Comments on: BGWS 018 – Poker Chips

By: Shawn Dumas

Shawn Dumas — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 22:46:49 +0000

Ok, I bought and received a SidePot.com 12 pack of sample chips. InPlay (IP), Modern Clay (MC), Archetype (AT), and Neophyte (Neo).

I thought the MCs where too textured on the surface, too much of a corner on the ridge, too light, somewhat ugly (read, metro-sexual colors), and chalky. The ATs had muted colors, an unpleasant ringing sound, and a cluttered, confusing graphic. The IPs had less then desirable colors, where too light for my tastes, every chip was out of round in the inset (which would bug me at ~$1 per chip), and chalky, but otherwise I liked them. The Neos, believe it or not, where the ones I liked the best from the sample. The had a fair to good sound, a good to great heft, a clean and clear look, good color (though the darker chips kind of showed through on the inset), smooth ridge corners, and not at all chalky.

Having said all that I actually like the 11.5g clay filled Bicycle chips better then any of them; albeit mostly because of the Neos where not better enough to warrant the cost. They have a great feel on the surface texture wise, great ridges, are not slippery, great heft, great colors (though no denominations, but I can get stickers), and all and all a great deal at ~$85 for 500 or ~.17 per chip!

But…I ordered a set of Paulson samples; so lets see how long I am pleased with what I have…

By: Scott Nicholson

Scott Nicholson — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:48:40 +0000

>I bought 500 11.5g Bicycle Clay Chips (not the WPT ones). How bad are they?

It’s not that they are bad; use whatever you would like to use for games!

I haven’t seen them, so I don’t know, but they are probably in the same class as the many, many other 11.5 gram chips with the metal insert.

If you are happy with them, then that’s all that matters.

By: Shawn Dumas

Shawn Dumas — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:17:15 +0000

I bought 500 11.5g Bicycle Clay Chips (not the WPT ones). How bad are they?

By: Steve McIlhatton

Steve McIlhatton — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:22:48 +0000

Moving to a biweekly schedule is definitely better than cutting corners.

I’ve already commented on your blog as to what other games I would like to see but I definitely would like to see more games like Indonesia.

Keep up the good work!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 01:36:45 +0000

Just a quick note that I love the show, and more than understand the need to move fortnightly.

I would love it if you did a show on Tichu.

By: Martin Bell

Martin Bell — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 22:40:20 +0000

I would just like to add my two cents on the low-end chips. Pearlized euro-style chips have a certain panache and feel more like a money substitute than something that belongs in a smoke-filled room. I look at these chips and think of James Bond playing high stakes Baccarat against the super villian.

http://www.casinosupply.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=30-3200&Category_Code=PCSETS&Product_Count=26

On the very low end, you’ve American Science and Surplus with 400 chipettes for two bucks. They’re mostly white with some red, but that’s good enough to play Caylus.

http://www.sciplus.com/singleItem.cfm?terms=1113&cartLogFrom=Search

By: ekted

ekted — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 18:49:27 +0000

I enjoyed that more than I thought I was going to given that it was just about Poker Chips, although I haven’t gotten to the point where I want to use other forms of currency. Quite an investment you have there. If I saw you coming with all that, I’d hide my wallet.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 04:47:30 +0000

Oh man, I looked forward to watching your reviews every week. Oh well, I guess I’ll have to get my fix somewhere else during the weeks that you won’t be doing reviews.