Pharaoh's Club Paulson chips - Pre-Order Thread

[Glider]

Ten and the artists: great job guys! I am loving this set. I, for one, actually really like the white $1 chip. Now I am just agonizing over what color breakdown I should get, and just how many chips I can justify buying. I am also curious to see how the order, price, and inlay details will work out, so keep those quick updates coming.

glider

[TenPercenter]

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Ten and the artists: great job guys! I am loving this set. I, for one, actually really like the white $1 chip. Now I am just agonizing over what color breakdown I should get, and just how many chips I can justify buying. I am also curious to see how the order, price, and inlay details will work out, so keep those quick updates coming.

glider

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Welcome to the board glider, and thatnks for the kind words.

Ten

[YTV]

WHOA, you changed the $1 to white? I thought you were going with blue?

Anyways, if you decide to have a $1 Blue I will be down for 2500 chips. The white paulsons look horrible after 2 hours of play.

[Slow Play Ray]

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The white paulsons look horrible after 2 hours of play.

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Uh, this is just a BIT of an exaggeration, don't you think? I mean, unless you use a dorm table that's never been wiped down as a poker table? Or maybe if you play in the "mechanics" game at 6pm on Fridays?

[mckee27]

I agree....

[E Hanhan]

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WHOA, you changed the $1 to white? I thought you were going with blue?

Anyways, if you decide to have a $1 Blue I will be down for 2500 chips. The white paulsons look horrible after 2 hours of play.

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My samples are grimy as hell. The white espically. The orange does show the grime, but the white just makes it worse b/.c of the offwhite on the edge spots.

I would definetly prefer the blue as a $1 chip sinec those are used so much more and would show the dirt less. I just worry about cash games and the denoms. But it doesnt matter to me, since you are offerering the blue in nondenom, too.

[broomcorn1]

well, while we're all complaing...
to change topics a bit, am i understanding correctly that none of the chips will have a standard circular inlay? what is the rationale behind those "funky" shapes?
am i just clueless and in the minority in thinking the standard circle looks better?

[jojobinks]

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what is the rationale behind those "funky" shapes?
am i just clueless and in the minority in thinking the standard circle looks better?

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we don't know that we can get the non-standard inlays. my understanding is that the chips will have differently shaped inlays if it's possible. but, yes, you are in the minority; you're the first, in fact, that i've heard say you don't like them.

[bubbafry]

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well, while we're all complaing...
to change topics a bit, am i understanding correctly that none of the chips will have a standard circular inlay? what is the rationale behind those "funky" shapes?
am i just clueless and in the minority in thinking the standard circle looks better?

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Yeah, most people like the shaped inlays (myself included). The only problem that might come up is that the inlay is going to be the smallest size, so shaping them might make them look tiny. I think most shaped inlays are the 2nd size (in between the small and the Grand). But I'm sure Ten will make sure it looks good before pulling the trigger. As it stands, I'm not even expecting shaped inlays because I get the feeling Paulson won't allow it, but that's just speculation on my part.

[Larry Thompson]

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Yeah, most people like the shaped inlays (myself included). The only problem that might come up is that the inlay is going to be the smallest size, so shaping them might make them look tiny. I think most shaped inlays are the 2nd size (in between the small and the Grand). But I'm sure Ten will make sure it looks good before pulling the trigger. As it stands, I'm not even expecting shaped inlays because I get the feeling Paulson won't allow it, but that's just speculation on my part.

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I don't know if anyone else has run across this information, but it seems there is a third set of new Paulson home chips available out there. I found this set reviewed on PokerChipReviews.com and supposedly they are available through ApachePokerChips.com.

There also seems to be something very interesting about them which may strongly influence our buy. Rumor had it that Paulson wouldn't allow larger inserts on their home chips, but as you can see these are using grand sized inserts. Maybe there is still a chance for our varied insert shapes, although I must admit I think I am starting to really like the small inlay. Of course the small inlay would have to be on a chip with the small inlay space.

Also they have different edge spots. I don’t think I like the edge spots on this new set any better than what we are already looking at, but it might open up some more possibilities. I might like to see fewer sets of edge spots ( 3 instead of 4) on the lower denomination chips.

Here's an off the wall question. Does a chip with a small inlay and inlay space weigh more than a chip with a grand inlay? It seems that these new Paulson's do weigh a little less.

Also, I think that these grand inlays are butt ugly compared to Ten and company's fine work. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]