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Sitting Out
Hey all, been a PCF lurker for about 14 years...? I think I may have had an account long ago, but here is my new account! Here is my poker story, for those interested:
I got into poker chips shortly after getting into poker with some friends at the ripe age of 11 when Texas Hold'em was blowing up with Chris Moneymaker's 2003 WSOP win. It was playing poker, and watching it especially, that made me fall in love with chips. As a kid, I could only afford so much. Started with dice chips. Then in high school, maybe freshman or sophomore year, our group began playing more often, and so I saved up and got some Dunes China Clays. If I remember, they were through The Chip Room sometime around '07 or '08? Some veterans might remember. I still have this set, as it is an amazing quality CC set. Not long after, though, I think in '08, I bought a 500 chip set of Paulson Pharaohs. They were my prized possession as you could probably guess.
After high school, our group kind of fizzled out. People had just moved away. Games happened occasionally. Then I had a rough couple of years personally 2012-2013, and hit financial hardship, and as such had to sell my Pharaohs in 2013. If that hurts just hearing about it, imagine my dismay in the last couple years, after getting back on my feet, and seeing what those chips go for now. I think I sold them for about $540, to give you an idea.
Anyway, some of our old middle school & high school poker friends were settling down after college around 2016, and with a few additions from college-made friends, we started playing poker again. Now, we had always played tournaments. But at that time, with life being more complex and schedules being more diverse, we decided to play cash games so people could come and go as they pleased. As the only set I had were the Dunes CC's, and it was a tourney set, I did some research and ordered a custom set of ceramic Tiki's. We played often, and in 2017 I began planning a fully customized set of CPC chips with a theme and custom inlay. That was interrupted when I met a woman who is now my wife. I moved from Omaha, NE to Tampa, FL to pursue her, and we married in 2018. We have a house now, and things are going well! Very blessed!
As such, I've been poker-starved since moving late 2017! Thinking of getting back into chips, perhaps with a nice set of Paulsons, or nice BCC if I can find some I like (I may actually prefer BCC chips). I'm also considering picking up my plans to customize some chips. Idk if CPC chips though. Ordered some samples of the Royals from Apachepoker, so might look into those, but ideally looking for a Paulson or BCC set to cherish for years to come to replace my beloved long lost Pharaohs.
Thanks for reading! And if you live in the Tampa Bay area and host low-stakes cash games or tourneys, please hit me up! I am very poker-starved haha!
Blessings,
Matt
I got into poker chips shortly after getting into poker with some friends at the ripe age of 11 when Texas Hold'em was blowing up with Chris Moneymaker's 2003 WSOP win. It was playing poker, and watching it especially, that made me fall in love with chips. As a kid, I could only afford so much. Started with dice chips. Then in high school, maybe freshman or sophomore year, our group began playing more often, and so I saved up and got some Dunes China Clays. If I remember, they were through The Chip Room sometime around '07 or '08? Some veterans might remember. I still have this set, as it is an amazing quality CC set. Not long after, though, I think in '08, I bought a 500 chip set of Paulson Pharaohs. They were my prized possession as you could probably guess.
After high school, our group kind of fizzled out. People had just moved away. Games happened occasionally. Then I had a rough couple of years personally 2012-2013, and hit financial hardship, and as such had to sell my Pharaohs in 2013. If that hurts just hearing about it, imagine my dismay in the last couple years, after getting back on my feet, and seeing what those chips go for now. I think I sold them for about $540, to give you an idea.
Anyway, some of our old middle school & high school poker friends were settling down after college around 2016, and with a few additions from college-made friends, we started playing poker again. Now, we had always played tournaments. But at that time, with life being more complex and schedules being more diverse, we decided to play cash games so people could come and go as they pleased. As the only set I had were the Dunes CC's, and it was a tourney set, I did some research and ordered a custom set of ceramic Tiki's. We played often, and in 2017 I began planning a fully customized set of CPC chips with a theme and custom inlay. That was interrupted when I met a woman who is now my wife. I moved from Omaha, NE to Tampa, FL to pursue her, and we married in 2018. We have a house now, and things are going well! Very blessed!
As such, I've been poker-starved since moving late 2017! Thinking of getting back into chips, perhaps with a nice set of Paulsons, or nice BCC if I can find some I like (I may actually prefer BCC chips). I'm also considering picking up my plans to customize some chips. Idk if CPC chips though. Ordered some samples of the Royals from Apachepoker, so might look into those, but ideally looking for a Paulson or BCC set to cherish for years to come to replace my beloved long lost Pharaohs.
Thanks for reading! And if you live in the Tampa Bay area and host low-stakes cash games or tourneys, please hit me up! I am very poker-starved haha!
Blessings,
Matt