I posted this as part of another thread, but realized it was sorta hijacking the thread. I think this deserves it's own discussion..
I was looking for several chip transport options, and got onto a Pelican case kick.
I just snagged the 1170 (shown below), which is smaller (thin) and will fit two Paulson racks perfectly. This will be my go case... For when I'm traveling and want to run a small cash game (2-5 people). I think I can get around a $460 usable cash set in 2 racks.
Some background:
Last year, I was attending a work conference, and 4-5 of the guys wanted to play cards after hitting the bars... We each bought in for $20-40 and were forced to play with paper (and quarters from two rolls obtained from the bar prior to returning to the hotel). I had a stack of Benny's $1s I was shuffling, and the guys loved that we incorporated the chips... This is the exact situation I'm thinking of for this traveling case. Another example is I'm traveling to Vegas in January with some poker buddies. I could see us playing heads up on the plane, or in the hotel room late at night. Yea, I know it's vegas, and you can play cards in the casino... But sometimes ya want to kick back and play some cash with your buds (no rake) before crashing for the night.
Here's someone using the 1170 as a case for a gun and also wristwatches...
I'm especially curious how the smaller 1170 case will turn out. Not sure how weird it will be bringing along a smaller two-rack chipset to places like Vegas... I'd debated bringing chips with me to my work conference a while back, but thought against it (later regretted that).
Thinking my 2-rack breakdown will be something like this (for $.25/$.50)
60 $.25 ($15)
60 $1 ($60)
80 $5 ($400)
Starting stacks 12/12/5
So, is this weird to want to bring along a small set of chips various places? (I'm sure my non-chip friends would think so)
I think it'd be weird if I'm lugging around 600 chip sets all over, but a small 200 chipset won't take up as much room, won't draw the attention of those non-chip people, and won't seem as weird IMHO.
Thoughts?
I was looking for several chip transport options, and got onto a Pelican case kick.
I just snagged the 1170 (shown below), which is smaller (thin) and will fit two Paulson racks perfectly. This will be my go case... For when I'm traveling and want to run a small cash game (2-5 people). I think I can get around a $460 usable cash set in 2 racks.
Some background:
Last year, I was attending a work conference, and 4-5 of the guys wanted to play cards after hitting the bars... We each bought in for $20-40 and were forced to play with paper (and quarters from two rolls obtained from the bar prior to returning to the hotel). I had a stack of Benny's $1s I was shuffling, and the guys loved that we incorporated the chips... This is the exact situation I'm thinking of for this traveling case. Another example is I'm traveling to Vegas in January with some poker buddies. I could see us playing heads up on the plane, or in the hotel room late at night. Yea, I know it's vegas, and you can play cards in the casino... But sometimes ya want to kick back and play some cash with your buds (no rake) before crashing for the night.
Here's someone using the 1170 as a case for a gun and also wristwatches...
I'm especially curious how the smaller 1170 case will turn out. Not sure how weird it will be bringing along a smaller two-rack chipset to places like Vegas... I'd debated bringing chips with me to my work conference a while back, but thought against it (later regretted that).
Thinking my 2-rack breakdown will be something like this (for $.25/$.50)
60 $.25 ($15)
60 $1 ($60)
80 $5 ($400)
Starting stacks 12/12/5
So, is this weird to want to bring along a small set of chips various places? (I'm sure my non-chip friends would think so)
I think it'd be weird if I'm lugging around 600 chip sets all over, but a small 200 chipset won't take up as much room, won't draw the attention of those non-chip people, and won't seem as weird IMHO.
Thoughts?
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