Special Poker Chip Buying Guide

Have you scoured the internet looking for information on poker chips only to find your questions remain unanswered? We have experienced the same thing!

How many chips are necessary?

I am so glad you asked! You better get out a pen and paper. First take the size of your poker group, times the number of trips to the bathroom per hour, multiplied by the number of anchovies on your pizza, times the number of leisure suits that are being worn and then divide by the average radius in inches of the biggest noggin in the group... That should do it! ;-)

You didn’t think this was actually going to be easy, did you? To figure out how many poker chips you will need, you must first figure out how many folks will be participating in your game. A si mple guideline is to have a minimum of 35 chips per person and if you can, 50 to 100 chips per person is the sure to please. If your group has 3 to 4 people, go with 300+ poker chips. If your tournament has 5 to 6 people, get 400+ chips. If your party has 7+ people, buy 500+ poker chips. Just make sure you have plenty of chips to go around...people get hungry late at night and sometimes they eat strange things.

What is the best type of poker chips for you?

We recommend Ruffles, Lays, or Pringles. These will all grease up your hands and pork up that spare tire of yours... Excuse me! I see…you stopped by to chat about poker chips and not potato chips. Well, if you get hungry, you know where to come! ;-)

You may want to begin with plastic chips if you are new to the game of poker or on a budget. Plastic poker chips are the least expensive chips that still offer you the feel of casino poker. Take a look at composite clay chips if you would like to go a step up from plastic poker chips. Composite clay poker chips offer the look and feel of casino quality chips without the cost. Get yourself a set of clay poker chips if you must make your home into a casino. Clay chips are the most expensive poker chips but they will bring great happiness to the poker enthusiast in your family!

Is there some rhyme and reason to the coloring of the chips?

White is for bread, red is for tomato sauce, green is for apples, black is for pepper, and blue is for fungus...delicious! ;-)

Next, you will need to grasp what each poker chip is worth when playing Texas Hold 'Em Poker. The first list has the five most common poker chip values assigned to various chip colors. The second list has all thirteen poker chip colors and their respective values.

Basic Poker Chip Colors and Chip Values:

White poker chips = $1, Red poker chips = $5, Blue poker chips = $10, Green poker chips = $25, Black poker chips = $100,

Complete Chip Colors and Chip Values:

Complete Chip Colors and Chip Values:

There are times when you are going to see $20 chips played with green chips but our guide displays the mostly commonly accepted chip values for each poker chip color. You can expect to see some variations in poker chip de nominations.

It is common to see either 100 White chips, 200 Red chips, 50 Green chips, and 50 Black chips or 150 White chips, 150 Red chips, 50 Green chips, and 50 Black chips included in a 400 poker chip set.

In a four color poker chip bank roll (most common), 70% of the chips should be the lower chip values and the middle chip values.

Wasn’t that easy for you? This sure wasn’t easy for me. All that talk about food is killing me. I thought about eating my poker chips, but surprisingly they don’t taste anything like potato chips. Can you believe it? Those manufacturers will say anything to get you to buy their poker chips!

If you competitor has a good poker face, keep an eye on their hands. If they are greasy…then they are cheating!