Pharaoh\'s Club Paulson - Blue $1 or White $1 chip?
 

I have decided already, but I wanted to get your opinion to see if I'm in line. Should the $1 chip be white or blue? The other one will be the 25¢ chip.

(These images are opposite of what I have chosen. I am leaning towards a white 25¢ chip)

These images are just drafts. Thesey are NOT the final images, and are not meant to represent the final 25¢ and $1 chips. They are just examples.

Ten


http://lightningsolutions.net/images/chips/big/blue.jpg http://lightningsolutions.net/images.../big/white.jpg


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Re: Pharaoh\'s Club Paulson - Blue $1 or White $1 chip?
 

Final example or not, I like how the image is matching overall in color with the chip in your examples. I'm waiting with baited breath here Ten.

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Damn, now I'm gonna have to get a loan to buy these puppies. Looking good by the way and I voted for the Blue $1 chip.

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I think that the one dollar chip would be more used than the 25cent one. Knowing that the one dollar chip would get dirty faster than the blue chip (see: Paulson Chip Maintenance), I think it would be a good idea to have the blue chip beeing the one dollar chip. (However my personal preference is white for this chip because I like the white chip better than the blue one...)

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I kind of mentioned this in the main Pharaoh's club thread, but it might be nice to keep the $1 chips white like the James Bond and Standard Stock Paulsons so that if we ever need to buy replacements or extra $1 chips, we could just pick up some Stock or JB Paulsons which should exactly match the Pharaoh's Club chips, since as of now it's looking like we won't be able to get much customization on the chip mold/color. Of course, this doesn't matter if the Pharaohs Club chips will be available for general purchase after the group buy. What do you guys think?

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i voted blue for quarters b/c i'll need more quarters than dollars, and the dirt factor is in play. <selfish>

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off topic, but looking at the blue chip, the mold looks different. Anyone else notice? It's either been photoshoped to make the recessed area smaller and the raised area larger, or its a new mold.
-J

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I voted for blue $1 and white $.25 because of the dirt factor. But these chips look so awesome and I only plan to use them for "special occasions" anyways.

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The blue one is the shiznit! Surprised the voting is so close.

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I like your reasoning, except that the standard James Bond $1 chip is blue. The standard 50 cent chip is white.

I would prefer a 50 cent chip over the 25 cent. The 25 cent would typically be used as a small blind or ante for microlimit cash games. You don't need many of those so you could substitute a some other Paulson chip for the few that you would need. However, 50 cent chips would get a lot more use (for me anyway) because home cash games are typically 0.5/1 or 1/2. The 4-5x increase from 25 cents to $1 dollar may be an "efficient" use of demoninations but is an inefficient use of money spent on a lot more chips with a 25 cent value. The standard Paulsons don't even bother with a 25 cent chip.

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I like your reasoning, except that the standard James Bond $1 chip is blue. The standard 50 cent chip is white.

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Ah, I guess you're right, didn't see that, but the Standard Stock $1's are white, so I suppose it doesn't matter either way.

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I'm a casino chip collector. The majority of the $1 chips I have are white.

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off topic, but looking at the blue chip, the mold looks different. Anyone else notice? It's either been photoshoped to make the recessed area smaller and the raised area larger, or its a new mold.

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The original Paulson home mold used with the James Bonds had the larger recessed area and smaller raised area similar to the TH&C mold, but there were complaints about that mold because the inlay wasn't large enough to cover the recessed area. So they made the new Paulson home mold with the smaller recessed area to better match the inlay for the new Standard Stock Paulsons. I don't know where Ten got those pictures from, but they appear to match the dimensions of the new home mold.

http://www.trademarkpoker.com/paulson.asp

Personally , I like the chips with the larger recessed area because they're more like the TH&C's, but for some reason they couldn't/wouldn't make the inlays big enough to cover it.

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I don't know about others but I think the light beige stripe on white is completely stupid. In most pictures I have seen it basically just looks like one stripe anyways.

Maybe because I am new I don't know the reasoning behind this. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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off topic, but looking at the blue chip, the mold looks different. Anyone else notice? It's either been photoshoped to make the recessed area smaller and the raised area larger, or its a new mold.

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I don't know where Ten got those pictures from, but they appear to match the dimensions of the new home mold.

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The full credit for that goes to one of the graphic artists working with me on this. I required that the inlay be mocked up in perfect proportion on the scans that MSPatton provided, but this guy went the extra mile and filled in the flat area left over with texture. And he spread out the "PAULSON CHIPS" a bit to match what he thinks it will most likely be.

Ten

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I don't know about others but I think the light beige stripe on white is completely stupid. In most pictures I have seen it basically just looks like one stripe anyways.

Maybe because I am new I don't know the reasoning behind this. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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In person I think it looks pretty good. It completely contrasts with the Blue Chip James Bond, which has red/green/blue spots. The BC one has a "French" feel to it or something. (not good or bad, just what I see)

Ten

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Personally, I think the beige edgespot on the white chip works great - at least on the JB samples I have.

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I don't know about others but I think the light beige stripe on white is completely stupid. In most pictures I have seen it basically just looks like one stripe anyways.

Maybe because I am new I don't know the reasoning behind this. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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In person I think it looks pretty good. It completely contrasts with the Blue Chip James Bond, which has red/green/blue spots. The BC one has a "French" feel to it or something. (not good or bad, just what I see)

Ten

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Ok well I turned down my gamma (very bright because of some video games) and can actually see the stripe now [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

Looks fine [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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I am surprised the voting is close as well. I voted for the $1 blue chip. I have the JB Paulson samples and I really like the $1 blue and the 25 or 50 cent white chip.

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I am not surprised. White has been the traditional $1 chip in home sets while the blue is $10 or $50. I voted for white because I really like the beige and red stipes on white better!!!

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Why is everyone surprised? A majority of $1 poker/casino chips are white - whether they are from home sets or a casino. I'm more for tradition, and the fact that even though they will have denoms on them too many players will assume that the white is a $1 chips anyway because they are used to it. Worrying about "dirtying" your chips is the real surprise. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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I'm WAY in favor of a white buck.
It's the unit, the base, the foundation.
I makes the colored chips really mean something!

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I like the idea of having the blue $1 chip, except I think there might be a big problem with dark blue base and white edge spots. All the Vegas $1 chips I've seen - Mirage, Bellagio, Treasure Island with that color combination has the problem of the blue bleeding onto the white turning them into a freakish color. It seemed inevitable that this will happen so as long as the chips are stacked.

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Didn't I read about that in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"?

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I'm glad it's just an artist's rendition, because I see no concentric circles!
We need concentric circles in the mold!

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I'm glad it's just an artist's rendition, because I see no concentric circles!
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True, I am hoping they add them. But I'd bet money they don't. They don't want them mistaken for casino chips at all.

Ten

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In my opinion it would be best to have a white 1$ and a blue 10$ like they have in trademark's paulson. then if you would like to use a 0,25 you can use the 25$ since this chip doesn't have to be in play when you have a 10$ (which would be a large denom in a game with 0,25 ante).. and also I think that if there should be a 0,25chip it shouldn't be as nice as this.. it should be a gray chip with hot stamp and no edgespot.. my opinion anyway if a classic clay set is the goal.

I like the design though.. excellent work...

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I think the problem with that idea is that I believe there is very little demand for a $10 chip. It isn't a traditional casino denomination, and it isn't used in tourney or cash games. why not just throw in 2 $5 chips instead of one $10??

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Hi, I voted earlier for the blue $1 chip because I like it much more than the white one.

I played B&M yesterday and the casino had white $1 chips. They were FILTHY!!!!!! I don't know if this is how they normally are or it was lack of care/overlength in use - they were really not holding up well.

I would prefer for a white chip to not be one of the most commonly used denominations - - and this assumes I can afford the finished product!!! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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In defense of the white $1, There is just no way you will be able to soil it as badly as a casino.
It may take a year before you can even notice any grime at all. Heck, they'll barely be broken in...

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I voted for the White $1 chip because most of the real casino $1 chips I have seen are WHITE. I do agree that there is a dirt factor but the Paulson's easily clean up real good. <font color="blue"> </font>

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I voted for the White $1 chip because most of the real casino $1 chips I have seen are WHITE. I do agree that there is a dirt factor but the Paulson's easily clean up real good. <font color="blue"> </font>

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I've decided to keep the $1 white mainly for this reason. Color changes are not allowed, otherwise we could choose a darker color like gray.

Everyone is going to use their chips differenly I know. I personally use $1 chips less than any one of mine.

Ten

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Makes me wonder why there was a poll in the first place.

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I've been handling my sample set for a week. The white chip is covered with color "scuff marks" from repeated shuffling with other chips. The checking on the edge is more pronounced because the peaks are colored/dirty while the valleys are still white. I guess it's looking more like a real casino chip every day. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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Makes me wonder why there was a poll in the first place.

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No doubt.

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Makes me wonder why there was a poll in the first place.

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No doubt.

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From the OP:

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I have decided already, but I wanted to get your opinion to see if I'm in line.

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And there you have it.

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Makes me wonder why there was a poll in the first place.

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No doubt.

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From the OP:

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I have decided already, but I wanted to get your opinion to see if I'm in line.

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And there you have it.

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FROM OP: (These images are opposite of what I have chosen. I am leaning towards a white 25¢ chip)

There YOU have it.

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i think we need to get rid of the turkey on the blue chip. theres already a winged thing on the $25. put the sphinx on it instead.

and my vote was for a blue $1. not gonna buy this white one. if u can make the blue without denoms that would be good as well.

edit: im prolly just gonna end up buying blue $1 paulsons from a casino anyways. but u prolly werent gonna make it denomless anyways just for me [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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i think we need to get rid of the turkey on the blue chip. theres already a winged thing on the $25. put the sphinx on it instead.

and my vote was for a blue $1. not gonna buy this white one. if u can make the blue without denoms that would be good as well.

edit: im prolly just gonna end up buying blue $1 paulsons from a casino anyways. but u prolly werent gonna make it denomless anyways just for me [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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That's not a turkey on the $1. It's a winged rat. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

In all the inlays, I haven't seen a Scarab anywhere. There ought to be a scarab in any Egyptian theme.

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I agree, the first thing I thought when I saw the chips was why are there two wing thingys, they look alot alike. I agree that one needs to go and the scarab is a damn good idea.

Also, for the record I prefer blue for the $1 as well.