POLL: Favorite CPC mold by FEEL (4 Viewers)

[Seeking Alpha Social Club]

And they look great too!! Maybe this is the way around the CPC chip-weight issue for me!

Thanks!! All of my poker peeps love the way they feel, even compared to any of my Paulsons or TRKs. However...most of them are dumb as shit when it comes to chips.

 

[Jeff]

Diasqr, and it's not even close.

Jockey and cirsqr are close only if including sound and looks.

The look of the little squatting guy detracts from the desirability of the jockey mold chip …not adds to it IMO.

 

[fishsaybloop]

Actually I’ve always thought it looked like a guy doing a rain dance

 

[12thMan]

All Ive ever been able to see from the "jockey" mold is a dude skiing. Full tuck, poles back, maximum dorkiness when I see it on the mountain-its enough to ruin the chip for me.

 

[BGinGA]

Meh... on the felt, old near-blind farts can't tell wtf it is, other than eight not-overly-large nifty images equally spaced around the chip. Works for me.

I find the HHR mold images to be too identifiable and busy.

 

[Perthmike]

This thread just tells me that plain mold is underrated. Mine made me really hate my A mold set.

 

[Saoliver]

This thread just tells me that plain mold is underrated. Mine made me really hate my A mold set.

Your Hannah’s are great. And I love my Chesterfield Club set. But I voted DIASQR

 

[JeepologyOffroad]

Plain mold is very underrated I agree. One of the best for feel

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

You forgot the E&C mold

 

[AlbinoDragon]

I love my disqares! Feel and sound are just lovely.

I'm always disappointed how little love there is here for the hourglass. Easily my second favorite mold. Even when they are fairly new, they shuffle so nicely.


Not to ruin the Jockey mold (because I do like it) but it does look a bit like he's trying to pop a squat.

Actually I’ve always thought it looked like a guy doing a rain dance

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[Perthmike]

I love my disqares! Feel and sound are just lovely.

I'm always disappointed how little love there is here for the hourglass. Easily my second favorite mold. Even when they are fairly new, they shuffle so nicely.


Not to ruin the Jockey mold (because I do like it) but it does look a bit like he's trying to pop a squat.

Diasq is great.

Funnily enough though I owned a set of hourglass and they really didn't do it for me. They felt a bit less substantial if I recall correctly.

 

[Irish]

@Irish , have time for a field experiment? The Jockey and Large Crowns feel heavier but I don't know if they definitely are.

I got home a little early tonight, so I got out the scale and CPC sample set:

I've found that you'll often get a bit of weight fluctuation from chip to chip, so I thought the better approach to this would be weighing a stack of 10 chips and getting the average weight. With the exception of the FDL mold, the numbers were pretty close to what @madforpancakes posted above, they're nearly all within +/- 0.2g

Comparison:

And just my numbers, sorted heaviest to lightest:

And for those doubting Thomas's who need proof............

Spoiler

 

[Irish]

Based on some made individual samples I have, it looks like you lose about a gram of weight once you inlay the chip.

I can confirm this as well

HG - 94g vs 82g

CSQ - 98g vs 87g

HHR - 94g vs 85g

Scroll - 94g vs 84g

 

[Highli99]

I’ve become a fan of the very light diecard mold. Shuffle and sound is great. Circle square and jockey are awesome too. I haven’t shuffled diesquare but prob need to.

 

[Josh Kifer]

Diasq is great.

Funnily enough though I owned a set of hourglass and they really didn't do it for me. They felt a bit less substantial if I recall correctly.

 

[Denali]

If going strictly by feel, B mold by a mile, but I'm not a fan of the appearance.

 

[Eloe2000]

I am in the middle of this movie Croupier with Clive Owen that Netflix kept recommending to me. Looks like the Jockey mold. The other chips looked look a different mold though like Greek key or something. But the spots look too bright to be CPC (ASM at that point).

 

[chipinla]

I am in the middle of this movie Croupier with Clive Owen that Netflix kept recommending to me. Looks like the Jockey mold. The other chips looked look a different mold though like Greek key or something. But the spots look too bright to be CPC (ASM at that point).

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How’s the movie? Been thinking about checking it out

 

[Eloe2000]

How’s the movie? Been thinking about checking it out

I will let you know when it sober but seem good so far. it’s an older movie but I dig it so far.


Definitely jockey mold.

 

[KrisPringle]

I love my disqares! Feel and sound are just lovely.

I'm always disappointed how little love there is here for the hourglass. Easily my second favorite mold. Even when they are fairly new, they shuffle so nicely.


Not to ruin the Jockey mold (because I do like it) but it does look a bit like he's trying to pop a squat.

Looks like I'm the only vote for hourglass so far . I've by no means tried them all, but I picked up inlayed shuffle stacks of csq and disqr because I've seen a lot of love for those. I also have an inlayed shuffle stack of hourglass because I like the idea of a larger inlay. The hourglass feels slightly less substantial I guess, but I love the way the inlay feels. I think the slight recess on the hourglass means the inlay really gets imbedded in there and becomes a part of the chip, including gaining the chip's texture. The inlays on csq and disqr are smooth and feel more like stickers to me. I've even been able to get my fingernail under some of those inlays and pry them loose. Can't peel off the hourglass inlays tho (granted I was only given 7/8 and 1 inch inlay samples, so I don't know if this is still true for the larger inlay). I also like the texture around the rim of the hourglass; it gives a little resistance when shuffling and makes them fun to rub together. I can see them collecting dirt pretty fast tho.

 

[Meddler2]

All Ive ever been able to see from the "jockey" mold is a dude skiing. Full tuck, poles back, maximum dorkiness when I see it on the mountain-its enough to ruin the chip for me.

With the right design, the mold would be great for Ski Lodge & Casino type theme moreso than jockey imo.

 

[Bluegrass Poker]

Oops.

 

[TKEUofM]

Alright everyone, I am within days of submitting my official CPC order. Jockey and H mold are in the current open window. I see lots of good feedback about the "feel" of Jockey and not much about H mold. I emailed David and he said that there is essentially no difference in feel between all of the molds.

It doesn't seem that popular but I'm leaning towards H mold at this time. Just not sure about the little squatting guy on the chip. H mold seems much cleaner and gives a nice thick outer ring that I'm assuming will help avoid flea bites.

Thoughts?

 

[chipinla]

Alright everyone, I am within days of submitting my official CPC order. Jockey and H mold are in the current open window. I see lots of good feedback about the "feel" of Jockey and not much about H mold. I emailed David and he said that there is essentially no difference in feel between all of the molds.

It doesn't seem that popular but I'm leaning towards H mold at this time. Just not sure about the little squatting guy on the chip. H mold seems much cleaner and gives a nice thick outer ring that I'm assuming will help avoid flea bites.

Thoughts?

Go with a mold that fits your theme

 

[Eloe2000]

Alright everyone, I am within days of submitting my official CPC order. Jockey and H mold are in the current open window. I see lots of good feedback about the "feel" of Jockey and not much about H mold. I emailed David and he said that there is essentially no difference in feel between all of the molds.

It doesn't seem that popular but I'm leaning towards H mold at this time. Just not sure about the little squatting guy on the chip. H mold seems much cleaner and gives a nice thick outer ring that I'm assuming will help avoid flea bites.

Thoughts?

I like the more general molds. I don’t like the A or B mold, for example, unless it fits with my theme but otherwise love the feel of both. I like the H mold. While I like the general feel and outer ring of the Jockey and it’s closeness to THC, but get thrown but the jockey.

 

[GianThaMan]

I emailed David and he said that there is essentially no difference in feel between all of the molds.

This is an absolute lie. All the molds feel different, though some are more similar to each other than others. Shuffle a stack of DiaSqrs and then shuffle a stack of A-molds and you'll immediately feel it. They're nothing alike.

Aside from that, between H-mold and Jockey mold, you can't really go wrong with either. I've had shuffle stacks of both, and they both have a nice feel, though I slightly prefer H-mold. Just make a decision based on which one looks better with your set.

 

[TKEUofM]

I like the more general molds. I don’t like the A or B mold, for example, unless it fits with my theme but otherwise love the feel of both. I like the H mold. While I like the general feel and outer ring of the Jockey and it’s closeness to THC, but get thrown but the jockey.

Go with a mold that fits your theme

I was originally going with a Big10 Football theme so I wanted the B mold, but that won't be running again for another year or more. I've also switched themes and an just going with a "Miller's Bar & Poker Room". I also like Diamond Square but I think that's going to be another long wait and is one of the more expensive molds.

To the untrained poker chip eye most probably won't even see the H in the mold, it just looks like part of the impression.

Fun times.... not like it's a major decision or anything worth thousands of dollars if you aren't happy.... lol

 

[upNdown]

Go with a mold that fits your theme

That’s fine if you want to. People do that. But most of us love Paulsons and none of those chips have a theme that matches the mold. I think matching a CPC mold to a chip theme is overhyped.
But if it were me, I’d make sure I got the mold I liked best, not the mold that’s up next.

 

[BGinGA]

Beware of a higher rate of H-mold spinners. It would be enough for me to choose something else.

 

[FordPickup92]

CSQ followed by Scrown