Semi-Custom Dia De Los Muertos Bounty Plaques! (2 Viewers)

[Preditor]

Just arrived in the mail!

I was looking into having some custom bounty chips made, 49mm over-sized button style.

Then I came across these plaques by BrPro Poker. A bunch of skeletons playing poker with guns? This screamed "BOUNTY" to me. So I reached out to BrPro poker and had 16 semi-custom plaques made.

I'm mixing sets here with my Majestic Chips and Dia de Los Muertos. It's a bit of a culture clash I admit. I'm still planning to get some custom bounty plaques or bounty chips made at a later date that better fit with the Majestic; and I may add a second tourney set of the Dia de Los Muertos chips to go with these plaques.

But for right now these were affordable enough to get 16 made, and quickly. Plus the clash of designs will help my (largely green) players make a distinction between bounties and tourney play.

May be a bit of an odd combo, but I love them.

 

[improviseallday]

I'm still planning to get some custom bounty plaques or bounty chips made at a later date that better fit with the Majestic; and I may add a second tourney set of the Dia de Los Muertos chips to go with these plaques.

More of both you say? You have the PCF spirit already!

Nice plaques.

 

[Preditor]

More of both you say? You have the PCF spirit already!

Nice plaques.

Oh yea. I am on a rabbit hole!

Plus adding DDLM chips would give me a solid ceramic and China Clay set.

Only question is if I want a cash set or two tourney sets (or add on to both and switch it out every month).

 

[GreekRedEye]

Oh yea. I am on a rabbit hole!

Plus adding DDLM chips would give me a solid ceramic and China Clay set.

Only question is if I want a cash set or two tourney sets (or add on to both and switch it out every month).

I am down the same rabbit hole, just a bit further.

You really only need 2 (maybe 3) sets. A tourney set. And a cash set that is big enough to handle a spread of stakes (micro + low for me, might be low + high for you) and spread of games. The maybe is a limit set, which you might not want at all.

With 16 bounty plaques seems like you have a two table Majestics tourney set already. Majestics are great and you can easily add more chips in the future if you want to expand tables. You can get a cash set from Apache or BRProPoker quickly and affordably. If you are worried about security, you can get custom labels made for Apache china clays or upgrade to a custom set in the future.

If you are just looking for excuses to acquire more sets...well, I'll move over a bit to make room for you in the rabbit hole. It does widen out quite a bit down here, but I warn you: it gets darker.

 

[Preditor]

You really only need 2 (maybe 3) sets.

"Need." Lol.

A tourney set. And a cash set that is big enough to handle a spread of stakes (micro + low for me, might be low + high for you) and spread of games. The maybe is a limit set, which you might not want at all.

Cash games are actually new to me. I've only ever played and hosted tournaments, and don't know enough about mixed games, though I want to learn in the coming months. This forum is already helpful.

The goal is to get a cash game going as people knock out of the tournament with $.25/$.50 blinds. The problem is I think I need someone else besides me to run it, and I would need to train a player for that when I am just getting most people to understand how minimum raising works.

Back of my mind goal right now is to get a DDLM set next year for a second tourney set and trad off between the two. Then I could expand either to be cash sets with some lower denim additions, and trade off between the two.

 

[GreekRedEye]

"Need." Lol.


Cash games are actually new to me. I've only ever played and hosted tournaments, and don't know enough about mixed games, though I want to learn in the coming months. This forum is already helpful.

The goal is to get a cash game going as people knock out of the tournament with $.25/$.50 blinds. The problem is I think I need someone else besides me to run it, and I would need to train a player for that when I am just getting most people to understand how minimum raising works.

Back of my mind goal right now is to get a DDLM set next year for a second tourney set and trad off between the two. Then I could expand either to be cash sets with some lower denim additions, and trade off between the two.

I will say this to spare some of the older hands here from repeating themselves for the hundredth time: you really should have 2 separate sets for cash and tourney. You don't want someone slipping a $25 chip from a tourney into their pocket and then slipping it into their stack in a cash game. Look at casino tourney sets: not only different colors/patterns than cash but either have no $ sign or explicitly say "No Cash Value" and are sometimes made a different size than the cash. Yes, you may trust your friends you play with, but we are all human - why create the temptation/incentive?

I had the same mentality as you. Mostly played tournaments and only hosted tourneys (hope to change that real soon). I originally thought I could get away with one set for tourney and cash, but I had the same thing explained to me that I am explaining to you now. My turn to pass it along.

My advice: keep your Majestics for tourneys since that is the load out you have now and what your crew is used to. Make your next acquisition a cash set. But if you want 2 tourney sets now, go for it! Just be careful about mixing tourney and cash sets.

 

[Preditor]

I will say this to spare some of the older hands here from repeating themselves for the hundredth time: you really should have 2 separate sets for cash and tourney. You don't want someone slipping a $25 chip from a tourney into their pocket and then slipping it into their stack in a cash game.

Oh yea for sure. My thinking is - if I do a cash set - it would have a cap off buy-in at $50 (with unlimited top offs), so we would never go to any higher denomination.

Since I run a T25 tournament, if I did mix them (though not ever on the same night), the highest denominator for each cash set would be $5 or $20. So anyone who pockets a chip from the tourney would be easily spotted trying to put a $25 chip or higher into the pot.

Still, none of this is set in stone. I could see myself doing a cash and tourney set for DDLM, but I might go Empire from Apache for a cash set from them.

 

[CaptainR93]

Nifty, that’s a neat idea! I like the concept of using a plaque for a bounty.

 

[ngmcs8203]

I ran a 9 person tourney on Saturday. I think we had 6 rebuys. 20 bounty tokens barely covered it!

 

[Preditor]

I ran a 9 person tourney on Saturday. I think we had 6 rebuys. 20 bounty tokens barely covered it!

We're just introducing bounties this tournament.

I plan to offer one rebuy during the first hour, but in my tournament you won't collect a person's bounty if they buy back in. IMO it makes people more willing to rebuy. My players will know this up front.

I don't foresee getting past 16 players anytime soon (we usually run 8-12), so I feel covered.

 

[ngmcs8203]

We're just introducing bounties this tournament.

I plan to offer one rebuy during the first hour, but in my tournament you won't collect a person's bounty if they buy back in. IMO it makes people more willing to rebuy. My players will know this up front.

I don't foresee getting past 16 players anytime soon (we usually run 8-12), so I feel covered.

Gotcha. My guys really liked being able to collect or rebuy with a new bounty.

 

[Preditor]

Gotcha. My guys really liked being able to collect or rebuy with a new bounty.

Totally. This is something I am going to feel out. Theoretically I like it more the way you do it, but I am also just adding this on.

Out of curiosity, what are your buy-ins?

 

[ngmcs8203]

$30+$10 for the bounty. $15 addon. $5 high hand (which we all forgot about until I hit a straight flush).

 

[deeoohhgee]

i luv the DDLM set, the theme is just too fun ... i got some semi-customs, but not in the plaques; i used their dealer puck to be a bounty puck now ... big & chonky so it stands out ...

 

[Colquhoun]

A plaque as a bounty chip...very cool idea.
A bounty that looks like a wanted poster is one thing on a round chip, but it would be amazing on a plaque. Something like this: