Slowplay Nash Ceramic Poker Chips Set (2 Viewers)

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I am considering getting the Slowplay ceramic set, and was wondering if anyone has any experience with them or owns them.

I personally like the Slowplay Nash Ceramic set as the blank chips would allow the set to accommodate a bigger game once in a while. What separates them from other blanks is they have a design on them and don't look like an unfinished chip. They are easily my favorite design besides maybe a WSOP, Bellagio or Aria tribute set(however those have denominations). Another bonus is it comes with plastic cards, a nice button and a great case.
However, I have not seen any reviews on here of them or on youtube, so I have no idea what I would be getting myself into. If you have tried the set or own it, let me know! Or if you know of any other blank chips that still look good lmk.
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Don't play cash with undenominated chips.

The use case you envision - reassigning chips different values - is just as terrible as using the same chips for tournament and cash. Player sneaks one chip out while it's worth less, sneaks it back in when it's worth more. Banker/host eats the loss, or you spread the loss across all players which is also bad.

You could try to pull this off with a tournament-only set, here players can "only" potentially give themselves a slight advantage over others, but not short the bank. And even there, the constant "what is this chip worth again?" will make you curse yourself for not getting denominated chips.

Apart from that, the plastic cards they throw into the pack have close to zero value because the backsides are printed all the way to the borders. This means that after just a little bit of play, color is going to rub off near the borders randomly and the cards become marked. I've made this mistake once with custom designed cards.
 
I’d say you can do a lot better for your money than that set. Cards mold sets are always for sale here at far less than 70¢/chip.

Shoot, even some slugged plastics like Monaco Casino from Discount Poker Shop are about a 3rd of the price, denominated, and look like a huge upgrade from the Slowplay chips. And in my experience, the Monacos feel and stack ok.

Welcome to the forum! Lots of great information here.
 
Here are two reviews of the Slowplay ceramic sets by @Hobbyphilic



Personally, I echo what @Nex posted about playing with non denominated chips. Security can be an issue.

Having a denomination on the chip brings more value to your game outside of security. Just from a practical standpoint, it can get confusing for players to keep track of the chip’s value if you do this. It helps avoid mistakes when placing bets, when estimating the value of pots, and when settling up. It also adds legitimacy to your game, and gives it more of a “casino style” feel.

I suggest, if you like some of the other designs offered in the current group buy, to skip the Slowplay set and jump right into one of those. For a comparable price, you could get enough chips to accommodate a small cash game and a larger cash game or tournament set.

Just my thoughts.
 
I don't share quite the same hatred as undenominated chips. The main issue I feel you will contend with is drunken mistakes. This really comes down to how regular the game is. Ideally only 1 chip changes value for the bigger game. Also use colors standard for the area, ie. White $1 Red $5, Green $25, Black is your 'flex' chip. Need to figure out what your desired bank is. Disadvantage to these premade sets is breakdowns that don't work that well in practical play.

As far as security, unscrupulous people will do dishonest things if able. Other than custom chips, there's really no way to stop someone from sneaking chips into a game if it's worth the effort. After a cash game, all chips should be accounted. There's a NL100 game that used Monte Carlos - it'd be easy to slip extra chip(s) into the game if one was inclined.

The other issue with cheap chips is they have minimal resale value. However if you are not a regular host or unsure if the game will continue, spending a premium for better chips is a startup expense that is hard to justify as well.
 
Another consideration for the version you posted is they don't have any edge marks. Inserts / edge marks help prevent mistakes when betting or calling, basically it helps you see how many chips are in a stack when bet.

I have an non denom set, but the players I would put them in the game with would be long time poker players AND I have followed the defacto Vegas standard for colors with 1 change, blue instead of red.

I would use the Teal color for a .25, the white for a 1 and the red for a 5 and the black for a 20, then I would also count out the bank to ensure I had enough to cover my game. I suspect you might not, thats not enough 5s and too many 20s.

You can read more about all of the from the New Members thread in my sig.
 
I’d say you can do a lot better for your money than that set. Cards mold sets are always for sale here at far less than 70¢/chip.

Shoot, even some slugged plastics like Monaco Casino from Discount Poker Shop are about a 3rd of the price, denominated, and look like a huge upgrade from the Slowplay chips. And in my experience, the Monacos feel and stack ok.

Welcome to the forum! Lots of great information here.
I mean with the case included in price it’s really .5c/chip
 
I’ve always liked their cases. My players would never get through a game without denominations marked on the chips. I would be pulling my hair out reminding some of the boys who over indulge what the values are.

For the money I would probably consider CM from Tina or another user set that pops up in the classified before these.

But I’m still new so take it with a grain of salt!
 
I would be VERY surprised if the case was actually as high quality as they advertise it, and not some cheap crap. Definitely would not discount the per-chip price in my calculations for neither the case, nor the cards.
The footage they show of it (which isn't much) looks pretty dodgy if you ask me. I think I'd rather trust one of those cheapo aluminum cases to stay shut than this model expressly advertised as fully plastic.

I have a very strong impression that their focus is purely on how the product looks in ads/on product pages and everything else (material quality, practicability) gets under the wheels. I'd say they merely want to sell their "design" and "brand" for as much premium as they can and don't care about much else.
The chip design? They might look artsy and shit, but from a practicability standpoint these are simply terribly designed - both the undenominated as well as the denominated version. The cards? See my previous comment regaring the backside design.
 
I would be VERY surprised if the case was actually as high quality as they advertise it, and not some cheap crap. Definitely would not discount the per-chip price in my calculations for neither the case, nor the cards.
The footage they show of it (which isn't much) looks pretty dodgy if you ask me. I think I'd rather trust one of those cheapo aluminum cases to stay shut than this model expressly advertised as fully plastic.

I have a very strong impression that their focus is purely on how the product looks in ads/on product pages and everything else (material quality, practicability) gets under the wheels. I'd say they merely want to sell their "design" and "brand" for as much premium as they can and don't care about much else.
The chip design? They might look artsy and shit, but from a practicability standpoint these are simply terribly designed - both the undenominated as well as the denominated version. The cards? See my previous comment regaring the backside design.
If you watch hobby Phil’s review, he actually enjoyed the chips and the art deco design is nice lmao. The cards may not be nice, but the case has great reviews on here as well.
 
I would be VERY surprised if the case was actually as high quality as they advertise it, and not some cheap crap. Definitely would not discount the per-chip price in my calculations for neither the case, nor the cards.
The footage they show of it (which isn't much) looks pretty dodgy if you ask me. I think I'd rather trust one of those cheapo aluminum cases to stay shut than this model expressly advertised as fully plastic.

I have a very strong impression that their focus is purely on how the product looks in ads/on product pages and everything else (material quality, practicability) gets under the wheels. I'd say they merely want to sell their "design" and "brand" for as much premium as they can and don't care about much else.
The chip design? They might look artsy and shit, but from a practicability standpoint these are simply terribly designed - both the undenominated as well as the denominated version. The cards? See my previous comment regaring the backside design.
I also don’t allow strangers into my game and have been playing with same 6 guys for a while. So your security point is useless
 
If you watch hobby Phil’s review, he actually enjoyed the chips and the art deco design is nice lmao. The cards may not be nice, but the case has great reviews on here as well.
I don't want to discredit him for what he does, but he appears to be more on the collectors side than on the actual players side.

The design may look as nice as you want; if you can barely distinguish one from another under not-so-good lighting conditions and have a hard time counting how many chips are in a stack from across the table (missing edge spots!) then the design is useless in practice. Form follows function is the way to go if you want to actually use the chips in a game and not just admire them sitting in their case.

I also don’t allow strangers into my game and have been playing with same 6 guys for a while. So your security point is useless
Opportunity makes the thief.

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For what they are, I think these are way overpriced. Suboptimal stock design on a ceramic chip of unknown material quality for the same or even a higher price per chip than a fully custom SunFly ceramic costs you. Unless you want customs, I believe ceramics and up are not really worth the price tag.

You might want to check your math. $220 divided my 300 chips is 73¢/chip.

I assume he's way overvaluing the cost of the case in the total package price.
 
I don't want to discredit him for what he does, but he appears to be more on the collectors side than on the actual players side.

The design may look as nice as you want; if you can barely distinguish one from another under not-so-good lighting conditions and have a hard time counting how many chips are in a stack from across the table (missing edge spots!) then the design is useless in practice. Form follows function is the way to go if you want to actually use the chips in a game and not just admire them sitting in their case.


Opportunity makes the thief.

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For what they are, I think these are way overpriced. Suboptimal stock design on a ceramic chip of unknown material quality for the same or even a higher price per chip than a fully custom SunFly ceramic costs you. Unless you want customs, I believe ceramics and up are not really worth the price tag.



I assume he's way overvaluing the cost of the case in the total package price.
The case is 69- I’ll say 40. 10 bucks for poor cards and dealer button. 169/300 = 56c.
 
No offense, but I'm getting shill vibes at worst, and at best vibes of a person who's already decided that they will buy this set no matter what who's only looking for confirmation bias.
Thinking the same.

If the author truly likes the chips then go for it but I would have to agree with the feedback from the members on this one.
 
Weird predicament. You asked for people’s opinions on those chips and you definitely got it. Take them or leave them. But it’s your money and you have to be happy with your purchase. Do your homework and get lots of different samples. Good luck!
 
I bought a set of the slowplay slugged chips shortly before I became active on PCF.

The case actually is pretty nice, holds chips really nice and snug.

The cards were on the stiffer side for a plastic deck, and there was a lot of color transfer from the back of the cards onto the face after just a couple games. Other plastic decks out there are far superior to slowplay cards.

The chips however were disappointing. A couple had missing edge spots where you could actually see the metal slug insert and they were very heavy and slippery.

I can’t speak on the “ceramics” but based on what I saw from their quality control, think you’d be happier spending .39 per chip on a cards mold group buy and buying some other case/ birdcage for storage, and a deck of Copag/ KEM off Amazon.
Good luck.
 
No offense, but I'm getting shill vibes at worst, and at best vibes of a person who's already decided that they will buy this set no matter what who's only looking for confirmation bias.
Fair, I definitely was looking for it lmao
 
There are a few good chips still being manufactured here and there, but the vast majority of what’s offered commercially today is garbage. So, something like this, where we have no idea of the maker of the blanks, we’ll just assume it’s garbage. Especially if they’re sold as ”premium”, ”luxury” or ”clay”.

They can still be decent and obviously you can play poker with them. But if I had to guess I’d say they’re heavily overpriced for what they are, and that you’d be much better off getting the Tina chips.
 
In my opinion, security concerns are overated, IF you are playing with regulars who are close friends of yours, or you are playing micro stakes. If you're playing low to mid with people you don't know well then there starts to be more of an issue.

Despite that, I'd still recommend denominated chips, especially if you ever expect to have new(ish) players joining you. I can absolutely imagine people who come to my game getting confused about which chips are what, it's very nice to say 'it's worth exactly what the chip says on it'.

Echoing the sentiment, at 50c a chip I'd look for other options. Not that you can't be happy with these, but it is nicer to pick out exactly the quantity of each denomination you want.
 
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In my opinion, security concerns are overated, IF you are playing with regulars who are close friends of yours, or you are playing micro stakes. If you're playing low to mid with people you don't know well then there starts to be more of an issue.
Yeah, it's not a problem until it is. And then it's too late to be concerned, you're already screwed.

Game/chip security has very litlle to do with any of those factors; it's about protecting the equipmemt investment and the integrity of the game. Beyond simply malicious actions, unintentional accidents do and will happen, regardless of how well you know the players or what stakes are being played.
 
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I bought the set sample off of amazon.. until I found this site I thought they were decent :) I don't like unmarked chips however for the reasons stated above
 
Personally for the price of these I would look for a second hand set of ceramics from BrPro. DDLM, tikis, etc seem to come up often enough. Just my two cents
 

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