Gone But Not Forgotten Poker Chips Sets (Now with photos of over 200 Sets!) (5 Viewers)

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Okay, not dead members - though their pr0n is fair game as well - but those who never made the jump to PCF or went dormant at CT before PCF's time.

See here for sets already presented in the Custom Chip Set Hall of Fame.

But even beyond those, there are SO many great sets that many here have probably never seen. I could run down a list in my mind of those sets that I remember just kicking ass, but that somehow never stayed in the collective memory enough to be regularly referenced over here years after their release and original posting of pr0n.

So please feel free to contribute the sets from yesteryear that seem to have fallen out of our consciousness. Hopefully this will also be a useful tool for the Hall of Fame committees if we get a decent amount of participation. And if you can think of a set owned by a member here that has never had proper pr0n posted, feel free to call them out in this thread to get off their keester to post something worthy of the chips they spent their hard-earned dollar (or pound or euro) on.

NAME OF SET / MEMBER NAME / MANUFACTURER / GRAPHIC ARTIST (WHEN KNOWN) / POST NO. WHERE PICS CAN BE FOUND

Bee Room / alpine0000 / ASM / alpine0000 / 1
Hensel Cardroom / Damon / ASM / 7
Luckbox Lounge / Felix / BCC / 12
4 Kings Cardroom / BigKyle / ASM / 14
King’s Court / MetalSlug3 / BCC / 15/80
Golden Stardust / jello-broom / TRK / 16
Golden Stardust / jello-broom / Chipco / 16
Black Button Card Room / jspake / ASM / 17
Double-V Card Club / AceDeuceNoUse / BCC / 18/41
The Hourglass Room / EmptyPocs / ASM / 42
C.U. Next Tuesday / Boondocker / BCC / 43
The Garage / Captn_All_In / PGI / 45
The Blind Pig / imthatguy / BCC / imthatguy / 47
The Arizona Club / Albino Dragon / ASM / Albino Dragon / 56
The Lounge / Albino Dragon / ASM / Albino Dragon / 57
The Great Warriors / MikeXM / ASM / 58
Phoenix Poker Lounge / Sniper2075 / BCC / 67/79
The Speakeasy / jdunford / BCC / 74/86
3 Queens Card Room / squiggly / ASM / 75/110
The Wizard’s / Maegnus / ASM / 76
Black Diamond Club / SteveA / BCC / 78
Steel City Club / gcrissman / BCC / 81/82
Hensel Card Room / Damon / BCC / 88
Buccaneer Bay Casino / kmalsom / BCC / 89
Gentlemen’s Club / JM / ASM / JM / 90
--- 25 ---
The Old Orchard Poker Room / ontheuptick / ASM (2 sets) / machinelf / 95/98
The Beach / BMWguy / ASM / 96/98
JHJ Underground Poker / Jondavid66 / ASM / 99
The Basement / DubleDex / ASM / 100
Copperhead Card Room / unvmyset / ASM / 101
Chesnokov Cardroom / Russianplayer / ASM / 103
Red Lotus / JJ83 / BCC / 104
Club Kaneda Poker Room / TheDuke / BCC (2 sets) / 108
The Safari Club / Mrcashflow / BCC / 109
Panthera Club / Mrcashflow / BCC / 109
The Treehouse / Saoirse / BCC / 111
An Pocar Seomra / Saoirse / ASM / 112
Vier Jahreswzeiten / Dr.John / BCC / 117
Mr. Woodward’s House of Freaks / Strange / ASM / 118
Monopoly / David P / ASM / 123
Contreras Landa Poker Room / PatoLanda / BCC (2 sets) / 124
Grand Cardroom / MarkC79 / BCC / 125
Quarterman Club / Mike33 / ASM / 126
Phoenix Poker Lounge / Sniper2075 / ASM / 130
Bill’s Poker Room BillJr106 BCC (2 sets) 131
--- 50 ---
Mabuhay Sun / mrticsay / BCC (2 sets) / 132
Vintage Poker Room / technoguru / ASM / 133
Hillbilly Hotel & Casino / co35fire / ASM / 134
Chen Casino / tastic / ASM / 136
The No Limit Lounge / Grinejayante / ASM / 138
HP Heritage / Reotexas / BCC / 140
T&C Poker Room / Flavah / BCC / 141
Brest Holdem / yaya29BH / ASM / 142
Gambling Ladies / Lucky Dog / BCC / 144/147
Twenty Eight Club / Albino Dragon / ASM / Albino Dragon / 149
Atlantic Card Club / rakrul / ASM / 150
Noah & Dave’s Poker Room / Booyah D / ASM / 151
MLV Ghost Hour Card Room / 7th Seat / ASM / 158
Forest City Cardroom / h4tfan / ASM / 159
Resendez Poker Room / Deuce / ASM / 160
(Family crest) / tripod22 / ASM / 161
Eagle Rock / tri-lam / ASM / 162
Eagle Rock / tri-lam / Chipco / 162
Club 152 / Mango / BCC / 163
Vorshay's / PapaBear / ASM / 164
Shattuck Poker Room / btshat / ASM / 165
Casino Nacional / SteveA / ASM / 172
Nelson / Organizer Eric / ASM / 174
Apothecary Club / Unknown (Dwight87?) / ASM / 175
Professor Shaw's / Zaphod / ASM / 176
--- 75 ---
Blue Ridge Poker Room / Seitz333 / BCC / Seitz333 / 186/187
The D & A Casino / neoviny / ASM / 188
(Bear rose hotstamp) / Midnight Rose / ASM / 191
(Bear rose hotstamp) / Midnight Rose / BCC / 191
TD Invitational / viet rounder / ASM / 192
Phong Bai Poker Lounge / viet rounder / ASM / 192
Vanderbilt Cardroom / chipsahoy / ASM / 195
Hi-Jack Card Club / chipsahoy / Matsui / 196
Golden Gate Poker Clubs / neoviny / ABC / 202
Law Dog Saloon / Tacknight / ASM / 203
The 400 Club / cnw400 / ASM (2 sets) / 204
Perfecto Card Lounge / Karash / ASM / Johnny5 / 205
The Dragon's Inn / 7th Seat / ASM / 206
California Club / Albino Dragon / ASM / Albino Dragon (adapting as tribute to original) / 208
The Shanghai Club / spike_woo / Gemaco / 210
Club 14 / PhiltheThrill / BCC (2 sets) / 214
Club 6 / 2_hotty / BCC / 216
Rouvalis Poker Room / 2_hotty / ABC / 216
Rouvalis Poker Room / 2_hotty / ASM (2 sets) / 216
The Bassment / ThorCavalier / ASM / 217
Henry's / bascombe / ASM / 218
Viking's Card Room / 7th Seat / 219
--- 100 ---
Casino Newfoundland / Seymour / ASM / 220
The Farmhouse / burnvalley / BCC / 221
Pimpdawg Casino / pimpdawg / ASM / 222
Casino Antarctica / JM / ASM / JM / 223
Club 875 / Double Eagle / ASM / Johnny5 / 224
Gardner Card Room / sawmillthug / ASM / 225
Chubby's Place / top_contender / ASM /226
Club Joga Bonita / laxbum4 / ASM / 227
Premier Player's Club / laxbum4 / BCC / 227
The Golden Apple / manz / ASM / 228
Jam Poker Room / nygiantsfan3342 / ASM / 229
Icebox Cardroom / sned / ASM / 230
Weaver & Son Champagne Room / manity / ASM / 232
Ambrosia Garden / JJ83 / ASM / 233
Rutan's Poker Room / trutan / ASM / 234
Nil Desperandum / StevenH72 / ASM (3 sets) / 235
Forslund Poker Room / CRD / ASM / 236
Aquemini Casino / mattjrock / ASM / 237
The Red Room / whippoker / TRK / 246
The Red Room / whippoker / ASM / 247
The Red Room / whippoker / BCC / 248
5th Street Hooligans / whippoker / BCC / 249
--- 125 ---
The Compound / trav / ASM (2 sets) / 250
Mo's Rounders Club / crazeelifeofmine / ASM / 267
Beat the Dealer Club / 21player / ASM / 268
Virby's Hotel & Casino / Virby2006 / ASM (2 sets) / 269
Vascoly's Hotel & Casino / Max / ASM / 272
Eagle Peak / simonjp77 / ASM / 273
Logan's Den / simonjp77 / ASM / 273
(Rounders tribute) / Ranman / ASM / 274
Ranman's Poker Room / Ranman / ASM / 274
Ranman's Poker Room / Ranman / BCC / 274
La Hacienda / GabeManis / ASM / 275
The Argyle Club / imthatguy / ASM / imthatguy / 276
(Greek iconography) / SpaceMonkey / ASM / 277
Black Grass Poker & Brag Club / Manu / ASM / 278
The Pines / MeridianFC / BCC / 279
Knights of the Round Table / ntp / ASM / 280
Crystal Peak / cynabear / BCC / 281
Fish-n-Chips Poker / mrpinkmcpink / BCC / 282
The Bear Den / jamby / ASM / 283
Club 517 / jamby / ASM / 283
Ace Point Club / DOTTT / ASM / 284
Boyd's Resort Club / ASM / 285
El Burro Loco / 99%Evil / ASM / 286
Black Sands / ChipTalk GB / ASM / Fins / 287/288
--- 150 ---
(Chinese symbol) / tastic / BCC / 289
Hoffa's Card Room / waffelstomper / ABC / 290
David's Poker Room / davidgard / BCC / 291
David's Poker Room / daaaviiid / ASM / 292
Mark's Poker Room / 7stud / ASM / 293
Red Room / trace9 / ASM / 294
The Tropicana Admin / Strutfa-18 / ASM / 295
Revolution Room / FlopZNutz / BCC / 300
(Scorpions) / sdaye / ASM / 301
(Tribal) / meathooke / ASM / 302
Double Eagle / wedge rock / ASM / 303
El Camino Club / Mac128k / ASM / 304
Ace's Hotel & Country Club / Mac128k / ASM (2 sets) / 304
(Cube illusion) / wijwij / Chipco / 305
Bonsai Poker Club / BonsaiGerry / ASM / 306
RM's Poker Room / derryabu / ASM / 307
Pyramid Plaza / Manz / BCC / 308
Safari Ligu Karata / SlyGuy / ASM / 309
High Stakes Card Room / babyface2212 / ASM / 310
Russ Harp's Poker Lounge / aquaman / BCC / 311
Casino Lumiere / DrJohn / ASM / 312
Brandyland Poker / RTBrandy / ASM / 313
S Entertainment / Yster / ASM / 314
Labelle Aurora / Wizard / ASM / 315
--- 175 ---
Kiyomi's Card Room / Coffeez4closerz / 316
Petrole's Card Club / Mumpsman / ASM / 317
Hankes Poker Room / 24tex24 / ASM / 318
Double-D Poker Room / texred1 / ASM / 320
Ward Vintage Game Room / Kward / BCC / 321
Anderson Card Room / MasterBrewer / ASM / 322
LSH / Omar / ASM (2 sets) / 323
The Chelsea Room / imthatguy / ASM / imthatguy / 324/329
Bake's Underground / onetheuptick / BCC / machinelf / 325
The H Casino / osumike11379 / ASM / 332
Gentleman Jack's Cardroom / mrcashflow / 334
Von McKenzie / deputyfl / BCC / 335
Florida / deputyfl / ASM / 335
Casino R'lyeh / DrJohn / ASM / 336
Worlds of Cthulhu / DrJohn / ASM 337
(Lost/Dharma) / DrJohn / ASM 338
Big Slick's Cardroom / Big_Slick / ASM / 340
Whitlow's Room / BigBrando / ASM / 341
The Pines / MeridianFC / ASM / 342
LDR / beaudevil / ASM / 343
Cardac's Cardroom / beaudevil / ASM / 343
LPL / Lnave / ASM / 344
OK Card Club / Standpat / ASM / 345
(Solid/denoms) / DieterStruk / ASM / 351
(Crazy deep stack semi-custom t-molds) / UW85 / BCC / 352
--- 200 ---
World Series of Hold'em / mtvernonbryan / ASM / 353
Fred's Private Club / fredbibi / ASM / 354
Mortuus Viaticus / pkrcp / ASM / 356
The Red Dragon Tavern & Card Room / BluffaloBull / ASM / 357
Strange Brew Poker Club & Casino / Harper983 / ASM / 358
World Series of Clinton / dolomite128 / ASM / 359
The Havana Room / dolomite128 / ASM / jjbcentral / 359
Cat Thief Poker Room / grosminet75 / ASM / 360
Tournament / DanielV12 / ASM / kmalsom / 361
Tournament / ACE'S FULL / ASM / kmalsom / 361
Dunes/Mint/Silver Slipper/Desert Inn Mix / SuckOutKing / BCC / 361
Nine Dragons / JJ83 / ASM / 362
The Shark Club / JJ83 / ASM (2 sets) / 363
The Monsoon Palace / Doublequeen / ASM / 364
Pippin Place / jennijen55 / ASM / 365
The Colorado / nygiantsfan3342 / ASM / 370
Chips Lounge / MetalSlug3 / ASM / 371
(Dancing Shaman) / machinelf / BCC / machinelf / 372
AJ's Cardroom / tonypap / BCC / 373
AJ's Cardroom / tonypap / ASM / 373
AJ's Cardroom / tonypap / ASM (2 sets) / 374
The Lucas / tonypap / ASM (2 sets) / 375
--- 225 ---
Primo's Room / joepanj / ASM / 376
Zontik / Zontik / ASM / 377
Astro Lounge / phcjpp / ASM / 379
Villa Negrete / Button Potato / Paulson / 380
L'Arawak / tof971 / Paulson / 381
McSunas Clubhouse / Silks_Poker_Room / Paulson / 382
(Donkey KGB) / jdunford / ASM / 384
Bart's Bowl-O-Rama / Dave99 / ASM / Johnny5 / 386
The House Private Cardroom / hachkc / ASM / 391
Thackrey's / Senator_Thack / ASM / 391
Bronson's / Lumpy / ASM / 391
Waayer's / Silverwind / ASM / 391
Winternight / sn0wstorm / (unknown ceramic) / 391
Lone Palm / FNCraig / PGI / 391
Villagio / dajebriza / ASM / 391
Bellagio / Kadrik / ASM / 392
Desert Palms / (unknown) / BCC / 392
The Cedar Room / toad94 / ASM / 392
Tournament Poker / links_slayer / Matsui / Johnny5 / 393
Tournament Poker / links_slayer / ASM / 394
Avalon / imthatguy / ASM / 395
John's Place / jsmithjr732 / ASM / 401
Blue Note Casino / varoadster / ASM / 402
("unsuited") / jspake / ASM / Vera Brosgol / 403
Black Heart Casino / bluejester48 / ASM / 412
--- 250 ---
(bulldog Rounders) / KingMedicine / ASM / 413
The Capital Room / JoshuaDalton / BCC / 414
The Man Cave / osumike11379 / ASM / Johnny5 / 415
Le Club de Champion / MacGrand / ASM / 420
The Peddler's Roost / Meddler / ASM / Meddler / 427
The Great White / (non-member) / CPC / Mr Hanky / 434
Kilgore's Poker & Cinema / Dr Lecterr / Chipco / 439
Feldman's Place / jojobinks / Chipco / 440
272nd MP Co., 95th MP Bn., 21st Support Command / kensco / ABC / kensco / 441
Half Moon Card Room / joshuadalton / Chipco / kmalsom / 442
High Arctic Poker / str8edg / ABC / 445
Van Alstine Card Room / amstelnut / ASM / 463
Van Alstine Card Room / amstelnut / BCC / 463
(TRK Denom MD-50) / EmptyPocs / ASM / 464
(EmptyPocs avatar) / EmptyPocs / ASM / 464
Amherst Casino Events / VegasMike / ASM / 466
Poker Lounge 76 / MrWitti / ASM / 468
Gutshot Street (v1) / MrWitti / ASM / 469
Gutshot Street (v2) / MrWitti / ASM / 470
NYC Tournament Poker / Harry / ASM / 473
Newfound Poker League / merkaba / PGI / J5 / 476
CURRENT TOTAL: 271

My inaugural entry isn't overly flashy. The artwork and spots are fairly workmanlike, though that is very much to my liking. The beauty in the set is its volume and functionality. It was intended to serve a single table $4/8 LHE game with occasional forays into $1/2 NLHE and the breakdown makes clear that no one at the table will ever be without workhorse chips.

So without further rambling...The Bee Room by CT member alpine0000 (original CT thread here).

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BTW the thing I love most about the action shots is that one guy wearing a Stussy shirt in a photo that was almost certainly taken after 1993.
 
Great idea! That Bee Room set is the first set I remember seeing that just floored me. It may have just been THE set that got me hooked in all honesty.
 
Entry #2 for me, Hensel Cardroom by CT member Damon.

IIRC Damon had a few sets using this name, but the classic design, beautiful spots, and obviously appropriate mold sold me on this one as the best of the bunch. I especially love the $20.

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BTW the thing I love most about the action shots is that one guy wearing a Stussy shirt in a photo that was almost certainly taken after 1993.
Do you think he has the jnco jeans on underneath the table?
 
Tried to post the pron from the Wizard's Tournament by Maegnus and his avatar was all I could salvage from CT

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My #3, Luckbox Lounge by CT member Felix. These were one of the later period BCC sets where it seemed quality control had really gone out the window. I remember there were significant issues with these on first delivery. Hopefully they did right by him, but at the very least we have a pretty beautiful set.

So few people work with a narrow color palette over a whole set and I certainly understand why. When it's done as well as it was here, however, it makes me wish we'd see it more often.

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My #3, Luckbox Lounge by CT member Felix. These were one of the later period BCC sets where it seemed quality control had really gone out the window. I remember there were significant issues with these on first delivery. Hopefully they did right by him, but at the very least we have a pretty beautiful set.

So few people work with a narrow color palette over a whole set and I certainly understand why. When it's done as well as it was here, however, it makes me wish we'd see it more often.

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That really is well done. Thanks. Never seen that one before.
 
This #4 is a little painful for me because I bought them from Kyle, but later sold them to someone else on CT. One of the first sets produced when the Elephant & Crown mold was made available was CT member BigKyle's 4 Kings set.

I think Kyle is a member here, but I don't think he's @Kyle. Maybe I'm wrong and he's not a member or maybe he is @Kyle? Anyway, very sweet chips.

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This #5 is a joint entry. Sister sets, both victims of the photobucket purge.

Only a few photos of the Chipco set survived and none of the TRK custom stamped set remain on CT. Thankfully I saved one at some point. So I'll put the single shot of the TRK set first and then the Chipco set, which is one of my favorite ceramic sets of all time. Both commissioned by CT member jello-broom.

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I think this #6 is my final one for now. Another of my personal all time favorites. Something so elegant about it and the design has the perfect amount of detail. Interesting without being so intricate that the small features are lost. The Black Button Card Room by CT member jspake.

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Okay, I lied, I have a #7. As soon as I clicked post above, I remember this set. Unfortunately, like the Golden Stardust TRKs, none of the photos remain available through photobucket/CT, but I saved a single photo.

In any case, this is a set from the early days of CT and one I remember admiring from the time I first got into custom chips, the Double-V Card Club commissioned by CT member AceDeuceNoUse.

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Oh and finally I've got to publicly call out @toad94 to not let these kids on here forget about the custom king. Jim Blanchard and Mike Endy are probably still putting nieces and nephews through college on the cash Mark dusted off assembling his custom arsenal.

Time to start a Huntley Lodge thread and get pr0n of all your many stunning sets in there. Sure, you'll have to take a full three months off work just to unload and spread them onto the table for photo shoots, but such is the life of the Scrooge McDuck of custom sets. :)
 
Great idea! That Bee Room set is the first set I remember seeing that just floored me. It may have just been THE set that got me hooked in all honesty.

Yeah! I played at the Bee Room a few times, good games, always 4/8, tons of chips on the table. The chips are ever better in real life than they look in the pix.

Sort of "fast-stacking" competition every time you drag a pot.

I still think the $1s are the best-looking off-white ASMs I've ever played with.
 
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Oh and finally I've got to publicly call out @toad94 to not let these kids on here forget about the custom king. Jim Blanchard and Mike Endy are probably still putting nieces and nephews through college on the cash Mark dusted off assembling his custom arsenal.

Time to start a Huntley Lodge thread and get pr0n of all your many stunning sets in there. Sure, you'll have to take a full three months off work just to unload and spread them onto the table for photo shoots, but such is the life of the Scrooge McDuck of custom sets. :)
I'm on it. ;)
 
those who never made the jump to PCF or went dormant at CT before PCF's time.

As someone who falls into that category, this is easily thread of the f^cking year so far! Thanks, Butler! I'm going to make another coffee and slowly scroll this one again :D
 
Okay, I lied, I have a #7. As soon as I clicked post above, I remember this set. Unfortunately, like the Golden Stardust TRKs, none of the photos remain available through photobucket/CT, but I saved a single photo.

In any case, this is a set from the early days of CT and one I remember admiring from the time I first got into custom chips, the Double-V Card Club commissioned by CT member AceDeuceNoUse.

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Couple more to add:

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RIP Blue Chip Company :(
 

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