Growing and Consolidating T20k + Craps (1 Viewer)

[Thomacetti]

i'm kicking tyres on this one

Would sub 1K be a good price ?

 

[natumes]

Would sub 1K be a good price ?

Sub 1k is a great price.

 

[PAZ]

i'm kicking tyres on this one

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Would sub 1K be a good price ?

That’s awesome!!

 

[allforcharity]

Under $1000 would be fan-f*****-tastic!

 

[JustDave]

Yeah, seriously, I'd be super stoked about that.

 

[JustDave]

The Tiki Kings are also my 'hey, can I borrow some chips' set, and I wasn't really feeling the birdcage for that. It's kinda tough to move around given the size, the weight when full, and it makes a lot of 'noise'. So I moved the Tikis into 2x500 Versa cases and moved the Emerald Bay set into the birdcage.

 

[newtmitch]

New member rifling through old posts with a ton of craps talk in them - looking to build my first "serious" set (and figure out what to do with my old dice set!). This has been a great thread to help me think through some of the approaches to building a craps set, I appreciate all the posts here and detail. I need to really sit down and plan a set for craps, likely focused on a $200 buy in (tourney style, most likely, with "just for fun" buy in perhaps up to like $20 buy in not sure yet). Still considering a few of the options but I love the discussions of some of the chips I've run across elsewhere, like the Tiki Kings. Also feeling the Milanos right now, and I need to check out the Majestics. So many choices to work through, but I'm definitely locked on a less expensive set to start with, given the chip counts required for craps...

 

[coolguy101]

New member rifling through old posts with a ton of craps talk in them - looking to build my first "serious" set (and figure out what to do with my old dice set!). This has been a great thread to help me think through some of the approaches to building a craps set, I appreciate all the posts here and detail. I need to really sit down and plan a set for craps, likely focused on a $200 buy in (tourney style, most likely, with "just for fun" buy in perhaps up to like $20 buy in not sure yet). Still considering a few of the options but I love the discussions of some of the chips I've run across elsewhere, like the Tiki Kings. Also feeling the Milanos right now, and I need to check out the Majestics. So many choices to work through, but I'm definitely locked on a less expensive set to start with, given the chip counts required for craps...

Get samples. For craps, I find texture to be especially important due to the nature of how you you stack and arrange the chips with odds, etc. nothing is worse than having your big stacks of dealer chips falling over. I ended up buying an more expensive set because I could afford it, but I was going to get China clays if I had to choose a more affordable set. I got lots of samples, and after comparing them all, felt those were the closest to “casino chips” in terms of size, weight, and performance. I didn’t like ceramics. But that’s just my opinion. Get samples and make your own.

 

[newtmitch]

Yep, already have 5-6 samples across different sets and that really helps a lot. Good point on the texture. China Clays might be the way I'm leaning, I'm looking at Pharaohs, Milanos, and Majestics right now, at least initially. I have samples of all of those except the Majestics.

 

[JustDave]

Get samples. For craps, I find texture to be especially important due to the nature of how you you stack and arrange the chips with odds, etc. nothing is worse than having your big stacks of dealer chips falling over. I ended up buying an more expensive set because I could afford it, but I was going to get China clays if I had to choose a more affordable set. I got lots of samples, and after comparing them all, felt those were the closest to “casino chips” in terms of size, weight, and performance. I didn’t like ceramics. But that’s just my opinion. Get samples and make your own.

Being able to stack a chip in craps is super important and something that's kinda different than I think you'd see on a poker table for instance. The chips having enough texture not to slide is critical.

I love my Matsuis as a poker chip, but they would be a nightmare for craps.

Might be parting with my tiki kinds and going full abbiati depending on breakdown given they stick to each other like rubber. We will see.

 

[newtmitch]

Being able to stack a chip in craps is super important and something that's kinda different than I think you'd see on a poker table for instance. The chips having enough texture not to slide is critical.

I love my Matsuis as a poker chip, but they would be a nightmare for craps.

Might be parting with my tiki kinds and going full abbiati depending on breakdown given they stick to each other like rubber. We will see.

Thanks for the specifics, @JustDave. I'm familiar with the tikis but not with the abbiati - are those higher-end chips and/or unique enough to be difficult to find, or something I should potentially look at as well, given that I've been mostly focusing on china clay's so far due to price (majestics is what I hear about most of the time)?

 

[JustDave]

They are much higher end, much higher quality and kinda challenging to find most of the time. HOWEVER, if you wander over to the group buy section you can see some momentum starting for one.