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Abe
03-07-2005, 04:26 PM
Who has any experience or opinions in using a $3 chip in home games?

A buddy wants to use $3 chips for his 3-6, 6-12, and 9-18 games. Wants to buy chips (no denomination) using an appropriate color. I only remember the chips at Commerce being a pale green - aqua or teal ???

Where would he buy some chips like this?

Thanks
Lottery Larry
03-07-2005, 04:39 PM
Does the color matter? If you don't want to pick a typical chip color, go with yellow or pink.

If you find someone who makes the chips with an unusual color such as teal, let us know.
tubalkain
03-07-2005, 05:53 PM
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Does the color matter? If you don't want to pick a typical chip color, go with yellow or pink.

If you find someone who makes the chips with an unusual color such as teal, let us know.

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Pink is traditionally $2.50 in the casinos around here.

I'd suggest dayglo orange or something like that.
Lottery Larry
03-07-2005, 06:46 PM
Sounds close enough to me!
shant
03-07-2005, 08:31 PM
The Commerce $3 chip is day glow orange with a dark blue and yellow edge spot.
ott
03-07-2005, 09:34 PM
Harrah's Rincon uses yellow chip with green edge spots for their $3 poker chips (used as drops only).
Coleman
03-07-2005, 10:01 PM
The Seneca Niagara casino in New York uses a mustard/tan color $3 chip for drops. I wanted one, but they wouldn't sell it to me! It says "poker room only" on the inlay.
CaptLego
03-07-2005, 11:21 PM
I think Bay101 uses $3 chips, and they may be teal.
duma
03-07-2005, 11:26 PM
Vineyards $3 are lime green. and if u are playing 3/6 theres no point to $3 chips because you still have to use $1 chips becuase of the blinds.
Coleman
03-07-2005, 11:29 PM
eBay has a few batches of "New Sonny's Casino" $3 Paulsons which are sky blue with 2 double spots of magenta/lime.
ended eBay listing (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=63756&item=6158352 942&rd=1)
ott
03-08-2005, 12:52 AM
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The Seneca Niagara casino in New York uses a mustard/tan color $3 chip for drops. I wanted one, but they wouldn't sell it to me! It says "poker room only" on the inlay.

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I got the $3 drop chips by playing poker. Only for about 30 mins. You can play one hand. Buy a $3 chip and leave. There's no time limit.
SpaceMonkey9
03-08-2005, 08:17 AM
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Vineyards $3 are lime green. and if u are playing 3/6 theres no point to $3 chips because you still have to use $1 chips becuase of the blinds.

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Sure there is. It makes things much easier. Not to mention for a faster game as well. Plus if it takes 12 chips to cold call a raise on the last two streets, it's more likely someone would short change the pot (even with the best of intentions).
Rams_Law
03-08-2005, 08:24 PM
They're unusual, so there's no "standard" like red $5, green $25, or black $100. Mohegan Sun (CT) used a $3 in the 3-6 game that was brown with green accents (called "turtles").

Some swear that playing with $1 chips made the game better because the pots looked bigger and encouraged more action.

ETA - See for example this thread (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=1882048&page=0&view=e xpanded&sb=5&o=14&fpart=1#Post1882354).