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afaik buypokerchips.com is simply sidepot's marketing arm. Sidepot started a few years ago as a sort of massive group buy for Paulson chips. they have a relationship with Paulson that allows them to make things like the noir's and protege's. Sidepot has expanded to offer different types of chips more recently. I could have that story completely, horribly wrong, too.

but buypokerchips.com ~= sidepot.

I believe this is correct.

I ordered my Venerati's from Sidepot not too long ago. Very good experience, very quick standard shipping too (ordered Sunday night, had the chips in time for Thursday's game). I was blown away by the quality of the Protege line, and I've heard nothing but good things about these chips on Chiptalk.

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10-19-2011 , 01:26 PM

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eneely

newbie

Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 9,791

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Originally Posted by gedanken

and, in my opinion, pink-and-green on purple is a terrible color combo, white inlays are a compromise at best, these inlays are so slick they feel like a label (and I have the knifed-up chip in that stack somewhere to prove I've tested this theory), and Paulsons sound and feel awesome when shuffled.

I have a few old Casino de Isthmus City chips, and the linen finish inserts are awesome. But I would not say the Pharaohs feel like labels.

And hey, I don't own any of those purple chips, but I like them. Chip color schemes can be all matchy-earth-toned or they can be eye-popping garish. It's all good, to me.

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10-23-2011 , 06:34 AM

#28

lanyi

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 5,398

On sidepot - thought this recent thread from chiptalk was worth mentioning. Seems there have been a few cases of people with bad experiences ordering from sidepot.

http://www.chiptalk.net/forum/poker-...periences.html

Case in point: someone ordered chips, was charged in full, and when the package arrived noticed the $5's he ordered weren't shipped. A hand written note was added to the package saying the chips were on back order.

After that a few others chimed in with some other negative experiences.

This quote pretty much summarizes the opinions expressed in this thread:

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Customer Service is NOT Sidepot's strength. I wouldn't say that they are difficult to deal with, I will say that when an order is placed with them, you are lucky if it goes smooth. I have placed a number of orders, and most of them had issues.

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10-30-2011 , 09:31 AM

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ChaosReigns

old hand

Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,974

I played in a home cash game last night and someone asked the host about the chips. He said a friend got them for him from some huge poker warehouse in Vegas. I have been to Spinetti's and Gambler's and since I do not consider either one huge, I was wondering if there is another poker supply place in Vegas that would fit the description of a "huge poker warehouse."

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08-27-2021 , 06:21 PM

#30

deup77

stranger

Join Date: Aug 2021 Posts: 2

I'm not aware of anyone bigger than Spinetti's or Gambler's in Vegas. Your best bet is to just find an online retailer. I recently bought a chip set from https://www.pokerchipkings.com/. They have a big selection and you can order individual chips in rolls of 25.

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