Poker is one of the most fun card games played all over the world. The essence of poker is the chip stack. Poker chips are small chips representing different denominations and are in many colors. These are substitutes to real money. Today poker chips are designed on the basis of themes and formats to categorize a particular chip set. This avoids use of bogus chips. For this purpose the chip color and embossed or molded patterns are used. Some also use Radio Frequency Identification or RFID.

Poker chips in many authentic casinos are made up of clay though not pure as it is very soft. Sometimes people buy special edition poker chip sets from casinos. But poker chips made for home use might not be of the same quality as the casino chips as the former is made of ABS plastic or ceramic. As a lot of money is involved in poker a lot of chips are needed. Generally a standard set has three hundred chips whereas others might have five hundred and may even have more. Many poker chips are available for buying at online trading sites like e-bay and their price can go up to thousands of dollars. Poker chips of a certain set are all of same size, shape, color and inlays. Denominations may be different on the chips but all can be identified as from the same chip stack.

Playing with the chips gives a feeling of authenticity to the game or otherwise it can be played without the chips also. The clinking sound made by the chips on hitting the poker table adds to the ambience. Because of the way poker is presented on television and films featuring casinos, the charm of poker chips has grown even more.

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