Poker Chip Expert Available

[BuyPokerChips]

To give full disclosure, I'm a poker chip retailer. But I'm not here to hawk my goods. I have a good deal of knowledge on the poker chips out there in the market, so I thought I could help out anyone looking to buy chips. I would have liked that kind of a resource when I was looking at buying my first set. If you have any questions, please feel free to post them or email me directly and I'll be available to answer.

Also, making myself available isn't entirely altruistic. I'd also like to get close to people looking for poker chips to see what they like and dislike so that I can use that information to better serve the market.

Moderator - I hope you can appreciate what I can add to your forum, and I promise to keep it non-commercial, and just informational.

Cheers.

[StevieG]

Do a little research and go through old posts in this specific topic for chips. The topic of chips and what people want in chips constantly comes up.

One thing people always seem to want to know is the size and weight of chips compared to what is used in card rooms. A lot of sites selling chips list some measurements, but never compare them to anything else.

[BuyPokerChips]

To clear up any confusion, there definitely is a standard for the size (diameter) of poker chips in casinos and card rooms. It's 33mm, which works out to 1.53 inches, but many in the industry just round off and refer to it as inch and a half. All the chip racks, and groved poker chip cases are made to fit this size (diameter) chip.

On weights, it's a bit more variable depending on the material the chip is made out of. Typically, clay chips in the casinos, which I am most familiar with, weigh anywhere between 8.5 grams and 10 grams, but there is some variability even within the same set of chips. A very common misconception is that casino chips weigh 11.5 grams. I'm not positive, but I'm pretty confident that this misconception was brought about by the influx of a an inexpensive injection molded plastic chip from China that houses a metal slug surrounded by some type of plastic. This chip weighs 11.5 grams, indeed, and it's sold on nearly every poker chip site out there, and every other eBay auction. It is 11.5 grams, and quite affordable, but it's got a plastic feel and worse off it's quite slippery so it's hard to keep a chip stack from getting knocked over with the slightest bump.

When it comes down to it, it's quite hard to tell the difference of one gram from one chip to another by holding a single chip in your hand. Try holding a stack of each to get a better feel.

And lastly, people who know very little about casino chips tend to overly focus on weight, perhaps because it's easy to compare in their mind from one chip to another. Next time you're in Vegas, play with a few chips from several casinos (some clay, some composite, some of anything that stands out). The touch and feel is all over the board. The way they stack, the slipperiness, the sound of them when riffled, etc. Weight is only one factor. An important one, but only one of many important factors to consider. Don't get too hung up on it just because it's easy to conceptualize.

[Easy E]

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To give full disclosure, I'm a poker chip retailer. But I'm not here to hawk my goods. I have a good deal of knowledge on the poker chips out there in the market, so I thought I could help out anyone looking to buy chips.

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Which is fine. Posting multiple posts with constant references to your site becomes spam- but you've realized that from your deletions.

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Also, making myself available isn't entirely altruistic. I'd also like to get close to people looking for poker chips to see what they like and dislike so that I can use that information to better serve the market.

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Nothing wrong with that. Just make sure you're clear when you are expressing your opinions about something, as to whether you are being objective or not.

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Moderator - I hope you can appreciate what I can add to your forum, and I promise to keep it non-commercial, and just informational.

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An occasional reference to your commercial venture will usually go unchallenged by the group, IF you are contributing to the group in a significant manner. You made a mistake, you got your hand slapped, now you know.

Based on a few of your posts, it seems to me at least that you will have something to add to the group. Don't limit yourself to posting on chips and you'll do just fine.

Welcome to 2+2

[technogeeky]

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To clear up any confusion, there definitely is a standard for the size (diameter) of poker chips in casinos and card rooms. It's 33mm, which works out to 1.53 inches, but many in the industry just round off and refer to it as inch and a half. All the chip racks, and groved poker chip cases are made to fit this size (diameter) chip.

On weights, it's a bit more variable depending on the material the chip is made out of. Typically, clay chips in the casinos, which I am most familiar with, weigh anywhere between 8.5 grams and 10 grams, but there is some variability even within the same set of chips. A very common misconception is that casino chips weigh 11.5 grams. I'm not positive, but I'm pretty confident that this misconception was brought about by the influx of a an inexpensive injection molded plastic chip from China that houses a metal slug surrounded by some type of plastic. This chip weighs 11.5 grams, indeed, and it's sold on nearly every poker chip site out there, and every other eBay auction. It is 11.5 grams, and quite affordable, but it's got a plastic feel and worse off it's quite slippery so it's hard to keep a chip stack from getting knocked over with the slightest bump.

When it comes down to it, it's quite hard to tell the difference of one gram from one chip to another by holding a single chip in your hand. Try holding a stack of each to get a better feel.

And lastly, people who know very little about casino chips tend to overly focus on weight, perhaps because it's easy to compare in their mind from one chip to another. Next time you're in Vegas, play with a few chips from several casinos (some clay, some composite, some of anything that stands out). The touch and feel is all over the board. The way they stack, the slipperiness, the sound of them when riffled, etc. Weight is only one factor. An important one, but only one of many important factors to consider. Don't get too hung up on it just because it's easy to conceptualize.


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Check out my poker chip guide link (http://www.mynameismatt.com/cg)

Would this manufacturer please send me an email at
drewday AT mindspring DOT com? I would like to talk some about the manufacturing process.

[scrub]

Great site!

I think the RT plastics chip might be used by the Borgata in Atlantic City.

scrub

[wacki]

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To give full disclosure, I'm a poker chip retailer. But I'm not here to hawk my goods. I have a good deal of knowledge on the poker chips out there in the market, so I thought I could help out anyone looking to buy chips. I would have liked that kind of a resource when I was looking at buying my first set. If you have any questions, please feel free to post them or email me directly and I'll be available to answer.

Also, making myself available isn't entirely altruistic. I'd also like to get close to people looking for poker chips to see what they like and dislike so that I can use that information to better serve the market.

Moderator - I hope you can appreciate what I can add to your forum, and I promise to keep it non-commercial, and just informational.

Cheers.

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Maybe you can solve a problem I've had. I have a specific type of poker chip in mind, but no-one sells them! The perfect chip in my mind, would be very similar to the ones used at the 2003 Binions WSOP. They had numerous edgespots 12-20, custom inlays, and were available in numerous colors, specifically dayglo! I have been unable to find anyone that can offer me chips that have dayglo bodies (not dayglo edge-spots), or numerous edgespots. I want them both, and I'm willing to pay for them both. If they are clay, even better, but I will settle for plastic if I absolutely have to.

Even if I can get the perfect chip, a dayglo chip with some edgespots would be nice.

Also, no-one sells plaques. They are available in europe, but I would think that someone would offer atleast some cheapo mother-of-pearl plaques.

If anyone knows where I can get any of the above please post.

[Talex]

Hey There,

At least for plaques it appears they have a template here:

http://www.thechipstore.com/NewFiles/Design.html

You could give them a call.

-Tim

[wacki]

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Hey There,

At least for plaques it appears they have a template here:

http://www.thechipstore.com/NewFiles/Design.html

You could give them a call.

-Tim

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I did. They won't talk to you unless your a casino.

[Lottery Larry]

Wacki, I called pokerchips.com to check- they will do the dayglo chip bodies but they advise against it because it weakens the clay composition?

here the color link- all the dayglo edge spot colors at the bottom should be available as body colors. I didn't ask if the brass filings from the normal chip bodies are included.

http://www.pokerchips.com/colors.html

Their phone number is on the right of that page

[toots]

I don't think pokerchips.com is going to do multiple edge spots for you, though.

[bicyclekick]

Wait a sec, according to that page the 39mm chips are 1.53 inches. What is the standar? 33mm or 1.53 inches or are they really the same and is there a blunder on this site:

http://www.thechipstore.com/NewFiles/Design.html

[OrangeHeat]

39 mm is generally casino standard size.

Orange

[Paul2432]

25.4 mm = 1 inch (exactly)

39 mm = 1.53 + 138/25400 ~ 1.535433 inches

The post saying 33mm = 1.53 inches is wrong.

Paul