| Poker chips have been around since the inception of | | | | people use the plastic chips. With the popularity of the |
| the poker game. But the poker chips that were used in | | | | plastic chips, more and more people are inclined to |
| the earlier era would not catch our fancy in the | | | | purchase a very high quality of such chips. |
| modern times. In those days, there were no | | | | The advantages of plastic chips are that they are |
| standardization of a particular currency and most of | | | | durable and quite affordable. Casinos use a very high |
| the people used to use gold pieces as poker chips. But | | | | quality of chips and generally most of them have a |
| it was not wise to carry gold pieces all the time for a | | | | custom made design for their chips. The quality of |
| game of poker. And this is when people thought the | | | | these chips are a lot better than the poker chips that |
| the concept of a standardized poker chips would be a | | | | are used for playing poker at the home. One can |
| safe and convenient solution. Although there was a | | | | easily purchase these kind of chips that are used in |
| time when materials like wood, bones and clay, etc | | | | casinos, if they want to experience the feel of a |
| were used for making the chips. The only downside of | | | | casino while playing poker at their homes. The plastic |
| this trend was that people used to bring their own set | | | | chips can be conveniently bought at your nearest |
| of poker chip and in order to get rid of this | | | | departmental stores and its price is purely based on its |
| unscrupulous practice, the concept of manufacturing a | | | | design and quality. Most of the casinos use clay chips |
| standardized poker chip set. | | | | and you would hardly find any plastic chips there. Most |
| A lot of designs were created so that one | | | | of the people think that these chips are made of clay |
| establishment could differentiate their chips from that | | | | but actually these chips are made of composite |
| of the others. From the beginning of the 1800's itself | | | | ceramic. The name has remained as 'clay chips' |
| clay poker chips gained a lot of prominence and | | | | because of their popularity. The only reason the solely |
| popularity amongst people. These clay chips remained | | | | clay is not used for the manufacturing of chips is |
| popular till the 1930's. At the very beginning of the | | | | because of the fact that clay is not capable of |
| 1940's, plastic chips were introduced. These plastic | | | | providing the chips with adequate durability. One can |
| chips also got very popular as it was easy to handle | | | | find a lot of manufacturers who deal with poker chips |
| and carry around. People started buying the plastic | | | | these days and it gives the consumer immense choice |
| chips for playing a game of poker at home. With the | | | | to select chips from a very wide range. |
| rise of plastic ships, the popularity of clay poker chips | | | | For more info about poker chips plz visit us at poker |
| suffered a bit. The plastic chips have remained | | | | table . |
| successful through the test of times and even today | | | | |