The following will help explain the different styles of poker chips available today, and help you decide on the style that best fits you and your needs.

Many websites sell poorly made poker chips and cases. Our hope is to give you enough information to make a decision you will be happy with.

There are three different makes of poker chips:

Plastic Poker Chips -   Composed completely of plastic, these chips weigh very little, and are very inexpensive. You can find these in your local retail store.

Composite Poker Chips - Most composite chips are made of a  higher grade plastic known as ABS (high impact strength plastic).  These poker chips have an insert made of metal that adds weight, and allows it to be hot  stamped.

The Advantages of a Composite poker chip are:

• Price       - Composite chips are much cheaper than clay
• Looks      - Composite chips can have sharper, more detailed designs
• Life span -  Clay poker chips can easily chip and wear down much faster 

Clay Composite Chips - Composed of clay plus some other material. Sometimes you will find a chip that has a metal insert added to increase the weight, or to allow for hot stamping.

The advantages of clay poker chips are:

• Better stacking - Composite poker chips have a slicker surface, and do not stack on top of each other as well as clay poker chips do.
• Old time feel     -  Since clay poker chips are used in casinos, playing with the same type of chip as they do in Las Vegas may mean something to you.
• Different sound  -  When thrown in the pot, the clay gives
  it more of a "thud" than the "clink" you get with a composite poker chip.