Card Club ASMs (H-Mold), pics and data

Dimes · #1 (**permalink**) 11-13-2006, 04:43 PM

I finally got these. I ordered 17 April and received the chips 3 November but they were worth waiting for. Chips were kept in basic colours with each colour (black red white green yellow) appearing exactly twice. The inlay is simple and generic and contains the four colours that have their own chip (yellow is only on edgespots).

I ordered 1080 chips and got 1100 (5 extra of each denomination). I guess they just rounded up to next 100 for (overseas) shipping convenience.

I got the following

410 value 25 green 312 yellow - 8.80 g
310 value 100 black 412 white - 8.65 g
250 value 500 mandarin red 4A12 black/yellow - 8.74 g
130 value 2000 white 6A12 green/mandarin red - 8.90 g

Weights are an average of 100 random chips of each denomination. The total weight of chips are estimated at 9.628 kg or 8.75 g per chip. I never thought I would love a sub-9 g chip, but these feel very nice.

The print quality is excellent. The inlay was "risky" as it would be easy to spot chips with off-centre print. The centering of the print on the inlay is within expected tolerances. The print is very sharp with a more than adequate resolution. I supplied inlay graphics in several formats including vector images and high-resolution bitmaps (600 and 1200 ppi).

There are a few spinners, not many, I haven't worried counting them. I have noticed that the spinners often have relatively smooth inlays while most of the inlays are textured.

Chips in racks.

Chips in stacks.

Starting stacks. Colour-up chips on the left. Rebuy chips on the right.

Pot.

Close-up.

Pyramid.

TT

panthershutch15 · #2 (**permalink**) 11-13-2006, 04:49 PM

Awesome chips!!

Hope you enjoy yours as much as I have mine..

jldecarlo · #3 (**permalink**) 11-13-2006, 05:09 PM

Nice chips. The only 2000-value chip I've seen.

Enjoy.

L

MadeInDetroit · #4 (**permalink**) 11-13-2006, 05:43 PM

Nice chips. Congrats! I really like the color combos. That 2000 chip is very unique..Its awsome.

hod · #5 (**permalink**) 11-13-2006, 06:26 PM

Very nice indeed, You gotta love that H mold.

I've got to ask, why a 2000 denomination? The rest of your set has a generic (and I should add again, a very nice) design but as has already been said, I've also never seen a 2000 denominated chip?

Also, if you don't mind me asking, what was the delivery cost, and what % did your lovely customs people charge you?

hod

Dimes · #6 (**permalink**) 11-13-2006, 06:37 PM

A 1000 chip would be pretty useless as the highest chip for a T10000 tournament and not optimal as the highest chip for a 30-player T5000 tournament. I would then have needed a 5000 chip as well. But such a chip is quite high for a small T10000 and would see no use at all in a T5000 tournament except a few in large ones, so I ended up with the 2000 as a compromise. The 2000 chip also expands the life of the 500 chip which otherwise would quickly be "overtaken" by a 1000 chip, and it is much more countable than a 2500 chip.

If a 2000, why not a 20 instead of a 25? I like the factor of 4 between the lowest and the second-lowest denomination which works well with early-level blinds. A 25 is also better for cash games than a 20, as the smallest unit in my country is 0.25 (at least until we switch to the Euro, if we'll ever do that).

TT

Dimes · #7 (**permalink**) 11-13-2006, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hod

Also, if you don't mind me asking, what was the delivery cost, and what % did your lovely customs people charge you?

I paid $130 for shipping. There is no duty as such in EU for poker chips so the customs rate is "just" import VAT. In Denmark the VAT rate is 25%. UK VAT is lower, so it would have been cheaper for you. VAT is always calculated based on the price including shipping.

TT

Wick125 · #8 (**permalink**) 11-13-2006, 06:52 PM

Very nice chips! I too think the 2000 is very unique. Nice - enjoy!

A-Ro · #9 (**permalink**) 11-13-2006, 07:01 PM

Great looking chips...I love the color combos.

hod · #10 (**permalink**) 11-13-2006, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dimes

I paid $130 for shipping. There is no duty as such in EU for poker chips so the customs rate is "just" import VAT. In Denmark the VAT rate is 25%. UK VAT is lower, so it would have been cheaper for you. VAT is always calculated based on the price including shipping.

TT

Yes, our VAT is 'only' 17.5%... It's a dull blow having paid $1150+ for chips to have to pay another $200+ in tax.

Hopefully your inaugural big win will offset some of the tax