First Paulson Tournament Set? (1 Viewer)

[Szczesnk]

Hi All,

I currently have 4 sets of poker chips. Two ABS sets, Amazon Outlaws and Apache Casino Royale chips/plaques and two ceramic sets, BR Pro's semi custom King of the River and Mandy's replica EPT's (haven't arrived yet). I'm getting the itch for a Paulson (or maybe CPC) set but also don't want to break the bank for a set of 600 chips. I host two table tournaments every month or so and I would need the following denomination and counts. 150 - T25s, 150 -T100s, 125 - T500s, 125 - T1000s and 50 - T5000s. What are your thoughts/advice on my next purchase?

Thank you.

P.S.

I host in Lansing Michigan. I'm always looking to add to my player pool. If interested please reach out.

 

[Phish1321]

Hello and welcome to PCF. 160/160/80/160/40 would be a better breakdown for a single table T25 tournament. You don’t need that many T500’s. CPC stock chips like the Rounders or Atlantic Club will cost you around $2/ea. even for the higher denoms. If you want to go the Paulson route the $1000’s and $5000’s can get pretty expensive.

 

[ekricket]

Hello and welcome to PCF. 160/160/80/160/40 would be a better breakdown for a single table T25 tournament. You don’t need that many T500’s. CPC stock chips like the Rounders or Atlantic Club will cost you around $2/ea. even for the higher denoms. If you want to go the Paulson route the $1000’s and $5000’s can get pretty expensive.

For a 12/12/5/6/? Ten players setup - why do you need 160 $25’s? They are only used for starting stacks. You should only need 25’s for starting stacks.
And the 1000’s - starting stacks need 60. There is only like $30,000 in the smaller chips, that’s just 30 to colorup. So 60 starting and 30 colorup - what are you doing with the other 70?

With your breakdown that’s already 110 chips - you will never use. Plus you don’t have enough hundreds to colorup the 25’s.

 

[Szczesnk]

Thanks for the input, I host up to 16 people so I want enough chips for two tables. I know the wording in my original post could be taken both ways. I typically go 8/8/6/6/2 for a T20K starting stack but I could alter it. I do like the Atlantic A molds.

 

[Szczesnk]

For a 12/12/5/6/? Ten players setup - why do you need 160 $25’s? They are only used for starting stacks. You should only need 25’s for starting stacks.
And the 1000’s - starting stacks need 60. There is only like $30,000 in the smaller chips, that’s just 30 to colorup. So 60 starting and 30 colorup - what are you doing with the other 70?

With your breakdown that’s already 110 chips - you will never use. Plus you don’t have enough hundreds to colorup the 25’s.

 

[Szczesnk]

I host up to 16 players on two tables. Starting stack is 8/8/6/6/2 for T20K.

 

[ekricket]

better breakdown for a single table T25 tournament.

Referencing this.

 

[pltrgyst]

Ah, typical Michigan State low-life -- an instant ignore based on the OP's fifth image.

Nice not meeting you.

 

[Eloe2000]

Seems like a perfectly fine breakdown for 2 table to me. No idea why you are catching criticism for the breakdown.

 

[ekricket]

Ah, typical Michigan State low-life -- an instant ignore based on the OP's fifth image.

Nice not meeting you.

I know, I mean who puts a tree in their poker room?

 

[Phish1321]

For a 12/12/5/6/? Ten players setup - why do you need 160 $25’s? They are only used for starting stacks. You should only need 25’s for starting stacks.
And the 1000’s - starting stacks need 60. There is only like $30,000 in the smaller chips, that’s just 30 to colorup. So 60 starting and 30 colorup - what are you doing with the other 70?

With your breakdown that’s already 110 chips - you will never use. Plus you don’t have enough hundreds to colorup the 25’s.

I meant 2 tables, but I wrote 1. My mistake

 

[ekricket]

Seems like a perfectly fine breakdown for 2 table to me. No idea why you are catching criticism for the breakdown.

I got sucked in because of the single table comment.

 

[Szczesnk]

Ah, typical Michigan State low-life -- an instant ignore based on the OP's fifth image.

Nice not meeting you.

Actually a blue fan.

 

[Szczesnk]

I know, I mean who puts a tree in their poker room?

My lady handles all the decor but she let's me keep the table up haha.

 

[MrWitti]

Hi. As previously mentioned the higher denoms could be the expensive part in your search.
An alternative could be to relabel some lower denoms.
Good luck with your search

 

[Ben8257]

Seems like a perfectly fine breakdown for 2 table to me. No idea why you are catching criticism for the breakdown.

I wouldn't say "perfectly fine" OP mentions using 8/8/6/6/2 structure for 16 players, that means 96 - T500s off the break. So 160/160/80 would not be sufficient. Can't stand 8/8 but even so you would only need 128 T25s, as @ekricket mentioned no need for more. I will keep my breakdowns out of this one because I am not a fan of the minimalist approach. Probably going to race rather than round up and also use T1000s for chipping up 25s. Get ready for a ton of "hey can you make change" comments.

So them minimum for this breakdown would be 128/128/96.

We can go round and round for years (gives us something to do as old men I guess) but I always suggest picking up a cheap set (cards molds or slugs) run a 12/12/5/6/2 breakdown 1 time and then try to go back to 8/8 and see what your players think. I know Paulson chips are expensive, for me I would rather go with cheaper chips with an optimal breakdown that helps the game flow over higher quality chips any day. It's your game, run it however you see fit, but if you haven't tried a 12/12 structure I highly suggest it.

Fellow Chipper Ben

PS: we run 16/16/12/12 starting stacks for T20k even with Paulson chips. But the set costs more than a small brand new car.

 

[Eloe2000]

I would say you have a couple options the way I see it:
Stock CPCs (Key West, Rounders, Atlantic Club): Easily available at retail, easy to add on later, fixed price per chip across denoms
Custom CPCs: Customize to the name of your club/game, long wait times, various price ranges depending on complexity
Paulson Fantasy: somewhat more readily available, higher denoms slightly more expensive but not like casino chips
Paulson casino: some used cheaper options, higher denoms can get very expensive or you can put in the time and effort to relabel
Paulson relabel: definitely a project with time and effort, higher denoms dont necessarily need to be much more expensive as you can relabel more common chips, can customize

What is your budget?

Have you handled CPCs and Paulsons (both THC and RHC) before? Get samples of each if considering the jump (definitely both THC and RHC and also sample casino used chips if you haven't before and are considering that route).

 

[Eloe2000]

I wouldn't say "perfectly fine" OP mentions using 8/8/6/6/2 structure for 16 players, that means 96 - T500s off the break. So 160/160/80 would not be sufficient. Can't stand 8/8 but even so you would only need 128 T25s, as @ekricket mentioned no need for more. I will keep my breakdowns out of this one because I am not a fan of the minimalist approach. Probably going to race rather than round up and also use T1000s for chipping up 25s. Get ready for a ton of "hey can you make change" comments.

So them minimum for this breakdown would be 128/128/96.

We can go round and round for years (gives us something to do as old men I guess) but I always suggest picking up a cheap set (cards molds or slugs) run a 12/12/5/6/2 breakdown 1 time and then try to go back to 8/8 and see what your players think. I know Paulson chips are expensive, for me I would rather go with cheaper chips with an optimal breakdown that helps the game flow over higher quality chips any day. It's your game, run it however you see fit, but if you haven't tried a 12/12 structure I highly suggest it.

Fellow Chipper Ben

PS: we run 16/16/12/12 starting stacks for T20k even with Paulson chips. But the set costs more than a small brand new car.
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But OP's target breakdown is 150/150/125/125/50. That is fine for two tables. Although I am like you and prefer 12/12/x/x. Not sure what exactly Phish was saying with those other numbers.

 

[Szczesnk]

I wouldn't say "perfectly fine" OP mentions using 8/8/6/6/2 structure for 16 players, that means 96 - T500s off the break. So 160/160/80 would not be sufficient. Can't stand 8/8 but even so you would only need 128 T25s, as @ekricket mentioned no need for more. I will keep my breakdowns out of this one because I am not a fan of the minimalist approach. Probably going to race rather than round up and also use T1000s for chipping up 25s. Get ready for a ton of "hey can you make change" comments.

So them minimum for this breakdown would be 128/128/96.

We can go round and round for years (gives us something to do as old men I guess) but I always suggest picking up a cheap set (cards molds or slugs) run a 12/12/5/6/2 breakdown 1 time and then try to go back to 8/8 and see what your players think. I know Paulson chips are expensive, for me I would rather go with cheaper chips with an optimal breakdown that helps the game flow over higher quality chips any day. It's your game, run it however you see fit, but if you haven't tried a 12/12 structure I highly suggest it.

Fellow Chipper Ben

PS: we run 16/16/12/12 starting stacks for T20k even with Paulson chips. But the set costs more than a small brand new car.
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Thanks Ben! I will definitely try the 12/12. I'm still somewhat new to all of this and went with the 8/8 as Christopher M from YouTube recommended this format. Yes I would definitely stick with the ceramics at 16/16/12/12 haha.

 

[Szczesnk]

I would say you have a couple options the way I see it:
Stock CPCs (Key West, Rounders, Atlantic Club): Easily available at retail, easy to add on later, fixed price per chip across denoms
Custom CPCs: Customize to the name of your club/game, long wait times, various price ranges depending on complexity
Paulson Fantasy: somewhat more readily available, higher denoms slightly more expensive but not like casino chips
Paulson casino: some used cheaper options, higher denoms can get very expensive or you can put in the time and effort to relabel
Paulson relabel: definitely a project with time and effort, higher denoms dont necessarily need to be much more expensive as you can relabel more common chips, can customize

What is your budget?

Have you handled CPCs and Paulsons (both THC and RHC) before? Get samples of each if considering the jump (definitely both THC and RHC and also sample casino used chips if you haven't before and are considering that route).

I have not handled CPCs yet but I do have a sample set of Jack Cincy THC. I will be getting a CPC sample. Budget is a thousand or so but flexible. I definitely won't be going the custom route with anything but ceramics as I can only imagine the cost for custom CPC. I like the idea of the Atlantic's as its easy to add more if necessary.

 

[LinkyBabe]

Not sure what exactly Phish was saying with those other numbers.

I think this was based on the assumption of a T10K tourney with 10 players/table. A single table would be the 12/12/x/x or 16/16/x/x format and the two table being an 8/8/x/x format.

 

[Eloe2000]

I have not handled CPCs yet but I do have a sample set of Jack Cincy THC. I will be getting a CPC sample. Budget is a thousand or so but flexible. I definitely won't be going the custom route with anything but ceramics as I can only imagine the cost for custom CPC. I like the idea of the Atlantic's as its easy to add more if necessary.

There are also stock Key West Casino chips which are made by CPC but designed and sold by a member here:
https://www.keywestresortcasino.com/key-west-casino-chips.html

 

[LinkyBabe]

Thanks Ben! I will definitely try the 12/12. I'm still somewhat new to all of this and went with the 8/8 as Christopher M from YouTube recommended this format. Yes I would definitely stick with the ceramics at 16/16/12/12 haha.

If you do find that you prefer the minimalist approach then I would suggest you go for a breakdown of 8/8/4/7/2 as you don't really need that many T500's. The money you save on T500's you can then spend on higher value chips instead, which if you're going the Paulson route you'll need those funds for those chips.

 

[Szczesnk]

There are also stock Key West Casino chips which are made by CPC but designed and sold by a member here:
https://www.keywestresortcasino.com/key-west-casino-chips.html

I really like those and thank you for the link! My only nit pick on them is the dollar sign. I know its such a minor detail but if comparing to the Atlantic it would be the edge. Although I dont care for the color of the Atlantic 5k.

 

[Szczesnk]

If you do find that you prefer the minimalist approach then I would suggest you go for a breakdown of 8/8/4/7/2 as you don't really need that many T500's. The money you save on T500's you can then spend on higher value chips instead, which if you're going the Paulson route you'll need those funds for those chips.

I could definitely go this route, maybe its a slight OCD that I chose 8/8/6/6/2 lol.

 

[Ben8257]

I have not handled CPCs yet but I do have a sample set of Jack Cincy THC. I will be getting a CPC sample. Budget is a thousand or so but flexible. I definitely won't be going the custom route with anything but ceramics as I can only imagine the cost for custom CPC. I like the idea of the Atlantic's as its easy to add more if necessary.

Jack Cincy is only THC for the $1 and the $2.50 snapper, the other chips are RHC, two different molds of Paulson chips in that sample.

An all THC tournament set would be Very Very expensive at this point.

 

[Szczesnk]

Jack Cincy is only THC for the $1 and the $2.50 snapper, the other chips are RHC, two different molds of Paulson chips in that sample.

An all THC tournament set would be Very Very expensive at this point.

Yes, you are correct they are RHC not THC. They are similar (i know people would kill me for saying that) and of course I like the THC better. But in my defense I haven't handled any THC at this point.

 

[doublebooyah85]

I wouldn't say "perfectly fine" OP mentions using 8/8/6/6/2 structure for 16 players, that means 96 - T500s off the break. So 160/160/80 would not be sufficient. Can't stand 8/8 but even so you would only need 128 T25s, as @ekricket mentioned no need for more. I will keep my breakdowns out of this one because I am not a fan of the minimalist approach. Probably going to race rather than round up and also use T1000s for chipping up 25s. Get ready for a ton of "hey can you make change" comments.

So them minimum for this breakdown would be 128/128/96.

We can go round and round for years (gives us something to do as old men I guess) but I always suggest picking up a cheap set (cards molds or slugs) run a 12/12/5/6/2 breakdown 1 time and then try to go back to 8/8 and see what your players think. I know Paulson chips are expensive, for me I would rather go with cheaper chips with an optimal breakdown that helps the game flow over higher quality chips any day. It's your game, run it however you see fit, but if you haven't tried a 12/12 structure I highly suggest it.

Fellow Chipper Ben

PS: we run 16/16/12/12 starting stacks for T20k even with Paulson chips. But the set costs more than a small brand new car.
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I love when Ben talks tourney chip stacks then follows up with this exact photo. He does a great job explaining starting stacks then you have a photo of the presentation. F@cking perfect my man.

 

[Ben8257]

I love when Ben talks tourney chip stacks then follows up with this exact photo. He does a great job explaining starting stacks then you have a photo of the presentation. F@cking perfect my man.

My favorite is this one snapped by Ms. @FordPickup92 before a 10k with @DarkHelmet55 crew! Lol it was 3 tables and already put the SS's on the other tables but this picture is just cool!

I was just trying to get a shot of my vintage "Bucket of Blood" casino shirt, but wound up just being an awesome shot! Lol

Made the final table that night but Ass Hole Bill was in God mode, got it in with AK suited against his J8 off... oh well so is life

He's the one with all the T5k Octagons there and Black short on the left! So is life, absolutely amazing group of guys though!

Anyone curious what those weird chip colors are, they are BCC Mardi Gras V2, our favorite Tourney set

 

[Szczesnk]

My favorite is this one snapped by Ms. @FordPickup92 before a 10k with @DarkHelmet55 crew! Lol it was 3 tables and already put the SS's on the other tables but this picture is just cool!
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I was just trying to get a shot of my vintage "Bucket of Blood" casino shirt, but wound up just being an awesome shot! Lol

Made the final table that night but Ass Hole Bill was in God mode, got it in with AK suited against his J8 off... oh well so is life
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He's the one with all the T5k Octagons there and Black short on the left! So is life, absolutely amazing group of guys though!

Anyone curious what those weird chip colors are, they are BCC Mardi Gras V2, our favorite Tourney set
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Looks like a sweet setup! Do you host at your home?