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That hard copy SS is so awesome.
Mongoose
Full House
Two classics
icypanda44
High Hand
Haters gonna hate but I got a 500pc set of Davinci chips from my daughter for Christmas...
Link : https://www.amazon.com/VINCI-Professional-Casino-Denominations-Upgraded/dp/B07Y8S7XSV?th=1
My first reaction was to return for credit or exchange them but she paid for them with her own money not from Daddies' credit card and the soft inside part of me was reluctant to do that, so I thought what the hell and I unwrapped them.
As background I don't actually have a set right now - I have some samples : Ceramics from BR Prod Poker and some mixed samples from Apache - and let me say this, they are not the cheap nasty junk that I thought they would be. (This is where haters are gonna hate). For context I watched Hobby Phills review on YT (Link :
). These chips - 'DaVinci, Casino De Sol 500pc set' look to be different from what Phil reviewed 6 years ago, here's my non-expert take
- The material appears to be 'ceramic' than ABS injection molded plastic - and thats an awkward waty of describing the material. They "feel" more like my Tiki King samples than they do my ClaySmith Mint samples. That's my sense of the material 'hardness' not the chip construction. They are not dye sublimated ceramic blanks - see below, there are definitely labels in recesses.
- The edges are square and not rounded. I took six chips at random and all will stand on their edge on a hard level surface (desk)
- The edge spots line up from face, to edge, to other face. I looked at two stacks and didn't find any misalignment. I don't like the edge spot design but they are aligned
- I opened half of the chips - 10 stacks of 25 as they come in the case : 250 chips. I see no flashing visible on any of those chips. That's not what I have seen with some other inexpensive chips - I have personally seen small wafers of edge plastic on both Claysmith Mints and Monte Carlos that you can pick off with your fingernail
- They stack. I have 25 stacked on the desk in front of me. I press lightly and turn the top 5 and the whole stack wants to turn. I don't believe there are any of what we call spinners. I can slide the entire stack across a polished wooden desk surface by pushing lightly about 1/3 of the way up the stack.
- I take 8-10 chips in a stack and squeeze on the edges like Phil does in his videos and I don't see any gaps on the other side. I alternate the squeezing from L to R and I don't see that effect where you get light between the chip edges
- They are labels, I took an exacto knife to the edge of one and was able to lift up an edge easily. I didn't peel it all the way off, I just pressed it back in place afterwards. My guess is there will be a casting mark underneath from the injection molding process, because I don't see any of those marks on the chip edges. From the ones I looked at closely the labels appear well centered within the recess but they are not all lined up with the edge spots.
- The denominations don't work for me, we play a small stakes cash game, I need fracs and I don't need $100's and up
- I really don't like the label design. Really. don't. Personal preference.
- The 100's are black and the 500's are gray. In a dim light the chips themselves look very similar (labels of course delineate the denoms), but then again the blue 1's also look like the blacks in a dim light........ Not that 1's and100's are getting played in the same game.
- The cards appear to be good, all plastic (2 sets). With cut cards (one cut card per pack plus two in the box set for a total of 4. I don't think they are as nice as my Copags, but they are (I think) better then my Bicycle cards.
- The case ABS or similar - black not all aluminum, didn't fall apart, the hinges and latches work, the inside divider sections appear adhered well. It wont hold up I know that but I had expected it to be nothing more than a shipping container.
There are some cheap BB, SB and Dealer buttons
So that's that. I spent 5+ minutes writing up my review on a $50 poker chip set from Amazon.
Because they are a gift from my daughter (see above) I probably wont get rid of them. I could play them as-is in a 10x cash game (10c = $1 chip) or I could look at a cheapo relabeling project with sticker mule or DIY labels. Perhaps get some black, grey or yellow blank chips of this same basic chip design from any one of a dozen online vendors and label them as fracs? I know you are all cringing right now.
Anyway, hope Santa brought you all fun stuff.
If anyone is interested I can post pics but I don't think anyone is really interested in pics of a DaVinci set from Amazon
Link : https://www.amazon.com/VINCI-Professional-Casino-Denominations-Upgraded/dp/B07Y8S7XSV?th=1
My first reaction was to return for credit or exchange them but she paid for them with her own money not from Daddies' credit card and the soft inside part of me was reluctant to do that, so I thought what the hell and I unwrapped them.
As background I don't actually have a set right now - I have some samples : Ceramics from BR Prod Poker and some mixed samples from Apache - and let me say this, they are not the cheap nasty junk that I thought they would be. (This is where haters are gonna hate). For context I watched Hobby Phills review on YT (Link :
- The material appears to be 'ceramic' than ABS injection molded plastic - and thats an awkward waty of describing the material. They "feel" more like my Tiki King samples than they do my ClaySmith Mint samples. That's my sense of the material 'hardness' not the chip construction. They are not dye sublimated ceramic blanks - see below, there are definitely labels in recesses.
- The edges are square and not rounded. I took six chips at random and all will stand on their edge on a hard level surface (desk)
- The edge spots line up from face, to edge, to other face. I looked at two stacks and didn't find any misalignment. I don't like the edge spot design but they are aligned
- I opened half of the chips - 10 stacks of 25 as they come in the case : 250 chips. I see no flashing visible on any of those chips. That's not what I have seen with some other inexpensive chips - I have personally seen small wafers of edge plastic on both Claysmith Mints and Monte Carlos that you can pick off with your fingernail
- They stack. I have 25 stacked on the desk in front of me. I press lightly and turn the top 5 and the whole stack wants to turn. I don't believe there are any of what we call spinners. I can slide the entire stack across a polished wooden desk surface by pushing lightly about 1/3 of the way up the stack.
- I take 8-10 chips in a stack and squeeze on the edges like Phil does in his videos and I don't see any gaps on the other side. I alternate the squeezing from L to R and I don't see that effect where you get light between the chip edges
- They are labels, I took an exacto knife to the edge of one and was able to lift up an edge easily. I didn't peel it all the way off, I just pressed it back in place afterwards. My guess is there will be a casting mark underneath from the injection molding process, because I don't see any of those marks on the chip edges. From the ones I looked at closely the labels appear well centered within the recess but they are not all lined up with the edge spots.
- The denominations don't work for me, we play a small stakes cash game, I need fracs and I don't need $100's and up
- I really don't like the label design. Really. don't. Personal preference.
- The 100's are black and the 500's are gray. In a dim light the chips themselves look very similar (labels of course delineate the denoms), but then again the blue 1's also look like the blacks in a dim light........ Not that 1's and100's are getting played in the same game.
- The cards appear to be good, all plastic (2 sets). With cut cards (one cut card per pack plus two in the box set for a total of 4. I don't think they are as nice as my Copags, but they are (I think) better then my Bicycle cards.
- The case ABS or similar - black not all aluminum, didn't fall apart, the hinges and latches work, the inside divider sections appear adhered well. It wont hold up I know that but I had expected it to be nothing more than a shipping container.
There are some cheap BB, SB and Dealer buttons
So that's that. I spent 5+ minutes writing up my review on a $50 poker chip set from Amazon.
Because they are a gift from my daughter (see above) I probably wont get rid of them. I could play them as-is in a 10x cash game (10c = $1 chip) or I could look at a cheapo relabeling project with sticker mule or DIY labels. Perhaps get some black, grey or yellow blank chips of this same basic chip design from any one of a dozen online vendors and label them as fracs? I know you are all cringing right now.
Anyway, hope Santa brought you all fun stuff.
If anyone is interested I can post pics but I don't think anyone is really interested in pics of a DaVinci set from Amazon
Tonystark137
3 of a Kind
Save them for family gatherings and stuff.
rebels9999
High Hand
Here was my haul.
You can never have too many decks of cards.
You can never have too many decks of cards.
I would pull them out every chance I get, especially when she is around. They might even be my favorite set forever.
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