Anyone in the Bay Area have a large tournament set of chips I could borrow? (1 Viewer)

[thinkinaboutu]

I'm going to be hosting a big poker night for the startup I work at in San Francisco next week. The number of RSVPs significantly exceeded our expectations. I only have two cash chip poker sets, but it's not enough for the number of players we're expecting(think we're going to be running 5 tables). Does anyone have a big set of tournament chips(probably need at least 1k if not 2k) I could borrow for the event, happy to extend an invite in exchange for letting us borrow the chips, or provide some monetary compensation. Would be super grateful!

 

[thinkinaboutu]

Still looking, need these for tomorrow, would really appreciate if someone in the bay was able to make this happen!

 

[LeLe]

Even though this is primarily a poker chip hoarder’s site, it is still very rare for anyone to have a 5 table tournament set laying around unless they specifically host 4+ table tournaments event regularly

And some of those sets might be in rare chips which cost thousands of dollars and come with chips that is hard to replace (if they get lost / damaged) which to be fair it quite a common occurrence for some non chippers to just take one chip back home

 

[LeLe]

Your best bet might be to source for those event company that rent out poker chips props

 

[allforcharity]

Try a casino rental company.

 

[Tonystark137]

Wallet still sell diced chips + sharpie...

 

[WedgeRock]

Buy them from a casino cage, return them for full price after the tournament (assuming no one pockets any).

 

[PlaidDragon]

Even though this is primarily a poker chip hoarder’s site, it is still very rare for anyone to have a 5 table tournament set laying around unless they specifically host 4+ table tournaments event regularly

And some of those sets might be in rare chips which cost thousands of dollars and come with chips that is hard to replace (if they get lost / damaged) which to be fair it quite a common occurrence for some non chippers to just take one chip back home

ONE of my sets at a stretch will support 5 tables (40 players) with a rebuy.... 200BB.

And, true to what you mention, I WOULD allow it to be borrowed... for a deposit of triple what I paid for it.

 

[allforcharity]

Buy them from a casino cage, return them for full price after the tournament (assuming no one pockets any).

For a tourney? Not likely.

 

[maxim_666666]

Well, what are you starting with... This guy is a newbie...
It is hard for him to understand that it is not so easy to get a good set in such quantity and no one will give it to a stranger even for $.
@thinkinaboutu
https://spinettisgaming.com/collections/rentals

Finally, you can ask the local public to calculate the required number of chips for the game and start buying up cheap sets at the local flea market, which are ubiquitous. I once bought suitcases for storing chips this way for $ 10 and now have a whole bucket of such plastic chips, about 1200 pieces, in the basement.
(The funniest thing is that in two suitcases there were super-cool playing cards, which were more expensive than all the contents and this paid for the whole deal.)

(You would even be doing me a favor if you took them. But I am in Germany.)

And it may cost you less than all the options. Finally, you can show your sets here and indicate the number of participants and perhaps your chips will be enough for you (although unlikely).

 

[chippitydoodah]

Show us the 2 cash sets you already have

 

[chipzilla]

https://spinettisgaming.com/collections/rentals

Try a casino rental company.

Maybe try this rental company in bay area?

https://www.acesup.com/

There are a couple more showing up in google too.

 

[WedgeRock]

For a tourney? Not likely.

T1 tourneys are a thing.

 

[allforcharity]

T1 tourneys are a thing.

Of course, but then he'd need up to $100 cash chips for structure, and maybe even $500s for colour ups for 5-6 tables, and that's a big cash outlay for a night. It'd be a shame if some live $100s and $500s got pocketed.

 

[maxim_666666]

T1 tourneys are a thing.

We've played before and people liked this structure. It's actually quite flexible.