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The Many Options Available in the World of Poker Chips

By Matthew Sagehouse

With so many choices available in poker chips these days, how is anyone supposed to make a decision about which ones to buy? Some of them are so fancy that are even collectable. How ever you plan to use you poker chips, there is probably a style and design that is just right.

Paulson is the one of the most recognized and respected names in poker chips. This company manufactures chips, with fancy and colorful designs, that are made entirely out of clay. These chips are desired for their great soft feel and for the sound they make. Clay poker chips are the most expensive type of chips available, but many claim nothing else will do.

If you like the feel and the sound of clay poker chips but are more budget minded then there is another option for you. Clay composite chips maintain some of the soft feel of clay chips and even sound similar but tend to cost a lot less. There are many more options available in these chips where design and customization are concerned. You also have different choices in chip weight so you can find the ones that are just right for your preferences.

If the feel and sound of clay are not all that important to you, or you simply don't want to spend as much money, then there is another great option for you. Composite resin poker chips are very high quality and very durable. They also cost less than clay or clay composite chips. Composite resin poker chips give you the most choices in design and customization options.

What type of designs appeals to you? You can find designs that are full color and very fancy to designs that are nothing more than the impression of a series of diamond shapes around the edge of the chips, without any color. The choices available to you will be determined, somewhat, based on the type of poker chips you choose.

One of the most popular ways to customize poker chips is hot stamping. This is the process of using a hot stamping press to literally melt a foil design into a chip, providing a permanent impression. You can choose to have various denominations, wording or initials stamped on your poker chips. Another option is to have custom dies made for hot stamping your chips. The possibilities are almost endless. Remember, that there is usually a delay when you choose to hot stamp chips, because they are custom made to order.

For those who want a full color design to customize your poker chips there is another option. With the technology available today you can have custom created, full color, vinyl labels permanently fused to your poker chips. While this option is more expensive than hot stamping, it opens a host of additional options for creating your own custom poker chips.

Now that you know more about the choices that are available, you should find it much easier to pick out the poker chip type, style and design that are just right for you. Whether you decide on clay composite poker chips with a custom hot stamped logo or composite resin poker chips with a very simple striped dice design and no customization, you are sure to find the perfect poker chips to suit your purposes.

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