[ipgyst]

This one is for all of you low-stakes cash game players out there (of which I am currently a member). Does it make sense to you to have chips in play that are worth a lot more than face value? For example, we have chips like the Blue Sands ten-cent chips, or five-cent Crystal Oysters (around a dollar a chip or so). Why not throw some blank faux clays into the mix and call them the nickels/dimes (at the expense of chip continuity)? Finally, for those of you who have expensive low-denom chips, have any of them ever turned up missing after a game?

[bandonlooper345]

i havent had any chips missing but im sure it will happen soon enough, i had a hard time bringing my self to buy more than one rack of the micro oysters. but i did it and only regret the 25 cent

[links_slayer]

None of my chips have ever gone missing. Then again, I know everyone I invite into my home.

As far as the chips being worth more than face value, I say use whatever you want. It's not a big deal whatsoever IMO. Both my cash sets are blank so we can assign any value on any given night depending on how rich we're feeling. We've played anything from .05/.10 to 1/2 using chips that cost up to $.60 each.

[the3rd]

If your expensive micro denoms go missing, I'd say you are playing with a CTer. Most thieves are not going after nickels, dimes and quarters.

[bjjensen]

All of my games are pretty much at the 'micro' level ($5 buy in), so in most cases the chips are worth more than the currency behind them. I have a set of original Paulson JBs that I play at the 1/100 level ($5 chip plays for $0.05, etc-- except the $0.50, which plays for face value). Most of the players find it humourous when they find out how much the chips are worth in comparison to the stakes we play.

I've never had any chips go missing, but I have recently switched to the Casino Royale Bonds so that I don't get so up tight when someone inadvertently splashes the pot. If I ever need $1s for the Casino Royale chips, I intend to break out my Sahara Reno chips-- they actually don't look that bad with the rest of them.

bjjensen

[jdunford]

Originally Posted by ipgyst

This one is for all of you low-stakes cash game players out there (of which I am currently a member). Does it make sense to you to have chips in play that are worth a lot more than face value? For example, we have chips like the Blue Sands ten-cent chips, or five-cent Crystal Oysters (around a dollar a chip or so). Why not throw some blank faux clays into the mix and call them the nickels/dimes (at the expense of chip continuity)?

I don't know what you're talking about.

Originally Posted by ipgyst

Finally, for those of you who have expensive low-denom chips, have any of them ever turned up missing after a game?

Oh, that. No, I haven't had any missing yet. So far, my players are either honest, or oblivious to how much the chips are worth!
(probably a mix of the two)

[poker-paradise]

Originally Posted by jdunford

I don't know what you're talking about.

Oh, that. No, I haven't had any missing yet. So far, my players are either honest, or oblivious to how much the chips are worth!
(probably a mix of the two)

lol.. love the penny chips..

[dad604]

Yup, I would use good chips in a micro limit game. This is CT after all, we will use any excuse to play with chips.

[poker-paradise]

Originally Posted by dad604

Yup, I would use good chips in a micro limit game. This is CT after all, we will use any excuse to play with chips.

what's the point of having good chips if you are not going to use them?
get'em out and throw them on the table. lets play some $0.01-$0.02 limit holdem.

[abby99]

I don't worry about this. First, the chips aren't negotiable, so that removes the problem that casinos have with people walking off with their Paulson fractionals. Second, what would my non-CT friends do with a single chip? (If my CT friends wanted one, they'd offer a trade.) Third, I "count" (i.e., rack) my chips at the end of the evening and if a chip were missing I would frisk everybody before allowing anyone to leave.

JKing on the last point, of course. I did miss a chip once but found it later under a piece of furniture. I don't play with people who would steal my chips.