I could see myself burning a lot of money from this forum - beginner learnings & thoughts.. (11 Viewers)

[Eriks]

I couldn't disagree more, I ordered multiple samples. Tina's, Br pro, cpc, ect. The difference was night and day. I'm going to end up owning multiple sets involving all three. However knowing what they feel like before deciding was paramount to deciding what maker to go whith what set.

Yeah sure, you can use samples to tell the fundamental difference between different types of chips but you still can’t tell me how a certain set will feel, stack and shuffle from handling a handful of chips.

 

[Josh Kifer]

I tend to agree, you can’t tell much from individual samples. Unless you already have lots of experience (perhaps regardless) from handling different kinds of chips, you’d need a barrel of the same chips to get a proper idea of how they feel, stack, shuffle.

What the fuck. I couldnt disagree more. You don't need more than 5-6 chips to get a mold feel.. and every ceramic feels and shuffles different. Every CPC mold feels and shuffles different. Every color translates different outside of the different phone and cameras we use.

Y'all crazy or far richer than I am.

 

[Josh Kifer]

Thread 'Poll - Buying Samples... Yay or nay?' https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/poll-buying-samples-yay-or-nay.136758/

For funsies.

 

[Josh Kifer]

but you still can’t tell me how a certain set will shuffle from handling a handful of chips.

uhhhh... Sample set... 6-7 chips

Shuffle stack... 6-8 chips...

Wut.

 

[lettucecookmeat]

Outlaws are from discount poker. They are probably the best sluggo chips out there. They have an actual mold, vivid color, and are pretty flat for a slugged chip. They also dont feel as plasticy as other slugged chips (possibly because of the mold but the plastic feels higher quality). Monte Carlos are very slightly heavier than Outlaws. They have a distinctly plastic feel and no texture to speak of. They are also very busy without actually looking very good. Outlaws try to "mimic" (strong word) paulsons while Monte Carlos mimic matsuis. Outlaws are also cheaper. I really could never make a solid argument for having Monte Carlos over Outlaws.

The other popular sluggo is Casino Royale. They feel like very cheap plastic, even more so than Monte Carlos. Do not recommend.

Thank you for this! I was about to fall into this trap of Monte Carlos as a cheap set to tide me over till a Tina GB. Outlaws you mentioned are what I might get first.

 

[Eriks]

uhhhh... Sample set... 6-7 chips

Shuffle stack... 6-8 chips...

Wut.

Good thing I’m also bored
6-8 chips is a shuffle stack, wut?
Bro, do you even shuffle?

 

[Josh Kifer]

Good thing I’m also bored
6-8 chips is a shuffle stack, wut?
Bro, do you even shuffle?

Literal "shuffle stack holders" are like 8 chips. I got like 5 of them on my desk at work.

 

[BigGrizz]

Thank you for this! I was about to fall into this trap of Monte Carlos as a cheap set to tide me over till a Tina GB. Outlaws you mentioned are what I might get first.

Good choice. Dont get me wrong, saving for Tinas is the best, but that takes twice the money and months of waiting. If you want an entry set now, Outlaws are literally the only ABS slug set I recommend. (Spartans from discount poker are the same chips I believe if that design appeals to you).