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Im new to this website and poker in general so i need some help findibg a good cheap set for both tourneys and cashgames for i normally play with about 5 people i think i want a set for around 10 so there is room for expansion the budget is around 350$. (upgrading from dice chips)
 
Do not use the same chips for both tournament and cash game. Too easy for an ill-meaning player to screw you over by pocketing a tournament chip and then later cashing it out for face value in the cash game. You already had this danger with the dice chips - don't repeat it. (And better don't use stock chips for cash games - use custom chips)

For other people looking to recommend chips, keep in mind 1 USD ~ 8 NOK. The usual denominations/breakdowns will not work here.
 
IMO the chips in the 40-60 cent range arent very good value. Save until you are ready to spend a buck each or 1.50/ea.
 
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Im new to this website and poker in general so i need some help findibg a good cheap set for both tourneys and cashgames for i normally play with about 5 people i think i want a set for around 10 so there is room for expansion the budget is around 350$. (upgrading from dice chips)

Welcome to the forum :). Hopefully we'll be able to help.

For other people looking to recommend chips, keep in mind 1 USD ~ 8 NOK. The usual denominations/breakdowns will not work here.

Thanks for pointing this out Nex. So I will ask @eventurtle what stakes to expect to play as denominated in the currency used in your game. We'll probably need to know that to offer breakdown advice.

I seem to think 50-60 chips per player is a good number, so you probably are looking at staying under .60 per chip. This does put the higher end options out of your reach as @Lemonzest said, but you can decide if there are chips in this price area that you would like.

There was this thread on "Juego" chips that are available in the EU. Maybe they would be adaptable to your currency and seem to fit your price point.

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/juego-poker-chips.23725/

Do not use the same chips for both tournament and cash game. Too easy for an ill-meaning player to screw you over by pocketing a tournament chip and then later cashing it out for face value in the cash game. You already had this danger with the dice chips - don't repeat it. (And better don't use stock chips for cash games - use custom chips)

Nex is right about this as well. Separate your tournament chips. Even if someone wasn't ill-meaning, if you lose a chip you are going to worry about it showing up on accident and your bank will pay. It's much easier to slip chips in a cash game when chips are coming and going. In a tournament chips only come out at the end and anyone that has removed a chip has put themselves at a disadvantage to do so. Also you can use more casino-like denominations (base T25 for example) for tournament by having separate sets.

But I didn't mean to get this far on tanget, let us know about what stakes you are considering and we can probably help further.
 
IMO the chips in the 40-60 cent range arent very good value. Save until you are ready to spend a buck each or 1.50/ea.
Actually 40-60 cent chips are the definition of value. The only time $1.50 chips are a value is if they are actually worth more. The OP doesn’t have to buy $1.50 chips if they aren’t in his price range.
 
Let's see, $350 would get you about, what, 800 CCs at current prices? So a separate cash and tourney set could be possible (single table). Could get more if acquiring pre-owned from the Classifieds.
 
Actually 40-60 cent chips are the definition of value. The only time $1.50 chips are a value is if they are actually worth more. The OP doesn’t have to buy $1.50 chips if they aren’t in his price range.

To clarify I think dice chips, paulsons, and chipco all are value buys.

I think cc and other chips in that price range are poor value for what you get. There are issues with wear/durability and they dont hold their value.

60 bucks for 500 dice chips is great value for chips that will never wear out.
 
To clarify I think dice chips, paulsons, and chipco all are value buys.

I think cc and other chips in that price range are poor value for what you get. There are issues with wear/durability and they dont hold their value.

60 bucks for 500 dice chips is great value for chips that will never wear out.

I think ceramics would be a good fit, especially semi-customized ones for cash games. ABC Gifts And Awards has some pretty good options in that respect.

Edit: Might be worthwhile to talk to @Gunnar as well.
 
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Do not use the same chips for both tournament and cash game. Too easy for an ill-meaning player to screw you over by pocketing a tournament chip and then later cashing it out for face value in the cash game. You already had this danger with the dice chips - don't repeat it. (And better don't use stock chips for cash games - use custom chips)

For other people looking to recommend chips, keep in mind 1 USD ~ 8 NOK. The usual denominations/breakdowns will not work here.
is there any way of getting NOK denominations on the chips?
 
Im new to this website and poker in general so i need some help findibg a good cheap set for both tourneys and cashgames for i normally play with about 5 people i think i want a set for around 10 so there is room for expansion the budget is around 350$. (upgrading from dice chips)

www.apachepokerchips.com has a lot of good choices for you across many price ranges.
 
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Do not use the same chips for both tournament and cash game. Too easy for an ill-meaning player to screw you over by pocketing a tournament chip and then later cashing it out for face value in the cash game. You already had this danger with the dice chips - don't repeat it. (And better don't use stock chips for cash games - use custom chips)

For other people looking to recommend chips, keep in mind 1 USD ~ 8 NOK. The usual denominations/breakdowns will not work here.
i could maybe just get chips without $ on the chips
 
For other people looking to recommend chips, keep in mind 1 USD ~ 8 NOK. The usual denominations/breakdowns will not work here.

Your kidding right? Of course it will

Small Cash Game Breakdown:

100x1 180x5 200x25 20x100 is an even 8000 NOK Bank

10 Starting Stack 10/18/??

Have Fun
 
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I think cc and other chips in that price range are poor value for what you get. There are issues with wear/durability..

I think this is greatly overblown. I had a 1000 chip set of the original china clay Dunes, which are among the worst offenders with respect to the durability issue. Those chips were used in a game that ran for three years with two sessions per week that averaged 10 hours of play per session. Each session would peak at close to 30 players. The chips saw a lot of action. Over the three years loss of chips to damage included five or six $1s, a couple of $5s, and one $25 chip. That's not really a significant loss in the grand scheme of things. Especially when china clays are cheap and easy to replace.
 
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Welcome to the forum :). Hopefully we'll be able to help.



Thanks for pointing this out Nex. So I will ask @eventurtle what stakes to expect to play as denominated in the currency used in your game. We'll probably need to know that to offer breakdown advice.

I seem to think 50-60 chips per player is a good number, so you probably are looking at staying under .60 per chip. This does put the higher end options out of your reach as @Lemonzest said, but you can decide if there are chips in this price area that you would like.

There was this thread on "Juego" chips that are available in the EU. Maybe they would be adaptable to your currency and seem to fit your price point.

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/juego-poker-chips.23725/



Nex is right about this as well. Separate your tournament chips. Even if someone wasn't ill-meaning, if you lose a chip you are going to worry about it showing up on accident and your bank will pay. It's much easier to slip chips in a cash game when chips are coming and going. In a tournament chips only come out at the end and anyone that has removed a chip has put themselves at a disadvantage to do so. Also you can use more casino-like denominations (base T25 for example) for tournament by having separate sets.

But I didn't mean to get this far on tanget, let us know about what stakes you are considering and we can probably help further.
im thinking to play either 0.10nok sb and 0.20nok bb or 0.25/0.50 for cashgames most tourneys will probably have 50kr or 100kr buy ins

(nok stands for Norwegian kroners)
 
I think this is greatly overblown. I had a 1000 chip set of the original china clay Dunes, which are among the worst offenders with respect to the durability issue. Those chips were used in a game that ran for three years with two sessions per week that averaged 10 hours of play per session. Each session would peak at close to 30 players. The chips saw a lot of action. Over the three years loss of chips to damage included five or six $1s, a couple of $5s, and one $25 chip. That's not really a significant loss in the grand scheme of things. Especially when china clays are cheap and easy to replace.

Yeah I agree. CC are usable but will occasionally break and show wear more than dice or paulsons.

I broke a dunes cc in my fingers yesterday and was surprised how easy it was. I have also broken 1 by accidentally stepping on it

Given the price and sturdiness of dice I would take them over cc. Thats just me tho since I dont mind the look/feel of dice
 
So 2nok equals a US quarter? If you could ignore the dollar signs in front of the numbers, there are plenty of sets that you could get for 1/2 blinds, or 2/4.

Or some sets don't have currency symbols, but I'm not sure which ones ship to Norway. These next two are cheap, plastic, slugged chips. Not popular on PCF, but durable and affordable, and look kind of sharp.

Showdowns (available everywhere, it seems)
https://www.thepokerstore.com/colle...00-showdown-casino-13-5-gram-poker-chips-bulk
Imperial Casino (only available from this site, as far as I know)
https://www.casinosupply.com/products/imperial-casino-10g-poker-chips-25-pkg

Good luck, and welcome to PCF!
 
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So 2nok equals a US quarter? If you could ignore the dollar signs in front of the numbers, there are plenty of sets that you could get for 1/2 blinds, or 2/4.

Or some sets don't have currency symbols, but I'm not sure which ones ship to Norway. These next two are cheap, plastic, slugged chips. Not popular on PCF, but durable and affordable, and look kind of sharp.

Showdowns (available everywhere, it seems)
https://www.thepokerstore.com/colle...00-showdown-casino-13-5-gram-poker-chips-bulk
Imperial Casino (only available from this site, as far as I know)
https://www.casinosupply.com/products/imperial-casino-10g-poker-chips-25-pkg

Good luck, and welcome to PCF!
i liked the showdowns can you get 5c denom
 
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i liked the showdowns can you get 5c denom
No. But if you get 1's, 5's, and 25's, and possibly 100's you can treat them as nok. So the 100 would be worth approximately $12.50US. Do I have that right?
 
He does have an argument there with the sturdiness.

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im thinking to play either 0.10nok sb and 0.20nok bb or 0.25/0.50 for cashgames most tourneys will probably have 50kr or 100kr buy ins

(nok stands for Norwegian kroners)

Okay, so from this, figuring out denominations is possible.

Idea 1) 0.1-0.5-1.

I imagine most opens would be for 0.5-1 n the early streets and most later streets would use 0.5 and 1.

I would treat 0.1 as the blind chip, meaning I wouldn't get a ton unless you want to just omit the 0.5. I wouldn't get a ton of 0.5 either since it will just be used to save on 0.1 chips for bets that aren't full unit.

Idea 2) 0.25-1-5. If you went this way, you probably would play with the sb and bb at 0.25 but then the more common breakdowns on the board could apply.

So think about what makes sense to your players.

That got me thinking about looking at what coins are in use on Norway. Now you can speak to the accuracy of this better than I, but it appears there are no longer coins minted for fractions of a krone.

https://www.norges-bank.no/en/notes-and-coins/Coins/legal-tender-coins/

So if this is the case, you can have a small stakes game with 1-1 or 1-2 blinds as @Craig D was saying.

shipping is 90$ to norway which is way to much

This is what is really going to be the challenge. I'm not an expert as to what is readily availabile to ship to you without overseas shipping other than I understand there are just fewer choices.
 
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I have to post my usual .... look into Unicorn chips (http://gameoncc.com/Chips/UnicornSeries.aspx)

Plenty of people on here have them for sale if you ask ....and USED Unicorn chips are cheap. They don't get wrecked or wear out easily, so a nice set can be grabbed. Throw some custom labels on it and you've got yourself a set (I did this for a tourney set)
 
I have to post my usual .... look into Unicorn chips (http://gameoncc.com/Chips/UnicornSeries.aspx)

Plenty of people on here have them for sale if you ask ....and USED Unicorn chips are cheap. They don't get wrecked or wear out easily, so a nice set can be grabbed. Throw some custom labels on it and you've got yourself a set (I did this for a tourney set)
do they ship to norway?
 
Okay, so from this, figuring out denominations is possible.

Idea 1) 0.1-0.5-1.

I imagine most opens would be for 0.5-1 n the early streets and most later streets would use 0.5 and 1.

I would treat 0.1 as the blind chip, meaning I wouldn't get a ton unless you want to just omit the 0.5. I wouldn't get a ton of 0.5 either since it will just be used to save on 0.1 chips for bets that aren't full unit.

Idea 2) 0.25-1-5. If you went this way, you probably would play with the sb and bb at 0.25 but then the more common breakdowns on the board could apply.

So think about what makes sense to your players. That got me thinking about looking at what coins are in use on Norway and it looks like the single usit is the smallest coin in use.

Now you can speak to the accuracy of this better than I, but it appears there are no longer coins minted for fractions of a krone.

https://www.norges-bank.no/en/notes-and-coins/Coins/legal-tender-coins/

So if this is the case, you can have a small stakes game with 1-1 or 1-2 blinds as @Craig D was saying.



This is what is really going to be the challenge. I'm not an expert as to what is readily availabile to ship to you without overseas shipping other than I understand there are just fewer choices.
we play with fraction chips anyway and just round up to nearest 1kr if theres not enough money to cash out we give it to the one whos nearest 1kr if two people for example have 10.7 and 2.7 we give the single kr to the one with lowest amount to cash in since 8 cents (1kr) isn't that much and most people dont really care if they lose it
 

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