How many Chips do you own? (2 Viewers)

How many chips do you currently own?

  • 0-2,499 High Card

  • 2,500-4,999 1 Pair

  • 5,000-7,499 2 Pair

  • 7,500-9,999 3-of-a-kind

  • 10,000-14,999 Straight

  • 15,000-19,999 Flush

  • 20,000-24,999 Full House

  • 25,000-49,999 4-of-a-kind

  • 50,000-99,999+ Straight Flush

  • I would rather not say but it's a lot & I don't want to be robbed.

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MrRossKeys said:
It would probably take @Godzilla28 a few months to actually count all of his chips….

…..unless he has a spreadsheet laying around…
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Who doesn't have their chip sets organized on spread sheets?
1 page each for totals, costs and game options for each set and another for the total list/counts, along with other prospective breakdowns on potential new sets.

This same info can be referred to post/pre game for accounting purposes
 
philhut said:
Who doesn't have their chip sets organized on spread sheets?
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Great! Another rabbit hole opportunity for personal growth.

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CPC Tournament Set -> 2300 with ~ 300 more incoming
CPC Cash Set -> 1200
Cards Mold SpeakEC 1st set -> 2100
Cards Mold SpeakEC spotted Aztar clone -> 2200
Cards Mold SpeaEC 43mm bounty chips -> 120
Opus Cash set -> 1600 plus some extras
HSI Cash set -> 1500
China Clay Limit set -> 1400

Samples and extras -> 300 or so...

Leaded and/or THC chips --> no playable sets .. maybe a one-off chip or 2 laying around.

According to some, with the above information .. I have no real chips. YMMV...

clay chips --> 5300ish
total (playable) chips --> 12,400.

Total Chips --> 12,700 ish... maybe closer to 12,800..

Trying to save up for one more 1600 pc CPC tournament set.
 
Happy to see this thread has over 100 votes now! Out of 12.5K PCF members though I still consider it a small sample size so hopefully that number will continue to grow.

My only take away/surprise so far: @doublebooyah85. Pretty sure you have at least 2,500 $5 chips so I'm guessing your vote isn't accurate!
 
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When I realized I wouldn't be able to get everything in play, I chose an arbitrary number and decided that I wouldn't go over 10kish chips. If I can't see/tell you/know the chips I have on hand, I have too many.

I have 7,200 chips, those being 6 sets and a 7th in work. 3 of the sets are limit, with the one in works also limit. The others are meaningful cash sets - home casino set, first Vegas trip set, and local find goaty set.

I also have 3 sets that I gave away for free, that may or may not come home one day, along with various other frors that I will transact on when offered.

Just because I'm not an investor/collector, doesn't mean I judge those that are. For me personally I just don't like my chips in drawers or under the bed or attic. That being said, I am honestly very curious for the non-investment collectors. If you don't plan on cashing out, do you have a plan in place? Like if you pass, and are siting on $250k in chips, do you want kids to keep them? Do you want them set up as a mini museum? Do you just want to pass along the collection itch and are hoping they continue to amass? It really is an honest, and judgement-free question.
 
BarrieJ3 said:
When I realized I wouldn't be able to get everything in play, I chose an arbitrary number and decided that I wouldn't go over 10kish chips. If I can't see/tell you/know the chips I have on hand, I have too many.

I have 7,200 chips, those being 6 sets and a 7th in work. 3 of the sets are limit, with the one in works also limit. The others are meaningful cash sets - home casino set, first Vegas trip set, and local find goaty set.

I also have 3 sets that I gave away for free, that may or may not come home one day, along with various other frors that I will transact on when offered.

Just because I'm not an investor/collector, doesn't mean I judge those that are. For me personally I just don't like my chips in drawers or under the bed or attic. That being said, I am honestly very curious for the non-investment collectors. If you don't plan on cashing out, do you have a plan in place? Like if you pass, and are siting on $250k in chips, do you want kids to keep them? Do you want them set up as a mini museum? Do you just want to pass along the collection itch and are hoping they continue to amass? It really is an honest, and judgement-free question.
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Also limiting chips and finally finding meaningful sets is nice both from a fomo and mentality towards chipping/collecting.

Even super average sets can now = the cost of a used car. I’m usually an “all or nothing” kind of person, so being a little fish in a little pond can be difficult.

I’ve found forever chips that make me happy, and have transitioned 80-90% of my chipping funds towards hosting/meetup.

Still fun to watch others on their journeys though.
 
BarrieJ3 said:
When I realized I wouldn't be able to get everything in play, I chose an arbitrary number and decided that I wouldn't go over 10kish chips. If I can't see/tell you/know the chips I have on hand, I have too many.

I have 7,200 chips, those being 6 sets and a 7th in work. 3 of the sets are limit, with the one in works also limit. The others are meaningful cash sets - home casino set, first Vegas trip set, and local find goaty set.

I also have 3 sets that I gave away for free, that may or may not come home one day, along with various other frors that I will transact on when offered.

Just because I'm not an investor/collector, doesn't mean I judge those that are. For me personally I just don't like my chips in drawers or under the bed or attic. That being said, I am honestly very curious for the non-investment collectors. If you don't plan on cashing out, do you have a plan in place? Like if you pass, and are siting on $250k in chips, do you want kids to keep them? Do you want them set up as a mini museum? Do you just want to pass along the collection itch and are hoping they continue to amass? It really is an honest, and judgement-free question.
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BarrieJ3 said:
Also limiting chips and finally finding meaningful sets is nice both from a fomo and mentality towards chipping/collecting.

Even super average sets can now = the cost of a used car. I’m usually an “all or nothing” kind of person, so being a little fish in a little pond can be difficult.

I’ve found forever chips that make me happy, and have transitioned 80-90% of my chipping funds towards hosting/meetup.

Still fun to watch others on their journeys though.
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I'm 100% with you on this. When we moved, I finally had all my chips in one place and realized just how many I had accumulated. To be fair (or to try and excuse my actions), most of what I've got as overstock has been through trying to color and condition match two large multi table sets. I think most of what I own will be parted out over time until I'm left with a small number of sets that I've pieced together from scratch.

My kiddos are all too small to have any real hope for them picking up the hobby yet. They can't even get their hands around bridge sized cards yet. I've seen too many people junking their parents valuable collections to risk it to them, and I don't have any illusions that what I'm working with merits any kind of museum entry. The closest comp I can think of is what happened when my grandpa passed 20 years ago. He was a huge HAM radio guy, but none of his kids were, so they were really at a loss as to what to do with the mountain of equipment he had amassed since he returned from WWII. My dad was cleaning out the house prepping for the estate sale, and he was approached by a few older HAM guys who had been friends with my grandpa. They came in and did their own estate sale for just the radio stuff, free of charge, and gave the proceeds to my dad to split in the estate. They knew it was a super niche hobby, so they helped the HAM community by doing these sales when people passed.

Not to make this too somber, but I've considered reaching out to a few people with this kind of contingency plan in case something were to happen to me. I'd hate for my family to just dump them somewhere, not knowing what they were doing and lose out on the "investment", but also to risk everything winding up in a landfill when they could have more life and bring another chipper joy.
 
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Benjaminotaur said:
Not to make this too somber, but I've considered reaching out to a few people with this kind of contingency plan in case something were to happen to me. I'd hate for my family to just dump them somewhere, not knowing what they were doing and loose out on the "investment", but also to risk everything winding up in a landfill when they could have more life and bring another chipper joy.
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This certainly isn't "too somber". Having a will is important, but when it comes to collectables it is important to have someone trustworthy to value/sell the items. In my case, all my chips go to a younger PCF'er, who can then hold, sell or distribute them as he sees fit to maximize their use.
 
BarrieJ3 said:
When I realized I wouldn't be able to get everything in play, I chose an arbitrary number and decided that I wouldn't go over 10kish chips. If I can't see/tell you/know the chips I have on hand, I have too many.

I have 7,200 chips, those being 6 sets and a 7th in work. 3 of the sets are limit, with the one in works also limit. The others are meaningful cash sets - home casino set, first Vegas trip set, and local find goaty set.

I also have 3 sets that I gave away for free, that may or may not come home one day, along with various other frors that I will transact on when offered.

Just because I'm not an investor/collector, doesn't mean I judge those that are. For me personally I just don't like my chips in drawers or under the bed or attic. That being said, I am honestly very curious for the non-investment collectors. If you don't plan on cashing out, do you have a plan in place? Like if you pass, and are siting on $250k in chips, do you want kids to keep them? Do you want them set up as a mini museum? Do you just want to pass along the collection itch and are hoping they continue to amass? It really is an honest, and judgement-free question.
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It’s funny, I just had this conversation with my daughters. I told them verbally, but getting everything put in writing. I’ve come to realize, the fun for me is building sets. So, I have way more than I need. Really, I only need 3. None of my sets are crazy expensive grail sets (of course relatively speaking to some on here). I have a set that is going to be passed down to my best friend or whoever in our poker group lives the longest. We’ve played with the same group of guys since middle school (40 years ago, damn I’m old). Both my daughters said they would like a set.

And the rest, I gave them my PCF account and password and told them to come here and let everyone know I died and put them up for auction. You guys would know what is real, nice or re-labeled.
 
I e outlined all sets and their very humble value to my youngest son who I know will take care and liquidate them giving the proceeds to my wife.

He knows my username and password location where he can find it with my inventory list and descriptions to put in a classified here or wherever I’m hanging out at the time of my demise.

Until that day I’m buying and selling, having fun with our hobby.
 

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