9G Vegas Chips

[Paradigm]

Hi all -- I have an awful set of diamond chips and I want a new set of chips, but I don't have the funds for a nice set of Chipcos or Nexgens. I like the 9G Vegas chips withOUT the vegas labels -- with the blank centers, so that hopefully I can put labels in the center.

My question is where can I get these 9G chips w/o labels, CAN you put labels on them, and has anybody handled them? How are they?

[TenPercenter]

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Hi all -- I have an awful set of diamond chips and I want a new set of chips, but I don't have the funds for a nice set of Chipcos or Nexgens. I like the 9G Vegas chips withOUT the vegas labels -- with the blank centers, so that hopefully I can put labels in the center.

My question is where can I get these 9G chips w/o labels, CAN you put labels on them, and has anybody handled them? How are they?

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Do you have a link to the ones that you are talking about? (or a photo? even if it's the ones with vegas lablels)

Ten

[Paradigm]

Sure. Ten, I know you're the man around here, lol.

w/ the labels: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=63759&item=6162901 063&rd=1

w/out (the ones I'm interested in, "Blank Style")

http://www.ecasinodeals.com/solidcase.html

I don't know if these have the recessed center for labels, if the labels will stick, and all that goodness.

[ClonexxSA]

Honestly, I have not found a better chip for the money then the 10g faux clay chips. They are cheap as hell (.06 cents a chip) and are the closest I have ever seen a non clay chip come to being a clay chip. They are lighter then clay chips and have no edge spots.

But hands down they are the best chips ive handled for the price. The RPT nexgens are really nice too, but are much more expensive. You can pick up 500 of the 10g faux clay dice chips for $30..like $40 for the set with the case and such.

http://www.5stardeal.com/deals/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=10-1600

those are the chips I am talking about. Honestly and hands down the best cheap set I have ever owned.

[hunterking]

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Honestly, I have not found a better chip for the money then the 10g faux clay chips. They are cheap as hell (.06 cents a chip) and are the closest I have ever seen a non clay chip come to being a clay chip. They are lighter then clay chips and have no edge spots.

But hands down they are the best chips ive handled for the price. The RPT nexgens are really nice too, but are much more expensive. You can pick up 500 of the 10g faux clay dice chips for $30..like $40 for the set with the case and such.

http://www.5stardeal.com/deals/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=10-1600

those are the chips I am talking about. Honestly and hands down the best cheap set I have ever owned.

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anyone else have any comments about these cheap chips?

[smoore]

the faux clay chips are indeed nice, they feel and sound nearly like a clay chip at .06ea. Side by side with diamonds they're in a whole different league. Labels WILL NOT stick to them, I tried.

I like my nexgens better than the faux clay I have anyway. I would buy the "river poker tour" with the dual edgespots if I had it to do over.

Those "vegas" chips linked look like the inlay area is much bigger than the 1in label. dunno.

Buy a few of each that you're considering from 5star, they will sell 1 of each color.

[Cin0s3]

I have sample set of the 10g faux clay, and even though they are not an expensive chip they dont have metal insert so you dont get that sound of a pvc chip or any diamonds or round spots on the edge.

I think the best thing to do is to go on ebay and find one of those sample sets that has 14 or 15 different chip styles in it and see which you like the best. Plus if you play the numbers on ebay you can get one of those graphic plastic chip sets for $10 plus about 20-30 shipping and save alot more if you bought them elsewhere.

[smoore]

Oh wait... I just noticed you wrote "can't afford a nice set of chipcos or nexgens"... The nexgens are $0.20 (in case you're thinking they're $1 chips)

[tubalkain]

Please clarify: Diamonds don't like labels, 6c faux clays don't like labels, or both kinds don't like labels?

[smoore]

faux clay don't like labels. I just tried a diamond and it stuck a little better but would never stay during play.

[SlantNGo]

They may look cool but they are VERY light (closer to 8 grams than 9) and feel plasticky. I personally recommend the 13.5g suited & double-suited (http://www.pokernstuff.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=218) for their feel because I've never felt a Nexgen. However, the colors are inconsistent between batches, i.e. sometimes the green is a dark "forest" green and sometimes it is a "teal/lime" green.

EDIT: Didn't see that you wanted labels... the 13.5s aren't recessed so labels isn't advisable. Best to stick with the NexGens I think.

[Paradigm]

i didn't know the nexgens were so cheap...but i also really like the look of these 9G ones. nobody has sampled them aside from annorax? i might have to. can the label printers on this board (lynback and cinose3 or however it's spelled with numbers) make labels with different sizes?

[tubalkain]

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They may look cool but they are VERY light (closer to 8 grams than 9) and feel plasticky. I personally recommend the 13.5g suited & double-suited (http://www.pokernstuff.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=218) for their feel because I've never felt a Nexgen. However, the colors are inconsistent between batches, i.e. sometimes the green is a dark "forest" green and sometimes it is a "teal/lime" green.

EDIT: Didn't see that you wanted labels... the 13.5s aren't recessed so labels isn't advisable. Best to stick with the NexGens I think.

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So in short.... 9ish Vegas blanks + labels = poor man's Bud Jones clones?

[Richard Tanner]

I own a set of 500, they are light, but they sound and feel good to me. Only real problem is that they are a little slippery and can slide around. Other than that, I like them, and they serve their purpose.

Cody

[megabit]

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faux clay don't like labels. I just tried a diamond and it stuck a little better but would never stay during play.

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I have a set a diamonds with lables and they stick just fine.

[jalsing]

I have the 9G blanks of which you speak. I preferred them over the nexgens which I sampled as well. Yes, they are lighter, and the nexgens are a bit cheaper, but I couldn't stand to have 'LAS VEGAS' printed around my chip. I also just didn't like the texture/feel of the nexgen. I actually REALLY liked the 9G blanks the more I played with them. I bought 1000 of them from pokernstuff.com and labeled them up.

AFTER I labeled them (this has also been discussed in other threads) I applied Krylon Preserve-it to the chips. This added some texture while at the same time preserving the label (I used weatherproof laser labels from onlinelabels.com) The chips stack just fine IMO. Slightly annoying however was that the recessed area for label application seems a hair smaller than 1". Most of my labels actually ride up the lip a bit. Not enough to effect stacking/shuffling, but enough to frustrate you while you're applying...

Word of advice however. My samples from pokernstuff.com had the red chips with a real 'maroon' colored red, which I really liked (shown in the mockup below.) The chips I received were more 'rust' colored which annoyed me quite a bit, and I actually had to redo my label design to match better (luckily I hadn't printed any yet because I needed to color match the other chips..) Also, these chips sell fast it seems because they were out of reds for quite a while, and even when I made my order I was backordered 50 reds. I've seen the chips for sale at pokerchipmart.com as well, so you may want to check there also.

Here's a mock up of my chips:
http://img125.exs.cx/img125/574/allchips1fb.jpg

Note the purple I had to actually buy the 'vegas' style and remove the stock labels. I'm perhaps the only person with custom purple 9G blanks (is that a good thing?)

[TomHimself]

I like your chips, nice job.

[SlantNGo]

Yup, that's common among the 9g Vegas chips and the 13.5g stripe suited/double suited chips. The reds and greens are hardly ever the same in between batches. So if you want them to match... order them all in 1 batch!

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My samples from pokernstuff.com had the red chips with a real 'maroon' colored red, which I really liked (shown in the mockup below.) The chips I received were more 'rust' colored which annoyed me quite a bit

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[hunterking]

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Honestly, I have not found a better chip for the money then the 10g faux clay chips. They are cheap as hell (.06 cents a chip) and are the closest I have ever seen a non clay chip come to being a clay chip. They are lighter then clay chips and have no edge spots.

But hands down they are the best chips ive handled for the price. The RPT nexgens are really nice too, but are much more expensive. You can pick up 500 of the 10g faux clay dice chips for $30..like $40 for the set with the case and such.

http://www.5stardeal.com/deals/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=10-1600

those are the chips I am talking about. Honestly and hands down the best cheap set I have ever owned.

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i agree completely...just got my samples of these. I can't believe that these chips are so cheap! i mean they are very ordinary-looking, but they feel great, nice weight, nice texture, and they even sound more like a clay chip than many other cheapies...

[jdiesel]

Let me begin this post by saying that I must have absolutely positively no life. With that disclaimer out of the way I will be begin. I ordered my set of 9gram vegas chips off of ebay about a year ago. I ended up with 1325 chips due to an error in the ordering process. The feel of this chips is great. I love the way they sound, the way they shuffle with the rounded corners and yes I have broken a chip on purpose just to see if they are all "clay(and the answer to that question is yes)." I would agree with the poster who said these are a cheap version of bj chips. Yes they are very light, but I have gotten used to that and now playing with regular chips makes my fingers feel like they are at the gym or something as I sit there for hours on end shuffling chips(over/unders on carpel tunnel) The only thing that I didn't like about my chips is the hideous picture of the hot rod on the label. I put up with it for about a year and finally decided that was it, I needed to design a chip label for me chips. After coming up with the ideal chip label, with some help from these very forums, I was forced with the reality that I must now remove two labels from each of my 1325 chips. About 8 hours later and three somewhat small, but still painful cuts from my trusty pocketknife they were all off. The 1" round labels from onlinelabels.com worked perfect and I have a bunch left over if you want some at cost. To sum things up, I can't think of a better cheap chip for the price.
pm me if you are looking for any labels
Here is a copy of my red chip label http://www.quia.com/files/quia/users/jdalrymp/chip/pokerchip4.jpg

[jalsing]

And here I thought I was the only one peeling labels off chips to apply my own...Luckily only 50 for now, until I add on to my set..

[jojobinks]

i play in a weekly tourny with these chips (the fab las vegas link the OP posted). my biggest problem with them is that they're really slippery. with your own labels, i'm sure they'd be not so ugly.

i recommend nexgen if you're interested in that price range. i just put together a set for my brother in law, and they rock.

[imthatguy]

I bought my Nexgens a little over a month ago, and am completely satisfied. Labelling was a breeze, they look great, sounds great, feel great and are a huge improvement over the "suited chips" you see everywhere. I highly reccomend them for a buyer on a budget who wants something a little more unique. My only regret is that I didn't get any yellows or purples...

[djhjf21]

Nexgen may not be as far out of your budget as you think. A set of 300 will run you about 75$ shipped if u know where to get them. E-mail me for more info if you like underfrogpoker@yahoo.com

[msb]

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Nexgen may not be as far out of your budget as you think. A set of 300 will run you about 75$ shipped if u know where to get them. E-mail me for more info if you like underfrogpoker@yahoo.com

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You don't have to eMail me to find out where... try here (http://www.5stardeal.com/deals/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=10-8000-300S) for $73 shipped:

http://www.5stardeal.com/website/gaming/smallpictures/10-8000-300s.jpg (http://www.5stardeal.com/deals/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=10-8000-300S)

(No affiliation, by the way, but based on the other thread (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=1989560&page=0&view=colla psed&sb=5&o=14&fpart=1) by this guy, I thought this an appropriate response. And they *do* take credit cards, they *do* advertise, and they *do* have a web site /images/graemlins/tongue.gif)

[ram1962]

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Let me begin this post by saying that I must have absolutely positively no life. With that disclaimer out of the way I will be begin. I ordered my set of 9gram vegas chips off of ebay about a year ago. I ended up with 1325 chips due to an error in the ordering process. The feel of this chips is great. I love the way they sound, the way they shuffle with the rounded corners and yes I have broken a chip on purpose just to see if they are all "clay(and the answer to that question is yes)." I would agree with the poster who said these are a cheap version of bj chips. Yes they are very light, but I have gotten used to that and now playing with regular chips makes my fingers feel like they are at the gym or something as I sit there for hours on end shuffling chips(over/unders on carpel tunnel) The only thing that I didn't like about my chips is the hideous picture of the hot rod on the label. I put up with it for about a year and finally decided that was it, I needed to design a chip label for me chips. After coming up with the ideal chip label, with some help from these very forums, I was forced with the reality that I must now remove two labels from each of my 1325 chips. About 8 hours later and three somewhat small, but still painful cuts from my trusty pocketknife they were all off. The 1" round labels from onlinelabels.com worked perfect and I have a bunch left over if you want some at cost. To sum things up, I can't think of a better cheap chip for the price.
pm me if you are looking for any labels
Here is a copy of my red chip label http://www.quia.com/files/quia/users/jdalrymp/chip/pokerchip4.jpg

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Hey Diesel, Lets see some pictures of your chips once the new labels are on!

[jdiesel]

i'll do my best once they are all on. I don't have a digital camera, but I'll see what I can come up with

[duma]

i can vouch for these chips too. i have a set of 9g vegas. its funny cause i bought them from the swap meet and the guy selling them had a geniune Bud Jones chip from the New Frontier casino to compare and its pretty close.

i will remove my labels one day and put some customs on. just havent decided what yet. i agree that they are a little slick but thats because of the label and hopefully its not as bad when u put your own on. btw any labels out there with textured surfaces?

[imthatguy]

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i will remove my labels one day and put some customs on. just havent decided what yet. i agree that they are a little slick but thats because of the label and hopefully its not as bad when u put your own on. btw any labels out there with textured surfaces?

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I found that the labels from Lynbark (ebay) get a little bit of texture from the printing process. Probably not as much texture as you're looking for, but still better than a glossy.

[smoore]

The more I sprayed my labels the more texture they had. I used a single can of "satin" krylon for ~800 chips worth of labels, I would imagine the "matte" would give more texture. If I do it again I will use two whole cans and take my time... I'll probably use satin again, I like the semigloss. If you sprayed the whole chip (PITA) you would probably end up with more protection and more texture.