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**Official GroupBuy - (Samurai Palace - Custom BlueChip)


Detailed image of the front and back of the chips is at the bottom of this page.
Total chips ordered by members as of 10:40pm EST 10/13/05: 25,380
The numbers above are manually updated and may not reflect your order if placed recently.

The Samurai Palace chips are the result of months of design work and have been directly influenced based on Chiptalk.net users votes and input. While much of the design is similar to the original mockups I made we all know its the details that count and it has been with your help that this design has developed into what I believe to be some pretty fantastic chips.

HoldemPokerChips.com has agreed to handle this group buy. As most of you know HoldemPokerChips.com has a great deal of experience with GB's as they have already facilitated the Egyptians, and Chipco Suits and the hugely successful Paulson Pharaoh’s group buys. With out question Holdempokerchips.com is a trusted retailer and will supply you with the highest level of service.

The chips:
Samurai Palace chips are going to be manufactured by The Bluechip Company. As many of you know Bluechip manufactures chips for some of the most prestigious casinos in the country. They are truly committed to the Samurai Chips and have gone to great lengths to satisfy our demands for quality and design.

The weight will be 9.4-9.9 grams though most chips are expected to average around 9.7. This means these will on average be one of if not the heaviest Bluechips on the market and a true "casino quality chip".

The mold is 100% original and has not been featured on any other chip. It is a timeless design that would compliment virtually any inlay.

The over all texture of the chip can not be absolutely predicted, however every detail will be looked at with the expectation to create a soft, creamy feel, with good grip and exceptional stackability.

The inlay will have a linen finish so as not to detract from the texture of the chips.

Ordering:

** DISREGARD THE ORDERING INFORMATION BELOW. All orders should now be placed with Holdempokerchips.com at the following link - http://www.holdempokerchips.com/proddetail.asp?prod=AYSET165

Your first step is to complete the "Promise to Pay" form to reserve your chip set. This lets the group get an assessment of how many chips we'll be buying as a group.

Shipping:
Shipping will be available to virtually everywhere. At the time of payment you will be given a choice of various shipping carriers and the applicable fees will be added to your purchase.

300 minimum total order

No minimums on denomination meaning you could, for example, order 1 black and 299 green if you chose.

Payments will be made directly to HoldemPokerChips.com via Paypal AFTER the groupbuy is complete.

** Please Use the "Promise to Pay" form now to reserve your chip set!

Group Price:
The chips will be available after the group sale is over and the price for the GroupBuy will be $.86 for each chip. After the group sale is over expect something around $1.25 ea.
**Individuals who purchase chip sets (300+) during the Group Buy, will have an extra 30 days after the Group Buy to purchase chips at the $.90 price!

Time Frame:
No dates are settled upon just yet. But estimates for the manufacturing of the mold it self is 4-6 weeks plus 4-6 weeks to manufacture the chips plus the time to deliver to HoldemPokerChips.com and then to you.

Tell your friends and family about the group buy. Tell your friends on other forums! Without breaking any rules, use the URL to this thread:

http://chiptalk.net/forum/showthread.php?t=9500

*Note: While this is a collaborative effort among many poker chip enthusiasts, I retain all rights for the designs and decisions. Polls are for gathering opinions and usually the results are followed, but I can change designs at any time. - Eli (Circlencircle)

[Fins]

Originally Posted by Sooner

To be honest, I still really don't like the $1 chip. The first design was IMO perfert and the thicker edge spots really take away from it.

I found that the 2nd version of the $.25 chip was growing on me, but I don't like the 3rd version all that much. I still prefer the no edge spot design, but as I said, I was coming around on the single tripple edge spot design.

As far as the $1000 chip goes, I'm not really sure. I didn't really like the 1st design all that much, and I don't really like the 2nd that much either. If it was me, I would probably stick to the original design.

I know that I've only really been saying negative things about these chips, but I want to assure you that its just because I haven't been saying anything about how much I love the $5, $25, $100, and $500 chips.

On the downside, I felt that these chips were pretty much the "perfect" (as perfect as I could expect without custom designing my own) chip set for me from the very beggining. I find that these changes are taking them further and further away from my ideal set. The only chip I had any sort of problem with was the original $1000, and to be perfectly honest I have been dissapointed with every change except for the addition of a $5000 chip.

This is just my opinion, and I realize that I am not the only one buying these chips.

Although you can count me out unless a windfall happends soon... I agree with this post.

[dammitjim]

The $1 and $1000 look much better. I prefer the 3 spot .25. I hate the white side, and can't see buying the chips with that design. It's good in concept, but shoudl have a cooler picture on there. I'm not sold on the font on the white side either.

Thanks for considering the crests idea, I try to come up with something better.

[caser85]

I'm curious, is there somewhere I can order a sample set of bluechip chips to see how these will feel? I'm deciding between these and the egyptians or pharaohs. I like the design a lot.

Also, since you need to get to 20,000 now, does that bring down the price per chip?

[circlencircle]

Sooner, you've won me over with your loyalty and reasoning. I went back and put them together like you see below and I think it looks good. The reason I changed the 25cent was because it looked really isolated once I changed the $1 to the 4x1/4 spots even though I liked the 1x3x1/8 better so this works out well. You get the 1/8 on the $1 and I get the 3x1/8 spots on the .25... Is everyone pretty much happy?

Once I get the 100% ok on the addition of the $5000 I will replace the mockups in the order form to the ones below and it will be official...

[circlencircle]

Originally Posted by caser85

I'm curious, is there somewhere I can order a sample set of bluechip chips to see how these will feel? I'm deciding between these and the egyptians or pharaohs. I like the design a lot.

Also, since you need to get to 20,000 now, does that bring down the price per chip?

The closest thing that is available to what you can expect out of these would be the Nevada Jacks clays... The Samurai's will be heavier on average than the NJ's though. Here's the link...

http://www.nevadajacks.net/mall/nevada_jacks_chips.htm

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Originally Posted by dammitjim

The $1 and $1000 look much better. I prefer the 3 spot .25. I hate the white side, and can't see buying the chips with that design. It's good in concept, but shoudl have a cooler picture on there. I'm not sold on the font on the white side either.

Thanks for considering the crests idea, I try to come up with something better.

DJ, I understand you don’t like the Geisha but I would prefer if you would just let it go; I have no intention of changing it at this point...

[Cytoviper]

When you post the final mockup designs, could we get some chip stack mockups also

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Originally Posted by Cytoviper

When you post the final mockup designs, could we get some chip stack mockups also

Bostonpokerchips actually made some a long time ago. The edge spots have changed a little so they wouldn’t be completely accurate but perhaps he will post those while I work on making some new ones...

[thenuts]

CNC i love these you did a great job.....my hats off to you

[Sooner]

I am a go for this latest design. Its unique, and still has that relatively simple/muted look that the original design had.