Dumbest Poker-Related Thing You Ever Bought (1 Viewer)

[Kain8]

Ugh, guilty of Play Poker Like the Pros as well. Also buying a 1,000 slugged chip set that came in the aluminum case. One of the worst combination of awkward and heavy things to carry ever. Birdcages all the way now.

 

[Jambine]

This one was not really dumb but was very expensive. it cost me thou$and$ before I really learned how to use it properly. My return on investment is yet to be realized......

 

[Don Henderson]

I'm really hoping someone on here bought one of those little chip shuffling pads for online poker players.

http://pokerbooksandstuff.com/poker-padz-mouse-pad/

Or the CityTom Poker Chip Tricks video.

Bought the mouse pad but don't use it as such, actually like it for taking photos of small amounts of chips.

 

[TheBigTater]

Bought one of these second hand (Atomic Table II) for $10. Kinda silly on first impression but It works great for photographing chips as well.

 

[upNdown]

Bought one of these second hand (Atomic Table II) for $10. Kinda silly on first impression but It works great for photographing chips as well.

That is the dumbest thing I've ever seen.
But I'd definitely pay $10 for it.

 

[cgraham86]

These:

I bought them off of fee-bay thinking they were cool way back in 2006 - 1000 chips for $75 I think? The shipping was horrible. Even worse - I ended up adding onto the set with more...

Then someone told me about CT and I started realizing what real chips actually looked like. So I sold them on craigslist for .10 on the dollar and considered that a huge win.

 

[WillAndrew]

Those $1's look kind of nice really. Remind me of Planet Hollywood

 

[Ben]

There were a few PGI "rare opportunities" that I'm not particularly proud of...

 

[BGinGA]

There were a few PGI "rare opportunities" that I'm not particularly proud of...

chip parts in a box? lol #irememberthatone


I never bought any of these, but I did make my own out of extra build stuff, including with rail options. Used it for awhile as a table sales sample.

Besides the infamous "Premium Supporter" five or six years running (spending more than a Lifetime Supporter in the process, and intentionally so), I did pick up a bag of 'chips' once that turned out to be one-sided buttons. Felt pretty stupid about that one.

 

[Ben]

chip parts in a box? lol #irememberthatone
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Dealer button and a bag of tea, anyone?

I still have the tea, untouched. No idea what happened to the button.

 

[slisk250]

Bought one of these second hand (Atomic Table II) for $10. Kinda silly on first impression but It works great for photographing chips as well.

That would make a great wall mounted mini table. Put a triangular support under it and there you go.

 

[Rhodeman77]

These:

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I bought them off of fee-bay thinking they were cool way back in 2006 - 1000 chips for $75 I think? The shipping was horrible. Even worse - I ended up adding onto the set with more...

Then someone told me about CT and I started realizing what real chips actually looked like. So I sold them on craigslist for .10 on the dollar and considered that a huge win.

I played in a game with these ONCE, only lighting in the basement was a single bulb hanging from an extension cord over the table. In ideal conditions these chips are hard to tell apart, in bad lighting, impossible!!

 

[upNdown]

These:

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I bought them off of fee-bay thinking they were cool way back in 2006 - 1000 chips for $75 I think? The shipping was horrible. Even worse - I ended up adding onto the set with more...

Then someone told me about CT and I started realizing what real chips actually looked like. So I sold them on craigslist for .10 on the dollar and considered that a huge win.

Did somebody actually design these chips? Or did they pour a bunch of different color plastics into the chip-making machine and took whatever came out?

 

[Taghkanic]

Many years ago I bought one of those 1950s-60s hand-cranked battleship green metal card shufflers at a yard sale. It only cost me maybe $3-$4, but it was really useless. Still, it followed me around through multiple house sales and moves, until I finally junked it.

 

[Schmendr1ck]

Many years ago I bought one of those 1950s-60s hand-cranked battleship green metal card shufflers at a yard sale. It only cost me maybe $3-$4, but it was really useless. Still, it followed me around through multiple house sales and moves, until I finally junked it.

What, you mean one of these?

My brother-in-law gave it to me as a gift several years ago. It's totally useless as a shuffler, of course, but it's a fun piece of kitschy poker equipment that I keep on display in the mancave.

 

[Taghkanic]

Not the exact same, but close.

 

[WedgeRock]

Many years ago I bought one of those 1950s-60s hand-cranked battleship green metal card shufflers at a yard sale. It only cost me maybe $3-$4, but it was really useless. Still, it followed me around through multiple house sales and moves, until I finally junked it.

18-month bump?

 

[Schmendr1ck]

18-month bump?

I missed this thread the first time around, so I'll allow it. (y) :thumbsup:

 

[ekricket]

 

[Taghkanic]

It was one of these. $27 on eBay now... Guess I left money on the table.

 

[glom]

After reading this thread, I feel I got off light. I am a lifetime winner at poker, and my dumbest poker related things are books that sucked.

I have spent some money on custom poker chip designs that will never come to fruition, but that only wasted money if I don't ever get a custom set. In the mean time it's an investment in discovering what I want.