If you have been to a casino and played any games with the casino’s poker chips, you probably thought they had really nice poker chips. Most people feel this way and many casinos spend a lot of money on poker chips to insure that you have this experience.

The range of chip styles in casinos in large. Some may have simple abs composite chips on the low end, while many others are using a specially designed ceramic or clay poker chip. These days a few are even using or investigating the use of poker chips with RFID technology embedded. RFID stands for radio frequency identification and allows a casino to keep track of all chips. For example they could know at any given moment how much money is on a table or how much any given player has in front of him. This can also cut down on chips leaving the casino.

In todays market it is easier than ever to purchase chips that are of the same quality as those used in many casinos around the world. Since a casino has a unique design which cannot be copied, making a chips of the same material, but in a unique design is no problem. The great increase in the popularity of poker has made marketing these high end chips much easier. For example is you like a ceramic style poker chip you could choose the Nevada Jacks or Desert Sands design. However if niether of these designs appeal to you or if you want to spend a little less money for a chip with similiar characteristics, then take a look at the Grand Royale or Coconut Tree poker chips.

Don’t worry if you are a clay poker chip connoisseur. There are even more selections on the market for you if this is your preferred style of chip. The most popular and arguably the market leader in top quality clay chips is Paulson. With six different clay chips for the home market, including some with denominations and some without.  They also offer the most variety. The variety includes the original Top Hat & Cane chip for the home market and the newer Paulson World Top Hat & Cane poker chips which features a uniquely shaped inaly for each chip value in the series.

Now if you want a clay feel, but don’t want to spend the money on an authentic Paulson chip or need the ability to create a custom inlay, you are in luck. There are several chips on the market that have a nice clay feel and sound. The most economical example is the Soprano Clay Striped Casino Chips. However, there are at least two other chips that are more economical than the Paulson chips, have clay composition and/or feel, and allow custom inlays. Nexgen poker chips are the first of these two and they allow for 3/4″ custom inlays. Weighing approximately 12 grams, the Nexgen chip are slightly heavier than the average casino chip. Next in this unique duo is the Pro Gen poker chips. Weighing 10 grams, like a typical casino chip, and available in 7 colors, these chips accept a one inch inlay for custom projects.