Chip Decision and Question on Quantity

[gabuk]

Hi all,

Well, I am finally ready to order my first set of home poker chips. I have ordered samples from each company and they should arrive early next week.

After reading posts here and on a few other poker chip review sites, I have narrowed it down to three types/brands. I really like the feel/sound of chips from a casino. My friend has the Ebay 11.5 grams generic chips and that are not to my liking.

1) Nevada Jack Desert Sun
2) Nevada Jack Clay Poker Chips
3) Modern Clay – Buypokerchips.com
and a distant 4) Rounders Casino – Apache Poker

I am wondering what your thoughts are on each chip. I have a little OCD when it comes to color/denominations so these three types will allow me to have properly color coded chips from .50 to $1000. I love the look of the Rounders Casino but they do not offer a .50 cent piece. I know this shouldn't reflect my purchase decision too much but the group of guys that I will play with want to play .50/1.00 ring games so I need .50 cent chips.

Here are my purchasing options and quantity. Please let me know if these is sufficient for .50/1.00 ring and T1000 no-limit/limit tournaments.

Nevada Jack Desert Sun or Modern Clay
$600 for 500 chips
200 – $5
200 – $25
100 – $100

This amount I believe is okay for T1000 tourney play but how do I break it down so I can have .50/1.00 ring games and tourney play with only 500 chips. Do I order a separate roll of .50 and 1.00 chips at a later date? Or, lower the quantities of the other chips?

Nevada Jack Desert Sun
$700 for 1000 chips
200 – .50 cents
200 – $1
250 – $5
200 – $25
100 – $100
50 – $500

Are there any poker chips that I should also consider reviewing? I looked into pokerchips.com but I heard the wait was over 12-16 weeks.

Also, what is the average buy in for .50/1.00 games? $25 or $50? And what breakdown do you recommend between .50 and 1.00 chips?

Thanks for your help.
Gabuk