Hi guys. Been on here almost a year now and thought it's about time I introduce myself. My name's Ryan (although a number of you know that already, for better or for worse!).
I got a brief glimpse into the chipping scene about 5 years ago. Found my way to another site and was quickly a bit discouraged at how expensive everything was. Nearly forgot about chips after that, but every now and then I'd google "Avalon poker chips" and admire those beautiful hot stamps. Fast forward to about a year ago and I was getting pretty sick of online poker. Not only was it getting incredibly boring sitting behind a screen for so long, but my son was about 1 at the time and putting in super late sessions then having to get up at 6.30 the next morning was taking it's toll. So I decided to look for a set of poker chips and start hosting some games. I pretty much immediately found this site and since then my perspective has changed a bit, to say the least!
Have interacted with a bunch of you guys already and you're a lovely bunch. Makes dropping thousands of dollars that much less painful (that, and riffling stacks of buttery clay goodness).
I'm from Northern California and also lived in the LA area for a while. Moved to Austria about 6 and a half years ago and now live here with my wife and 2 year old boy. We're expecting our second child end of September! What a ride, this having kids stuff. Had my cpc sample set out a few hours ago and was working with my son on the colors in English (he has them down pretty well in German already).
I'll try and get the camera out within the next few days and take some photos of my sets and other stuff to post in here.
Thanks for listening, and for all the help and knowledge I've gained over the past year.
I got a brief glimpse into the chipping scene about 5 years ago. Found my way to another site and was quickly a bit discouraged at how expensive everything was. Nearly forgot about chips after that, but every now and then I'd google "Avalon poker chips" and admire those beautiful hot stamps. Fast forward to about a year ago and I was getting pretty sick of online poker. Not only was it getting incredibly boring sitting behind a screen for so long, but my son was about 1 at the time and putting in super late sessions then having to get up at 6.30 the next morning was taking it's toll. So I decided to look for a set of poker chips and start hosting some games. I pretty much immediately found this site and since then my perspective has changed a bit, to say the least!
Have interacted with a bunch of you guys already and you're a lovely bunch. Makes dropping thousands of dollars that much less painful (that, and riffling stacks of buttery clay goodness).
I'm from Northern California and also lived in the LA area for a while. Moved to Austria about 6 and a half years ago and now live here with my wife and 2 year old boy. We're expecting our second child end of September! What a ride, this having kids stuff. Had my cpc sample set out a few hours ago and was working with my son on the colors in English (he has them down pretty well in German already).
I'll try and get the camera out within the next few days and take some photos of my sets and other stuff to post in here.
Thanks for listening, and for all the help and knowledge I've gained over the past year.
