Ummm... what exit is NW of Baltimore?? Y'all and your short ass turnpike (kidding, we have enough tolls here too!)
Absolutely amazing members in the Jersey Fam
@willump I would highly suggest trying to play in some of these games when you can as these guys have just about every type of chip you would ever want to touch, and many of them play Micro stakes for say $50 or less to buy in and they play pretty regularly. My beautiful better half and I come up every year for a meet up with
@Irish In North Jersey
Fantastic people man, genuine kind hearted friends that would do just about anything for anyone. Some of us are a bit older obviously (average age if this group is probably 42 ish) but we have some younger players in
@moechar and
@Richard Ye . It's really about networking... sure you can read a ton about chips, but sitting with a seasoned collector that can explain the different aspects of them and why certain chips might feel a certain way or cost what seems to be a crazy price, also people that took the same steps you are taking and can help you understand the difference between cards molds and DDLM chips, not the designs...but the quality of a ceramic as that seems to be the way you are leaning right now.
Careful with the budget man,I hope you have more reserve then most of us! I literally though people were crazy paying $3 a chip for silly poker chips 3 years ago... and now I hunt chuos in the $30 -$50 each category on a regular basis. If you spend that bigger and keep itching and looking at the classifieds for MORE! Then yeah... you are just one of us,welcome to "broke town" for a couple years... if you are lucky, for some of us there is simply no escape!
Fellow Chipper Ben