How high can you go?

[warewulf]

I'm curious -- how high can you stack chips? I would think Chipco's would go the highest. I plan on trying this when I get my suits chips.

Anyone with a bunch of chips and a digital camera?

warewulf

[TenPercenter]

[ QUOTE ]
I'm curious -- how high can you stack chips? I would think Chipco's would go the highest. I plan on trying this when I get my suits chips.

Anyone with a bunch of chips and a digital camera?

warewulf

[/ QUOTE ]

Why didn't you challenge me when I actually HAD over 7,000 chipcos on my dining table? /images/graemlins/wink.gif

Ten

(nevermind, what a mess that would have been, with OTHER people's chips, /images/graemlins/smile.gif )

[skcubrats]

Like everything--it depends. How level and stable your table is. The padding would have an effect also. Slickness of the chips can also be a factor. One player in our game does a single stack and it gets up to 50 or so.

[warewulf]

Forget about the table! Stack on concrete for more stability! I just want to see how high it can go. Ten - yeah that would've be one hell of a stack! How many chips did you have when you got all those in? I still think Chipcos will go higher than any other.

warewulf

[TenPercenter]

[ QUOTE ]
Forget about the table! Stack on concrete for more stability! I just want to see how high it can go. Ten - yeah that would've be one hell of a stack! How many chips did you have when you got all those in? I still think Chipcos will go higher than any other.

warewulf

[/ QUOTE ]

I had 7,205 at one time. It was quite an accomplishment of my table to support all those chips. /images/graemlins/smile.gif How many pounds is 7,205 times 10 grams each, plus 75 chip racks? /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Chipcos would be the best to stack. When they are brand new, they have a slight grittiness that makes them not PERFECTLY flat, but after a small bit of use, they feel as flat as little ceramic discs. (Oh wait, that's what they are...)


Ten

[MickeyHoldem]

[ QUOTE ]
How many pounds is 7,205 times 10 grams each, plus 75 chip racks?

[/ QUOTE ]

7205x10grams + 75x150grams = 83300grams or 83.3kg
83.3kg x 2.2 = ~183lbs

Don't drop that box on you toe!

[warewulf]

Wow! That must have been fun having all those chips. A pain to have to ship out, but still cool!

warewulf

[TenPercenter]

[ QUOTE ]
Wow! That must have been fun having all those chips. A pain to have to ship out, but still cool!

warewulf

[/ QUOTE ]

Affirmitive on both counts. I'm talking with members, we are planning to add some new denoms and make another order.

Ten

[FastFrank]

[ QUOTE ]
Affirmitive on both counts. I'm talking with members, we are planning to add some new denoms and make another order.

Ten

[/ QUOTE ]

When you re-order, I'm interested. Those chips are awesome!

Frank

[TenPercenter]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Affirmitive on both counts. I'm talking with members, we are planning to add some new denoms and make another order.

Ten

[/ QUOTE ]

When you re-order, I'm interested. Those chips are awesome!

Frank

[/ QUOTE ]

franks Thank. I will post infor when we do it.

Ten

[TenPercenter]

[ QUOTE ]
I'm curious -- how high can you stack chips? I would think Chipco's would go the highest. I plan on trying this when I get my suits chips.

Anyone with a bunch of chips and a digital camera?

warewulf

[/ QUOTE ]

No takers on this challenge?

Ten

[Fins]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
I'm curious -- how high can you stack chips? I would think Chipco's would go the highest. I plan on trying this when I get my suits chips.

Anyone with a bunch of chips and a digital camera?

warewulf

[/ QUOTE ]

No takers on this challenge?

Ten

[/ QUOTE ]

Are you waiting for your $1000 & 25¢ chips so you won't have to do it twice?

Do plaques & octagons count?

Fins

[TenPercenter]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
I'm curious -- how high can you stack chips? I would think Chipco's would go the highest. I plan on trying this when I get my suits chips.

Anyone with a bunch of chips and a digital camera?

warewulf

[/ QUOTE ]

No takers on this challenge?

Ten

[/ QUOTE ]

Are you waiting for your $1000 & 25¢ chips so you won't have to do it twice?

Do plaques & octagons count?

Fins

[/ QUOTE ]

The plaques would make good foundation huh?

Ten

[TomCollins]

Just got about 240 9g diamond chips. Going to post a picture later. Time to attempt it on a tile floor rather than a table.

[Fins]

... or do you think 1500-1600 is not worth trying as someone can surely do better?

- Fins

PS I'm going with plaques/ocatagons not counting... you should offer up an egyptian chip to the highest stack! Maybe folks need some incentive... I myself just need chips /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[TomCollins]

You would definitely need a ladder for 1500.

My stack of 250 was about 2.5 feet tall.

[TenPercenter]

[ QUOTE ]
You would definitely need a ladder for 1500.

My stack of 250 was about 2.5 feet tall.

[/ QUOTE ]

Ok Lederer, hurry up with the photo. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

Ten

[bholdr]

this is really asking for trouble.
i once stacked 46 coffe creamers at a denny's

[Bulldog]

I call bull$**t on both of these claims. First, 250 chips would be much higher than 2.5 feet. Second, no way are you stacking 46 creamers. That'd be four feet (about the same as 250 chips) on a wobbly Denny's table.

[TomCollins]

Picture is coming soon. Need my gf to upload it to her photobucket account.

250 was not that hard. I might have been able to get to 400 if I wasn't clumsy and decided posing for a picture was a good idea.

It was a real rough guess on the height. But I had stacks of 50 in my case. Each stack of 50 is around 7 inches. So this was 35 inches. About 3 feet.

Anyone have a chip dimension to try to guess better?

[KungFuSandwich]

I got up to 120 with crappy dice chips. Unfortunately now my roomates feel challenged by my stacking ability. Ill be sitting in my room, perusing 2+2, minding my own business then I hear a Deafening crash followed by a string of explatives. I walk out to find around 200 chips scattered on the table and floor.

Thanks alot warewulf /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[warewulf]

[ QUOTE ]
I call bull$**t on both of these claims. First, 250 chips would be much higher than 2.5 feet. Second, no way are you stacking 46 creamers. That'd be four feet (about the same as 250 chips) on a wobbly Denny's table.

[/ QUOTE ]

I agree just because I've never seen a level Denny's table! Plus, I have a hard time getting one creamer! /images/graemlins/smile.gif

warewulf

[warewulf]

[ QUOTE ]
I got up to 120 with crappy dice chips. Unfortunately now my roomates feel challenged by my stacking ability. Ill be sitting in my room, perusing 2+2, minding my own business then I hear a Deafening crash followed by a string of explatives. I walk out to find around 200 chips scattered on the table and floor.

Thanks alot warewulf /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

We'll have to see who can break the record. SOMEONE at least has to have 1000 chips! Maybe if we get a pic posted people will feel the need to break the record!

I'd like to propose a side bet -- I say Chipcos go the highest! Could it be Paulson? TR King? Bud Jones (not many people have those).

I just got a few metal center chip samples -- I'm going to try to magnetize them and stick them to my refrigerator. They might go pretty high if someone magnetized a few 1000 of them!

I'd post a pic, but I currently only own 300 hot stamped diamond chips until my 1000 suits chips come in!

warewulf

[Fins]

[ QUOTE ]
Picture is coming soon.

[/ QUOTE ]
Cool...

[ QUOTE ]
Need my gf to upload it to her photobucket account.

[/ QUOTE ]
Don't be so dependent /images/graemlins/wink.gif: Imageshack (http://imageshack.us/index3.php)

[ QUOTE ]
250 was not that hard. I might have been able to get to 400 if I wasn't clumsy and decided posing for a picture was a good idea.

[/ QUOTE ]

LOL...

[ QUOTE ]
It was a real rough guess on the height. But I had stacks of 50 in my case. Each stack of 50 is around 7 inches. So this was 35 inches. About 3 feet.

Anyone have a chip dimension to try to guess better?

[/ QUOTE ]

Chipco's are 0.130 inches... 250 x 0.130" = 32.5" = 2 feet & 17/24 inches = 2.70833333...

- Fins

[KungFuSandwich]

If they are magnetic you might not even have to magnetize them, just put a biga$$ electromagnet under the table. Im sure there are a lot of engineering majors out there that would be willing to give it a try.

[kodonnell]

Is the challenge to stack them in a single column, or can they be stacked (as long as it is a single chip footprint) outwards? I have stacked over 300 on a single chip, but the tower spread out a bit making it quite a bit shorter.

[warewulf]

I'm asking for a regular stack -- one on top of the other. No artsy, psysics defying crap, just a regular stack. Height is what I'm going for. For the pics, a tape measure would be appreciated so we can compare and see who's go highest. I assume newer chips will stack better than used.

warewulf

[Craig_W]

Please count me in on the next order if possible. Thnx Craig

[Bulldog]

I stand corrected on the 250-chip height.

I stick by my call of BS on the creamers.

[TomCollins]

http://img76.exs.cx/img76/158/DSCF290.jpg

I managed to get about 30 more whites before it collapsed.

[Fins]

Excellent... only took about 30 posts to get a pic /images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Looks like your reigning champ! I was about to post a pick of my 12 Chipco's just to hold the title for awhile...

What's the official count in the pic?... don't think you can count the xtra unphotographed 30

Thanks,
Fins

[TomCollins]

150 white, 50 green, and 4 white on top of that.

Start with 204 as the record. I guess when anyone cracks the record, take a picture and post it, and try to build as high as you can.

I do have a crappy webcam that I can take more pictures from, but it will be harder. My floor is certainly not level, so that will be harder to do. I suppose I could easily get to 300. I'll try to do that today.

[warewulf]

Nice! Finally a pic!

Funny that there's odds and ends samples on the desk also. Plus I see the Rounders DVD too. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

warewulf

[TomCollins]

Those are my chips from playing live. I try to take a $1 chip from every cardoom I've played in.

[kodonnell]

http://www.keyit.com/images/210chips.jpg
210 Total using CostCo chips. I think I can go higher though if I stack from the floor.

[warewulf]

Nice!

warewulf

[TomCollins]

The floor in a garage is going to be uneven by design to make sure water flows away from the house. I think the table is actually the best bet. I will DESTROY your record when I get home (even though I have already gotten higher). I expect to hit 300 today.

[kodonnell]

250 chips. I think this may be the max for my chips unless I am a little more choosy about the chips I stack (check for dirt, bumps, etc). We'll see. http://www.keyit.com/images/250.jpg

[MSPatton]

http://www.holdempokerchips.com/prodimages/Stack260.jpg
<font color="blue"> These are 20 count stacks for a total of 260
And 280 was ahh! so close, sorry no pic's of that!
Disclaimer: Not chips were hurt in this stunt!</font>

[TenPercenter]

[ QUOTE ]
http://www.holdempokerchips.com/prodimages/Stack260.jpg
<font color="blue"> These are 20 count stacks for a total of 260
And 280 was ahh! so close, sorry no pic's of that!
Disclaimer: Not chips were hurt in this stunt!</font>

[/ QUOTE ]

The current title holder is MSPatton!

I say we dub this title the "Lederer Award." /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Ten

[MSPatton]

Thanks Ten! But I doubt I will hold this record long.
I am more impressed by the 250 stack of composite chips
We tried this with some Chipco chips, but no way, the ridge
around the edge made it too unstable for more than 180.
When the 280 fell on my wife the dog ran and hid.
Still can't find her /images/graemlins/confused.gif

[KungFuSandwich]

Any luck magnatizing the chips?

[RandomGuy]

[ QUOTE ]
When the 280 fell on my wife the dog ran and hid.
Still can't find her /images/graemlins/confused.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

The dog or your wife?

[MSPatton]

Random,
Why did know that was coming?! /images/graemlins/laugh.gif
280 Clay chips falling 2 feet to the counter then to the
kitchen floor made quite a racket! It's the dog I'm missing
she must of thought it was the 4th of July fireworks!
I can't afford to lose my wife, someone has to count all
these chips!

[warewulf]

Good job! What kind of chips are those? Paulsons? At least you disproved my theory that Chipcos would go the highest.

warewulf

[MSPatton]

Those are my "Old Style" Nevada Jacks Clays

[daryn]

</font><blockquote><font class="small">In risposta di:</font><hr />
http://img76.exs.cx/img76/158/DSCF290.jpg

I managed to get about 30 more whites before it collapsed.

[/ QUOTE ]


whoa, that is a foxwoods $1 chip.

[Accident]

I'm totally embarassed by this thread. What a worthless waste of time and energy. Just as soon as the wife goes to the store, I'm getting out the 1700 chipco's and you guys are in big trouble. Winning pic to follow.
Accident /images/graemlins/club.gif

[warewulf]

Hopefully this will be a good thread today! I sent challenges to a guy on another board that got 500 TR King chips + X Files with his pokerchips.com chips.

BRING IT!

warewulf

[Johnny5]

I hope you can back all that talk up! It's not as easy as it seems - especially with Chipcos!

Hasn't the wife gone to the store yet?

Good luck, with 1700 Chipcos, you're bound to have... Well, an Accident! /images/graemlins/wink.gif

J5

[kodonnell]

A call BS on 500. I cannot see that even under perfect conditions that somebody can stack more than 350-400 chips in one tower.

[StevieG]

[ QUOTE ]
http://img76.exs.cx/img76/158/DSCF290.jpg

I managed to get about 30 more whites before it collapsed.

[/ QUOTE ]

DVD collection -- Rounders, Office Space, and two faced the other way.

chances of pr0n, what, 3 to 2?

[Arsene Lupin III]

3 5 8

Three hundred and fifty-eight bud jones dodge city $25 chips stacked sloppily on the floor of my bedroom. 400+ is possible.

Pictures to follow.

[Arsene Lupin III]

As promised...

http://q.bitey.net:8888/~lupin/pics/misc/358-chips-stacked.jpg

My trophy please?

[Arsene Lupin III]

The stack looked stable after adding 10 more chips before gradually shifting towards the right and falling after only 6 or 7 seconds of standing free. I was actually quite surprised at how straight the initial chips were. After a couple hundred I just kinda stopped caring.

400 is really possible. I may reattempt it at a later date w/ some assistance when I check my red $5 chips for cracks. I'll add a tape measure that time.

The chips are again for sale. Current offer: $1.30/chip.

[Johnny5]

Nice stack!

Looks like you actually needed to clear some floor space for that! /images/graemlins/grin.gif

J5

[warewulf]

Congratulations Arsene Lupin III! A new record at 358!
You SHATTERED all previous records. Good job! I never would have thought that Bud Jones chips could be the best stacking.

warewulf

[kodonnell]

Wow. I stand corrected. Good job. I wonder if there is a world record for this?

[warewulf]

Any new contenders? I'd like to see how Paulsons do. (bump)

[Arsene Lupin III]

[ QUOTE ]
Any new contenders? I'd like to see how Paulsons do. (bump)

[/ QUOTE ]

y'all are afraid!

i personally think that, short of getting out a caliper, a level, and some glue, you won't be able to get to 300 with paulsons.

[theredwave]

I managed to only get to 150 with my Paulsons. If I had a camera I would have taken a picture, but Paulsons are definitely tough to stack.

[JihadOnTheRiver]

Never tried straight up one stack, but I'm wondering about at a casino, stacking however you want, how many chips have you had in front of you at one time? I was at Barona in SD a couple months ago and after 8 hours playing their ridiculously weak 4-8, had 1500 whites. I didn't ever color because it just kept getting funnier and funnier. I had a pyramid literally 100 high with a very wide base.

[Hardmix]

I would not mind stackin a few on her arse!!! Cant stop staring a that wicked avatar.

[smoore]

[ QUOTE ]
I had a pyramid literally 100 high with a very wide base.


[/ QUOTE ]

haha, that's awesome... Once I had nearly 6 racks of white in front of me during a particularly good session of 2-5 and the floor asked me to color it up so it wasn't so obtrusive on the table (crowded night). 5 racks go, 1 beautiful rack of red returned. Yay. Best thing about that night is that I bought in short to begin with... I only had $100 on me and was saving $20 for food and drinks if I pissed through my paltry stack.

[warewulf]

Yup, can't be a bad thing when your stack is taking up too much room on the table.

Excuse me sir, I'm having trouble hearing you behind that wall of chips... /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[TenPercenter]

[ QUOTE ]
I'm totally embarassed by this thread. What a worthless waste of time and energy. Just as soon as the wife goes to the store, I'm getting out the 1700 chipco's and you guys are in big trouble. Winning pic to follow.
Accident /images/graemlins/club.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

Accident.... you made a promise..... own up! The Egyptians should have this title! They did, after all, have the tallest man-made structure until the Eiffel Tower came along!

Ten


[ps, I hope you've used the chips enough to get rid of the grain. They'll stack much better after a bit of use!]

[pps, No, I cannot do it. I have a sleeping baby. /images/graemlins/smile.gif ]

[theRealMacoy]

impressive work gentlemen!

i expect someone to break the illustrious 400 mark
in the very near future

cheers
the Real Macoy

[duma]

anyone have a pic of the towers that Chris Ferguson can make? i saw a pic one time on this chipco chip that had like a pryamid connected to a diamond connected to a diamond. ill post the pic when i can find it. i would love to see something creative like this?

and do these have to be single chip towers or can we build support bases to try and go past 400?

[TenPercenter]

[ QUOTE ]
anyone have a pic of the towers that Chris Ferguson can make? i saw a pic one time on this chipco chip that had like a pryamid connected to a diamond connected to a diamond. ill post the pic when i can find it. i would love to see something creative like this?

and do these have to be single chip towers or can we build support bases to try and go past 400?

[/ QUOTE ]

I have seen some Ferguson towers, and yes they're impressive to say the least.

for this challenge, single chip column, yes. I think one of the goals is to find the "stackability" of different chip types. I doubt we'll see a "dice chip" hold the record due to their slickness, but don't count them out!

Ten

[TenPercenter]

[ QUOTE ]
anyone have a pic of the towers that Chris Ferguson can make? i saw a pic one time on this chipco chip that had like a pryamid connected to a diamond connected to a diamond. ill post the pic when i can find it.

[/ QUOTE ]

http://www.pokerart.com/_shared/images/bargechips/2004_chips/2k4_lg_blue.jpg

http://www.nevadacasinochips.com/chipcastlewinner.jpg

NOT Chris's:

http://www.nevadacasinochips.com/chipcastle1.jpg
http://www.nevadacasinochips.com/chipcastle4.jpg

Ten

[duma]

thx Ten. those stacks are a thing of beauty.

[duma]

[ QUOTE ]
Never tried straight up one stack, but I'm wondering about at a casino, stacking however you want, how many chips have you had in front of you at one time? I was at Barona in SD a couple months ago and after 8 hours playing their ridiculously weak 4-8, had 1500 whites. I didn't ever color because it just kept getting funnier and funnier. I had a pyramid literally 100 high with a very wide base.

[/ QUOTE ]

you mean something like this guy's?
http://www.freepichosting.com/Thumbs/421580461/18/1.jpg

btw Barona's poker room is a joke. only 10 tables total and only 1 NL table running when i played there and the wait was about 3 hours to get on it. so i ended up having to play limit which i dispize. played for about 3 hours playing 3-6 and this kid won about $600 just chasing to the river. it seemed like everytime i had a made hand, someone would outdraw me. i think i won one hand the whole night when i flopped 2 pair but with a straight and flush draw out there but it never came. there is no way u are going to get poeple to fold at Barona. and their Kill Pot, i hate that sh!t.

[CaptLego]

3 8 0 !!
Details and pics to follow...

[csuf_gambler]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Never tried straight up one stack, but I'm wondering about at a casino, stacking however you want, how many chips have you had in front of you at one time? I was at Barona in SD a couple months ago and after 8 hours playing their ridiculously weak 4-8, had 1500 whites. I didn't ever color because it just kept getting funnier and funnier. I had a pyramid literally 100 high with a very wide base.

[/ QUOTE ]

you mean something like this guy's?
http://www.freepichosting.com/Thumbs/421580461/18/1.jpg

i ended up having to play limit which i dispize. played for about 3 hours playing 3-6 and this kid won about $600 just chasing to the river. it seemed like everytime i had a made hand, someone would outdraw me. i think i won one hand the whole night when i flopped 2 pair but with a straight and flush draw out there but it never came. there is no way u are going to get poeple to fold at Barona. and their Kill Pot, i hate that sh!t.

[/ QUOTE ]

wow, just simply wow... i don't think you have a fundemental understanding of poker.

[Evan]

hahaha, I am famous!!!!!

There was somewhere between 750 and 800 chips there totaling ~$3k, including at least one of every chips demonination up to $1k. Most I've ever had on a 2/4 table (seriously). /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[CaptLego]

[ QUOTE ]
3 8 0 !!
Details and pics to follow...

[/ QUOTE ]

http://members.aol.com/CaptLego/380chipstack_s.jpg

here's a link to a high-res version .jpg
http://members.aol.com/CaptLego/380chipstack.jpg

The chips are Dillinger's Gambling Hall (RT Plastics Fantasy Chip). Each color band in the stack is 10 chips. That's my son w/ the magic hands for stacking. This stack was pretty stable at 340. We had almost had 400...

[TenPercenter]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
3 8 0 !!
Details and pics to follow...

[/ QUOTE ]

http://members.aol.com/CaptLego/380chipstack_s.jpg

here's a link to a high-res version .jpg
http://members.aol.com/CaptLego/380chipstack.jpg

The chips are Dillinger's Gambling Hall (RT Plastics Fantasy Chip). Each color band in the stack is 10 chips. That's my son w/ the magic hands for stacking. This stack was pretty stable at 340. We had almost had 400...

[/ QUOTE ]

haha, that's great! you had the level out and everything.

Ten

[warewulf]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
3 8 0 !!
Details and pics to follow...

[/ QUOTE ]

here's a link to a high-res version .jpg
http://members.aol.com/CaptLego/380chipstack.jpg

The chips are Dillinger's Gambling Hall (RT Plastics Fantasy Chip). Each color band in the stack is 10 chips. That's my son w/ the magic hands for stacking. This stack was pretty stable at 340. We had almost had 400...

[/ QUOTE ]

Awesome! A new champ! I guess RT Plastics is similar to BJ.

[tomb1]

Interesting that the highest stacks are Bud Jones chips (or copies). That squares with my experience that Chipco/ceramic chips won't stack as high as Paulson/clay chips, and that neither will stack as high as Bud Jones. Maybe that's why the WSOP chips are BJ, you know how those guys love to show off their big stacks!

- - tomb
New Orleans
Birthplace of Poker

P.S. Can't wait for Arsene Lupin to come back and beat 380 with those Dodge City BJ chips....

[CaptLego]

Here's another stack of 380 chips, this time using those super diamond clay composite chips:
http://members.aol.com/CaptLego/380diamond_s.jpg Each color band is 20 chips.

We also tried dice chips, but they were very unstable. 200 was pretty shakey, 280 was about the max.

The super diamond chips are *very* slippery -- moreso than the dice chips, but they are more stable in tall stacks.

[CaptLego]

This one doesn't count for the record, but here's a couple pics of a chip sculpture composed of 888 chips.
http://members.aol.com/CaptLego/888sculpture_s.jpg http://members.aol.com/CaptLego/888sculpture_ts.jpg

[fishfeet]

^I have tried to create a sculpure similar to the one in the 2nd pic

I wasnt able to get it very high. I was using 11.5g suited chips. Not ideal for that kind of thing.

I would get it going pretty well.. then put on another row of chips, and SPLAT, they all [censored] go down.. aot8ha;wdjrhas'lfkasdfkasf blah, [censored] hell, all tha time wasted.

excuse my anger.. im a bit drink and still upset over the UNC.DUKE game..
Im a big UNC fan.. however, I predicted Duke to win by 2..
I just wish I had someone to take my $100 bet on the game.
Seriously, even though everyone I offered the bet to is also a poor college student as I am... I am a UNC fan saying UNC would NOT cover the -1.5 spead...
bah, I hijacked the thread.. ignore everything I just said.
I think I need to go to sleep. Class at noon... its 1 am. I need at least 12 hours of sleep... meh.. im going to be a grumpy person in the morning

[JihadOnTheRiver]

That was at a 2/4 table? Well done. You need to get a new shirt and some Douche-Bag-Be-Gone with the money though...

-Durka Durka

[Fins]

[ QUOTE ]
This one doesn't count for the record, but here's a couple pics of a chip sculpture composed of 888 chips.
[images]Tower of Power[images]

[/ QUOTE ]
All-in! Impressive!

- Fins

[theRealMacoy]

amazing work with the 888 sculpture! i don't completely see how this is possible to actually construct but the proof is in the pictures. well done!

Come on boys, someone must be dying to set that long-sought, often thought impossible, 400 chip tower record.


RM

[CaptLego]

[ QUOTE ]
Come on boys, someone must be dying to set that long-sought, often thought impossible, 400 chip tower record.RM

[/ QUOTE ]

We'll have a go at it as soon as the Egyptians arrive (probably next week). I think 400 is possible with the RT Plastics (we had 400 briefly, but didn't get a picture).
I haven't seen any reports yet of how well Chipcos stack -- it will be interesting to see.

If somebody wants to send us 500 Paulson's, we'll be glad to report on how well they stack.. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[CaptLego]

[ QUOTE ]
- Fins

PS I'm going with plaques/ocatagons not counting...

[/ QUOTE ]

In anticipation of the Egyptians, I was wondering about this. I'll see how many 39mm Chipcos we can stack. But the plaques and octagons *are* poker chips, after all... so I'll try a stack with them in it, as well. The Egyptians deserve an unfair advantage, don't you think?

I'm gonna need a LOT more plaques and octagons....

[CaptLego]

[ QUOTE ]

I haven't seen any reports yet of how well Chipcos stack -- it will be interesting to see.


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oops --- after reviewing this thread, I see that MSPatton has reported on the stackability of Chipcos.. Maybe w/ the plaques and octagons, the Egyptians can at least capture the title in the "Chipcos" category..

[Arsene Lupin III]

I need to check my stocks.. I only have a few hundred of the BJ chips on hand.

[theredwave]

If 5StarDeal ever decides to send me the rest of my James Bond chips I might give it another try. They charged my card on 1/27, sent me half my chips a couple days later, and are now not replying to my emails about the rest of my chips.

[Evan]

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You need to get a new shirt and some Douche-Bag-Be-Gone with the money though...

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Huh? What's wrong with my shirt? And why am I a douche bag?

[Arsene Lupin III]

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You need to get a new shirt and some Douche-Bag-Be-Gone with the money though...

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Huh? What's wrong with my shirt? And why am I a douche bag?

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I think it's the arrogance you express in your brusque beer-swigging.. But, hey! I'd have the same drunken-zen confidence and ego with a stack like that. Don't take offense, because I'm joking in the first sentence.

I think he's just jealous of that tower. Probably the shirt, too. He's made you into a whiter version of Josh Arieh in his mind or something.

[Evan]

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He's made you into a whiter version of Josh Arieh in his mind or something.

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This is my new favorite sentence ever written about me.

[jojobinks]

can we get an update? i understood people thought a new record might be set with the egyptians...

[Eric H]

Here we go again, lol!

[CaptLego]

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can we get an update? i understood people thought a new record might be set with the egyptians...

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We did a quick attempt with the egypians.
We started with the plaques, then octagons, then rounds.
I have 55 plaques, but surprisingly, they didn't provids as stable base as we'd expected.

The tallest stack we got was 105 octagons, with 180 rounds on top of that, for a total of 295 egyptians. We didn't pursue it farther, since 400 seemed out of reach.

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Ten
The problem with the dice is not that they are too slick; it's that when born they are given that little trough about 4mm off the edge. Thanks to this; they aren't as 'flat' as they would appear and the actual surface area making contact is much less than you would suspect. The ‘slickest’ chips stacked are the cheap mono-color clay chips. Those reached a height of 380 with ease.

When stacking chips in front of you at the table, your coefficient of friction between chips may be a deciding factor. (Mainly when the table shakes are you knock them over reaching in the pot). When you have 300 chips on top of each other this is heavily minimized. Enough so that it really becomes a moot point. Any chip stack that high will fall if you bump it the wrong way. (Read: At All)
What you're looking for is how much of the outer chip is making contact. The reason that the BJs seem to stack well is with their label on the inside, the outer rim is where all of the weight rests!

[Arsene Lupin III]

I may give it another go tonight or tomorrow..

I have one of my nerdy OCD-type friends over who will be able to point out any errors I make in stacking. We'll see how things go.

[Audioflow]

Bring it on