Hi there, new to the forum and am looking to upgrade our twice weekly house game from dice chips to something nicer. Mainly I have two questions, which chips I should be looking at (I will get samples before buying) and once I make a decision, what should the denominational breakdown for the set be.
Have to say, after reading a decent amount on this site and elsewhere, the choices are kind of confusing. There are different versions of the same chip style (ABS Dunes all the way to the original Paulsons), especially for ceramics because the same design can easily be printed on different blanks. In any case, as far as I can tell there's a few different tiers of chips:
Dice tier ($.10 a chip) - self explanatory
"Nicer" ABS tier ($.15-.20) - e.g. Poker Nights, Crown Casino, Nexgen
China Clays/Cheap Ceramics ($.30-.40) - e.g. Majestic, Royal, Pharaoh, Scroll, BBO, Venerati
Mid ceramics ($.50-$.80) - e.g. BRPro, Sun-Fly
High-end Ceramics ($.80-$.90) - e.g. Chipco, PGI
Casino quality (over $1) - e.g. Paulson, CPC, Matsui, Bud Jones
Is that kind of correct?
I’m looking for 39mm chips in the 9-10g range. As for how much I can spend, I’m not sure I want to go much over $300 for a set of around 500. Of what I’ve seen, I want to get samples of BRPro's Dia De Los Muertos (really like the design of these), some of the Apache china clays, and hopefully some cheaper used casino chips that come on sale. I’m bummed I missed out on the discounts for the Dia De Los Muertos and the recent Tunica Roadhouse sale (missed it by 10 freaking days!). How rarely do used Paulsons come on sale like that at $.50 a chip? Do you guys have any other suggestions for chips I should look at?
On to the breakdown:
Info on our house game: We play a 6-10 player cash game with .25/.50 blinds and a $20 initial buy in until someone goes bust. After that you can rebuy for however much you want. It's a pretty loose game where total buy in by the end of the night can hit almost $1000 on the high end. Chip usage in 10 player games usually break down to:
$.25 - 100-140 chips (usage varies depending on who's banking that night)
$1 - 140 chips
$5 - 100 chips
$25 - 10 chips
So, about 400 chips in total get used on average, although I'm ok spending an extra $50 or so for future flexibility - especially considering average buy in has increased over the past year. So with that, I was thinking of something like this:
$.25 - 130 chips (enough for 12 each at buy in)
$1 - 150 chips
$5 - 150 chips
$25 - 70 chips
Does that seem reasonable?
Thanks for any help/suggestions!
Have to say, after reading a decent amount on this site and elsewhere, the choices are kind of confusing. There are different versions of the same chip style (ABS Dunes all the way to the original Paulsons), especially for ceramics because the same design can easily be printed on different blanks. In any case, as far as I can tell there's a few different tiers of chips:
Dice tier ($.10 a chip) - self explanatory
"Nicer" ABS tier ($.15-.20) - e.g. Poker Nights, Crown Casino, Nexgen
China Clays/Cheap Ceramics ($.30-.40) - e.g. Majestic, Royal, Pharaoh, Scroll, BBO, Venerati
Mid ceramics ($.50-$.80) - e.g. BRPro, Sun-Fly
High-end Ceramics ($.80-$.90) - e.g. Chipco, PGI
Casino quality (over $1) - e.g. Paulson, CPC, Matsui, Bud Jones
Is that kind of correct?
I’m looking for 39mm chips in the 9-10g range. As for how much I can spend, I’m not sure I want to go much over $300 for a set of around 500. Of what I’ve seen, I want to get samples of BRPro's Dia De Los Muertos (really like the design of these), some of the Apache china clays, and hopefully some cheaper used casino chips that come on sale. I’m bummed I missed out on the discounts for the Dia De Los Muertos and the recent Tunica Roadhouse sale (missed it by 10 freaking days!). How rarely do used Paulsons come on sale like that at $.50 a chip? Do you guys have any other suggestions for chips I should look at?
On to the breakdown:
Info on our house game: We play a 6-10 player cash game with .25/.50 blinds and a $20 initial buy in until someone goes bust. After that you can rebuy for however much you want. It's a pretty loose game where total buy in by the end of the night can hit almost $1000 on the high end. Chip usage in 10 player games usually break down to:
$.25 - 100-140 chips (usage varies depending on who's banking that night)
$1 - 140 chips
$5 - 100 chips
$25 - 10 chips
So, about 400 chips in total get used on average, although I'm ok spending an extra $50 or so for future flexibility - especially considering average buy in has increased over the past year. So with that, I was thinking of something like this:
$.25 - 130 chips (enough for 12 each at buy in)
$1 - 150 chips
$5 - 150 chips
$25 - 70 chips
Does that seem reasonable?
Thanks for any help/suggestions!