sbeckett
Sitting Out
I was infected with Chipper Fever on November 16 this year.
It all started with me and my friends playing a casual game using some basic chips from a 200-piece set, equally distributed in 5 denominations (ick!). It was then when I asked myself — I wonder, what are real casino chips made of? This question sent me straight down the rabbit hole, so here I am.
Just like Neo learned kung-fu, I now know technology, materials, vendors, what is considered good or bad, what is valued more — and that there is no such thing as enough chips…
I’ve been working up my courage to register and post for quite some time, but now that i finally did it I’m almost ready to pull the trigger on the purchase of my first proper set (likely, Mirage by Tina).
I also want to take this opportunity to say thanks to everyone involved in creating and running this forum. It seems such a genuinely welcoming place amid everything that’s going on in the world.
Fun fact: I was first introduced to poker as a child when my mother’s friend sent us a handheld poker game from the USA, this exact variety:
You can imagine how confusing it was for me to wrap my head around how THIS was related to what I saw in the movies: at a nice table, with community cards, stacks of chips, the whole nine yards.
Happy to become a part of this community!
It all started with me and my friends playing a casual game using some basic chips from a 200-piece set, equally distributed in 5 denominations (ick!). It was then when I asked myself — I wonder, what are real casino chips made of? This question sent me straight down the rabbit hole, so here I am.
Just like Neo learned kung-fu, I now know technology, materials, vendors, what is considered good or bad, what is valued more — and that there is no such thing as enough chips…
I’ve been working up my courage to register and post for quite some time, but now that i finally did it I’m almost ready to pull the trigger on the purchase of my first proper set (likely, Mirage by Tina).
I also want to take this opportunity to say thanks to everyone involved in creating and running this forum. It seems such a genuinely welcoming place amid everything that’s going on in the world.
Fun fact: I was first introduced to poker as a child when my mother’s friend sent us a handheld poker game from the USA, this exact variety:
You can imagine how confusing it was for me to wrap my head around how THIS was related to what I saw in the movies: at a nice table, with community cards, stacks of chips, the whole nine yards.
Happy to become a part of this community!
