nerol333
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Hello there, glad to be new here on the forum!
As has been the case with many of my niche hobbies, the poker chip bug has come back out of the blue recently and bit me with a vengeance. Knowing full well that when bitten, one has no choice but to react, I need some help on how to proceed from here. I currently have a 1000 piece Monte Carlo Poker Club tourney set from many years back, in terribly thought out denominations (i.e. 500, 1000, 5000, 10000). I also have 1000 Pokerstars metal insert chips, many of which are in the dreaded $.50 denomination. I am actually decently pleased with the quality of both of these sets, but they just feel... lacking.
My friends and I play the occasional tourney, but it would be nice to get a weekly cash game going. As many of us are poor recent university graduates, we would very likely be going for 5c/10c blinds. I have therefore set my sights, in order of preference, on the Key Wests, semi custom Tiki Kings, and CC Pharoahs/Majestics. What I would love to do is submit an order right now for 500 Key West chips, but oh boy are they expensive! Do I need to bite the bullet (not sure if that's even possible to be honest) and go for the highest quality now in order to set me up for at least the next decade, or perhaps a middle ground option like the tiki kings is more sensible at this juncture? I have samples of all of the aforementioned sets (except the Majestics), and while I love the "agility" and playful look of the Tikis, the Key Wests just speak to me on another level (not 100% sold on the grey frac but I think it'll grow on me).
A major complicating factor here, aside from a potential nuclear situation involving my wallet, is the fact that many of my friends are not currently fond of cash games and prefer tourney. Surely if I'm going to invest anywhere from a substantial to cataclysmic amount of money in chips, I need to be absolutely certain that they will see action! Perhaps this points to my need for non denomination chips, but then you get the constant stream of questions clarifying chip values... yada yada yada.
As you can see, I am kind of floating in the poker chip abyss here. I really love poker, I really want to buy chips, and I know which chips I want, but there is the very real fear of absolutely botching the purchase. So I thank you all in advance for your assistance, and yes, please do ask questions for clarification as I am fully aware of how little sense/context exists in this post.
Infinite thanks,
Lorenzo
As has been the case with many of my niche hobbies, the poker chip bug has come back out of the blue recently and bit me with a vengeance. Knowing full well that when bitten, one has no choice but to react, I need some help on how to proceed from here. I currently have a 1000 piece Monte Carlo Poker Club tourney set from many years back, in terribly thought out denominations (i.e. 500, 1000, 5000, 10000). I also have 1000 Pokerstars metal insert chips, many of which are in the dreaded $.50 denomination. I am actually decently pleased with the quality of both of these sets, but they just feel... lacking.
My friends and I play the occasional tourney, but it would be nice to get a weekly cash game going. As many of us are poor recent university graduates, we would very likely be going for 5c/10c blinds. I have therefore set my sights, in order of preference, on the Key Wests, semi custom Tiki Kings, and CC Pharoahs/Majestics. What I would love to do is submit an order right now for 500 Key West chips, but oh boy are they expensive! Do I need to bite the bullet (not sure if that's even possible to be honest) and go for the highest quality now in order to set me up for at least the next decade, or perhaps a middle ground option like the tiki kings is more sensible at this juncture? I have samples of all of the aforementioned sets (except the Majestics), and while I love the "agility" and playful look of the Tikis, the Key Wests just speak to me on another level (not 100% sold on the grey frac but I think it'll grow on me).
A major complicating factor here, aside from a potential nuclear situation involving my wallet, is the fact that many of my friends are not currently fond of cash games and prefer tourney. Surely if I'm going to invest anywhere from a substantial to cataclysmic amount of money in chips, I need to be absolutely certain that they will see action! Perhaps this points to my need for non denomination chips, but then you get the constant stream of questions clarifying chip values... yada yada yada.
As you can see, I am kind of floating in the poker chip abyss here. I really love poker, I really want to buy chips, and I know which chips I want, but there is the very real fear of absolutely botching the purchase. So I thank you all in advance for your assistance, and yes, please do ask questions for clarification as I am fully aware of how little sense/context exists in this post.
Infinite thanks,
Lorenzo