My "too late to change 'cause I've already done it" CPC chip set (1 Viewer)

[xblode]

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to share my thought process when designing a new set for myself. I do wish I found this place before going thru the process but still, I’m happy with what I’ve done.

I mainly play poker with two groups of friends. With one, it’s tournaments and with the other group it’s $1/$3 cash games. I wanted one design/set that could cover both games. The cash set would consist of $1, $5 and $25 chips. The tourney set would use the same $25 chip as well as $100, $500, $1K and $5K chips.

I wanted to use traditional base colours since the vast majority of the boys play poker down here at Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia and in Vegas. Here’s my thought process for the design;

Each set had to have a different icon\logo in the inlay for each chip. It didn’t matter if the icon\logo appeared in both sets as long as they weren’t on the table at the same time.

Each icon\logo represents an aspect of my poker room and my friends. The pistol and shotgun are for players that steal my blinds, the gangster is a sketch of my brother, the whiskey and cigars are both consumed in large quantities in my games and the money bag is a “congratulations for lasting long enough to receive a $5K chip” when we chip up.

I really like the 3D14 edge so I used it for the $1 & $5 chip in the cash set. I was gonna use the same edge across all chips but decided to "reset" so to speak and make the $25 with one edge, the $100 with 2 and so on, just to make it a little different. This way, I get to see/use the 3D14 spot for most of the cash play and the tourney set starts at 1 edge and increments from there.

Each icon\logo colour matches one of the edge colours.

I chose the A mold cause I’m impatient and wanted this set as soon as possible. David at CPC was awesome to deal with! Can’t wait to get them and put them in play. I’ve calculated I need to win every cash game from now till June next year, to break even.

 

[Highli99]

Cool artwork! Your 100 and 500 are my favorites!

 

[Beakertwang]

Great looking set!

I'll take the PCF duty of recommending you not crossover your cash and tourney sets. You could make a $20 for your cash set. If someone pocketed a few $25's in a tourney, they could bring them into your cash game, and your bank would be off, and you could be out $50, or even $100 pretty quickly.

 

[slisk250]

Hopefully I won't piss off David but anything can be changed before they pull the clay.

 

[Perthmike]

Nice colour choices. Looks good

 

[xblode]

Thanks for the feedback all. I love the colours too

The two groups have only met once for a multi table event and will never meet again. The cash players are big gamblers and the tourney guys are all about poker theory and such, so don’t mix well.

When we are done for the night, while they help clean up, I stack the chips and pack them away. I’ve got them trained well, even when the game isn’t hosted by me

 

[xblode]

Shipped!

 

[WedgeRock]

I think the strokes on the artwork and the dmenominations are too thin and may not show well on the actual chip. Also not sure if the red on black is enough contrast.

I do like the concept, tho.

Oh and you put guns in your chips in Oz?!

 

[xblode]

We’ll find out how good they are in about 10 days

We have to put guns on our chips. Every animal here is trying to kill us.

 

[Trihonda]

Make a reorder for $20’s. Can’t state this enough, cash and tourney should never utilize the same chips. Just bad game integrity and before you say, it’s my buddies and I trust them, a ton of these issues are unintentional. Just really bad. Better for game confidence if your Players know it could never happen

Locally, We recently had one such game of buddies and coworkers where one player was caught cheating (on camera). The ga e rotated hosting, and He was actually cheating at several locations. Suspicions arose, and the host with cameras confirmed to everyone’s shock. Long time friend and coworkers was pocketing chips, amongst other infractions. It can happen.

 

[WedgeRock]

I do think a $20 chip for the cash game is a good idea, but I've been hosting/playing for 13 years without one issue with the bank.

Wait. We use separate tournament and cash chips. Nevermind.

 

[200 Motels]

Make a reorder for $20’s. Can’t state this enough, cash and tourney should never utilize the same chips. Just bad game integrity and before you say, it’s my buddies and I trust them, a ton of these issues are unintentional. Just really bad. Better for game confidence if your Players know it could never happen

Locally, We recently had one such game of buddies and coworkers where one player was caught cheating (on camera). The ga e rotated hosting, and He was actually cheating at several locations. Suspicions arose, and the host with cameras confirmed to everyone’s shock. Long time friend and coworkers was pocketing chips, amongst other infractions. It can happen.

Leave it to Magnum Tri (P.I.) to sniff out a cheat.

On this note, I've done the same thing, used tourney chips in a cash game. One thing that can save your bacon is doing a chip inventory at the end of each game. If chips go missing then it's the set is compromised. That's when you whip out your backup set and order a couple racks of $20 chips from CPC.

None of mine have gone missing but, it could happen.

Sexy set btw.

 

[xblode]

I agree with everything said here but, the groups I play with are always seperate and the sets never come out at the same time. There’s no overlap of players either, so no one can pocket some $25s in a tourney and return on another night to play cash.

It’s always a shock and big disappointment when something like this happens. A long time ago I was invited to play in a game. One of the regulars was caught getting chips out of the case while the rest of us went outside for a cigarette break.

 

[BGinGA]

Love the $1 chip color combo, well-done.

Seriously, order a barrel (or rack) of $20s and just put the potential uncertainty to rest. You'll be able to get another matching 3d14 cash chip, which will really round out that set half.

You can probably piggyback on somebody else's upcoming A-mold order to avoid minimum order requirements.

 

[xblode]

It’s ok The cash portion of this set ($1 and $5) will probably be used twice and will be retired. I’m about to put an order in for another cash set with a different design.

Can’t help myself, designed and ready to order before I even receive my first set.

 

[BGinGA]

If planning on retiring the set, having a separate $20 (or at least a $20 chip ~design~ ) would go a long way towards increasing the resale value. Just sayin'.

And congrats for making the "already ordering more chips before these even arrive" club. It's a serious sickness.

 

[xblode]

Woohoo! Got one box delivered today (600 chips). The other box (500 chips) is with Australian Customs. Boohoo!!!

Here's some quick pics. I'm very happy with the colours and edge choices. The inlays are good too but I could have done a better job.

Now I'll read up on cleaning/oiling them and get them into play.

 

[Rhodeman77]

Congratulations on the set! I really the color combo on the $500 chip.

 

[Perthmike]

Agreed on the $500 chip, although I like the colours on the $1000 a lot as well.

Congrats

 

[Nicolas M]

Love the 500s as well.

Congrats

 

[kmccormick100]

Woohoo! Got one box delivered today (600 chips). The other box (500 chips) is with Australian Customs. Boohoo!!!

Here's some quick pics. I'm very happy with the colours and edge choices. The inlays are good too but I could have done a better job.View attachment 206617

Now I'll read up on cleaning/oiling them and get them into play.View attachment 206616

Sweet set, got some really nice colors popping, I even love your 5k and I’m not usually a brown chip fan! No need to clean, just a very small amount of mineral oil on a rag and rub the rolling edges of a barrel at a time, it’ll absorb/spread to the faces with a little play, should take <30s/barrel

 

[softchewy]

Great set!.. the $500 and $5k are my favorites

 

[xblode]

Thanks everyone. I'm loving these more and more every day

After a few days of chip shuffling, you can see a big difference with the untouched ones.

 

[xblode]

Google tells me mineral oil is Paraffin oil but I really wanna get an ok from you guys before I proceed.

Also, how much oil do I use?

 

[WedgeRock]

Isn't parafin a wax?

Less is more when it comes to oiling chips.

 

[xblode]

That's what I thought but the description matches what I see for mineral oil, specifically, can be ingested to help with digestion.

With amounts are we talking a few drops in some water?

 

[allforcharity]

I dribble one thin line onto a thin dusting cloth. That is more than enough oil for 100 chips, maybe even 150. Then I repeat using other faces of the same cloth until I'm done. Air dry for 1-2 days before racking them up.

 

[Thomacetti]

Liquid paraffine, mineral oil or spoon oil is all the same

 

[Cowboys1]

Love em. That $100 chip with the shotgun (Benelli?) inlay is fantastic.

 

[Jake]

Google tells me mineral oil is Paraffin oil but I really wanna get an ok from you guys before I proceed.

Also, how much oil do I use?

Yeah after going into a few stores and searching for 'mineral oil, used for constipation... But i'm using it to oil a future set of poker chips". I discovered that its called liquid Paraffin here in Australia, and that it looked like they did not believe me.