Swift618
High Hand
Hey All,
Dan from Mexico had a pretty great intro post a few months back - so I'm going to use that for some inspiration.
Like the title says - I'm from eastern Pennsylvania (Lehigh Valley / Allentown area). I'm a long time forum lurker who got into poker some time ago... right about when the world series of poker was getting bigger on TV. Just a home game with some local friends. One of my buddies started with a metal briefcases of 300 dice chips to host our poker night... then like dominoes each of us got a set.
Soon I had my own shiny cheap metal briefcase full of plastic goodness. This is about the best picture I have of them now:
It was my chip age of innocence. These chips were great! Until a bachelor party took us out to Atlantic City. It was my first time at a casino and I wound up playing some black jack. It was Ballys/Park Place Wild West casino. Sitting there playing $10 hands of blackjack something just clicked. The sound... the way they felt... good weight..... Right there I knew I somehow needed to figure out what these chips were and how to get a set for home.
So the next day I started researching. Found some forum called 2+2, figured out what kind of chips I had in AC.. next it was on to a very blue board called CT, and wouldn't you know it there was a sale about to start. A little while later these beauties showed up & I was hooked:
I was thrilled with the purchase & couldn't imagine anything better. I stopped visiting online poker sites / boards & we were happy with the Pharaoh's for quite some time. Eventually I wondered what else I'd find if I returned to CT & saw what else was out there. Growing up just outside of NYC... wouldn't you know it there were some new chips circulating that caught me eye. A few weeks of browsing the classifieds & eBay wouldn't you know it these showed up.
Even though the PNY set hit everything I really needed.. I still didn't have those OTHER $500 chips...
What? They're making quarters now? Sure why not!
But all the while there was something about the giant inlay that just made me want a casino chip with a little less inlay & more clay. And I knew I liked the variety of a primary/secondary in a set... and wouldn't you know, of course something was coming to market right up that alley...
That was my last big splurge... and now that pesky itch is back. I actually tried to return where the madness really started for me only to see there had been a... shift... we'll call it... and here I am.
So greetings all! Some of you folks who've been around a long while ( i still remember some names) I have to thank.. as it may have been a random comment or pr0n thread of yours that's fueled my addiction, introducing me to the next amazing set to try and go after 'some day'. So as I sit here shuffling around the very chips that started this journey.. I thank the community that's kept it going! Cheers!
Dan from Mexico had a pretty great intro post a few months back - so I'm going to use that for some inspiration.
Like the title says - I'm from eastern Pennsylvania (Lehigh Valley / Allentown area). I'm a long time forum lurker who got into poker some time ago... right about when the world series of poker was getting bigger on TV. Just a home game with some local friends. One of my buddies started with a metal briefcases of 300 dice chips to host our poker night... then like dominoes each of us got a set.
Soon I had my own shiny cheap metal briefcase full of plastic goodness. This is about the best picture I have of them now:
It was my chip age of innocence. These chips were great! Until a bachelor party took us out to Atlantic City. It was my first time at a casino and I wound up playing some black jack. It was Ballys/Park Place Wild West casino. Sitting there playing $10 hands of blackjack something just clicked. The sound... the way they felt... good weight..... Right there I knew I somehow needed to figure out what these chips were and how to get a set for home.
So the next day I started researching. Found some forum called 2+2, figured out what kind of chips I had in AC.. next it was on to a very blue board called CT, and wouldn't you know it there was a sale about to start. A little while later these beauties showed up & I was hooked:
I was thrilled with the purchase & couldn't imagine anything better. I stopped visiting online poker sites / boards & we were happy with the Pharaoh's for quite some time. Eventually I wondered what else I'd find if I returned to CT & saw what else was out there. Growing up just outside of NYC... wouldn't you know it there were some new chips circulating that caught me eye. A few weeks of browsing the classifieds & eBay wouldn't you know it these showed up.
Even though the PNY set hit everything I really needed.. I still didn't have those OTHER $500 chips...
What? They're making quarters now? Sure why not!
But all the while there was something about the giant inlay that just made me want a casino chip with a little less inlay & more clay. And I knew I liked the variety of a primary/secondary in a set... and wouldn't you know, of course something was coming to market right up that alley...
That was my last big splurge... and now that pesky itch is back. I actually tried to return where the madness really started for me only to see there had been a... shift... we'll call it... and here I am.
So greetings all! Some of you folks who've been around a long while ( i still remember some names) I have to thank.. as it may have been a random comment or pr0n thread of yours that's fueled my addiction, introducing me to the next amazing set to try and go after 'some day'. So as I sit here shuffling around the very chips that started this journey.. I thank the community that's kept it going! Cheers!
Nice chips. And most of those would fetch a pretty penny right now.
