Most important chip features |
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Posted Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:10 pm GMT by MeridianFC
Talk in one of the other threads got me thinking, in order what do you think are the most important chip features/parameter.
Looks (colors, styles, inserts, etc.)
Feel (weight, texture, sound, construction etc.)
Security (relative uniqueness, customization, restricted sales, etc.)
Cost (relative economy per chip)
Obviously some of these things get tied together, but I'm curious what people look for in order of priority.
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Posted Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:34 pm GMT by yeltzen
Looks (if I don't like the looks, I don't care how it feels), then feel.
The other two don't really matter to me unless they're ridiculously expensive.
Posted Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:48 pm GMT by slowplayray
Actually, I think I even value feel above looks, but that wasn't an option...
Posted Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:48 pm GMT by Fins
Looks, Feel, Cost, Security
Wasn't an option,
Fins
Posted Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:51 pm GMT by circlencircle
| Fins wrote: | Looks, Feel, Cost, Security
Wasn't an option,
Fins |
ditto
Posted Tue Mar 08, 2005 7:04 pm GMT by tabascojrc
| circlencircle wrote: | | Fins wrote: | Looks, Feel, Cost, Security
Wasn't an option,
Fins |
ditto |
tritto
Posted Tue Mar 08, 2005 7:33 pm GMT by civiliste
| tabascojrc wrote: | | circlencircle wrote: | | Fins wrote: | Looks, Feel, Cost, Security
Wasn't an option,
Fins |
ditto |
tritto |
quattro
Posted Tue Mar 08, 2005 9:03 pm GMT by SpaceMonkey
| civiliste wrote: | | tabascojrc wrote: | | circlencircle wrote: | | Fins wrote: | Looks, Feel, Cost, Security
Wasn't an option,
Fins |
ditto |
tritto |
quattro |
cinquo
Posted Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:01 pm GMT by MattyFatty4
| SpaceMonkey wrote: | | civiliste wrote: | | tabascojrc wrote: | | circlencircle wrote: | | Fins wrote: | Looks, Feel, Cost, Security
Wasn't an option,
Fins |
ditto |
tritto |
quattro |
cinquo |
yeah me too.
Posted Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:19 pm GMT by tomb1
Yeah, I seven that (though I voted Looks, feel, security, cost).
I think feel and looks are most important. Then cost has to be in relation to the look & feel -- I'll spend more for Bud Jones or casino Paulsons and think they're a good value, and expect to spend less on Nexgens for the same amount of value.
Posted Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:27 pm GMT by Nickmast
ocho!!
Posted Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:32 pm GMT by Mechanic
I vote:
amatuer, voyer, girl/girl, college girls...
oh wait....wong poll
looks/feel/cost/security
Posted Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:37 pm GMT by JHile31
| MattyFatty4 wrote: | | SpaceMonkey wrote: | | civiliste wrote: | | tabascojrc wrote: | | circlencircle wrote: | | Fins wrote: | Looks, Feel, Cost, Security
Wasn't an option,
Fins |
ditto |
tritto |
quattro |
cinquo |
yeah me too. |
i concur...
Posted Wed Mar 09, 2005 3:07 pm GMT by CaptLego
I go for:
looks, feel, sound, cost, security
Posted Wed Mar 09, 2005 3:45 pm GMT by warewulf619
| Mechanic wrote: | I vote:
amatuer, voyer, girl/girl, college girls...
oh wait....wong poll
looks/feel/cost/security
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College girls, voyer, girl/girl, amatuer
looks, feel, cost, security
Posted Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:19 pm GMT by HitTheFlop
Probably because I host 4 games a week. I find security to be the #1 issue I need to address. To many chips can be found, bought cheaply and brought into a game and than as the house man you are responsible to pay that out. Any thief that is not overly greedly could sneek 1 or 2 $25 chips into each game and thrash me for $100 or two every week. In the long run they would get caught but how much would they get in the time it takes to catch them.
In a small home game I like everyone else would vote looks first. Yet even when I had a small home game about 8-9 years ago one guy snuck two $25 chips in the game and I had to pay it out being the bank. they got me once but never again. That is when security became my primary concern.
Peace, HTF
Posted Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:27 pm GMT by warewulf619
Brunson on Security:
Brunson's book: "Poker Wisdom of a Champion".
From a chapter titled: "Getting More Chips than You Bargained For" --
"That's the problem with cheap plastic chips. All a theif needs to do is shop around. Usually he can find the same brand that the poker host is using. After that, it's just a matter of how much he wants to steal... So what's the alternative to inexpensive plastic chips? Buy a specially made set with your initials on them, registered by a reputable company. They will guarantee that the design is reserved for your chips only, so no duplicates will be sold to anyone else. It's a little expensive, but it's worth the money. You shouldn't even consider having a home game without professional-quality chips."
Posted Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:31 pm GMT by yeltzen
I knew I saw a "ChipCo" logo embroidered on Doyle's cowboy hat last night!!!
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