The Background of Poker Chips
Posted in Poker on 11/28/2009 09:22 am by IzaiahGaming chips have been made from a huge range of materials in an almost infinite selection of styles since the creation of betting and the requirement to keep track of winnings. The most commonly used components used at present in the manufacture of current poker chips are plastic, clay, and acrylic composite. Clay chips, the original of the group, have been made in the US since the late 1800s.
Back in the 1800s, poker players appear to be using any small item with value imaginable. Early poker enthusiasts sometimes employed rough gold pieces as well as chips – chiefly made of wood and clay. By the 1900s, poker chip features started to enjoy a greater prominence, and the smooth edges of older chips gave way to chips with slits to hold them neatly arranged together.
There is no debate that poker has expanded constantly in acceptance ever since its beginnings in the 1800s. With the huge increase of internet gambling and unique television shows, community appeal in poker has feed the fire more rapidly than ever before. Most people are first introduced to poker by TV showslike Bravo’s "Celebrity Poker Showdown" or "Poker After Dark," and many will play their initial hands on the net. Despite web poker’s rise, nothing competes with the feeling of shuffling weighty poker chips in your hands, throwing chips into the middle of a casino table, or creating tall pilesstacks of chips after displaying a winning hand.