I’ve played all my life. At the age of 13 or 14 a friend and I played poker for pennies with other teens – most often until they ran out of pocket money 
As a young adult I deep dived into board games, but didn’t think about poker anymore. Then came 2003 and the post-Moneymaker years flooded even the German market with poker on TV and supplies in stores. A friend of mine picked up a set and with a few other people we dabbled in NLH a bit. Well, they didn’t want to play for money so it was rather lame. But I did
So I went online (on cdpoker.com iirc, later mostly Party and Stars) and worked my way up from bonus-whore to usually a few hours daily with up to a dozen tables 0.5-1 / 1-2 NL and later on $10 and $20 SnGs. It paid the bills, was fun a long time, but grinding became somewhat tedious in the long run. After I was done with my studies I phased out and only played occasional tourneys. Then came Black Friday and I had no incentive to get back to even emptier ponds
All through this time I developed a knack for heavier board games which only intensified in recent years. Someday 1830 crossed my path, but sadly didn’t stuck. Recently I played some more 18xx and for the first time really felt the need to get at least decent chips. Even though simple ABS chips do work quite well for 18xx I know I won’t tolerate them for much longer. So here I am looking at Paulsons, CPCs … and drooling Crap!
As a young adult I deep dived into board games, but didn’t think about poker anymore. Then came 2003 and the post-Moneymaker years flooded even the German market with poker on TV and supplies in stores. A friend of mine picked up a set and with a few other people we dabbled in NLH a bit. Well, they didn’t want to play for money so it was rather lame. But I did So I went online (on cdpoker.com iirc, later mostly Party and Stars) and worked my way up from bonus-whore to usually a few hours daily with up to a dozen tables 0.5-1 / 1-2 NL and later on $10 and $20 SnGs. It paid the bills, was fun a long time, but grinding became somewhat tedious in the long run. After I was done with my studies I phased out and only played occasional tourneys. Then came Black Friday and I had no incentive to get back to even emptier ponds
All through this time I developed a knack for heavier board games which only intensified in recent years. Someday 1830 crossed my path, but sadly didn’t stuck. Recently I played some more 18xx and for the first time really felt the need to get at least decent chips. Even though simple ABS chips do work quite well for 18xx I know I won’t tolerate them for much longer. So here I am looking at Paulsons, CPCs … and drooling
Crap!
