Buying Chips

PHB

I've been considering buying proper chips for a while now.
Anyone got any suggestions?

I'd need enough chips to allow for 8 or so players

MrPudding

The best place I have found is ebay.co.uk. One of my mates got 500 chips in a case 39GBP for the chip & case 29GBP for delivery (they are very heavy and come by DLH from China) Do a search on ebay for poker chips, there are a couple of traders selling them. They also have sets of 300. I have been unable to find anywhere cheaper.

MrP

Lafortezza

Myself and quozl got chips from the UK for €100 incl delivery. 300 chips and 2 packs of decent (not quite KEM) cards. I think it was www.pokerchips.co.uk or something, do a search of the poker forum, its been mentioned a couple of times.

crazzybastard

www.drinkstuff.com if you want to buy the chips they use on "late night poker" around £100. Nice set if you are willing to spend that little bit more.

Davey Devil

The "Late Night Poker Pack" are not the chips they used on Late Night Poker. Those chips were yellow and red chips and had "Late Night Poker" written of the side of them.. Cheek of them.

whiteshadow

i got one of the alluminium case from ebay.co.uk
shipped over from china and watch for the postage prices.
ended up around €100 in total.

make sure you get the heavier 11.5 gramme ones.
i went for the 4gram... they are kinda crappy.

kencleary

Was it from finearts155 or some similar user name? I ordered a set of 500 11.5g chips in a black leather case form him in China and find them to be excellent chips. The only downside is they seem to be a bit slippy or something which makes it hard to do some of the tricks Lafortezza does with his Also the 500 in their case weigh a bleedin' tonne so the shipping is round about as expensive as the chips themselves.

whiteshadow

it was Anson(cr128arts) or something.

arrived very quick but yep they are quite shiny...
also he advertised that you could choose the denominations
that you required... i did try this but the correspondence was pretty tricky!!

ie....

Hi, Mick, Thank you for your email. I don't sure that what you mean. Do you don't like $1 and $5 value poker chips. You can want to $10 $20 $50 $100 $500 $1000 value poker chips. Do you sure .Please reply me again Thank you

Hi, Mick , Thank you for your payment. Do you sure what you offer address. DHL can be delieved item arrived. Do you offer telephant number and postzip to me . Let DHL can contact you when you out of your home. Thank you.
Best wishes.

Hi , Michael Thank you for your reply so fast.
I will send it out today and it will be arrived your hand within 4 days.
I want to make your address because DHL cann't use address without postzip. Thank you again.

Hello, Mick, Thank you very much at first . You are understand and in good taste. I had left feedback to you. I am very hope can do business with you in the furture.
:)

cormie

it always makes me smile reading/hearing people try and speak english. do you don't a guy my friend knows says "do you like horrible (horror) films)"

back to chips, I'll sell you great quality chips for €199 (including shipping) 300 x 11.5gm 2x Linen coated decks of cards and 5 poker dice. Alluminium case lined with velvet.

MrPudding

No offence cormie but you can get the same set with 500 chips from several people on ebay for around €100. OK, you have to contend with dodgy english but these guys are established trader with very good reputations. I personally know 3 people who have bought them.

MrP

Lafortezza

Originally posted by cormie
it always makes me smile reading/hearing people try and speak english. do you don't a guy my friend knows says "do you like horrible (horror) films)"

back to chips, I'll sell you great quality chips for €199 (including shipping) 300 x 11.5gm 2x Linen coated decks of cards and 5 poker dice. Alluminium case lined with velvet.

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just thought I'd post it for you this time cormie

whiteshadow

im telling ya it wasn't like this in my early days of poker.
a buy in would get you a box of matches, dealing wax coated carboard
cards ... fado fado!:D

TwoShedsJackson

I ordered a set off that Chinese guy and paid a couple of days ago, haven't heard anything since. Is this his normal mode of operation and the chips will (hopefully) just turn up?

whiteshadow

should be okay... check his rating mind you

MrPudding

I'm going to wait for a while and splash out on some custom chips from www.casinosupply.com Nice!

MrP

TwoShedsJackson

Originally posted by whiteshadow
should be okay... check his rating mind you

It's 325 and 99% positive so it should be ok, was just wondering about the lack of communication, mind you his English doesn't seem to be the Mae West i.e. 'to make your poker games more stimulative'

I jsut assumed he was the same lad that Decker (I think) ordered off of.

Marq

bought set of 500 11.5 gram chips from finearts155 on ebay.co.uk. reasonable price (€145 including delivery) and they arrived within 5 days. really excellent chips, and last time I checked they were even cheaper. come in a nice case too. you can get them even cheaper if you don't want them customized. probably worth the extra ten euro to choose your own colours though.

TwoShedsJackson

Just got the chips today from eswnarts, in great condition and in four days or, so he's great anyway

DeVore

Are they slippy? Rounded edges or squared?

The best chips I've seen to date are Hyzephers that he used at the cash game in LaFortezza's at the BSOP final. They were a little lighter and more rounded then Lukes but I prefer that personally. They felt more like the chips used in the Fitz.

DeV.

TwoShedsJackson

They're the 11.5g ones, in a metal box, identical to the ones kencleary (?) had at your place that time Tom. The night of the quick buyin tournaments etc.

cormie

the tourny chips or the cash game chips? the cash game chips, the €1 ones anyway (I completely forget if they are all the same or what) well some have bits chipped off. does Hsyefer (spelling) go to fitz? who is he?

gerire

I should be getting samples of a supplier this week and will decide whick standard I will be getting but we will be selling sets soon will post up info when all is finalised.

The chips could possibly be the exact same as the ones the fitz use in their free games, which I think are a very good chip. I agree with Dev there are some chips that are square edged and are slippy aswell, however if I am winning them I dont really care what they feel or look like

mewso

I think the general casino chip is an 8gm chip. As consumers we of course follow the hype about the 11.5gm chip being the authentic this and that but in the end the 8gm is fine.

Lafortezza

Originally posted by cormie
does Hsyefer (spelling) go to fitz? who is he?

If you meet him, don't let him stand behind you, he's sly about it so watch out.

kencleary

I thought it was Henbane we're not supposed to let stand behind us?

DeVore

No its henbane we dont let drink. Or eat winegums.

DeV.

henbane

Originally posted by DeVore
No its henbane we dont let drink. Or eat winegums.

Balls! I want the finest winegums available to humanity, I want them here, and I want them now!

cormie

11gm are injected, not real clay chips. 8gm are the real clay chips as far as I know. I do like the fitz ones alright. the cash game ones now.

Krusty_Clown

So what type of chips where we playing with in Mr Puddings house for the BSOP heat 3?

MrPudding

They were Luke's 11.5gram, clay I think.

mrP

DeVore

Of all the fancy chips we've used the best ones so far I think were Hyzephers cash ones. They have a nice weight and rounded edges so chip tricks were easier to do with them and they didnt make you worry about cracking the glass with them when I casually toss out a big bluffing bet

The best I've seen anywhere would be the Fitz cash game chips, they're lovely!

DeV.