| Dice, Dice Everywhere!
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I've just started watching the "Tilt" TV series on DVD (a gift, I wouldn't have bought it myself), and noticed that they used dice chips all over the DVD menus. And did you notice some of the "high-stakes" backroom/private games in the show? $3000 table, $30 chipset, lol. Thousands of dollars at stake with no chip security. At least they didn't edit the slug-chip sound out--you can clearly hear that familiar, steel-washer clink as Clark rakes in the pot.
Anyway, this reminded me of another pet peeve: have you noticed how prevalent the almighty dice chip (or equivalent Chinese-cheapo-plastic-slug chip) is in today's media? Almost every advertisement/commercial that I see with a poker theme uses them--no wonder people who never have been to a casino (or even ones who have, but aren't chip-weirdos) think they are the de facto standard for poker chips.
And I still see 5-card draw being depicted! C'mon, you clueless advertising folks--I know that fan of five cards (and it always has to be a royal or four aces, right?) sure looks cool, but I think they stopped spreading that game more than a decade ago.
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