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Are you talking a tournament or a cash game?

@@ThatCarpetCleanerGuy cash game

@@wesleywood6712 cash games are hard to know how long it will take for the game to last. For example one of your over anxious buddies could go all in the first hand and lose. I think with a $20 buy in the game is going to go pretty quick unless everyone you're playing with is super conservative with their money. Have you considered running a tournament instead of cash?

I splurged a little and bought this one. More expensive but it makes a statement at poker night! amzn.to/4eoXn5a

Tournament or cash games?

My rule is get however many of that denomination goes into the next highest chip -1 times 50. Sounds super complicated but it's not. For example 200 $1 chips, 200 $5 chips, 150 $25 chips, 200 $100 chips, 50 $500 chips and so on. This is suitable for 10 players. For 5-6 people I would multiply by 30 or 25 instead of 50.

Haha you’re good dude you’re not dumb. It’s usually put into effect on the river when the hand is over. If you were to win you would just take your $100 chip back. If you lose the dealer would make it right. It’s the dealers responsibility to make the pot right before they turn over the next card so if you throw in a $100 chip and the hand is still going they would give you $85 back or ask you to put the correct amount out. It’s kind of silly in some situations but you definitely need to be aware of it in case you are trying to raise.

@@DallasLarson40 thank you! I usually only play home games where none of my friends know this rule so I’ve been stumped on it for a while. This was very helpful!

Haha no worries dude. Most home games I’ve played in don’t know the rule.

Thanks, so that means the dealer will give you the change? I looked for it all over the internet and i didnt find it anywhere

Sounds fun send me the details!

@@DallasLarson40 playing tonight actually at 7. 1/1 tonight max buy in of 200!

Haha that’s a crazy long game. This all comes down to preparing beforehand. I also had a game this past weekend that I hosted and before anybody got there I sat down and decided how long I wanted the game to be. Around 3 hours with 10 of us there. I then created the starting stack size and the blind structure beforehand. What I like to do is take the total amount of chips that are going to be on the table, and then structure the blinds so that around that 3 hour mark the blinds are high enough that it forces action and it doesn’t drag on forever. An extreme example would be if everyone starts with a 10,000 stack and after 3 hours the big blind is 200 and the small blind is 100, then yeah it’s going to take forever. Super long answer but taking the time beforehand to map out how long you want the game and what the starting stack and blind raises will be is going to help tremendously.

This helps. Definitely an increase to the frequency of raising the blinds is necessary, and was lacking in my last game. Another idea I had was liquidating the same amount of chips from each player's chip stack once a player gets knocked out. This can be tough though if there's a large discrepancy between the final two players. An increased ante structure will force action and in essence force players out before too long. I'm gonna have to put a few strategies into beta testing when planning my next game. Thanks for the reply, cheers!@@DallasLarson40

You could instead run a cash game so that your chips are equal to $ and when someone wants to leave they can cash out at any time. Typically it's bad etiquette to cash out after winning a huge pot, in that case if you do need to he somewhere let the table know an hour or half an hour in advance if you plan on leaving.

Hey man! I personally have never handled the slow play chips. The nice thing about ceramic chips is that you will get a lot more designs with them since they are printed onto the chips. If it were me I would order a sample pack from them and see how you like them. See how they feel and handle when you riffle them, toss them in etc.

@DallasLarson40 thanks, didn't know about the sample set. what's ur take on 39m vs 43 mm size chips? I don't see the worth but thought to ask.

No problem! If they don’t have a sample pack on the website usually if you just reach out to them they will send you one. I prefer 39 just because I’m always trying to get as close to casino chips as possible haha.

@DallasLarson40 thanks that's what I was looking for. I read that 43 mm are for high stakes. For the $100 more I might as well put that towards a table. Lol appreciate the video man

No majestics are solid

@@DallasLarson40 even for a long time like 5-10 years?

Yeah I’ve played with majestics that are probably close to 5 years old that get a lot of use. Not brittle at all.

@@DallasLarson40 out of the Majestic’s, Pharaoh’s, and Dunes sold by Apache which would you recommend overall.

@@josephamendola5055 majestics are my choice. But the other 2 are solid options. One thing you could do is reach out too Apache and see if they could send you a sample of all 3 and then you can see and feel them side by side! I have a couple zip lock bags filled with samples 😂

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seriously doubtful. The standard 2 riffle-strip-riffle-cut shuffle with cards on the table is called a "standard casino shuffle" for a reason. You must live near the sketchiest cardrooms (doubt any licensed full casino is doing this) in the country to get that feeling. If the cardroom is successful at all they'll have table-inset shuffling machines anyway, not hand-shuffling.

Foldable tables like this will generally be about the same. Some may have better felt than others. The cup holders will always be shallow due to the fact that if they are deeper the table wouldn’t fold up completely. I’ve looked into replacing the cup holders just to see and unfortunately you would have to cut through some of the plastic on bottom to do so. Are you looking for one in about this same price range?

Yes close to that price

Then personally I would say this is a really good table. It isn’t perfect but if you don’t have a table then this is a great place to start. Your friends that you have over to play will love it because it’s an actual poker table that they will think is cool. My personal opinion(:

Haha you’re a funny guy!

Lol GG

There is nothing limp about me(;

amzn.to/3LNBkIP thanks for watching!

​@@DallasLarson40ty. Sorry for the huge delay in replying!😂

Hey Erik. Paulson chips are the closest you can get to casino quality and in my opinion are the best chips on the market. Unfortunately they stopped selling to the public a few years back which makes them really difficult to find and quite a bit more expensive than some of the other options. So I probably won’t review them but if I could they would be number one. Thanks!

I see what’s going on 😮

Was it easy to replace cup holders and felt? How did you do that.

The majestic from Apache poker are china clays(:

@@DallasLarson40 Thank you. But, I meant real Clay Poker Chips, like Paulsons or Classic Poker Chips.

@@HoggRidduh ah yes. You are correct in that paulsons are the best. They are just really really difficult to get as an entire poker set these days and quite expensive. I was kind of trying to consider all factors with these top 3. Price, availability, etc. but I wish I could get paulsons🙁

@@DallasLarson40 Got it! Thanks. I tried to post some tips for people shopping for Ceramics, but YT kept removing my comment. To add friction to Ceramics, some Poker Chip companies offer textured Ceramics.

*_@angryGTS_* Ok. Thanks.

Are you wanting to use them for tournaments or cash games?

@@DallasLarson40 home just for fun - cash games

@@DallasLarson40cash games

Hi Erik. If I’m looking at the correct ones then yes the crown are going to be very similar to the Monte Carlo ones I show here. They are both a heavy clay about 13.5 grams. To be sure I would order a sample pack of a few different types to find the ones that best suit you.

I totally agree. I would always prefer cash games. However if you have people who don’t want to put up the money for cash games it can be hard as they are severely disadvantaged.

Absolutely love them. Wish I would have bought them for own personal set!

Haha thanks man!😁