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Personal Choices for Your Poker Chip Set
October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment
One of the most important items for your home poker game is the poker chip set. Most anyone can find a set of poker chips that is unique to their taste and budget, because the choices are nearly limitless. You can choose from many different kinds and styles of poker chips as well as different cases and sizes of sets.
A potential first step is to determine the grade or material you want your poker chips to be made from. There are all clay chips, which are the most expensive. There are also clay composite chips, which provide the feel of clay chips while offering more selection and customization options. Another choice is the composite resin chip. These chips are the most affordable and durable and they offer the most choices in design and ability to customize.
Now moving on to one of the easier things to figure out; the quantity of chips needed for your home game. Typically, you can find sets starting with 100 poker chips, in various sizes, all the way to 1000 chips. Knowing the number of players you expect to have will probably be the best help to determine the size of the poker chip set you should purchase.
Choosing the type of case you would like is probably the next consideration you should make. Do you want a standard aluminum case or maybe a black aluminum case? You can also choose a mahogany or oak case. Some cases even have clear covers to show off your poker chips when not in use.
Different poker chip sets include different accessories. While some include dealer buttons others include dice. Most, but not all, of the sets include playing cards. Some, especially the 1000 piece chip sets, don’t include any accessories. The accessories included should not be a major factor in determining the type poker chip set you choose because all of these accessories can be easily purchased separately for very little expense.
Do you need more of one particular chip color than the others? Do you need only one chip color or maybe five different colors? What ever your needs are you can fully customize the colors and quantities of each color chip you want within you poker chip set.
Many times a basic poker chip set with a good assortment of colors already pre-selected will do the trick. If one of these types of sets will work for you it will save you some money. Since these sets are already packaged from the factory, they are ready to go and can be sold at significant discounts over the sets that you customize with your own choices. These also make great starter sets for those who aren’t sure exactly what they need or want in a poker chip set.
Whether you purchase a simple and economical poker chip set or a very fancy and expensive set your poker game is sure to be a hit. Investing in a poker chip set is sure to take your game to a whole new level.
Now that you are better prepared to buy one or many poker chip sets, by all means, don’t forget to enjoy your own game.
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