Comments on: Poker chips — opinions wanted

By: Coldfoot

Coldfoot — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 13:41:34 +0000

Should have added:
If a game has $2 bills, you don’t need to use a $2 chip. I recommend finding one system and sticking with it, especially for small denominations. Can’t think of a single game that would need an exclusive $2 unit of money. Two white chips would work fine.
The $2 bill is usually added for convenience, to make banking less burdensome. The chips represent a exponential step up in convenience, as is.

By: Coldfoot

Coldfoot — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 13:34:54 +0000

I switched to chips instead of paper money a while ago. It was the best move I’ve made in years.
Ever since I was a kid playing cards, white chips were 1, reds 5, blue chips 10, and green chips 20 or 50 as needed. If you use the same system everytime you play colors need not be confused.
I don’t see a problem. You will never regret changing to chips instead of money.

By: Mikko Saari

Mikko Saari — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:17:29 +0000

Both chips I’m considering are 11, 5 grams, which I think is pretty good. I think I’m leaning towards numberless chips, because I don’t like the design of the numbered chips, that’s what matters most.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 17:57:29 +0000

I’ve actually played poker with the numberless chips… …they have a good weight to them and are of a good quality.
But the numbered ones look impressive, too bad it doesn’t show how heavy they are.

By: David Price

David Price — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:59:32 +0000

Oddly, I was checking out exactly the same chips earlier this afternoon. I’ll go for the numberless chips, for flexibility. If it’s tricky to remember which colour is which value, I’ll write the values on a scrap of paper and put a sample chip next to each value.

By: Mikko Saari

Mikko Saari — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:37:51 +0000

Thanks, that was relevant.
If the colours of chips and the paper money match, there’s no problem, but in other cases putting a sample chip on a bill to display the denominations (as suggested in the forums) should work pretty well, I’ll imagine.

By: TexasToast

TexasToast — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:30:58 +0000

Check out this thread for some thoughts on this question: http://boardgamegeek.com/geekforum.php3?action=viewthread&threadid=59536