bryceguy
High Hand
This is my first post after joining 5 minutes ago so I'll try to make it interesting.
I have no idea how to play Poker but over the years I've accidentally caught poker games on TV while channel-surfing. Although I've never had any real interest in playing, I watched the games as a challenge to try and figure out the rules.
"If you have no interest in poker then WTF are you doing here?" is probably your question at this point.
Just last month I was invited to a dinner party and the host offered everyone a game of poker afterwards so I thought sure, why not? It'll be a new experience for me to actually play a game for once. The host was using real dollar bills and quarters as chips which I thought was funny. Seeing that I was a complete novice, the host explained the basic rules (some of which I figured out on my own over the years) and the four of us played a few games. It was fun.
I decided to buy the host some poker chips, which are just pieces of cheap colored plastic, right? I mean what else is there to know? They're all pretty much the same, right? So I went to Amazon to buy a set and was surprised by the variety. To become more informed, I went on YouTube and quickly found HobbyPhilic's videos, at which point I discovered just how deep this poker chip rabbit hole goes. Holy Jesus! ABS metal slug Monte Carlos, Ceramic Tiki Kings, Milano China Clays, Top Hat and Cane, etc.
Now here's the part that makes no sense at all: After binge-watching hours of poker chip videos, for some irrational reason I really wanted to buy a set of 500 Paulson Top Hat and Cane. It's not like I was going to use them; I just wanted to have them. And of course, come to find out they don't make them anymore. Bummer. Next best thing? Either used casino chips or Classic Poker Chips dot com. Went there and found a link to a YouTube video of Adam Savage's poker chip set from Rounders. Rounders? What's that? Oh it's a movie about guys playing poker and apparently it's quite popular in the poker community, so I watched it. "Gimme 3 stacks of high society!" :-D
Anyway, to make a long story short I wound up buying 500 Rounders and 600 Atlantic Club chips and I have no idea what I'm gonna do with them. Also got a Versa Games birdcage for the Atlantics and a Versa Games flat case for the Rounders.
I have no idea how to play Poker but over the years I've accidentally caught poker games on TV while channel-surfing. Although I've never had any real interest in playing, I watched the games as a challenge to try and figure out the rules.
"If you have no interest in poker then WTF are you doing here?" is probably your question at this point.
Just last month I was invited to a dinner party and the host offered everyone a game of poker afterwards so I thought sure, why not? It'll be a new experience for me to actually play a game for once. The host was using real dollar bills and quarters as chips which I thought was funny. Seeing that I was a complete novice, the host explained the basic rules (some of which I figured out on my own over the years) and the four of us played a few games. It was fun.
I decided to buy the host some poker chips, which are just pieces of cheap colored plastic, right? I mean what else is there to know? They're all pretty much the same, right? So I went to Amazon to buy a set and was surprised by the variety. To become more informed, I went on YouTube and quickly found HobbyPhilic's videos, at which point I discovered just how deep this poker chip rabbit hole goes. Holy Jesus! ABS metal slug Monte Carlos, Ceramic Tiki Kings, Milano China Clays, Top Hat and Cane, etc.
Now here's the part that makes no sense at all: After binge-watching hours of poker chip videos, for some irrational reason I really wanted to buy a set of 500 Paulson Top Hat and Cane. It's not like I was going to use them; I just wanted to have them. And of course, come to find out they don't make them anymore. Bummer. Next best thing? Either used casino chips or Classic Poker Chips dot com. Went there and found a link to a YouTube video of Adam Savage's poker chip set from Rounders. Rounders? What's that? Oh it's a movie about guys playing poker and apparently it's quite popular in the poker community, so I watched it. "Gimme 3 stacks of high society!" :-D
Anyway, to make a long story short I wound up buying 500 Rounders and 600 Atlantic Club chips and I have no idea what I'm gonna do with them. Also got a Versa Games birdcage for the Atlantics and a Versa Games flat case for the Rounders.