Cleitus
Waiting List
Hi all,
I've been lurking here and reading some of the great content for a few weeks, and thought I'd get on board.
I'm not a serious poker player, but this summer my 17 year old son brought a bunch of his buddies on our summer vacation, and most have never played poker before. Since they are all off to college in a weeks, I had to teach them, and since we got back we've been playing a few nights a week - a low stakes ($5 buy in....these are college kids after all) very informal tournament style of 6-8 players, typically T5000 with 25/50 starting blinds. Most nights are Hold Em but sometimes we do dealer choice.
Anyway, we've been using dice chips, and well, I'm a bit of a collector with an obsessive personality so of course I had to "research" poker chips and I stumbled across PCF.
By the way, over 15 years ago a similar lark led me to stumble on Boardgamegeek.com, and now I own well over 400 board and wargames. (If there are any other board/wargamers that read this, I go by Cleitus the Black on Boardgamegeek.)
So, as to chips. I started small (well cheap) with a recent 1,000 chip order from DiscountPoker - the Monaco Casino seemed the most attractive and well reviewed of the sluggos. I also ordered 10 Jack Casino Paulson's ($5 demon) from the ChipRoom to check them out, and have some samples of various other chips including Milano, Majestic, Nevada Jack, and Nile Club, with a sample of Royals on the way.
We'll see where this goes - a flash in the pan or a full fledged collecting obsession like others I've had: games, as I mentioned, and I've also gone down the road of telescopes/eyepieces and gaming laptops/PCs. Are there any cheap hobbies?
Right now I'm leaning toward "either" Royals and some custom ceramics as my first quality set. Either is in quotes as it could easily become both - and more - based on all the comments I've read here about some of your journeys into "chippers".
I'll close with an observation that the discourse on PCF is remarkably civil, intelligent, and friendly. You've all built a great community here. Thanks!
-Andrew
I've been lurking here and reading some of the great content for a few weeks, and thought I'd get on board.
I'm not a serious poker player, but this summer my 17 year old son brought a bunch of his buddies on our summer vacation, and most have never played poker before. Since they are all off to college in a weeks, I had to teach them, and since we got back we've been playing a few nights a week - a low stakes ($5 buy in....these are college kids after all) very informal tournament style of 6-8 players, typically T5000 with 25/50 starting blinds. Most nights are Hold Em but sometimes we do dealer choice.
Anyway, we've been using dice chips, and well, I'm a bit of a collector with an obsessive personality so of course I had to "research" poker chips and I stumbled across PCF.
By the way, over 15 years ago a similar lark led me to stumble on Boardgamegeek.com, and now I own well over 400 board and wargames. (If there are any other board/wargamers that read this, I go by Cleitus the Black on Boardgamegeek.)
So, as to chips. I started small (well cheap) with a recent 1,000 chip order from DiscountPoker - the Monaco Casino seemed the most attractive and well reviewed of the sluggos. I also ordered 10 Jack Casino Paulson's ($5 demon) from the ChipRoom to check them out, and have some samples of various other chips including Milano, Majestic, Nevada Jack, and Nile Club, with a sample of Royals on the way.
We'll see where this goes - a flash in the pan or a full fledged collecting obsession like others I've had: games, as I mentioned, and I've also gone down the road of telescopes/eyepieces and gaming laptops/PCs. Are there any cheap hobbies?
Right now I'm leaning toward "either" Royals and some custom ceramics as my first quality set. Either is in quotes as it could easily become both - and more - based on all the comments I've read here about some of your journeys into "chippers".
I'll close with an observation that the discourse on PCF is remarkably civil, intelligent, and friendly. You've all built a great community here. Thanks!
-Andrew
