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Greetings All,
I've been a long-time lurker dating back to the blue site, and been on and off with chipping and poker in general for nearly 20 years. I figured it's time for me to finally introduce myself and share my humble chipping journey with the community. And of course, show some pr0n including an interesting set for Vineyard fans and chippers alike.
Not long out of college, I got swept up in the poker craze of the 2003 WSOP and Moneymaker's main event win. I took an interest in the game and like many, picked up a set of dice chips. It scratched the itch, but I wanted something similar to what the casinos used which led me down the rabbit hole, and then I found Spinettis. I picked up my first set of Paulsons -- the Fan of Cards. I got to playing with friends and told any that would listen about Paulson and how they were the same clay chips that many casinos used.
I got one of my friends into nice chips and told me about a group buy that was being organized and if I wanted to get in on it. I checked out the link he sent me to look at the details. Paulson Pharaoh's -- I was hooked and it marked the start of my chipping addiction.
As I continued through the hobby, I went on looking for unique or interesting chips.
I Saw this set of solids and picked them up. The interesting thing with this set is while the hotstamp is the same, each color has a different Paulson mold. Web, Diamond, and SCV. It came in one of those 300 chip leatherette cases and was likely a souvenir kit.
I had never seen RVCL chips before and the auction was for 396 chips and the short racks probably put off some other buyers so the price was right. After a while, I was able to almost fill out the racks though I'm still short a $1 chip. Years later, I was surprised to see a whole lot of RVCL, especially higher denoms, come out of the woodwork.
I took an interest in collecting Horseshoe hotstamp quarters. Picked up a few lots with mostly heavily worn hotstamps, but was able to get a few barrels of nice examples out of it.
The Horseshoe collecting sparked an interest in Vegas chips. I picked up some Bourbon Street $5's and $100's on eBay and searched for $25 chips in quantity but I was never able to source any.
After having been chipping for a few years, I thought I had a good enough idea of what I liked to build a grail set. I was always drawn to Vineyard's aesthetic. The Cali colors was fitting for a California native, and the wine theme fit into another vice of mine. I picked up chips when the rare opportunities arose though it led to a bit of an odd breakdown. It's still a work in progress as I need to flesh out the $5s.
I had always liked the colorful Bluesman GCR set and when the opportunity came up for the group buy, I hopped on it. Little did we know this would be the last group buy from BCC. I was appreciative to get my first BCC set then.
Not pictured is a giant 10-table set of CPS chips. I had always wanted to host a charity poker tournament so I picked up a ton through the initial sale. The tournament is still yet to happen as life keeps getting in the way. The chips are still mostly in their factory wrappers somewhere in my garage. Some day...
I saved perhaps the most interesting story for last. Let's hop in the time machine and go back to soon after having gotten my Pharaohs...
The Pharaoh's were great, but in my poker group at the time, three of us bought a set and I wanted a change of scenery so I started to look at what else was out there. I saw some beautiful chips. PNY, Ritz, Vineyard, etc. but the prices were out of reach for my modest budget at the time. I saw some non-descript NCV solids on eBay going for cheap and I thought they'd make a good cash set. I picked up the racks of T25s and T100s figuring they would be good for quarters and dollars. After I won the auctions, the seller told me despite their lack of markings, they were Vineyard chips. Through pictures on the forums, I was later able to confirm they were indeed Vineyard NCVs. I suspect I bought them from "Greg" as described in @inca911's fantastic Vineyards thread. A few months after getting these chips, I see a rack of T500s for the set on eBay but I missed out on it. I was pretty bummed about that as it would have really rounded out the set. I haven't seen any since.
Fast forward about 6 years later, I was occassionally deal hunting on eBay. I stumble upon a poorly composed eBay auction with a single picture of chips in a generic aluminum case. The picture showed a three denom solid hotstamp set and based on the colors, I was confident that they were the same Vineyard NCVs. Could it be? Not only could I nearly double the size of my set, I had an opportunity to add a third denom and get a healthy number of T5s. The auction ended while I was out of town so I set alarms to ensure I wouldn't miss the auction. I won it for a fair price and when the chips arrived, I was delighted to see that they were indeed a match. What were the odds of scouring eBay at just the right time and finding the needle in a haystack? Perhaps it was destiny for these chips to be reunited.
I present possibly the largest (only?) playable set (1349) of Paulson Vineyard NCVs. Please excuse the dirty chips.
Thanks for following along. This community has been a wealth of information and I'll try not to be such a stranger. Cheers to @HaRDHouSeiNC for his interest in the Vineyard NCV chips. It was a couple of his inquisitive posts that I came across that motivated me to finally type this up and share my story. And kudos to @inca911 for compiling all the details of the Vineyards saga. I feel special to be a small part of that history.
I've been a long-time lurker dating back to the blue site, and been on and off with chipping and poker in general for nearly 20 years. I figured it's time for me to finally introduce myself and share my humble chipping journey with the community. And of course, show some pr0n including an interesting set for Vineyard fans and chippers alike.
Not long out of college, I got swept up in the poker craze of the 2003 WSOP and Moneymaker's main event win. I took an interest in the game and like many, picked up a set of dice chips. It scratched the itch, but I wanted something similar to what the casinos used which led me down the rabbit hole, and then I found Spinettis. I picked up my first set of Paulsons -- the Fan of Cards. I got to playing with friends and told any that would listen about Paulson and how they were the same clay chips that many casinos used.
I got one of my friends into nice chips and told me about a group buy that was being organized and if I wanted to get in on it. I checked out the link he sent me to look at the details. Paulson Pharaoh's -- I was hooked and it marked the start of my chipping addiction.
As I continued through the hobby, I went on looking for unique or interesting chips.
I Saw this set of solids and picked them up. The interesting thing with this set is while the hotstamp is the same, each color has a different Paulson mold. Web, Diamond, and SCV. It came in one of those 300 chip leatherette cases and was likely a souvenir kit.
I had never seen RVCL chips before and the auction was for 396 chips and the short racks probably put off some other buyers so the price was right. After a while, I was able to almost fill out the racks though I'm still short a $1 chip. Years later, I was surprised to see a whole lot of RVCL, especially higher denoms, come out of the woodwork.
I took an interest in collecting Horseshoe hotstamp quarters. Picked up a few lots with mostly heavily worn hotstamps, but was able to get a few barrels of nice examples out of it.
The Horseshoe collecting sparked an interest in Vegas chips. I picked up some Bourbon Street $5's and $100's on eBay and searched for $25 chips in quantity but I was never able to source any.
After having been chipping for a few years, I thought I had a good enough idea of what I liked to build a grail set. I was always drawn to Vineyard's aesthetic. The Cali colors was fitting for a California native, and the wine theme fit into another vice of mine. I picked up chips when the rare opportunities arose though it led to a bit of an odd breakdown. It's still a work in progress as I need to flesh out the $5s.
I had always liked the colorful Bluesman GCR set and when the opportunity came up for the group buy, I hopped on it. Little did we know this would be the last group buy from BCC. I was appreciative to get my first BCC set then.
Not pictured is a giant 10-table set of CPS chips. I had always wanted to host a charity poker tournament so I picked up a ton through the initial sale. The tournament is still yet to happen as life keeps getting in the way. The chips are still mostly in their factory wrappers somewhere in my garage. Some day...
I saved perhaps the most interesting story for last. Let's hop in the time machine and go back to soon after having gotten my Pharaohs...
The Pharaoh's were great, but in my poker group at the time, three of us bought a set and I wanted a change of scenery so I started to look at what else was out there. I saw some beautiful chips. PNY, Ritz, Vineyard, etc. but the prices were out of reach for my modest budget at the time. I saw some non-descript NCV solids on eBay going for cheap and I thought they'd make a good cash set. I picked up the racks of T25s and T100s figuring they would be good for quarters and dollars. After I won the auctions, the seller told me despite their lack of markings, they were Vineyard chips. Through pictures on the forums, I was later able to confirm they were indeed Vineyard NCVs. I suspect I bought them from "Greg" as described in @inca911's fantastic Vineyards thread. A few months after getting these chips, I see a rack of T500s for the set on eBay but I missed out on it. I was pretty bummed about that as it would have really rounded out the set. I haven't seen any since.
Fast forward about 6 years later, I was occassionally deal hunting on eBay. I stumble upon a poorly composed eBay auction with a single picture of chips in a generic aluminum case. The picture showed a three denom solid hotstamp set and based on the colors, I was confident that they were the same Vineyard NCVs. Could it be? Not only could I nearly double the size of my set, I had an opportunity to add a third denom and get a healthy number of T5s. The auction ended while I was out of town so I set alarms to ensure I wouldn't miss the auction. I won it for a fair price and when the chips arrived, I was delighted to see that they were indeed a match. What were the odds of scouring eBay at just the right time and finding the needle in a haystack? Perhaps it was destiny for these chips to be reunited.
I present possibly the largest (only?) playable set (1349) of Paulson Vineyard NCVs. Please excuse the dirty chips.
Thanks for following along. This community has been a wealth of information and I'll try not to be such a stranger. Cheers to @HaRDHouSeiNC for his interest in the Vineyard NCV chips. It was a couple of his inquisitive posts that I came across that motivated me to finally type this up and share my story. And kudos to @inca911 for compiling all the details of the Vineyards saga. I feel special to be a small part of that history.
