After ten years of being a PCF member, this is my 10,000th post.
When I first joined the Blue Wall back in 2009, I was just learning poker. I had already figured out that I wanted better chips than the slugged ABS crap we used in my weekly $10 NLHE tournament, and CT was the obvious place to learn more. Back then, most Paulsons were about a dollar a chip. To me, that was INSANE money for poker chips! However, I discovered these things called "China clays" and ultimately settled on a Desert Palms tourney set for about 1/3 that price. I loved that set, and while I sold it years ago, I still have a few samples.
I liked ChipTalk, but didn't spend a ton of time there in the early 2010s. My poker home was the Two Plus Two Home Poker subforum, where I was an active member and eventually a moderator. It was a small, close-knit community and very loosely moderated; we talked about maybe 60% home poker stuff and 40% everything else. We had three meetups in the early 2010s, and I hosted one of them here in Orlando. I think I ordered a rack of meetup commems from Palm Gaming and still have maybe a barrel or so left.
Fast forward to the Great Migration, and after hearing a lot of talk about this "Poker Chip Forum" site, I lurked for a few days, then created an account in November 2014. It was such a breath of fresh air - chip nerds, poker players, and just a lot of fun, friendly folks. I was active on both sites for a couple years, but in the wake of Black Friday, 2p2 was slowly dying, so I spent less and less time there.
It wasn't long after joining PCF that I was invited to a small chipper game at @k9dr's place. It was so much fun - the poker, the people, and the amazing chips that I had never seen before. A couple months later, I was blown away by my first Shootout at the Post, and the meetup bug had it's claws firmly in me. Meetups have given me the opportunity to make great friends, learn tons of new games, play with incredible chips, and occasionally take long walks. I try my hardest to attend 4-5 of them every year, and I don't see that changing until I can't walk or see the cards anymore.
Thanks @Tommy. PCF is incredible, and we wouldn't have this place without you.
(Giveaway info and rules in my next post...)
When I first joined the Blue Wall back in 2009, I was just learning poker. I had already figured out that I wanted better chips than the slugged ABS crap we used in my weekly $10 NLHE tournament, and CT was the obvious place to learn more. Back then, most Paulsons were about a dollar a chip. To me, that was INSANE money for poker chips! However, I discovered these things called "China clays" and ultimately settled on a Desert Palms tourney set for about 1/3 that price. I loved that set, and while I sold it years ago, I still have a few samples.
I liked ChipTalk, but didn't spend a ton of time there in the early 2010s. My poker home was the Two Plus Two Home Poker subforum, where I was an active member and eventually a moderator. It was a small, close-knit community and very loosely moderated; we talked about maybe 60% home poker stuff and 40% everything else. We had three meetups in the early 2010s, and I hosted one of them here in Orlando. I think I ordered a rack of meetup commems from Palm Gaming and still have maybe a barrel or so left.
Fast forward to the Great Migration, and after hearing a lot of talk about this "Poker Chip Forum" site, I lurked for a few days, then created an account in November 2014. It was such a breath of fresh air - chip nerds, poker players, and just a lot of fun, friendly folks. I was active on both sites for a couple years, but in the wake of Black Friday, 2p2 was slowly dying, so I spent less and less time there.
It wasn't long after joining PCF that I was invited to a small chipper game at @k9dr's place. It was so much fun - the poker, the people, and the amazing chips that I had never seen before. A couple months later, I was blown away by my first Shootout at the Post, and the meetup bug had it's claws firmly in me. Meetups have given me the opportunity to make great friends, learn tons of new games, play with incredible chips, and occasionally take long walks. I try my hardest to attend 4-5 of them every year, and I don't see that changing until I can't walk or see the cards anymore.
Thanks @Tommy. PCF is incredible, and we wouldn't have this place without you.
(Giveaway info and rules in my next post...)
