[MCPallesen]

Hi fellow chiptalkers,

I sold my Wyndhams yesterday - sad to see them go - but I had to sell some chips to feed my addiction for getting a new set of chips.

Here's what I want to get:

I'm looking for a cash set, denom or NCV, I like both, so it's mostly down to which chips look best. I could even live with getting $25, $100, $500, etc. if they look better than the lower denominations, and just divide them with 100 to get my usual stakes. I mostly play NL with 0.25/0.50 blinds or 0.50/1 blinds. So, I would get something like:

120 0.25s
200 1s
140 5s
40 25s

Keep in mind, I wouldn't mind NCV chips either.

So, I could go two ways:

I really like Cali/Pastel colors, and they would also compliment my ASM set nicely.

I already have an ASM set in standard Vegas colors (312 spotted chips no inlay, bought back in the day before ASM lifted the restrictions on spot options - I'll hold on to these, as they were my first quality set. I paid quite a bit getting them to Europe with customs tax and all, so it won't really make sense to sell, as I would get a lot less for them).

If I went Cali/pastel colors, I could go with:
- Paulson NCV Private Cardroom
- Mardi Gras BCC clays
- T mold blanks

The Paulson NCV Private Cardroom look nice in the cali colors (pink, blue, yellow and grey or black). But people tend to say there are problems with this line of chips and also mention color transferas an issue. Any thoughts? I do like that the hotstamp only says "Private Cardroom", as I think, they fit the theme of a home game. Whereas the theme of some fantasy casino inlays, doesn't really fit my personal interest or anything that makes them feel like "my theme". If you know what I'm trying to say.

I could also get a really nice classic/old school looking set, as some of the sets below have been praised a lot on this board, here I'm thinking of:

- Nevada Jacks Clays
- Samurai BCC Clays

I'm really starting to like the Nevada Jacks clays. So, what are peoples thoughts on those? I reckon the cash denoms could look really nice. Are they BCC, and how's the QC on those?

Also, the Samurais have been hyped a lot on this board for being great chips. The only thing I'm not sure of is the inlay design. I'm not particularly into the Samurai theme, so maybe they wouldn't really feel like "my" chips.

Whereas maybe the Nevada Jacks just look old school and nice, and can fit into any poker game. What do you think?

So, my question is what would you get? Pros and cons of the chips mentioned, anything to help me make up my mind.

At the moment, I'm actually starting to lean towards the Nevada Jack clays. But then again, a couple of days ago, I was leaning towards Private Cardroom and Samurais. You know how it is changing your mind of which chips to get all the time.

Sorry for the long post. Really looking forward for input.

Thanks,
MC

[Vince]

So casino chips are not an issiu anymore?
Like the PNY you had in mind.

Anyway

Private cardrooms:
I really like their look, especially the hot stamp looks very classy. But they ha´ve the same problems all Paulson home have.
warping and easy color transfer and they are capable of getting dirty pretty fast.
My opinion: no good

T-molds:
Rock solid chips and not that expensice also. BCC chip quality, great look, lots of colors.
But I guess you concider to label them since your ASM are black also. So labels would cost extra money, but still a great deal.
opinion: close

Samurais:
I think the most classy home chip out there. I got 20 as a sample and they handle, looks and sound great! But a lot of offcenter inlays, sometimes white halfmoons on the black inlays and colors splashes from the edgespots on the chips sometimes.
opinion: close also, but I put a lot on quality so I personally think I wouldn't go for them but a tough decission.

Nevada jack clays:
Didn#T handle them myself but they look great and very casino like cool looking! great color combos.
Also I don't know the current price and where to buy.

Mardi grass:
Actually same as the Nevada Jack


Final result:
For it is a tie between the Mardi Grass and the Nevada Jack with a slight favor for the NJ because I see prons and M2M of the mardis more often so the NJ got more of a rare touch to me.

[PhilLaFond]

Good morning!

I have a complete set of NJ clays and love them!! They are very attractive and as you mentioned, have a very nice old school look to them. Also, there are two versions out there of the 50c chip, one with edge spots and one without. They shuffle and feel incredible. Here's the rub - I feel that they are overpriced at the NJ website. I worked on compiling my set via eBay and got them for about half retail price. Just my opinion.

I also love the Mardi Gras clays. I don't have any, but they're on my short list based on all I've read and seen on various sites. Plus it seems the price is right. I enjoy clays very much, so I'll be interested to follow some other posts on this thread. Good luck on your search. Hope my info is helpful. Would love to hear what you end up getting and seeing some pics.

Take care,

Phil

[MCPallesen]

Thanks, Vince. I knew I could count on you to be one of the first to reply to my post and give valuable input. Thanks!

Casino Paulsons would still be of interest. But might be difficult to get a really nice set without having to pay an even bigger fortune than $1-$1.25 per chip.

I'm really starting to like the Nevada Jack clays. Didn't really give them much attention earlier on. But now I think they are awesome, and some of the best looking home chips out there. Some have mentioned spinners and also that they didn't stack great. Whereas other say they are some of the best handling chips out there. So if anybody know anything about their stackability and any issues with spinners, it's would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and looking forward to getting even more opinions from you fellow chiptalkers ,
MC

[MCPallesen]

Thanks Phil, much appreciated.

So, how do the NJ clays stack? Any spinners? Is it the BCC version you got, the ones with multi-colored spots? Those are the ones I'm interested in.

I believe the version of the 50c chips with spots is the older ASM version of the NJs.

Thanks

[Nanook]

Have you read Yeltzen's review on the Nevada Jacks? Here is a link for reference: http://www.chiptalk.net/forum/poker-...lay-chips.html

There are some other reviews in there too on BCC and Paulson chips that you may not have read yet.

I personally would not buy anything other than a complete custom job or real casino chips, but that is just me. If I had to buy a fantasy set the Nevada Jacks Clay originals would be in the running for looks. I have to say I absolutely love the looks of those things. I'm a little less crazy about the fact that they are running an ad with their name on the chip, but it sort of works and the inlay does look nice. The samples I got probably two years ago had qc issues just like the review says. My $25 chip that I got is a spinner and the labels were not all round. I know they have worked hard on the qc issues and it seems like they have gotten much better, however if NJ is still selling old stock then they are sure to have the same issues, I would check into that before buying them.

The Paulson private card room chips also have reported cq issues with spinners and some chips not being flat etc. This would also worry me somewhat. I guess either way I would call them in advance and bring up these issues in advance and find out what their policy is on these type of qc issues. You live in Europe and shipping is going to be a lot so this is a particularly big issue for you. You don't want to have to pay for return shipping on chips that you don't like.

Like I said to start with, I would go with customs or a set from a real casino. For that reason I am going to decline to suggest another fantasy set other than the two you already mentioned. Of those two, I have samples of both and I would give the nod to the NJ's for the looks and the nod to the Paulson's for feel. QC on both seem to be questionable at best so that is a toss up.

If you don't want to spend a lot of time designing a set then just buy an existing set from a real casino. They tend to hold their value much better and there are many out there to choose from. I think right now seems to be a particularly good time too as the chip market seems to be somewhat flooded with high end chips.

As for the real casino chips, check the m2m board often. There are often very nice chips there. Some might be out of your price range, but others are similar in price to most of the high end clay fantasy sets anyway. Check e-bay often too there are sets out there to be had quite reasonably.

Nanook

[Vince]

You are welcome buddy!
I'm doing a traineeship in a big company for university and I have access to the internet and a less work to do, that's whay I'm able to be around that much

I am planning on getting a Double down saloon paulson casino set from the chiproom CT offer for $1 a pop. I really love slightly broke in chips for acutal playing. I turned to be a casino chip nerd within the last weeks.

Just curios, if you would buy the PCR, would you get them in europe or from the states?

oh, and if you do decide to go for the NJ, would be order me a few chips and send them to germany for me? would like to check them out.

[MCPallesen]

Originally Posted by Vince

You are welcome buddy!
I'm doing a traineeship in a big company for university and I have access to the internet and a less work to do, that's whay I'm able to be around that much

I am planning on getting a Double down saloon paulson casino set from the chiproom CT offer for $1 a pop. I really love slightly broke in chips for acutal playing. I turned to be a casino chip nerd within the last weeks.

Just curios, if you would buy the PCR, would you get them in europe or from the states?

oh, and if you do decide to go for the NJ, would be order me a few chips and send them to germany for me? would like to check them out.

If I get the PCR I would prob get them from Marlowcasinochips.com in the UK. Then I would know the cost inluding taxes.

Nevada Jacks I could also get from the EU from poker-production.com. So might get them from there, if that's decided. We can prob figure something about odering a few extra for you, if I decide in NJ clays.

You don't think the double downs are going to be too broken in, affecting their stackability?

Thanks,
MC

[KYBill]

I have a big set of PCR chips, no spinners and they stack great.

[Vince]

Well I got 20 $1 Chips from the Crystal Park Casino which are pretty much broken in, means the crosshatch is completely gone.
They still stack great, only thing is that they became at more slippery. But they feel so soft and smooth when shuffleing.

I also have some nice rounded St Jo's and I can still stack them up to 100 with a little wobble. (They are warped from the cancel stamp anyway)