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Poker chip sets
For the poker enthusiast there is no better gift than a poker chip set. There are several things to think about when choosing a poker chip set, though.
The first thing you must choose is how many poker chips to purchase. The number of players dictates the necessary number of poker chips. The most poplular sizes are 300 and 500 poker chip sets. For small games of 3-5 people a 300 poker chip set will do.
For games of 5-8 people you can use a 500 poker chip set. For games with 10 players or more we recommend that you use larger tournament sets which come in 650, 750, and 1000 poker chip sizes.
For a more detailed look at the recommended number of poker chips for home games please click here.
Once you know how many poker chips you need, the next thing is to choose a poker chip case. Poker chip cases come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and materials.
The most popular type of poker chip case is the aluminum briefcase style chip case. These ubiquitous cases are, generally speaking, the lease expensive and offer the most bang for the buck.
Sizes for aluminum poker chip cases range anywhere from 300 to 1000 poker chips. Larger cases are available in trolly form as a 1000 11.5 gram poker chip set can weigh upwards of 30 pounds.
Another popular poker chip case is the poker chip carousel. Poker chip carousels are round, usually made of wood, and have vertical stacks of poker chips around the outside for easy access. Most poker chip carousels rotate for added convenience.
Another option is to go with a wooden poker chip case. These are available both in briefcase and humidor styles. The humidor style poker chip case is considered to be the premium way to store poker chips.
Humidor poker chip cases often have glossy finishes with elegant designs, making them more suitable for display pieces than the more utilitarian aluminum poker chip cases.
The next element in any poker chip set is, of course, the poker chips. Choosing your poker chips requires that you first narrow down you selection with a few criteria.
The most important choice is whether you want clay poker chips or composite poker chips. Clay poker chips are considered to be the premium material for home market poker chips.
The advantages to clay poker chips are that they stack better than composite poker chips and they sound more like authentic casino poker chips when clicked together than composite poker chips.
Composite poker chips, on the other hand, tend to look nicer and are much more durable. If you are looking for personalized poker chips, composite chips are able to be hot stamped much better than clay poker chips.
Because the material is harder, composite poker chips tend to be a little more slippery when rubbed together so they don't stack quite as well as clay poker chips.
The last thing to choose for your poker chip set is the playing cards. The most inexpensive route is to go with traditional paper playing cards. These are the most popular type of playing cards, but not because they are the best.
Plastic playing cards look nicer, shuffle better, slide more easily, and are resistant to the problems that plague paper playing cards.
Paper playing cards can tear, crease, mark, dent, and warp after just a few uses. Plastic playing cards don't suffer from any of these problems, and they are washable, so an accidental spill will not ruin a deck of plastic playing cards.
Da Vinci Imports carries a wide variety of poker chip sets. Poker chip sets are available in sizes ranging from 200 to 750 poker chips in both clay and composite poker chip designs.
Poker chips are also available in clay with no metal insert for the most premium home casino experience. Any poker accessory can be added to poker chip sets as well.
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