Paulsons vs Custom Tinas (54 Viewers)

[upNdown]

Bike tires > Tina's

I have to disagree with you there. And I live to shit on Tinas.
(But the suggestion that you should play with mint paulsons but not allow anybody to shuffle them is absurd.)

 

[jamesjkim]

well the worst of the worst is to mix THC and Tinas, LOL. Do not substitute!

Lucky Chances is close.

Chipco, RHC, BCC, Bud Jones

 

[RocAFella1]

Come see @kmccormick100 RPC set that has been shuffled many times by us. I doubt you even notice any difference in sharpness.

Not shuffling Paulsons is more like not taking your Ferrari beyond 5 mph because you're afraid to get rock chips or damage the engine.

 

[sethwanab]

They didn't make these fun chips for Casinos. These are custom fun chips to play with and enjoy.

 

[sethwanab]

Come see @kmccormick100 RPC set that has been shuffled many times by us. I doubt you even notice any difference in sharpness.

Not shuffling Paulsons is more like not taking your Ferrari beyond 5 mph because you're afraid to get rock chips or damage the engine.

Pics?
I bet i can see a difference. They become tires for a reason. I play with some very anxious shufflers, lol

 

[Kam]

Agreed with most of above. It’s all relative in my mind.

My view is similar to other hobbies. How much do folk spend on golf gear, season passes for sports etc? I’ve spent a decent chunk on other hobbies, like fishing gear. Made zero real difference to actually catching the bloody elusive yellowtail, but ye know, I liked the cool looking carbon fiber rod that I use a few times a year. If you can afford it and like it, do it. Will I feel silly after getting skunked again… probably, but I like to have nice quality stuff to play with.

The best set I’ve owned was this relatively cheap Bicycle poker chip set in Vegas I got 15 years ago:

These were ‘fancy’ for everyone I played with back then and we had great game nights with them. I’ve only ever had 1 player in 20 years make a negative comment about my last set of chips (Nexgens), so my view is unless you play with PCFr’s, your players won’t care if they are Paulsons or Tinas or Walmart dice. If you think it’s too much, sell and get Tina’s or whatever.

I’m also pretty trigger happy in the classifieds sometimes, if it’s not right, just post and sell and move on (bought a couple of racks that didn’t work, didn’t realize that until I had them though).

GL

 

[RocAFella1]

No close up shots but these are the definition of near mint imo. They’re not gonna be razor mint out of the box but if you don’t run a cardroom and have more than one set it will take years if not a decade to get to bike tires.

There is a Euro guy who used ES daily and they wore down to tires but that was exponentially more use than I assume you host.

 

[Okku]

I may hang on to the IOCs for a minute, with hopes to find the $5s sometime.

I had 3 racks at one point a few years ago... they're out there somewhere

 

[TheRealTeddyKGB]

Why even play with Paulsons if you’re not gonna shuffle them?? That’s like saying you’re gonna keep Margot’s clothes on to keep her protected.

 

[RocAFella1]

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[TheLegend]

Shuffle em! Just don’t splash the pot from the end of the table…

 

[softchewy]

In my readings on this forum, I fully understand that comparing Paulsons to Tinas is apples to oranges. However, I bought a few racks of paulsons and feel buyers remorse. We play a 0.25/0.50 game. It feels really silly to be building a set that costs me $1,500-$2,000 to put together and months of my time.

I'm a couple racks of $5s away from actually being able to play with this set, but am considering selling it off and just going with a custom Tina set.

I can't get over the fact that I feel foolish selling these chips that I bought over the past few months. Or maybe I feel foolish for buying them in the first place?

Anyway, thanks for listening and for potentially filling the shoes of therapist if only for a moment.

Welcome to chipping.. you'll get the hang of it after a few years

 

[golobos]

They didn't make these fun chips for Casinos. These are custom fun chips to play with and enjoy.


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Dang I need some of the plaques for my LL set, those are sexy!