Ode to a lost chip (1 Viewer)

[MrCatPants]

I thought I almost lost my first chip...hosted a game last night. The fear that struck my heart when I saw one was missing, and my relief when I found it and could completely fill up the remaining barrel was definitely not a healthy thing.

I'm just curious if this is common to most chippers - do we all have an irrational need to complete every barrel, and fill up every rack? Or is that just limited to my weird self?

 

[thoomp]

Absolutely. I'm afraid I'm going to lose even a single chip. Given they're discontinued Paulsons, I'm afraid that it'll be a PITA or if not impossible to replace.

 

[abby99]

Oh, it gets worse than that. Say with great foresight you purchased a barrel of extras (4 each of 5 denominations) just in case one of your precious chips goes missing. You replace the missing chip with one of the extras, but now you've only got 19 extras instead of a full barrel. Now you've got to look for another chip to replace the missing extra chip, and you ask yourself why you didn't order extras for your extras. It never ends.

 

[thoomp]

Thinking of buying a lot of chips, but some of them have an odd number. Even that bugs me.

 

[WedgeRock]

Which is why owning ALL.THE.CHIPS is the only cure.

 

[MD Mike]

Oh, it gets worse than that. Say with great foresight you purchased a barrel of extras (4 each of 5 denominations) just in case one of your precious chips goes missing. You replace the missing chip with one of the extras, but now you've only got 19 extras instead of a full barrel. Now you've got to look for another chip to replace the missing extra chip, and you ask yourself why you didn't order extras for your extras. It never ends.

I was wondering if anyone had this situation too. I lost one Atlantic Club T5 but had a barrel of extras. Now I’m down to 19....

Ahhhhh

 

[v1pe]

Exactly why I went back and ordered extras for my hybrid set. I am afraid that the inevitable short backup stack will tilt me though haha.

 

[MrCatPants]

I have a few extras for my custom set, but I hate them too. It's a mixed pair of barrels that sits in the bottom of a birdcage I try to forget about.

 

[upNdown]

Ever since I bought new $1's for my mixed cash set (Paulsons from a somewhat obscure California cardroom) I've had a saved search on eBay, looking for extras. None have popped up for sale yet . Honestly, I don't get crazy about it. I have some sets that have odd numbers of chips and it doesn't keep me up at night. But I have 300 of those $1's, and I guess I'd much rather have 301 than 299.