New nasty plastic chips (Borgata, et al) WHY?

[BigRedAce]

Anyone know why the Borgata, Bay 101 and a few other card rooms have switched to these new plastic/rubber+slug chips? They are horrible. They can't be shuffled (i.e. ease the boredom) and they stick together when you try to make a bet.

In a word, THEY SUCK. Is it cost? Someone told me they are trying to cut down on noise, could that be it?

I've basically stopped playing hold'em @ Bay 101 (in favor of Garden City since the games are basically comparable) because of the chips. I'm still forced to play Omaha there...but that's another discussion.

Any knowledgeable folks out there care to illuminate me?

[Arsene Lupin III]

Durability, as clay chips do eventually have their edges worn and chipped away. The bud jones chips, however, can be cracked in two and frequently end up cracking around the outer edge, but not for a very long time. They cost roughly the same as any other chip (within 25 cents of $1/chip).

Other people have mentioned that the paulsons and other clays tend to get too scummy [ie the taj].

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Anyone know why the Borgata, Bay 101 and a few other card rooms have switched to these new plastic/rubber+slug chips? They are horrible. They can't be shuffled (i.e. ease the boredom) and they stick together when you try to make a bet.

In a word, THEY SUCK. Is it cost? Someone told me they are trying to cut down on noise, could that be it?

I've basically stopped playing hold'em @ Bay 101 (in favor of Garden City since the games are basically comparable) because of the chips. I'm still forced to play Omaha there...but that's another discussion.

Any knowledgeable folks out there care to illuminate me?

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The Bay 101 chips are way better than the Borgata chips--the magnets in the Borgata chips are miserable...

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[lighterjobs]

i don't really like the rubber chips but i wouldn't stop playing somewhere because i can't shuffle the chips.

[RustedCorpse]

In AC I would, it doesn't hurt that much to play elsewhere and gosh darn it we're capitalists cater your customer with clay!

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The Bay 101 chips are way better than the Borgata chips--the magnets in the Borgata chips are miserable...


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I'm pretty sure the Borgata chips do not contain magnets. I thought they did at first too, but someone told me I was wrong. After further investigation, I agree.

The reason the chips stick together is that the inset in the center is not flush with the outside. This causes a suction cup effect. If you place 2 chips together and slide one slowly off the other, they stick exactly until the edge of one chip passes the inset of the other.

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The Bay 101 chips are way better than the Borgata chips--the magnets in the Borgata chips are miserable...


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I'm pretty sure the Borgata chips do not contain magnets. I thought they did at first too, but someone told me I was wrong. After further investigation, I agree.

The reason the chips stick together is that the inset in the center is not flush with the outside. This causes a suction cup effect. If you place 2 chips together and slide one slowly off the other, they stick exactly until the edge of one chip passes the inset of the other.

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I thought that too until a floorperson broke one open and showed me the magnet.

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[Evan]

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The Bay 101 chips are way better than the Borgata chips--the magnets in the Borgata chips are miserable...


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I'm pretty sure the Borgata chips do not contain magnets. I thought they did at first too, but someone told me I was wrong. After further investigation, I agree.

The reason the chips stick together is that the inset in the center is not flush with the outside. This causes a suction cup effect. If you place 2 chips together and slide one slowly off the other, they stick exactly until the edge of one chip passes the inset of the other.

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I thought that too until a floorperson broke one open and showed me the magnet.

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I've seen broken chips and chips with the white part in the center removed and they do have a magnet on the inside.

[jar]

I know that there's a metal slug inside, but I don't think it's a magnet. Actually, I have a Borgata chip right here. I can't feel any attractive force to my steel desk. Also, if they were magnets, they'd push the opposite way on other magnets when you flip them, and they don't.

[Evan]

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