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Buddy is in Vegas right now. He just hit spinnettis looking for quarters to go with some Point Defiance chips... They had some acceptable quarters, but are asking $2.50/chip. I suggested possibly harvesting some $1 chips (to relabel them). I am curious what people think would be a good base chip to use for a PD quarter? Blue seems like a great option.

Yes, I know there are some that might not like a labeled chip in a hotstamped set. However, how many inlayed casino sets have hotstamped quarters? Hmmm?

And go!

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To keep the spot progression Flamingo or Binions would be best since they would go well.

If you want brown the Orleans would keep the progression well too.

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Put $100 on black then when he wins he can go back to spinettis and offer $2/chip.
 
Instead of relabeling chips for fracs. Which would annoy the absolute f&@k out of me in a hotstamp set but I'm fine with hotstamps for inlaid sets.... What about grabbing some starbursts? Yellow or blue would be a nice fit.
 
+1 for gamble, win and buy what you really want. But, failing that, I love the Aria $1
 
Agreed with stocky. Labeled fracs in an all hotstamp set sounds like a really bad idea. As he said, just using starbursts would be the way better option.
 
Ya, starburst sound like a good recommendation. Haven't searched for them lately, where (how easily) can these be found?
 
Many labeled chip sets have a hotstamp frac.... so it makes sense to have a hotstamp set contain a labeled frac. I like the idea and the Binion blue gets my vote :)
 
Longhorn frac is probably the win, but I have to wonder the screwed up mentality of someone that is thinking "I can't, it costs too much" and is in Vegas.

Keep thinking like this, and he's going to starve to death.
 
fyi @Trihonda already has a set with the binions blue $1, they are his Benny's chips, so the blue $1 from Binions woulud probably be outta the question
 
Apparently spennettis has 95 of the orange JW quarters, but 95 isn't really enough IMHO. There's also a yellow "pioneer club" quarter hotstamp, but unknown (or limited) quantity...

How available are the JW quarters? Hate to suggest getting them, and have no way to obtain more.
 
If 80 fracs is plenty for a single table (it is), then 95 is more than enough. Buy the 95 and hunt down the remaining 5 for a full rack. Jeez, I can't believe I'm even responding to this.
 
^this. For me the magic number is 120 - 12 min for 10 players, Buy them and you are set for 8 players if you find 96
 
If 80 fracs is plenty for a single table (it is), then 95 is more than enough. Buy the 95 and hunt down the remaining 5 for a full rack. Jeez, I can't believe I'm even responding to this.

Agreed. He'll find another 5 without much effort. Set an eBay alert and be ready to overpay for each to get up to a rack, which is fine for 1 table.
 
100 (or 95) is totes fine for a single table (10 max). Just dish em all out in barrels until they're gone and have the other dudes buy them as needed.

eff me...I think I say this in every thread like this.
 
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As stated a rack of fracs is really more than enough for a single table. If it regularly gets to the point where there don't seem to be enough get the jokers who hoard them to put them back in play (coughBGandBencough) ;)

More than a rack and they just start getting in the way.
 
Instead of relabeling chips for fracs. Which would annoy the absolute f&@k out of me in a hotstamp set but I'm fine with hotstamps for inlaid sets.... What about grabbing some starbursts? Yellow or blue would be a nice fit.

Agreed with stocky. Labeled fracs in an all hotstamp set sounds like a really bad idea. As he said, just using starbursts would be the way better option.


I had the exact same thoughts with my PD set, I really liked that it was an all hotstamp set and definitely wanted a hotstamp frac, if you're relabeling and harvesting my vote would go for Flamingos just because I like that blue....but like others have said, if I'm being truly honest I wouldn't want a label with that set either. That's why I went with starburst for right now, yellow.

Ya, starburst sound like a good recommendation. Haven't searched for them lately, where (how easily) can these be found?

I posted a WTB ad for a rack of yellow starburst and had someone willing to sell me a rack almost immediately (thanks Bill!). I could have just gotten lucky but I think you should be able to find them for a fair price and in pretty good condition.

^^ that would look good. double down saloon too.

I have been kicking myself for a few weeks now that I didn't jump on a rack of Double Down fracs that were posted here. In all honesty when that rack was posted that was the first time I had ever seen the DD fracs and I fell in love. I didn't pull the trigger just because I really like .25's compared to .50's but yeah, like I say I'm mad I let them go because I have decided that those are the fracs I will definitely want for this set. They are hotstamped and from a WA casino to match the PD chips, even SCV like the PD's as well if I remember right, and they are just so cool.


Joker's Wild frac

I thought about JW's as well and got a few to compare what they would look like in stacks or pots with the red fives. I love these fracs but I felt that even with a yellow/white combo of the fracs and 1's being not the most desirable for contrast that was better than the orange with the red of the fives, they were even closer I felt.




@Trihonda , if you or your buddy ever get a hold of some double down fracs I'll buy them and ship you these starburst!!! ;) Have fun in Vegas!



Shity cell phone picture from the other day, but you can see the PD set with the yellow starburst. Like others have said, I think they go very well with the overall set and just "fit". I'm not sure what shades of yellow are available in starburst, but if there was a more mustard color available they would go together even better than the bright yellow. I don't have a Paulson color sample set so I have no idea what yellow I have (might be the only yellow available in starburst for all i know), but what I do know is that if you look at the faux clays in front you can see the yellow that they are. The more mustardy yelllow looks way better because I feel the ones and fives are more "muted" in there overall impact than "bright", the more mustard color fauc clay yellow would look reeeeeaaaaallllyyyy good.

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^this. For me the magic number is 120 - 12 min for 10 players, Buy them and you are set for 8 players if you find 96
Horses for courses, although I agree with Links and Ronoh...more than a rack simply just get in the way. Follow Abby's (nee Marsha's) advice and give a stack out to each of your first five players, then have all others just make change at the table. After the first orbit, they're distributed all helter-skelter anyway.
 

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