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If you are fascinated by watching the poker games you see played at casinos, then your eyes are no doubt drawn to the colorful chips. The casinos set themselves apart by introducing personalized chips into the games. Every casino orders its own set of custom made poker chips, decorated with unique labels. The custom poker chips, however, are not a product that is reserved just for casinos - you can design and order your own set.

Think about it - all your close friends get together at the poker table and you astonish them with custom poker chips. You can place any image on the customized poker chips - the images of your family and pets, the images of favorite TV characters, even the image of President Barak Obama. Just picture it - your entire family is playing card-games with the custom poker chips. Someone says, "I raise by two uncle Georges and grandma", and you reply, "I'm all in with 10 Presidents!"

Naturally, custom made poker chips are a necessity if you are if you set up regular tournaments or ring games. If your players are used to more serious games, personalized poker chips will give your game an image of credibility and trustworthiness. Furthermore, you can give some custom chips as a parting gift to the players, so that your name is fresh in their minds and they pass your name along to others.

What You Should Keep In Mind When Buying Custom Poker Chips
Custom made poker chips are available at many shops on the Internet. Stores like Epokerdeals.com, Thechiplab.com and Buypokerchips.com suggest a staggering variety of customized poker chips. The sites have an impressive list of pre-made templates. You can either create custom poker chips by yourself, basing them on these templates, or ask for assistance from the seller.

Price ranges and quality will often show significant difference when it comes to customized poker chips. If your games are played are friendly at home games, place an order for the basic plastic and metal chips - they can cost about 10 cents each. But if your game involves real money, you will want to upgrade to a ceramic chip. A customized ceramic chip , because it is of higher quality, will cost more than plastic, 75 cents on average. And if you own a casino, you must go for the best quality available - the clay chips. For casino quality chips you will want to go to the top manufacturers, such as Paulson or Blue Chip Company, and order custom poker chips that will be unique to your casino.

Naturally, when you receive the chips you have ordered, it is important to check their quality. You can see if the image will hold up by dropping a few drops of water on a chip. Since there are probably going to be drinks at the poker table, your custom poker chips should be able to survive being touched by wet hands. Next, you will want to feel the ridges on the chip's rolling edge - are they rough and noticeable? And since the chips always come in contact with each other, try to scratch a few custom poker chips together and see if any marks remain.

Friends and family members always welcome the opportunity to relax at a friendly poker table. Add a custom poker chip set and your game goes from just a game to an experience! Take advantage of the many custom designs available and people will talk about them for years.

By Dennis Boesen

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