Ran into this post today written by @TX_Golf_N_Poker that foresaw my journey since i have joined - i recently acquired a reasonably priced paulson set and i am still looking at ads.
Send help =) ( …or some tachi 1s…lol..j/k)
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Otherwise, if you stick around, you will be in the same boat as all of us. I had the exact budget you had when I joined here.
Believe it when people say this hobby is a disease.”
Send help =) ( …or some tachi 1s…lol..j/k)
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/the-beginners-guide-to-mapping-out-a-cash-game-chip-set-5c-10c-to-5-10.30897/post-2533516
copy/pasta below“
Otherwise, if you stick around, you will be in the same boat as all of us. I had the exact budget you had when I joined here.
- My first set was within budget.
- My second set was very reasonably priced Tina cards molds, but I decided to purchase enough to host a three table tournament, so went over budget by a couple hundred dollars. I've used these chips once!
- I stuck around and kept admiring all the neat casino sets of real clay Paulson chips.
- I spent a very small amount on some clay chip samples. I loved them!
- I had the opportunity to buy a very reasonable set of clay chips. Not Paulson, but neat old vintage casino chips. When I joined here, I was amazed that some people spent over $1 a chip, and flabbergasted that others were spending $5 a chip and up! That is freaking insane!!!
- So the set mentioned was $700 for 600 chips. Yes, over $1 per chip. I found ways to justify and made the purchase. That's it! I have all the chips I need!
- Fast forward 3 more years to today. I have at least 7 or 8 playable sets. I have racks of other chips for sets that I'm building. I spent $8 a chip for one rack in a mixed casino tournament set. Then $15 a chip for one barrel for my top of the set, 43mm chip! I have cappers that cost over $20. And I am nowhere close to being a high roller compared to many others here.
- All this, because I wanted one or two cool sets of chips for about $300 each.
Believe it when people say this hobby is a disease.”