So, less than 30.
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yes. I can't guarantee that they were only used in one tourney but I believe they only had one WSOP event there. So way less then 30 in my opinion
mkiefer009
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Yes you can search that on the site. I just used a scrub brush and soapy water. But for these personally, I'm not going to clean, it will feel like a real tournament with a little dirt. lol.
Yeah, that's a neat idea - try to keep it authentic. I'm thinking for the grungier ones - just try to get them all to the same level of filth.
FordPickup92
Royal Flush
Quick tsp bath followed by a magic eraser scrub with dawn dish soap and a good rinse/towel dry. Add a splash of oil, good to go
Ben8257
Royal Flush
Just FYI she makes this sound fast.. without an ultra sonic cleaner it is very time consuming... we average hand washing a rack/drying/oiling and then wiping them down at the end... about 3 to 4 hours total time per rack! But we do not use the water/oil method we compress oil by hand, hand wash every single chip one at a time! Typically they come out like new and well worh the time spent.. clean minty chips are much less time! Fellow chipper Ben
I've compression oiled some of my Royals, but just haven't had the time to do them all. In this case with the Paulsons, I think my first goal is to just get them not to look gross.
That won’t take hours. Unless you’re dealing with chips soiled in irregular ways, a quick soak in tsp and dawn, and a quick brushover with a kitchen scrub brush will have them looking like new. Seriously, like 5 seconds per chip and ten seconds per barrel for the edges.
I'm going to be doing an ultrasonic bath myself. I guess it's time to buy one haha.
mkiefer009
Pair
I remember getting my first paulson set in the mail. The cincy 500 chip cash set. Cleaned them one by one in my basement while watching Breaking Bad. It was a great day.
Ben8257
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This particular rack took me over 4 hours to clean!! Not including oiling!! Chips were made in 1969 lots of years of hooker juice set in on these!! 100% worth the effort!! Sorry @The Chip Exchange for thread craping! I know you are busy!! Fellow Chipper Ben
HOLY MOLY
Sounds like a lot of labor and I'm super lazy lol.
Yeah old chips can be much harder and you’ve got to be very careful with hot stamps.
TSP won't mess em up? I've never used the stuff. This is my first used set.
Phosphorus free TSP substitute. Look for sodium metasilicate.
@Brookston you must have found what you were looking for in your signature 
@Brookston you must have found what you were looking for in your signature
Fuck yeah I did!
WedgeRock
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WedgeRock
Royal Flush
Bah-hahahaha - I was close! Yeah, I think my plan is to try soap with an electric toothbrush and see how it looks. Then I'll try one with something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Sunnyside-Ph...bstitute+phosphate+free&qid=1582061032&sr=8-1
Don't use Sunnyside. It isn't sodium metasilicate, it's sodium sesquicarbonate, doesn't work nearly as well. Red devil is better.
Gotcha, I'll check out red devil and ensure its metasilicate.
Zmasterben
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The Horseshoe Cincinnati cancelled the 2nd season of the WSOP Circuit event expected to be held in 2015 at the last second due to logistical issues because someone screwed up some security info. They never returned and the chips were only used for the 1 season the WSOP Circuit was held there.
The chips would have been used at all 12 official events and potentially some of the 13 satellite events but you'll need to find someone who played there to confirm on the satellite events. The lower denom chips would have probably been used 12-25 times as I doubt they had any authorization to use them in non-WSOP events but that is a guess.
https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/schedule/?groupID=1034
Based on winning photos I could find from that year that only show the 5K and lower chips it's likely that the 25K chips weren't used every time and the 100K only used 2 times for the bigger field events.
tl;dr These chips have been used 12-25 times in tournaments, the 25k less and the 100k much less
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yay mine will be arriving tomorrow 
aaronroch
3 of a Kind
@Zmasterben that’s awesome you dug up those pictures & info for us: thank you!
Huge amount of previous threads on cleaning. They are very excellent. Mild oxyclean bath in warm water (not hot!) with any scrub wand, stirred a bit and then scrubbed as necessary. Magic. Lightly soiled chips won’t need a scrub. Just a stir and sit for 5 mins and then rinse and dry. Wear gloves!
Good luck. I don’t clean chips anymore, given the time commitment. Beyond a simple bath and stir. I scrubbed thousands. #mintchipslife
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