help me spend some money

erikk · #1 (**permalink**) 03-15-2006, 02:10 PM

Ok so I came into about $400 in found money and I'm looking to blow it on chips. I have Pharaohs, Egyptian Plaques, Egyptian $5k rounds, PNY (only missing $1ks pri/sec, $500 pri) and a few handfuls of collectibles.

I was trying to get some PNY $1ks or $500 pri but it looks like I'm too stingy to pay the current prices. Then I was thinking about maybe a set of 300 Dunes chips from spinettis but that's really more than my found money and I can't spend THAT much more without it being an issue. Then I was thinking about maybe a set of Bud Jones chips but which ones and buying from where?

So what would you buy in my shoes and from where? I'm mainly looking for chips in a set or at very least a rack but I would consider real collectibles in a smaller set. Any suggestions I may not have thought of?

zbme · #2 (**permalink**) 03-15-2006, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by erikk

So what would you buy in my shoes and from where?

Take the $400 and Put it all on Black. If you win You will have an even better set. If you lose oh well.

99%evil · #3 (**permalink**) 03-15-2006, 02:15 PM

Nevada jacks has the Aruba bud jones chips $500 for a 300 piece set...just a thought.

poislb · #4 (**permalink**) 03-15-2006, 02:17 PM

Instead of putting it on black, bet a 400 dollar hand at Blackjack....Maybe you will hit it

viet rounder · #5 (**permalink**) 03-15-2006, 02:22 PM

Dont listen to any of them. Limp in with 8 limpers and slow play your rockets to the river and make one huge bet. You will get paid off big time!

Serb · #6 (**permalink**) 03-15-2006, 02:26 PM

Hello Erikk,

If you like playing 2/4 or 3/6 small stakes, (for your price range) buy yourself a set of 300 $1 Green Valley Ranch uncirculated chips from Apache!

99%evil · #7 (**permalink**) 03-15-2006, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by poislb

Instead of putting it on black, bet a 400 dollar hand at Blackjack....Maybe you will hit it

Play two spots of $100 black jack, if you get a hand double down, if you lose use the last $200 to try two more hands. String a few together and you've got $1000 before you know it. I watched a young Asian guy pop down on the bj table next to me this weekend for one hand $1000 split on two spots, dealer busted he got a grand and left. I walked by a few hours later to watch him lose two $400 hands, so I'm not sure how he ended up. Blackjack is a grind...a real grind, but played correctly and with some decent counting and luck you can make money. My wife and I sat down at the table yesterday with $400 at a $25 table, we proceeded to lose all, but $50 we each kept giving each other a chip to keep playing when one would win and the other would lose, two hours later we left with a grand, not a great hourly take ($150) but hey, they comped dinner.

Dwight87 · #8 (**permalink**) 03-15-2006, 02:30 PM

you need hotstamped tr kings. check out the group buys.

erikk · #9 (**permalink**) 03-15-2006, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by 99%evil

Nevada jacks has the Aruba bud jones chips $500 for a 300 piece set...just a thought.

Like the thought, I'm just not a fan of the coin inlay BJ chips. I think they look cheap even though I know they're nice chips. They're just too similar to the coin inlay crappy dice-esque chips. Wish NJ was still doing a sale on the Wyndham BJ chips and had 300 chip sets.

erikk · #10 (**permalink**) 03-15-2006, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by zbme

Take the $400 and Put it all on Black. If you win You will have an even better set. If you lose oh well.

Unfortunately I'm not near a casino so this or any other gambling suggestion (blackjack, etc) doesn't really help. Besides I'm a 7eet poker player why would I want to put my money on the table anywhere where I'm a dog? (ok I'm an average player but I only play schlubbs)