Canceled Aurora Star cash set (1,300 chips remain) - available for splitting (2 Viewers)

Up for your consideration is my Aurora Star set, which contains 1,500 1,300 chips and will include two dealer buttons (one is acrylic).

This is a dibs sale for CONUS shipping. Yes, USPS includes Hawai’i, Alaska and Puerto Rico in its CONUS flat-rate domestic Priority Mail shipping fees.

I’ve had the set for almost three years and the chips are in excellent condition. Feel free to see the photos below to judge for yourself. The set was recently in play at KCS II, and you can see them on the felt here, here and here.

I built this set to handle my .25/.50 (good amount of $1 workhorse chips) and 1/2 (good amount of workhorse $5s) games. And there’s flexibility to do a soft 2/5 game.

Breakdown of the set:

• Fracs – 100
• $1 – 500
• $5 – 600
• $25 – 200
• $100 – 100

This set is on the market for $7,600, plus shipping and insurance (strongly recommend the latter).

Please note my preference is to sell the set to a single buyer. I would only consider a split if all chips are accounted for, but, again, hopefully there's a single buyer out there.

EDITED on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023:

Set is now available for splitting at the following pricing, plus shipping:

• One rack of fracs - $700
• Five racks of $1s - $310 per rack
• Six Four racks of $5s remain - $550 per rack (one rack each sold to @dkellerd; and @encorepoker)
• Two racks of $25s - $650 per rack
• One rack of $100s - $800

Payment via PayPal F&F preferred. Should the buyer desire PP G&S, buyer is responsible for calculating and adding the fee, which can be done here, to the total owed.

Please post dibs in thread, followed by a PM.

Thanks for looking!

 

[Bacon Dad]

No problem, @Matrixmoney.

I'm retired Army, served 20 years on active duty before hanging up uniform in 2006. I've always wanted to capture my time in uniform outside of the normal Army awards, medals, etc., soldiers receive upon retirement.

Poker and any card game is a large part of the military culture, especially when in a forward-deployed zone, so they became my starting point. To completely personalize it all, I combined my two biggest loves -- Army and poker -- and commissioned the incomparable @T_Chan to build my dream table back in the spring of 2020. It was a three-month wait, but so worth it when it arrived in August 2020.

The table mesures 108x44, bigger than most tables, and weighs a nice 340 pounds. Why so big? I wanted comfort and space for whenever old soldiers are at the table.

The Army's official colors are Black and Gold, so I incorporated it with the felt, wood, decorative nails, brass cupholders and betting line. I went with the green felt because I served during the BDU era before the Army went to its current uniform in late 2006'ish. BDUs began to phase out in 2005. I didn't go with OD Green felt, but an off-color of it, and then we faded in the green from dark to lighter starting from the rail. Well, I didn't - Tony and his people did that felt work.

At each seating position are patches representing the units I served with, and they're all in chronological order starting at Seat 1 and going clockwise. The only spot not boasting a unit patch is Seat 10, which represents the empty feeling I've had in my soul since leaving the Army. I utilize a dedicated dealer at my game, so this is where he sits.

The 1 1/2-inch raised rail holds the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant badge at four central locations. I was a Drill Sergeant at Fort Jackson, S.C. (1997-99), so had to work in my time on the trail. I also went with the mottos along the raised rail:

- "This We'll Defend!" right at Seat 1. This is the official Army motto and the Drill Sergeant motto.
- Then, the 1st Infantry Division's official motto of: "No mission too difficult. No sacrifice too great. Duty First!"

The table has LED lights in the rail, and there are 10 USB ports at each seat.

These are photos of the felt being custom fitted and table build when Tony was doing his magic in Canada:

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And here it is in my poker room:

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Hope that answers your question.

Love your table. And thank you for your service.

 

[Chawks45]

Friday morning bumperoo before the weekend.

 

[Saxplayer]

I’m in for a few racks of $5s if split, some $1s and def the fracs.

 

[dkellerd]

Would love to see closeups of the 5s to verify edge condition…my other chips are minty so need these to match.

 

[Chawks45]

Would love to see closeups of the 5s to verify edge condition…my other chips are minty so need these to match.

No problem, @dkellerd. Here you go with a little note to show the photos are taken today:

@BEANO52 also posted a photo earlier in the thread if you needed a stack POV.

Hope this helps.

 

[davislane]

@Windwalker

 

[dkellerd]

Looks like pretty crispy edges…7th chip up from bottom have large color transfer or something? I’m still in for a rack

 

[Chawks45]

There hasn’t been much interest in the full set, so opening it up for splitting and an opportunity for folks to add to their current Aurora Star sets.

@dkellerd and @encorepoker have first shot at a rack of $5s each.

The OP is updated to reflect split pricing.

 

[Chawks45]

Bump for the weekend.

 

[Chawks45]

Sunday morning bump for some Aurora Star goodness.

Split pricing is in the OP.