Safety Orange, Saturn's origin is Saturn Yellow, etc.?

 

[dennis63]

The Dayglo's are using DayGlo Colour Corp. dyes, right? For example, Peacock's origin is Horizon Blue, Tiger's origin is Blaze/Safety Orange, Saturn's origin is Saturn Yellow, etc.?

That answer is well-above my clearance.

The suppliers and recipe for each color is a trade secret. Only a few people at Classic would know the answer to that.

I've seen, in person, much of the process, but could not say where they get the ingredients, or what they are. In our conversation that night, Mike D told me two of the ingredients common to all ASM chips because their wholesale cost skyrocketed.

Whatever those were, i've forgotten them completely.

In the case of the day glow green color, Mike D told me what happened.

Slight color differences are pretty common. I have 80 x red $5 Paulson Fun Nites. (The Fun Nites are solids.) Among them are at least two distinct shades of red. Maybe three.

 

[alittlemessi]

A week late on posting this, but here is my new cash set that will putting into play tomorrow night!!

I’ll most likely be adding 20x $5, 10x $2 and a barrel of a denom that I have not yet decided.

 

[alittlemessi]

Made some additions

 

[JMC9389]

Bonus splash pot cash set pic

 

[sgago84]

I plan on ordering a small single table 400pc set sometime soon. Really like the $5-$1k chips

 

[alittlemessi]

I plan on ordering a small single table 400pc set sometime soon. Really like the $5-$1k chips

Great choice! Favorite set of mine and gets the most action.

 

[JMC9389]

I plan on ordering a small single table 400pc set sometime soon. Really like the $5-$1k chips

Do it! The blue $1's are also one of my favorites and really won't stack or pot dirty with the $25's which was a concern of mine.

A 400 chip single table tournament set with 110 $25, 110 $100, 60 $500, 80 $1000, and 40 $5000 is more than enough for a 9 seated tournament. Having 40 $5,000 at your disposal allows you more than enough to cover your re-buys and color ups. The one tournament I put these into play, I barely even got half a barrel of the $5,000 chips in play having the tournament go 14 levels with 12 buy ins worth of chips.

Dennis also sells pre-owned chips on his website for less than the cost for new chips that would make putting the set together even more affordable. Dennis currently has enough to cover all of the $5,000 and most of the $500 chips from the breakdown I suggested.

Happy hunting!

 

[idoru99]

1560 Chips (plus a few extras) for a twice monthly tournament. I love these chips!

 

[StatTracker]

dennis63's personal home game set​

Most of these chips were acquired when Old ASM and Jim B were still in Portland. I added racks of new denominations as they came out -- nickels, $2.50s, $25,000. (These are not retail chips, which are kept separately.)

If you're counting, what you see above is:

2,500 denominated Key West chips
200 x NCV (Imperial blue and blue)
200 x 5 cents (Butterscotch and chocolate)
400 x 25 cents (Gray and black)
300 x $1 (white original, white and yellow)
200 x $1 (Imperial blue and yellow)
100 x $2.50 (Pink and white)
300 x $5 (Red and Imperial blue)
200 x $25 (Green and Lavender)
200 x $100 (Black / Light green)
100 x $500 (Purple / Pink)
100 x $1,000 (Yellow / Day Glow Green)
100 x $5,000 (Orange / Chocolate)
100 x $25,000 (Day Glow Peach / Green)

600 roulette chips, 1 rack each of
Blue
Light Blue
Day Glow Yellow
Day Glow Green
Day Glow Pink
Lavender

36 decks of Key West cards
Two KW dealer buttons -- white and black
1 green custom KW cut card
Precision dice -- red, blue and green
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Note: I'm posting this realizing I never take my own advice. Whenever someone asks, I tell them that most people who play poker at home will be perfectly well equipped with a set of 500 chips.

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Holy GUAC

Here's mine before cleaning & oiling. Just a barrel but I like them!

 

[Thomacetti]

Key West FTW