New Chipper here looking for opinions on plaques (2 Viewers)

[Frednizer]

I am gearing up to starting a monthly tournament to go with my cash game. I have narrowed down my search for a tournament set to a few different ones and one of them has plaques. I love the idea of having a high denomination as a plaque but what's the overall consensus on it? Is it a bother to deal with as the host?

Thanks

 

[Eriks]

I love plaques! Only have them for one of my cash sets though. They are big so a bit of a bitch to transport but well worth the trouble imo

 

[Frednizer]

I love plaques! Only have them for one of my cash sets though. They are big so a bit of a bitch to transport but well worth the trouble imo

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Those are sexy

 

[Colquhoun]

I have a DDLM set and love plaques. There’s plenty of folks here that love plaques and quite a few that can’t stand them.

 

[Freudeus]

Upsides: They can be super sexy, feel really nice to throw into the pot... And they're generally just cool!
Downsides: They take up way more space than chips, so they can be a bit awkward if you don't have a lot of space around the table. You can't shuffle them

 

[Frednizer]

I have a DDLM set and love plaques. There’s plenty of folks here that love plaques and quite a few that can’t stand them.
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This is the set I was referring to. Looks good.

 

[Freudeus]

This is the set I was referring to. Looks good.

DDLM is a solid choice. I'm sure you'll be happy with them

 

[Hairy_Crocodile]

Upsides: They can be super sexy, feel really nice to throw into the pot... And they're generally just cool!
Downsides: They take up way more space than chips, so they can be a bit awkward if you don't have a lot of space around the table. You can't shuffle them

“You can’t shuffle them”

You haven’t tried hard enough! Haha

 

[Fran]

I also like (MSK) plaques for the highest denom of my sets
Still some to order

 

[MeridianFC]

Plaques R Kool.

 

[TheRealTeddyKGB]

I'm a fan of plaques but I don't own many.

The only thing I don't like is both of these feel very different than the set they belong to. In a perfect world I would prefer that the chips AND the plaques were made from the same materials.

 

[Fran]

In a perfect world I would prefer that the chips AND the plaques were made from the same materials.

Clay plaques

 

[Rhodeman77]

Definitely can be shuffled. Just make sure they are not too big is all.

 

[Defarse]

Shuffling plaques has got to be one of the most cringey things.

The only thing worse to use as a betting device other than plaques is actual cash (High Stake Poker bricks of cash, ugh so lame)

 

[Teach42]

There's something incredibly satisfying about the THUD a plaque makes when it hits the felt.

 

[brewdawg]

I have plaques for a couple of tournament sets, but never seem to get to those stakes.

I really love plaques for dealer buttons, don't get lost on the table as easy, or confused with card capper, chips, etc.

 

[allforcharity]

Tourney plaques are great because you know they'll always get into play.

Cash set plaques are not used very often since they are usually reserved for the highest denom which rarely sees felt (unless your games play particularly big).

 

[Colquhoun]

Shuffle plaques like cards.

 

[Quicksilver-75]

They aren't for everybody. But sometimes the chip set screams plaques for high denoms.

 

[hypnox]

I like the idea, but personally never seen one u actually liked. They are almost always shiny or don't fit the chips too well. If I were to run them, I would want matt tones and them fit my chips like it was the luggage that comes with expensive super cars.

 

[Darson]

Plaques are really a store of value. Unless you're James Bond, they're not really practical for active betting. Hence mostly used for high denoms and only really come out in an all-in situation.

 

[doublebooyah85]

I’ll eventually get plaques made for my jack Cincy white label and AST tourney sets…eventually lol! I’d love to have them! (Never used them but their so F’n cool from the Bond movies or the big fields at Wynn).

 

[Machine]

Plaques are really a store of value.

Meaning, you really only want to use them when you have so many of smaller denom its cumbersome use them, hence, colorup.

Also this thread

My Cash set