by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker

Feb 28, 2007

Buying poker chips:

There are accurately thousands of poker chip retailers but it is important to understand what to buy. The poker chips retailers explain the two main types and origins of the gaming chips that are for sale to home game players. Most respectable poker chip retailers will sell a sample set of their chips before one commits to purchasing an entire set. Some chips have a printed set in or stick on label. Try to peel it off with the fingernail and then try a knife. Hot-stamped chips more often than not have gold text stamped on them, representing values or branding. Check to see if this rubs off or gets dirty when rubbing two chips together.

Edges:

A number of makes of poker chips have pretty sharp, square edges. Others have softer edges and some chips that come with intentionally pre-rounded edges to give the chips that worn in feeling. If one smash the chips edges against each other a few times to see if the edges mark or get dents. If they do mark and dent, it is most likely the sign of a better quality clay chip however they should not mark so badly that the chip is mutilated. The clay chip is quite soft, if one pushes these together, then one can actually make a deep mark in the chip.

Stacking texture:

It is firm to gauge the stacking ability of a definite chip with only one or two of a specific style. Normally, clay chips stack a lot better than the cheaper plastic or composite chips. The cheaper Chinese plastic composite chips are stackable slide over very easily. Try with even 15 of the plastic type and enjoy picking them up off the floor. If someone is lucky enough to have a few of each chip, put it on top of each other and see how easily they slide off each other. With another chip, the fingernail and then a key or knife, try to scratch and then gouge the surface. The surface of the chip is made of clay, clay composite or a ceramic material.

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