The best poker set to start
I'll be going with either the Dunes or Royals for my $0.25-$0.50 game.
For Canada your main source will be StraitPokerSupplies in Toronto. This is a great store with quality product. If you want something more exclusive then stick around on the board but it is true that many folks end up dumping Thousands of dollars into poker chip sets on here. There are more options in the USA but lately shipping has become horrendously expensive and customs seems to love adding on to the hurt. So if you can keep it to a domestic order your costs could be much lower. I have had several of Straitpokersupplies chips and my favorite are the "Prestige line". Its not as fancy as top end Paulsons or such but they feel nice and stack great and at $4/25 there a great deal. The Scrolls and Crazy Horse chips are nice as well (have had both and sold on to others) but at that price point you could also get totally custom ceramics from Alibaba.Hey friends, how are you guys doing. Me and my friends have a kind of cheap poker set from Walmart and we look to upgrade it. Do you guys have any recommendations? Thanks a lot !
The Dunes are nice, but in my experience, the Royals are far superior—better colors and spots, and they stack significantly better.I'll be going with either the Dunes or Royals for my $0.25-$0.50 game.
Royals are a much better chip and i talked to customer service and they should be in stock soonI am in the same boat and just got a haul of samples from Apache Poker Chips. They've got a good selection of China Clays which are a good upgrade from dice chips. They aren't going to compete with Paulson's, but for a fraction of the price I'm quite happy with the quality.
I'll be going with either the Dunes or Royals for my $0.25-$0.50 game.
If you want new chips, in my opinion, the best ones readily available are :
- CPC (if you want super high quality casino-grade clay chips)
- Abbiati (if you want super high quality casino-grade plastic chips)
- BRPro (if you want quality ceramic-like chips)
- SunFly Hybrids (if you want quality ceramic-like chip with an actual label)
Matsui is also a good option for the most slippery plastics ever.
Cards Mold from Tina are also a good economic option for fair quality ceramic-like chips at a great price.
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It’s harder, for me personally, to make recommendations if you don’t state a budget.Hey friends, how are you guys doing. Me and my friends have a kind of cheap poker set from Walmart and we look to upgrade it. Do you guys have any recommendations? Thanks a lot !
What brand are these?Depends on how much $$$ you're willing to part with...
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paulson wthcWhat brand are these?
If you don't want to spend $1000 on a set someday, just close your account now and walk away .Hey friends, how are you guys doing. Me and my friends have a kind of cheap poker set from Walmart and we look to upgrade it. Do you guys have any recommendations? Thanks a lot !
Just realized how old the original post is. Guess he actually took this advice without having seen it.If you don't want to spend $1000 on a set someday, just close your account now and walk away .
Literally see a post from myself on this thread saying how I was going to buy some China Clay chips and that was going to be perfect.... 2 years later I now have like $8k into chips and no China Clay to be seen... Oh what could have been...Just realized how old the original post is. Guess he actually took this advice without having seen it.
Guess he actually took this advice without having seen it.
Didn't realize how old the comment is but I love my prestige from Straight Poker. I use them as tournament chips. I'm lucky enough to have a US shipping address my mom frequents so I'm now looking at CCs from Apache. Probably the dunes for my cash set. Currently have the poker knights, kind of wish I went with the cash clubs but it's all good I'll have them replaced in time.For Canada your main source will be StraitPokerSupplies in Toronto. This is a great store with quality product. If you want something more exclusive then stick around on the board but it is true that many folks end up dumping Thousands of dollars into poker chip sets on here. There are more options in the USA but lately shipping has become horrendously expensive and customs seems to love adding on to the hurt. So if you can keep it to a domestic order your costs could be much lower. I have had several of Straitpokersupplies chips and my favorite are the "Prestige line". Its not as fancy as top end Paulsons or such but they feel nice and stack great and at $4/25 there a great deal. The Scrolls and Crazy Horse chips are nice as well (have had both and sold on to others) but at that price point you could also get totally custom ceramics from Alibaba.
I suggest that you consider numbers and denominations you would like for your games whether cash/tourney or both with this great tool/guide
Poker chip set selection tool and guide.
Prestige chips @$4/25 chips, only flaw is the 1 and 10 chips use the same base colours so should not be played together/dirty stacks in poker but just fine for Monopoly and other board games. This is the set I leave out for my daughter to mess with and was bought originally as a traveler, I really like them for some reason
@16cents/chip
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Scroll Ceramics @56cents/chips (now)
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Crazy Horse chips @ 46cents (now)
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