Best poker chips 2018 – [Buyer’s Guide]

Best poker chips of 2018

Here, I will review 3 of the best poker chips of 2018, and we will also discuss the things to consider when looking to purchase one. I hope you will make an informed decision after going through each of them. I am going to specify each good-to-buy feature as much as possible for your references.

You must have heard that the best poker chips should allow you to save money, right? Sure, but that’s not the only reason you should consider getting one. I want to find something that’s designed well (both for aesthetic purposes and efficiency).

Test Results and Ratings

Rank	№1	№2	№3
Product
Total	4.8	4.5	4.3
Style	5 points	5 points	4 points
Size	5 points	4 points	5 points
Construction	5 points	4 points	4 points
Value	4 points	5 points	4 points
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№1 – 500 Piece Crown Casino 13.5g Clay Poker Chips

Pros

500 piece 13.5 gram Casino Quality Clay Poker Chips

Poker Chip Color Combination: 100 White, 100 Red, 100 Green, 50 Blue, 50 Black, 50 Purple, 50 Yellow

Poker Chip Design Has Denominations.

Cons

Everything is OK.

Why did this poker chips win the first place?

The product is very strong. Its material is stable and doesn’t crack. I really enjoy the design. It is compact, comfortable and reliable. And it looks amazing! I don’t know anything about other models from this brand, but I am fully satisfied with this product. I was completely satisfied with the price. Its counterparts in this price range are way worse.

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№2 – 500 Piece High Roller Clay Poker Chips with Laser Effects

Pros

This poker chip set includes the following items: 500 High Roller with Laser Effects style, 13.5 gram clay composite poker chips Poker chip Color Combination: 100 White (1), 100 Red (5), 100 Green (25), 50 Blue (50), 50 Black (100), 50 Purple (500), 50 Yellow (1000) Newly designed aluminum case with reinforced structure 2 decks of plastic casino quality cards 5 red casino Dealer Button

Cons

A bit pricier.

Lack of sufficient storage space.

Why did this poker chips come in second place?

Seems that the material is good. It has a very beautiful color but I don’t really like the texture. Managers explained me all the details about the product range, price, and delivery. I like this product. For such a low price, I didn’t even hope it to be any better. It’s decently made. This is a pretty decent product that perfectly fitted the interior of our office.

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№3 – 100 Ct. Poker Chips Set 11.5 gram

Pros

100 high quality chips

Professional casino style

11.5 G weighted for proper feel

Cons

It’s a lot heavier than expected.

Not well suited for cold environments.

Why did this poker chips take third place?

This price is appropriate since the product is very well built. I liked the design. We’ve been using it for 2 months and it still looks like brand new. The material is incredibly nice to the touch. It has a great color, which will suit any wallpapers. It is inconvenient to use due to the size. I am going to get something different next time.

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Plastic Poker Chips

There are really two types of common plastic poker chips available. The cheapest is the set commonly found in a round carrier. If you are playing friendly ‘kitchen table’ poker, these plastic chips, which can be purchased in any major chainstore will suffice. The second is Diamond chips that are made of plastic, but standard casino size and are a bit heavier than the cheaper plastic chips. These chips are solid in color and perfect for friendly poker games.

Composite Poker Chips

This is the most common poker chip purchased and used in regular homegames. They can also be found in chain stores and often come with a dealer button, deck of cards and a cut card. These chips are often adorned with dice, diamonds, or card suits on the edges of the chips. They are colored to match industry standards. They typically weigh 11.grams due to a metal insert. These chips work fine for a small stakes poker game or tournament where the risk of someone ‘running in chips’ is minimal. The most common complaint about these chips is they are slippery.

Customized composite chips with the metal insert are a common option for serious homegames. These are by far the most popular chips ordered on the internet. There are thousands of design options available for these chips. The designs can be put on label stickers, hot stamped, or engraved into the chip. The most popular weight is 11.grams. There is also a softer variation of this chip that does not have a metal insert for those players who do not like the ring of a metal inserted chip.

Color of the Poker Chips

Try to maintain the industry standard when selecting the color of your chips. This helps reduce confusion among players who are used to betting five dollars when they toss a red chip into the pot and one hundred dollars when they bet a black chip. You will need about four different colored chips to play in a standard poker game and the two lowest valued chips will compromise the largest percentage of your set.

After selecting the dominant color of each chip, you will also have the option of selecting a secondary or tertiary accent color, which is usually around the edge of the chip. Each additional color adds to the price of the chip. Be sure to select accent colors that completely differ from the accent colors on the other chip denominations. Chip denominations can get easily mixed when stacking them if the accent colors are too similar.

Weight of the Poker Chips

If you decide against expensive clay chips, the weight of all other poker chips is one of the most important factors to consider. Lightweight chips are typically cheaper, but heavier chips are more durable. If you plan on hosting frequent poker games, you will be better off in the long run investing money in chips that will not need to be constantly replaced. In addition, players prefer to play with heavier chips which are easier to maneuver and riffle.

Stickers

You can purchase round stickers in almost any design to place on the poker chips you choose. You can even buy blank chip stickers and customize them yourself on your own computer. If you go this route, consider buying chips with a recessed center so the stickers are easier to place and harder for players to damage.

Chip stickers make it easy to replace a chip that has been battered on the face, but keep in mind they are just stickers, so they will be easier to batter in the first place. If you decide on using stickers to mark your chips, be sure to stick to the common color denominations rather than one chip color with different labels. Otherwise, someone could sneak chips out and replace the stickers with higher denominations and sneak them back later and scam you out of money.

Gold or Silver Foil Stamping

Chips can be hot stamped with gold or silver lettering, usually only on chips with a solid colored center. It is common to use initials or dollar denominations. Keep in mind if you choose to have the dollar value stamped on the face, you lose the flexibility to change the value of the chips. Also, be aware that the gold & silver sometimes flakes off the chip with wear, especially with low quality manufacturing.

Engraved Poker Chips

Engraving your chips will make it less likely for someone to sneak chips into your game or counterfeit your chips. Manufacturers will allow you to engrave anything you want on the chips for a set price per chip. It is common to have your name, initials or place of business engraved on the face of the chip. You have to pay double if you want both sides engraved. If you really want a customized chip that will make counterfeiting difficult, scan your signature and have it engraved on the chips.

Big Slick 11.5g Poker Chip Set

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The Bingo Renaissance

Little old ladies in slippers, playing for pennies and cents in a converted community hall is no longer the reality of bingo. The game has in recent years and now more than ever undergone a rebirth in its popularity and status and now looks set to boom in the coming years.

Tips to Win at Poker

The following are guidelines only and although they are intended to help you win more often we cannot offer any guarantee. These guidelines are mainly for pot-limit draw poker (when the maximum raise is the amount of money in the pot):1.

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Go to Free Gifts

Poker tournaments are the ultimate experience in poker competition. They combine the thrill of a sprint with the discipline of a distance race. You can eliminate an opponent quickly, in any single hand, but you must also have the patience and strategy to pick your spots and last until the end.

With the growing popularity of tournaments on television, in casinos, and online, many poker players are looking to change up their weekend cash games with their buddies and hold their own home poker tournaments. A well-run tournament can provide you and your friends an afternoon, evening, or even an entire weekend of fun, and all at a cost that is almost entirely up to you. The following is a guide on how to host your own home poker tournament. Read all of it, read parts of it, take whatever is useful for you. Follow it word-for-word or change every piece. What matters most is that you have fun.

Dealer Button

You can get by just fine without a dealer button, but they do help to avoid confusion and keep track of who the current dealer is, as well as making your home poker tournament look more professional. The standard dealer button is simply a white puck, about twice the size of a poker chip, with the word “DEALER” printed on it.  This is placed in front of whoever is sitting in the dealer position. If you don’t have a dealer button, you can really use anything in its place – an actual button, a quarter, a coaster, whatever.

Cut Card

A cut card is a plastic card that is slid into the deck in order to separate it into two sections to be cut. The cut card then remains on the bottom of the deck so nobody can see what card is on the bottom, in the event that the dealer holds the deck in such a manner that makes it easy for others to peek. If you do not have a cut card, you can use a spare card such as a joker, or more preferably, two spare cards taped together in order to make it feel different than the rest of cards.

You will need some way to time the rounds so you know when to increase the blinds. For lack of a better tool, you can use a kitchen timer or stop watch. If you want to enhance your tournament experience, however, consider buying a specialty timer that not only counts down the rounds, but also keeps track of the blinds and antes for you as well. One such product, Poker Genie, has become popular. The Genie is a portable timer with a large, bright display that is fully customizable so you can enter your blind structure, round times, and antes. The timer can be placed anywhere in the room for all to see.

A less expensive and more versatile option is the DB Dealer digital dealer button, which combines the dealer puck with a basic level timer. It does not show what the blinds are like Poker Genie, but it is smaller and merges two pieces of equipment into one.

Rules Sheets and Other Charts

Not only should you go over the tournament and house rules before beginning play, but you should also distribute a sheet of these rules to every table, so everyone has a reference. It will make your life as a tournament director easier, as you won’t have to answer tons of questions, and it will keep the game moving.

Tournament Start

When the lowest denominations of chips are no longer necessary to cover the blinds or antes, it is time to color-up, or replace those chips with new values, usually chips of a different color (as stated earlier, if you are short on colors, you can just change the value of the color that is no longer needed).

Dealers

In most home poker tournaments I have played in, there were no dedicated dealers. Each player took turns dealing. It is easy to do, and while people have different skill levels when it comes to shuffling (I stink), it usually works out perfectly fine. The best way to structure this method is to have the person to the right of the dealer shuffle the second deck to prepare it for the next hand, while the person to the left of the dealer cuts the deck. This way, any possible cheating by the dealer is eliminated, since his only activity will be to deal the cards. As an added bonus, you don’t need a dealer button, since the dealer is easily identified by the deck of cards in his hand.

If one player at each table is the full-time dealer, simply rotate the second deck around the table so somebody different shuffles each hand. The card-cutting duties should be rotated, as well. If the dealer is not actually playing, you can use the same setup, as having the next deck ready before the hand is over speeds up play significantly. In any “fixed” dealer situation, be sure he is positioned in the middle of the table where he can easily deal to each player and reach all the chips.

Etiquette

Be nice – this really applies to everything in life. Nobody wants to play with a jerk.

No stalling – it’s ok if you need to think about the hand, but intentionally stalling is both annoying and unfair, since it results in less hands being dealt per level.

Play in turn – wait until it is your turn to act before moving your chips, mucking your cards, or announcing your play. Playing out of turn unfairly influences the other players.

Don’t splash the pot – when betting, stack your chips neatly in front of your cards. Splashing the pot (throwing your chips into the pot), makes it difficult for the other players to see how much you bet, and a chip might end up rolling off the table.

No string bets – make a single bet per turn. Do not place a bet then go back to your stack for more. This often results in a reaction from your opponents, allowing you to get a better read on them. A big no-no.

Once you do your (max buy-in)(max players) calculation be sure you round up to your case size. If you have/want a 500 chip case, might as well fill it with 500 chips.

Keep it Simple

It’s all about the less is more mentality when starting a home game.

One of the best things you can do to keep a home game running smoothly is have one person who handles all the buying in, cashing out and rebuys.

It’s critical, because if you have everyone getting their own chips mistakes (both honest and not so-honest) are bound to happen.

It’s an all too familiar situation where at the end of the night two guys go to cash out and there isn’t enough money to cover the chips that are in play. That’s when people get upset.

You’ll also have to choose chip dominations and we’re going to reiterate the point that simple is better. Don’t use all five colors that came with your chip set just because you can.

Meanwhile if you’re setting up a tournament with 1,500 starting stacks, use three colors for chips, 2chips and 100 chips.

Try to stick with the same colors for every game. It reduces confusion for regulars at the table.

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Mid-range plastic

These are plastic chips, but are manufactured with a different process that gives them a softer feel than the hard plastic chips. Compared to ABS plastic chips, these don’t feel as slippery. They sound better and stack better because of their softer, duller surface. They have a recessed center that can be customized. Looks-wise, these chips also more closely resemble clay chips with decent-looking molds, similar inlays, and multi-color edgespot designs. The downside is that they still have a plastic feel and look plastic up close. They still have a metal insert and don’t sound exactly like clay chips. And you can’t customize the edge spot colors.

These are definitely mid-range chips – and are at the lower end of the range of mid-range chips. They are a nice upgrade from ABS plastic, but still far below casino-grade chips, and even compression clay composites. Consequently, you’ll pay a little more for these over ABS plastic chips, but you are paying much less than clay chips. The less expensive chips in this category (such as Nexgens) are a good alternative to ABS chips. But the more expensive chips in this category, such as injection-molded Dunes and Desert Palms are way over-priced at 25-30 cents. For that price, you can upgrade to the next tier of chips and get a nice set of compression-molded “clay composites”.

SUMMARY: If you are looking for something better than 11.gram Dice chips but can’t really afford anything better, then buying these at 1cents each is fine. But if you are spending 20 cents or more, then upgrade to better chips. None of the chips in this category will be good enough to impress poker chip snobs.

Final Word

First of all thanks for reading my article to the end! I hope you find my reviews listed here useful and that it allows you to make a proper comparison of what is best to fit your needs and budget. Don’t be afraid to try more than one product if your first pick doesn’t do the trick.

Most important, have fun and choose your poker chips wisely! Good luck!

So, TOP3 of poker chips

• №1 — 500 Piece Crown Casino 13.5g Clay Poker Chips
• №2 — 500 Piece High Roller Clay Poker Chips with Laser Effects
• №3 — 100 Ct. Poker Chips Set 11.5 gram

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