bunjow
New Member
Hello everyone,
I collected my first set of poker chips by getting 1s at various Vegas casinos around the ~2006 timeframe when poker was making big gains in popularity. It was just a way of killing time at the casinos for me since I didn't really have the money to gamble. I always felt that casino chips were better as I liked the way they felt and sounded in play. But I otherwise didn't know anything about poker chip materials, composition, or how they were made. I owned a metal slug set from that time on and used it off and on for cash games. Just recently about a month ago, I had a sudden urge to pick the hobby back up again and was looking at used sets on eBay and was pretty shocked by how much clay poker chips cost. Somehow I stumbled on this forum and read about 50 threads or so before I got a fair idea about this hobby. I've since collected samples from various sites including CPC and bought my first set from them.
First collection in 2003
First set purchased recently
I collected my first set of poker chips by getting 1s at various Vegas casinos around the ~2006 timeframe when poker was making big gains in popularity. It was just a way of killing time at the casinos for me since I didn't really have the money to gamble. I always felt that casino chips were better as I liked the way they felt and sounded in play. But I otherwise didn't know anything about poker chip materials, composition, or how they were made. I owned a metal slug set from that time on and used it off and on for cash games. Just recently about a month ago, I had a sudden urge to pick the hobby back up again and was looking at used sets on eBay and was pretty shocked by how much clay poker chips cost. Somehow I stumbled on this forum and read about 50 threads or so before I got a fair idea about this hobby. I've since collected samples from various sites including CPC and bought my first set from them.
First collection in 2003
First set purchased recently