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#33
03-02-2005, 02:24 PM
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Re: why do people deride those 11.5 g clay \"dice\" chips?
I recently got 1000 of those things simply because they were so damn cheap. The sound of those things is very close to casino chips and you can shuffle them easily. The only draw back to them is the look, they look like a pile of crap but they are VERY good chips for the price you pay.
I'd recommend those 100 times before I'd recommend the 11.5 g dice chips. Still, to each his own and if someone likes the dice chips more power to them. 
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#34
03-02-2005, 03:06 PM
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Why the dice chips suck
Let me qualify this by saying that if you get a set of 500 with a case, and that works for the games you play with friends, there's nothing wrong with that. But there are several very good reasons to dislike the dice chips. Here are my favorite:
1. They have dice on them. What do dice have to do with poker? You could at least get the "suited" version, which I think look significantly better. 2. Even the suited versions aren't great looking. 3. They don't sound right. At all. Plastic composite chips like these make a very high-pitched "clink" when they hit each other, and it just sounds terrible. Do this with some chips in a casino if you want to tell the difference. 4. You can get much better chips for not much more money. I'm happy with my 3-stripe suited clay composite chips (still have metal slugs, but man they sound much better than the dice chips). If you want to spend a little more than that, you can get Nexgens. I haven't played with those before, but they have a great reputation on these forums. 5. Balance. Stack these things and column will wiggle. Stack good chips and they stay put. Bottom line though, if you play with dice chips and then play with casino chips and can't tell a difference, then don't bother spending the extra money. There is no need to exclusively play with clay chips, and in fact nobody I know even has a set because there are some high quality clay composite chips that sound, feel, and look great. But that said, the more you play, the more you get a feel for chip quality, and I think the more you want to play with better chips.
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#35
03-02-2005, 04:12 PM
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Re: Why do people make fun of Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer ? [nm]
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cheap plastic bee chips == moonshine dice chips == rail liquor (A HUGE step up from moonshine) [/ QUOTE ] You are drinking the WRONG moonshine [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] My shine is a big step up from rail liquor. It's better if it's been aged but you can drink it right out of the still. edit: back on topic... take a stack of dice chips and mess around with position and facing for a couple minutes. You'll probably find two that will make a good "spinner bearing", then you can spin the top half of the stack on the bottom half. Basically, they are cheaply made. It's like asking, "Why bother to buy Mac or Snap-On tools when you can get chinese tools for 1/20th the price?" Yes, the chinese tools turn nuts but they don't do it with the same comfort, accuracy and reliability. If you don't care about labels, buy the $0.06 "faux clay" dice chips from 5stardeal. if you want the security of custom chips, buy the nexgens or the "big slick" chips from 5stardeal, under $0.20 each. If you want Snap-on tools, buy chipcos or paulsons [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] I used standard dice chips in my home games for a couple years and they worked fine.
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#37
03-02-2005, 06:15 PM
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Re: Why the dice chips suck
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1. They have dice on them. What do dice have to do with poker? [/ QUOTE ] I don't disagree with the points you made, but I think I could also say, "What do horse heads have to do with poker?" or "Top Hats and Canes" or "Clamshells" or "Egyptian Pyraminds", etc... I think you get my point...
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#38
03-02-2005, 09:59 PM
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Re: why do people deride those 11.5 g clay \"dice\" chips?
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'CAUSE THEY SUCK [/ QUOTE ] That was the 1st thing that came to mind, but I didnt want to be THAT guy, haha. A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] Chip/card/table snob. I do love crappy players tho!!
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#40
03-02-2005, 10:53 PM
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Re: Why the dice chips suck
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Everyone has those 'dice' chips also, and if you have unscrupulous people coming to your games, well, put 2 and 2 together. [/ QUOTE ] Yes. That is one of my motivators to getting something else. I haven't come up short yet... but the more and more I see of those around, the more and more anxious I get.
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