Where to buy quality Poker Sets??

[Claw75]

   nice tat

[rex008]

I've generally used this site for my poker needs... http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Full-House-Trading-Ltd

+1. I got a table top from them for my occasional home game - really nice quality for the price (less than £30).

Didn't get chips from them though.

Very good service from them too - answered emails very promptly.

[new_guy9]

  nice tat

Thanks Claw75

(i'm a huge basketball fan - its Japenese for LOVE inside the ribs of a basketball.)

Best £30 i ever spent!

[new_guy9]

Now entertaining the idea of customising a set!!!

(prob with my tat <-- as the design!)

Anyone done that with an on-line site?

Thanks to let me know!

[kenjude]

Why do you want 13.5g or 14g chips? That means the chips are likely to have a metal slug in them and make a metallic clinky noise when they go in. Heavier does not ncessarily mean better. My Chipco ceramics are 10g and that is plenty of weight in a chip.

If you don't want to spend the money for ceramics (of which the Casino Club chips linked to earlier are the cheapest available) or for clay chips (the likes of Paulsons) then there's little point spending any more than it costs for the cheapest set of 500 composite chips for which you can specifiy the colour breakdown. Every extra pound you spend is a pound that could have been saved towards your ceramics or clays.

As posted earlier by someone, homepokertourney.com has loads of advice on the breakdown of chip sets.

Chip prices for 500:
 
Paulson clays or Chipco ceramics £330 approx give or take a fiver or tenner depending on which design
Casino club ceramics £150
11.g upwards composites - don't spend more than £30 - there's really no point and you should consider them to be a homogeneous product at this level - they all do the same job and you'll probably want to change them once you've handled some ceramics or clays.

Bottom line - either spend the money on nice chips (get samples) or spend the very least you can spend. There's a lot of ground in the middle which is spending money unnecessarily. IMO of course!

[new_guy9]

Cheers Ken,

Rookie mistake - i thought the heavier the better was the answer.

I got samples from http://www.premierpokerchips.com/products/customised-poker-chips.asp?gclid=CJqcuf6-u5QCFQ5THgodmCQGUA and may get some samples of my own made up.

I prefer these of the two options;
8 Stripe Customised Poker Chips
The new 8 stripe custom poker chip features a 31.5mm customisable face both sides, ideal for lots of detail, numbers, names, etc and is finished in a professional EverWear seal to ensure the poker chips look as authentic as possible and last a life time.

Looks like a 500 chip set with case will set me back £240

(these aren't too heavy - i'm guessing 11.5g as it seems most of these sites offer this as the standard weight.)
 
I'll do a bit more research and see how the Paulsons or Chipco's compare.

Out of curiosity what is used in the tournaments that are screened on the likes of the Late Night Poker or European open?
They tend to have 3 colours Yellow 1000 Blue 2000 red 5000 - are these clay or ceramics?

Thanks again for any help/opinions!

[kenjude]

Both of those are ABS chips according to the description.

Customised or not, that's a fortune to spend on plastic chips. Essentially I doubt they are any nicer to handle than a £25 set of 500 dice chips from Ebay.

9g to 10g is the traditional casino weight for chips - don't believe what some sellers tell you about 11.5 or higher being casino weight.

I don't know for sure but the chips used on the Matchroom 6-seater shootouts (World/European Opens etc) look like and sound like ceramics of some description. Can't remember what the Late Night Poker ones were.

marlowpokerchips are the UK Chipco and Paulson dealer. You can buy a samples from them. They have a shop on Ebay and are reputable.

Of course these things are all a matter of opinion and choice, but I think you might regret spending that sort of money on ABS chips. If you want customised, I would advise buying the absolute cheapest set of ABS chips that give you the quantities and denominations you need for your game now (there's no need for more than 4 colours in a set of 500 that will accomodate 8 people in SnGs with no trouble - my set has 200x5, 170x25, 90x100 and 40x500). Then save your money until/if you can afford to get clays or ceramics customised.

But as I say, it's all down to personal choice, and there is such a thing as chip snobbery.

[new_guy9]

But as I say, it's all down to personal choice, and there is such a thing as chip snobbery.

Just wanted to say thanks for all the comments/opinions.

I did a lot of searching and thinking about how much i'd like to spend and a good few things were said to calm my desire for really expensive chips.

So.....

I think i have found a near perfect solution for the time being.

I sa a Poker Million set on a few sites for £100 (Case & 500 chips) i already have 125 of these chips that i bought in refill packs cos i had a £20 gift voucher for Greaves!

I really like these chips and have used them with my starter set as the "big money" chips lol

I googled for the set just in case i could find a better option than the poker sites and lo and behold on cricketsupplies.com i find the same set for £65 inc p&p

They arrived today and were exactly as i wanted, i'll now wait till i win the lottery or a big tourney and get custumised ceramics at a later date!


Thanks again everyone!

[bhoywonder]

cheers for the tourney new guy last nite

nice chips

n some nice bluffing


allin river bluff indeed

lol

[I Am Willis]

ebay it tbh, just make sure u get sumthin 11.5g + and try ceramic!

[new_guy9]

cheers for the tourney new guy last nite

nice chips

n some nice bluffing


allin river bluff indeed

lol

Cheers mate - always a pleasure.

My mate short-stacks is coming back from the US on Sunday night, so hopefully another home game will be scheduled for the next weekend before he jets back out for 4 months!

Loved my All -in push with when Jamie raised to 500 and Kahoon called with    - much fun!