A lot of people use cheap coins, or even small tokens such as buttons or bottle tops when playing poker at home, instead of real poker chips. Honestly, this will never bring the Las Vegas feeling to your living room!

Using real poker chips has a lot of benefits.

1. Keep the game friendly when playing for poker chips rather than real money. You won’t have any arguments on the part of the losers.
2. Value of chips is clear, no need to guess if the bottle top had a value of $50 or $100.

Now, which Poker chips to choose?

Definitely the best poker chips are casino style ones. They are made of clear and should feel sturdy. It’s important that they are coated and resistant to scratch damage. You can get cheaper poker chips made of plastic but if you want to get the REAL poker feeling it’s worth to invest in quality chips.

Another good idea might be to invest in a poker table topper, to turn your dining room table into a real poker table. Even more important would be to get a few good packs of casino grade poker cards.

For sure this all comes only in consideration if you are playing offline. If you play online poker, you can choose your card decks and chip sets online.

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