Poker Chips are Important
Posted on March 6, 2008
Filed Under Articles, Tips and Advice
If you’re in the midst of starting your home poker game and researching your start-up costs, be sure to invest in some quality poker chips. Don’t be cheap here, quality is critical. Most chips you see like in a Target or Wal-Mart are usually the 11.5 gram, clay composite chips. The same goes for the chip sets that go for $80 – $140 online. Good, quality poker chips are 10 gram, clay chips.
You want to invest in the minor details of the game that’ll keep people buzzing about your game. “He has these real nice chips.” People will some of these details as they first sit down at your game. They’ll think “wow, nice table, nice chips, great set up.” You want to create this buzz and by doing so, your game will get busy this way.
When I first started my game, I spent about $100 on some shiny, holographic chips on eBay that were clay composites. Although they were flashy and looked cool, I soon learned that this was not the way to go. After going around to other poker games, I saw that I needed to upgrade to all clay poker chips. Paulsons are your highest quality, all clay poker chips that you’ll find, but they can be very pricey, $1400 – $3000 for a set of 1000, and I’m sure some go for more than that. I decided to money and move down one level below Paulsons. I spent around $800 for a set of a 1000 and they were still all clay. This rate also included a custom logo on the chips which matched the theme of my table. And only crazy poker chip enthusiasts would have been able to distinguish between Paulsons and these chips.
Poker chip customization is important because believe it or not, some people will buy generic chips online and bring them to poker games to cash. With a custom logo, that’ll make it much more difficult for such players. And of course, you need to have your own trademark 
Be sure to invest in the finer details of your home poker game. People can tell when you do and that’ll make it all worth it.
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