[Gaflax]

What are NCV chips used for? Roullette I'm guessing. However, in a poker set are they, or is it acceptable, to use them as substitute denoms? If you have a 5, 25, 100 in denoms - can they be used as a 1 or a 500 denoms? or are they used to as temporary 100 denoms if your rebuys haev exceeded expectations. Please advise.

Thanks in advance, Gaflax

[Brent]

Tournaments, where the chips in play have no actual "cash value"...

[99%evil]

In a home game it's personal prefernce. I had a denom set of Pharaohs with one NCV chip used for cash games or as a wild card chip if needed. Now I have a totally non denom set and as long as everyone has half a brain they'll learn what each color represents.

You'll see people go both ways on this issue, but it's all up to you.

[erikk]

You can use NCV for substitute Denoms. That's exactly why a lot of people have for example pharaohs in $1, $5, $25, $100, $500, $1000 and then blue NCV. That way they can use the blue NCV as 25¢ if they're playing 25¢/50¢ or they can use it as 50¢ if they're playing 50¢/$1 or they can use it for $5000 for tournaments.

Hell most people use NCV chips entirely (think dice chips) so there's no harm in using them for varying denoms when you need to change them up.

EDIT: beaten to the punch. What he said ^^^^^^

[dad604]

You can assign whatever value you want to a NCV chip. That is why it is so flexible. But if I am going to have a nice high end chip set, I want the extra touch of having denoms on the chip. Having NCV clay chips in a cash game would be similar to buying an expensive house and using apple crates for funiture.

[Gaflax]

Thanks for the feedback. That's what I thought. This ASM offer came at the wrong time for me budget wise. My group mostly plays 1000 chip count tourneys. So 5, 25, 100 get a regular workout, where as a 1 or 500 barely get used. I'm trying to add some flexibility to my new chipset I order without blowing my budget.

[CaptLego]

Most members here use "NCV" to mean "non-denom". (The advantage of a non-denom chip, of course, is that it's quite flexible --- you can use it for any value that is convenient for the game at hand.)

I think this use of "NCV" is a bit misleading, though. Casinos use "NCV" chips for tournaments, where it means "No Cash Value". Casino NCV chips have denominations on them. The NCV just means that the chips can't be redeemed for $.

It would be more clear if people used "non-denom" for chips without denominations, and "NCV" for chips with denominations, but no cash value. Usually here, though, "NCV" means "non-denom". You just have to infer from the context if a member's use of "NCV" means non-denom, or no cash value.

[SingleMaltFan]

just wanted to throw this out there...

NCV..no cash value..has a "number" on it to represent chips as in a tournament, so you cant take that same chip over to the cash table..

what I think everyone means to refer to is a "Non-Denomination" chip...a blank per se..that can be used for any purpose as wished by the host/casino

just my 2c's , i often see NCV used on this site in substitute of Non-denom...

maybe i am wrong..???

1malt

ok good timing, must a been typeing the same time as you Capt..ya beat me to it...

[JM]

I like to think of NCV in our setting meaning No Chip Value. Tournament chips by nature have no cash value.

Seems that is how the people at ASM use it as well. That's how they were referring to my inlays that had no denoms.

[Gaflax]

I thought the terms were synonymous, but I take your point, in a tournament you may get a 1000 in chips, but bought in for a different amount. Also, you cannot leave the table and turn those chips into cash because the have "No Cash Value". I just recall seeing the ASM "Key West" chips with a blue NCV chip. But yeah, I'm referring to Non-Denom chips. Thanks for the information and help everbody.