New Member - advice needed (1 Viewer)

For tournament, I can recommend the "Ultimate Poker Chip" sluggos. The base chip is ubiquitous (you tend to find their unlabeled version with "8 stripe poker chip") and they slap a large variety of different stock labels on those.

They're definitely not "nice" - the edges have a lot of flashing and aren't flat, the material and label is and looks cheap, and they are very heavy. But, they do the job, the colors are more vivid than most injection molded "faux clay" chips so they are easier to distinguish, and most importantly - they stack pretty well.

The recess for the labels on these is deep enough to counter any slight convex shaping, apparently. Also they take a lot of beating without chipping, and they are extremely cheap. I have one vendor in my country who appears to import them directly from China, and they're selling a pack of 50 for just 5 euros. Hard to find vendors selling these as singles, most sell in packs of 25 or 50, so you'll end up with some extras for the specific breakdown you need, but it's still very cheap.

DSC_0726-1.jpg


+1 to the idea of kickstarting him with a cheap tournament set, and then helping him buy a nice set for a cash game with the remainder of the budget.

Edit: Unless he already does have some, I'd throw in a double setup of good plastic cards, and perhaps a dedicated blind timer if he usually uses his phone for it.
 
If you use the and set for cash and tourney you run the risk of someone slipping a couple of $25 chips off the tournament table and putting them in play on a cash game. That takes a bite out of the bank. Most of us believe that the people we play with would never do that, but, it only takes once. That's part of the reason casinos have different chips for tournaments.
 
I just talked to him to get his input. He likes most of the BR Pro line. The Nevada Jack Skulls were his favorite but he was open to quite a few of them. I guess I'll be on the lookout here and, if not, I'll just order him some new.

He said their cash games are $20 buy in and they just make up values for their cheapo set of chips. He says they use .25, .50, $1, and $5. And he prefers a cash set over a tournament set.

Thanks for all of the advice. It is truly appreciated. I had no clue what I was looking for and now I'm headed in the right direction. The only question is which chips do *I* want. ;)
 
I just talked to him to get his input. He likes most of the BR Pro line. The Nevada Jack Skulls were his favorite but he was open to quite a few of them. I guess I'll be on the lookout here and, if not, I'll just order him some new.

He said their cash games are $20 buy in and they just make up values for their cheapo set of chips. He says they use .25, .50, $1, and $5. And he prefers a cash set over a tournament set.

Thanks for all of the advice. It is truly appreciated. I had no clue what I was looking for and now I'm headed in the right direction. The only question is which chips do *I* want. ;)
One thing I’d add - I also used to do .25 and .50 chips, but it gets redundant with betting and the more denoms you can get the better! Keep the breaks between like 4x or 5x. 0.25, 1, 5 and 25 would be more than enough to keep a .25/50 game going with room to grow. .50 chips are a waste if you have .25s
 
He said you could email and provided his address. I can't comment on the thread. It says I have insufficient privileges.
 
I think there is a 3 day waiting period before you can post in classifieds. I paid the 25 to be ad free/supporting member.
 

Create an account or login to comment

You must be a member in order to leave a comment

Create account

Create an account and join our community. It's easy!

Log in

Already have an account? Log in here.

You have insufficient privileges to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom