5,000 post giveaway contest (11 Viewers)

[davin]

1987

 

[Sprouty]

4457

 

[Trihonda]

2940

 

[Perthmike]

1850

 

[fish72s]

zero.
Its a trick question. The chips are Paulson's, the Grand Vics are the inlays.

 

[rimmerryan]

3655

 

[Hot Nuts]

4551

 

[AfterTheFact]

5800

 

[paul sydney]

2981

 

[Ethan]

2683

 

[DonkeyKing]

2,450

 

[ovo]

4535

 

[RowdyRawhide]

7200

 

[illudene]

5400

 

[Forty4]

Seems like my clock is off.

 

[moose]

6225

 

[pltrgyst]

Unfortunately, Ovo and everyone after his post were too late. Sorry guys...

And now, I've hauled them out of storage.

As you could see in the previous pic, several racks of $5s were still trapped in the death wrapping of whoever here sold them to me last year. I went to unwrap them, and found three unexpected chips bundled in there -- the way the guessing has zoned in, these just might determine the winner!

After re-racking some and checking all the counts:

30 racks of 100 chips = 3000
10 rows of 53 chips = 530
4 stacks of 20 chips = 80
partial rack = 45 (20 + 18 + 7 chips)
====================

For a grand total of 3,655 chips. And the winner is: (Holy shit, this is amazing...)

@Josh Kifer guessed 3,651, only four chips off!

But then @rimmerryan came in at 3,655, and hit the nail right smack on the head ... with the difference being made by those three unexpected mint $5 chips!

So the winner, @rimmerryan , gets his choice of the two racks.

And it was so close that, if he wants them, @Josh Kifer gets the other rack.

Please send me shipping addresses, guys. Thanks!

 

[slisk250]

grand total only 3,655 chips

^fyp...lightweight...

 

[DonkeyKing]

Unfortunately, Ovo and everyone after his post were too late. Sorry guys...

And now, I've hauled them out of storage.

As you could see in the previous pic, several racks of $5s were still trapped in the death wrapping of whoever here sold them to me last year. I went to unwrap them, and found three unexpected chips bundled in there -- the way the guessing has zoned in, these just might determine the winner!

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After re-racking some and checking all the counts:

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30 racks of 100 chips = 3000
10 rows of 53 chips = 530
4 stacks of 20 chips = 80
partial rack = 45 (20 + 18 + 7 chips)
====================

For a grand total of 3,655 chips. And the winner is: (Holy shit, this is amazing...)

@Josh Kifer guessed 3,651, only four chips off!

But then @rimmerryan came in at 3,655, and hit the nail right smack on the head ... with the difference being made by those three unexpected mint $5 chips!

So the winner, @rimmerryan , gets his choice of the two racks.

And it was so close that, if he wants them, @Josh Kifer gets the other rack.

Please send me shipping addresses, guys. Thanks!

That's a lot of chips!

 

[pltrgyst]

BTW, in the pointless trivia department: The case in the picture is one of the cases in which Best Bet Limited distributed those famous 16-18 gram "Binyons" "WSOP" brass chips way back when. Three hinges, three clasps, a very solid 500+ case.

 

[pltrgyst]

.... I went to unwrap them, and found three unexpected chips bundled in there -- the way the guessing has zoned in, these just might determine the winner!

For the record, I typed that and added the pictures *before* toting up the counts.

. And the winner is: (Holy shit, this is amazing...)....

Holy shit indeed. I *will* be playing the FL lottery today!

 

[TheBigTater]

Wait, aren't lotteries like raffles..... a sucker bet.

 

[Perthmike]

Congrats to both winners.

Shame I didn’t win, but thanks @pltrgyst for this incredibly generous giveaway.

I feel like an idiot now. I should have known 1800 would be nowhere near enough. Rookie move.

 

[Schmendr1ck]

In the spirit of all things Florida, I demand a recount! I was sure that my guess of 3618.5 was dead on.

Thank you, sir, for a fun giveaway, and congrats on 5k posts.

 

[pltrgyst]

In the spirit of all things Florida, I demand a recount! I was sure that my guess of 3618.5 was dead on.

When I was running through the thread looking at guesses, we had Irish only 155 off at 3500, then tallsbutler 145 off at 3800, and then your 3618.5, even closer. And I was thinking what a kick it would be if your extra .5 won it for you!

 

[Josh Kifer]

Snap! I'll take the other rack he doesn't want. That's awesome! Thank you!

 

[rimmerryan]

Thanks again for the contest !!!

 

[Lemonzest]

aww too late...

 

[Ronoh]

Read “30 racks of 100 chips” as “30 racks of $100 chips” and nearly fainted.

 

[rowlin]

And rimmerryan is confirmed as Chip Jedi....congrats!