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Poker Set Poker Sets, Unmatched Quality
Creating a Custom Poker Set
When
you're sitting at a poker table, although you're hoping to have a good
time, the goal of the evening should be to win. How exactly do we
determine who wins? It's simple. You have to win all the chips at the
table.
Even though
that probably seems obvious to most poker players, the fact is that
when planning a poker night, most hosts focus more on refreshments and
making sure that they have a couple of decks of cards at the ready. They
forget that a poker set, complete with poker chips, is just as, if not
more important to the success of the evening.
A
poker set needs to have chips of differing colors in order to represent
different monetary values. In addition, you want to make sure that
people aren't bringing their own chips to the table in an attempt to
cheat the house and underhandedly bump up their bankroll. That's why a
custom set of chips that are uniquely identifiable is so appealing for
the poker night host to own.
In
Atlantic City, for example, each casino has its own standard poker
chips with a design particular to that casino. Although the color coding
is consistent throughout the resort town, red chips for example are
always worth $5 while black chips are always worth $100, a chip from the
Borgata looks totally different than one from Bally's. You cannot use
one house's chip at any another casino. They have no value outside of
that house.
So what
do you need to consider if you're looking to add a personal touch to
your poker night with a custom poker set? First, you need to consider
the material from which your set will be made. The three most common
types of poker chip materials are clay, ceramics and plastic.
Clay
chips are far and away the most popular kind of chip. These chips have a
soft surface that allow for easy stacking. Poker players love to use
large stacks as a way of projecting strength at the table, so a chip
that makes construction of these towering displays is welcome at any
poker table.
When
we talk about plastic chips, we're not talking about the children's set
you can find at the dollar store, though those certainly are the
cheapest variety of chips made in this material. Many professionally
made plastic chips are made with a metal core so that have some weight
to them. Plastic chips can retain bright, vivid colors and are easily
molded into unique shapes and styles to truly individualize your poker
set.
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Ceramic chips
are popular with those interested in custom design of poker chips
because they can easily accept detailed artwork that is applied to their
face. With ceramic chips, you can actually embed an image onto the chip
itself, making an endless number of possibilities in terms of how you
wish to make these chips unique.
The
more traditional ways in which to personalize your sets are hot
stamping and the use of custom labels. With hot stamping, a colored foil
is pressed into the poker chip using heat as a way to adhere the foil
to the chip.
The
process of hot stamping is very economical, though it can only
accommodate designs of one color. Most of these stamps use gold foil to
add initials or dollar values to chips. However, you may be able to use
silver, white or black as the color utilized for the stamping process.
If
you're envisioning something a little bit more intricate, such as a
multi-colored logo or image, then you're going to need to use a custom
label. The price of these labels can run the gamut, but keep in mind
that only the more expensive ones will be durable enough to handle dirt
and spills at the table. You're probably going to want to spend a little
bit more to make sure you have waterproof, cleanable labels so that
your special chips can last a long time.
Although
custom labels do allow for tons of creativity, you can't fit a square
peg into a round hole. If you're going to go this route, you need to
make sure you use a chip that has an inlay or recessed area, or else the
process simply will not work.
Finally,
once you've selected the kind of chip you want and the method of
personalization you intend to use to make your set your own, you still
need a place to keep your poker chips safe from the elements and a way
to carry your set from place to place.
Carrying
cases are essentially for the proper storage and transportation of your
poker chips. They typically come in aluminum, wood or acrylic and can
take the form of briefcases, carousels, or authentic "casino" transport
carriers.
If you
plan on bringing your poker chips with you to other locations, then a
case or carrier is probably the best choice for you. However, if you
plan on simply leaving them pretty much in one place, like sitting in
the center of the poker table in your basement, then a wood carousel
might be ideal for storage as well as display purposes.
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A
custom poker set can really make your poker night stand out from the
crowd. While whatever style you end up deciding on depends primarily on
your own personal aesthetic, regardless of which type of chip ends up
speaking to you, there's a way to get it done to your liking.
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