You
basically have three choices of 'type' of poker
chips - the third is the most popular:
1) Budget plastic
chips, suitable for in-frequent players
or a one-off game. Expect to pay from £9.95
to £19.95.
2 ) Round and square mother-of-pearl
chips, sometimes also called 'plaques'.
You will see these in James Band films and in
continental casinos. Tubes of chips from £14.95
and sets
from £14.50 to £95.
3) Round "Clay"
Chips which you will see in American and
British casinos and on all those poker programmes
on the TV. About 90% of
the chips bought in the UK are this style.
If you have chosen "Clay" chips you
will need to know that they are not made of
clay! Most are made from ABS plastic and have
a metal insert to give them the extra weight.
However, some are made from "Clay Composite"
- and these are considered the best or the Rolls
Royce of poker chip. Recently, a new type of
chip has appeared on the market called "Nexgen".
These are a combination pf a clay composite
material but also with a metal insert to give
them a weight of 13gm or 15gm.
So "Clay Composite" are the best.
Gamble.co.uk stock two types of clay composite
chips: Tri-colour
chips, and Nevada
Jacks. Tri-colour chips have three colours
on them! And Nevada Jacks have history and chip
design on their side.
Of the ABS plastic chips you can choose between
single-colour
chips which are the lowest cost 11.5gm chip
(please see
our warning) or two-colour chips which look
better. When choosing between two-colour chips,
it is just down to personal preference on the
design (suit, dice, roulette). Most people buy
"suit" chips to play card games and
"dice" chips for craps and roulette.
Nexgen
chips weigh between 12.5gm and 13gm, with the
mode being 12.8gm. The original series are two
colour, whilst the Series II and Lucky Bees
have three colours.
One last consideration is wether to have numbers
on them or not. There is a standard
table of values. But if you want numbers
already on them, you can choose between foiled
numbered chips or flag
chips.
Each
of these type of chip are available in sets,
complete with cases, cards, dice, etc.
Hopefully this will answer your queries. if
not, please feel free to email us with your
questions.
