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I'm not 100% certain this is the appropriate place to post this. Admins, please move this to the appropriate location if it isn't. I’ll start this by saying I put my ceramic chip set up for sale and sold it. I decided to take some of the money and purchase poker-related stuff. One person...

High Seas Casino Custom Ceramic Tournament Chip Set -- Reduced Price The High Seas Casino (HSC) chips are custom pirate-themed 39mm ceramic chips. I’m selling them because I don’t use them much. This set was designed for multiple uses. Starting with T1 or T5, a single table set up to 10...

I ordered 2 of the PCF Table Toppers in the second order. Here is my review of them after using them for two tournaments – one each with my two primary chip sets. Size – 35”x70” What I like about it: I suspect this size would fit on most rectangular eating tables. It’s the same length and...

Question 1 -- I've recently seen the term circus games being used. The more I read the term in use, the less certain I am about what it means. Since the term almost certainly means different things to different people, I'd like to see how different people define it. Question 2 -- Does anyone...

Our Setup: I typically host a 2-table tournament. Both tables are rectangular -- 8' and 7'. Sometimes I have a 3rd table that is oval -- 8'. All tables can seat 10. We are averaging 14-15 players. We have 2 permanent dealers at each table sitting in the middle opposite each other. Up to...

I'd like to know the following: 1 -- Payout schedules for various tournaments. How it's determined, percentages or amounts. 2 -- Opinion about payouts for this scenario -- $30 buy-in No re-buys Players range from 8-30 but average 13-14 All money paid in is paid out as prize money 10 players...

Several people have posted chip storage solutions. Here are some pictures of the solutions I’ve come up with for both storing and transporting chips. Pelican 1510 -- This is another look at my Pelican case. It is a Pelican 1510 rolling case. This case is the size of a carry-on case for...

Our 2015 season has ended. I’m going to post the raw data of our top 10 eligible performers and how they did in each of the 11 games they might have played in. By eligible, I mean players who attended 7 games. They played enough to win one of our 4 annual awards. From this group we will...

I thought I'd share a poem I wrote about hosting my monthly game. 'Tis the season, of course. ’Twas the Night Before Poker ’Twas the night before poker at the Hogue place, Dottie’s decorations are moved to give poker more space. She moves her decorations out with care, And cleans up the room...

Here’s a new set of ceramic chips I just got. I went with a pirate theme for these. Joe at PGI offered a $.20 special if they picked the edge spots and we provided the artwork. He promised me they’d pick edges that would look good with the chips, and they did! My artwork was done by Ken...

Inspired by reading Zombie's post ~ I've been on here for a while, but haven't really been paying attention until Zombie told me about a shift to here, so I came to look. While I knew how to play poker as a kid, we never played for money or had poker chips. We used dry beans. I always loved...

Here’s some custom dealer buttons by Gene at ABC Gifts and Awards | Poker Trophies | Custom Poker Chips. I couldn’t decide which one I liked the best, so naturally bought more than needed. At least we will have some variety! Art work provided by Ken at Custom personalized poker chip...

Here some pictures of my custom cash set from Joe at www.palmimports.com. They are the 8V China clays with custom labels printed and put on by Palm Gaming. The chips arrived several days ahead of schedule. Art work provided by Ken at http://pokerchipartist.com/. Both of them did...