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Originally Posted by barrysloate
Okay, so I watched the above video and I recognize there's a segment of the hobby I know nothing about. Who is breaking what? Why is there a whole section at the National of people breaking something? And is this a hobby thing, or a gambling one? Is it a new rage, and is it related to the other breaking thread we have going? Just looking for a little education, thank you, as I am out of the loop.
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I've never done one of these, but if you followed the Kreindler raffle, it's something like that. Breaks are typically (but not always) for modern unopened cards. Let's say you have a pack with 30 cards for $300. The group decides on a break and sells each slot for $10 each (w/ slot 1 being the card on top, slot 2 being the second card in the pack and so on.). There are different ways to determine who gets what slot, usually a random number generator is used. Then the group opens the pack together, and divides the cards out. Occasionally someone will get a Hit, which is a valuable card (e.g., Mike Trout autographed rookie). That's pretty much it.
There are other breaks where someone just buys the entire pack themselves and opens the pack in front of a group, and everyone can see if he got anything good.
Edit: Just saw the Vintage Group Set Break thread. Yep, it's just like that.