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Two Pair
After a flurry of sales (at big losses :/), I've pared down my chips to just three cash sets:
1. President Casino New Yorker (PNY)
2. Horseshoe Southern Indiana (HSI)
3. Tiger Palace primaries (TP)
All three are Paulson, all three are mint-ish (the PNYs have been felted maybe 20 times but essentially no wear). All three can bank a single table of 1/2 no problem, which is as high as I've ever hosted.
All three are great sets.
But...
The HSIs and TPs have never been felted. The PNYs haven't been felted since 2019. I got into chipping when I was single and hosting games almost weekly. Now I've got small kids in a small apartment and don't see myself hosting anytime in the next few years.
I got into chipping for chips to be used, not for them to sit on my closet shelf. So I've committed to selling at least one of these great sets, likely two, and possibly (but unlikely) all three.
Here's some more info about each one:
$1 x 200
$5 x 500
$25 x 200 (pri)
$100 x 100 (sec)
$500 x 20 (sec)
Total bank: $27,725
This was my first non-dice set. I bought these fairly close to the original PNY offering on ChipTalk back in 2005 (?) for somewhere in the vicinity of $1/chip. Back then, I played and hosted tourneys almost exclusively, so bought a set heavy on $25s, $100s and $500s, with just a rack of $5s and a few barrels of $1s (and a barrel of $20s).
Five years ago or so, due to time constraints, I switched almost exclusively to cash, so sold off the $500s, most of the $100s and the $20s and used that to subsidize racks of $5s and $1s at market prices. And finally, recently "completed" the set by adding a rack of blue PNY quarters and a barrel of $500s (should've just kept a rack!). The set now can bank up to 2/5.
PNYs are pretty much the most polarizing set on PCF, but I'm firmly in the lovers camp for a few reasons:
$1 x 200 (sec)
$5 x 400 (sec)
$25 x 200 (sec)
$100 x 160 (sec)
$500 x 40 (pri)
Total bank: $43,225
Unfortunately for my wallet, when I rejoined PCF in 2018 to buy/sell PNYs to turn my PNY set from a tourney set into a cash set, I became a chipaholic. Previously, I'd thought that owning more than one chip set was ridiculous, but spending more and more time among the other sickos on PCF, that stance softened.
And that stance was shattered once the HSI ChipRoom sale launched. The prices were reasonable (sub $2/chip), and the lineup worked really well.
Buying this set, I wanted to future proof it, so bought a lot more upper denoms than will ever likely get into my game lol. This set could bank a table of 5/10.
While it doesn't have the NYC significance for me, I prefer most of the chips to the PNYs, esp the $1s, $25s and $100s. That said, I prefer the PNY workhorse chip ($5) to the HSIs.
But my favorite workhorse chip (BY FAR) belongs to the...
$1 x 200
$5 x 300
$25 x 240
$100 x 20
Total bank: $9,725
OMG I'm fairly sure I went temporarily insane after the Tigers were announced. Ultimately, I couldn't let the image of those primary $5s out of my head and I had to get a set. The whole saga taught me a lot about the mental costs of obsessing over something.
There's been a lot written about Tigers on this site, so don't need to add much. It's a gorgeous set that works really, really well together.
Unlike the PNYs and HSIs, the TP mold is THC, which most people (including myself) strongly prefer to RHC.
Also unlike the PNYs or HSIs, which cost me ~$1-$2/chip, the TPs are a lot more expensive, ~$6/chip. They've never been felted, but I'm a little concerned that if I ever did, I'd just be anxious the whole time.
And, while not a likely practical concern, increasing the bank on TPs via pri $100s is not only expensive ($10+/chip), but also super difficult -- last I checked, the pri $100s were unobtainium.
So...
Curious as to which set(s) thesickos good folks of PCF would choose to sell and which to keep!
1. President Casino New Yorker (PNY)
2. Horseshoe Southern Indiana (HSI)
3. Tiger Palace primaries (TP)
All three are Paulson, all three are mint-ish (the PNYs have been felted maybe 20 times but essentially no wear). All three can bank a single table of 1/2 no problem, which is as high as I've ever hosted.
All three are great sets.
But...
The HSIs and TPs have never been felted. The PNYs haven't been felted since 2019. I got into chipping when I was single and hosting games almost weekly. Now I've got small kids in a small apartment and don't see myself hosting anytime in the next few years.
I got into chipping for chips to be used, not for them to sit on my closet shelf. So I've committed to selling at least one of these great sets, likely two, and possibly (but unlikely) all three.
Here's some more info about each one:
PNYs
$.25 x 100 (blue trimoon)$1 x 200
$5 x 500
$25 x 200 (pri)
$100 x 100 (sec)
$500 x 20 (sec)
Total bank: $27,725
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This was my first non-dice set. I bought these fairly close to the original PNY offering on ChipTalk back in 2005 (?) for somewhere in the vicinity of $1/chip. Back then, I played and hosted tourneys almost exclusively, so bought a set heavy on $25s, $100s and $500s, with just a rack of $5s and a few barrels of $1s (and a barrel of $20s).
Five years ago or so, due to time constraints, I switched almost exclusively to cash, so sold off the $500s, most of the $100s and the $20s and used that to subsidize racks of $5s and $1s at market prices. And finally, recently "completed" the set by adding a rack of blue PNY quarters and a barrel of $500s (should've just kept a rack!). The set now can bank up to 2/5.
PNYs are pretty much the most polarizing set on PCF, but I'm firmly in the lovers camp for a few reasons:
- I'm a native NYer
- I actually like oversize inlays, and specifically these inlays - the clear denoms, the typography, the background pics of NYC landmarks
- I'd been excited when I heard that there'd be a NYC "riverboat" casino and then disappointed when I read that Guiliani put the kabosh on it, so appreciated that these chips were a piece of NYC history
HSIs
$.25 x 100 (relabeled IG pri snappers)$1 x 200 (sec)
$5 x 400 (sec)
$25 x 200 (sec)
$100 x 160 (sec)
$500 x 40 (pri)
Total bank: $43,225
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Unfortunately for my wallet, when I rejoined PCF in 2018 to buy/sell PNYs to turn my PNY set from a tourney set into a cash set, I became a chipaholic. Previously, I'd thought that owning more than one chip set was ridiculous, but spending more and more time among the other sickos on PCF, that stance softened.
And that stance was shattered once the HSI ChipRoom sale launched. The prices were reasonable (sub $2/chip), and the lineup worked really well.
Buying this set, I wanted to future proof it, so bought a lot more upper denoms than will ever likely get into my game lol. This set could bank a table of 5/10.
While it doesn't have the NYC significance for me, I prefer most of the chips to the PNYs, esp the $1s, $25s and $100s. That said, I prefer the PNY workhorse chip ($5) to the HSIs.
But my favorite workhorse chip (BY FAR) belongs to the...
TPs
$.25 x 100$1 x 200
$5 x 300
$25 x 240
$100 x 20
Total bank: $9,725
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OMG I'm fairly sure I went temporarily insane after the Tigers were announced. Ultimately, I couldn't let the image of those primary $5s out of my head and I had to get a set. The whole saga taught me a lot about the mental costs of obsessing over something.
There's been a lot written about Tigers on this site, so don't need to add much. It's a gorgeous set that works really, really well together.
Unlike the PNYs and HSIs, the TP mold is THC, which most people (including myself) strongly prefer to RHC.
Also unlike the PNYs or HSIs, which cost me ~$1-$2/chip, the TPs are a lot more expensive, ~$6/chip. They've never been felted, but I'm a little concerned that if I ever did, I'd just be anxious the whole time.
And, while not a likely practical concern, increasing the bank on TPs via pri $100s is not only expensive ($10+/chip), but also super difficult -- last I checked, the pri $100s were unobtainium.
So...
Curious as to which set(s) the
