The Five Cent Chip (1 Viewer)

MD Mike said:
You think the 5 cent chip is bad? I'm considering a micro snapper (2.5c chip) for playing micro blackjack at my micro casino in my micro basement.
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Toby said:
I have nickels. I plan on using them to teach my daughters how to play poker, give them a chance to increase their pocket money.

They're also good for recruiting newbies. A gateway chip, that leads on to harder stakes!
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How old are your kids? I wonder what the right age is to get them into poker? I also dont want to be the reason they ended up losing their house someday because I got them into gambling too young hahaha.
 
Gambling is slot machines and craps. Poker is a skill based game.

Teaching your kids how to think logically, do simple (no counting on your fingers to out if you have a 4 or 5 card straight), to complex calculations (implied pot odds) in their head should begin as early as you think they can grasp the material. To them it's just a fun game with dad. They don't even realize they're learning.

That's the best way to teach your children.
 
Poker Zombie said:
Gambling is slot machines and craps. Poker is a skill based game.

Teaching your kids how to think logically, do simple (no counting on your fingers to out if you have a 4 or 5 card straight), to complex calculations (implied pot odds) in their head should begin as early as you think they can grasp the material. To them it's just a fun game with dad. They don't even realize they're learning.

That's the best way to teach your children.
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The other game that might help them get the concept is Yahtzee. I may start there.
 
This entire journey started with me trying to find bounty chips for my monthly tournament. I had also been looking for a better way to carry my 800 chips rather than carry them in 2 cheap aluminum cases (300/500). And I thought about re-felting my poker table.

Then I found this forum. I found my bounty chips...and then I found the Pelican case trick...and then I stumbled upon China Clay chips. Once I figured out what I needed, I realized, I'll be in the realm of 1000 (cash/tourney)...and I asked for a Pelican case for my birthday. Part of my chip order has arrived and I'm ready to clean / oil. I need labels from Gear for some denominations...and in the meantime I've been checking out all of the Paulson/Casino chips that you guys have. I'm not ready to $tep up that kind of financial commitment but wow, I had no idea that this chip cult following existed. I'm very very impressed.

Most of my poker group is going to cry overkill with the new chips/tray setup...that's to be expected. But I'm going to enjoy the hell out of them. Is a casino set in my future? Only time will tell.
 
Blaster said:
You Must purchase ...
Double Sided Seating/Bounty Chips
High Quality Plastic Bridge Size Playing Cards ( The size actually used for poker in Atl City & Vegas Casinos)
High Quality Poker Chips
Table
High Hand Plaque
Custom Dealer Button
Card Case
Chip Case
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Must resist asking....... Umm, where did you get that cool card case? I've been looking for a card case but one that fits a 60mm dealer button.

What do your players win for the high hand?
 
mummel said:
Must resist asking....... Umm, where did you get that cool card case? I've been looking for a card case but one that fits a 60mm dealer button.

What do your players win for the high hand?
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High hand $5 x # players ...

Case- Got it a few years ago...
But they are on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Brybelly-Hol...491000898&sr=8-5&keywords=Modiano+bridge+case

There's also a nice case with a setup:
https://www.amazon.com/Brybelly-Hol...91000898&sr=8-10&keywords=Modiano+bridge+case
 
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Blaster said:
High hand $5 x # players ...

Case- Got it a few years ago...
But they are on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Brybelly-Hol...491000898&sr=8-5&keywords=Modiano+bridge+case

There's also a nice case with a setup:
https://www.amazon.com/Brybelly-Hol...91000898&sr=8-10&keywords=Modiano+bridge+case
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And it's any high hand or only four of a kind etc? Does it rollover or get paid out each time?

Cool cases TY. Yeah I'm trying to find one with a dedicated dealer button slot.
 
codeman00 said:
I'm thinking that if I have enough money to spend 40-50 cents a chip, I'm most likely not playing in live micro stakes games. Personally there is no way, I'm going to drop $100 plus on a cash set of chips only to play that 5 cent stakes. It just seems strange to me.
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Interesting (and slightly warped, to me) way to look at it. I have 5c chips, simply because they might be needed. I don't have 1c chips, because I don't think they'd ever see felt time. Similarly, I don't have $1000 (or very many $500s, for that matter) in any of my cash sets, because I don't see the need in any game where those chip set(s) might be used. Others here have different circumstances (both directions), and so they plan accordingly. Some of those folks are spending 30c per chip (usually regardless of denomination), because they like the chips, and that's what they cost. Others are spending up to $5 or more per chip, for the exact same reasons - they like the chips, and that's what they cost. The stakes one plays for is irrelevant to how much one spends on chips, in my view (and many others here).

Another aspect is tournament chips. Unlike your nickel chip example, the tourney chips have ZERO cash value. How does that fit into your valuation/evaluation? Should they be as inexpensive as possible, since they have no value?

A few of my tourney sets cost about 25c per chip (or less), most others average about $2 per chip, a few are $5 or higher per chip. A couple of sets are a LOT higher. Some individual chips (that actually see play) cost anywhere from $15 to $30 each (and some are almost three times that much). Why did I buy them? See above.... "because they like the chips, and that's what they cost." And it makes no difference how much the tournament buy-in is, whether it's a $10 tournament or a $200 tournament -- all of those chips see play. Chips are just chips. Stakes are something else, and totally unrelated.

Bottom line is, I like to play with top-notch equipment, regardless of the cash stakes or the tourney buy-in -- which means using clay chips, plastic cards, and nice tables. It makes the game more enjoyable to me, and for the most part, to my guests.

codeman00 said:
hoping that I don't get the bug that you guys have....:D
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Actually, it will cost you far less money once you do. :)

Instead of buying inexpensive and mid-range chips that will lose their value upon resale, you will eventually realize that purchasing high-end casino chips is a win-win proposition.... because you are really only leasing the chips. Once past the initial outlay, you get to play with some of the nicest chips on the planet, and you usually get to do it for free -- or at almost zero net cost -- because you can resell the chips for full value (or more), when you eventually decide to get some other really nice set to use for awhile.

Only caveat is avoiding the bug for personalized customs.... because those sets typically will not retain value, with rare exception.
 

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