Buying my first set of poker chips

[PantsOnFire]

Don't forget another important consideration and that's the denominations you are going to get.

If you look at the available list for most chips, it goes like this: 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 500, 1000, 5000, etc.

Nobody has convinced me why they need a 10 or a 50 chip.

Now think tournaments. A good tourney is 5/10 starting blinds with 1000-2000 chips. So each person could get:

5 - 15
25 - 13
100 - 6
500 - 0-2

So for a 20 man max tourney (and completing the 1000 chip set for cash games with ones) you are looking at:

5 - 300
25 - 300
100 - 150
500 - 50
1 - 200

So for cash games using the 1, 5, and 25 chips you can handle blinds like 0.01/0.02, 0.05/0.10, 0.10/0.25, 0.25/0.50, 0.50/1, 1/2, 2/5, 5/10, etc.

I'm not saying that's what you should do but that's how you should be thinking and not just accepting whatever denominations they are giving you if you can help it.

[Precise_]

pokerchips.com


they are great chips.. and u can customize them with any logo u want as well as colors and edge marks
get the clays

[SmokeyRidesAgain]

As long as you don't get anything dirt cheap or just cheap you should be good. The totally plastic ones are obviously [censored]. Some of the slugged ones just above dice chips are alright, perfectly playable at least. It's worth getting clays if you're going to use them for years though and have the bank to get a nice set.

[jjflash]

Basically, you have to buy what you like, but at the same time consider what the other players in you game will like. Personally, I hate chips with preprinted denominations on them.

I purchased a set of Nexgens and I (and the people who play in my game) absolutely love them. They are not clay, but I can't really tell the difference with these. The real selling point for me however, was the fact that I could order as many of each color that I wanted. I play mostly cash games but have a tourney every so often, so I ordered 200 each of white, blue and red and then just a few green and black to facilitate tourney play.

I feel your pain however, I never imagined that buying a set of poker chips could be so stressful or challenging.

Good luck on your quest.