Poker Chips: Time To Count Your Chips

By Author: Ron Sherrod
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With all the interest in poker, home poker games and poker tournaments are a great way to enjoy the challenge of a lively poker chip battle with friends, family and other players.

In this part 3 of a 6 part article series, we'll cover a few tips to lighten the load of playing host for a poker tournament and discuss you poker chip set requirements.

With a little pre-planning and the right poker chips set, it doesn't have to be a chore for the host. It's also a great way for beginners to learn the game with friends and not risk a lot of real casino poker chips learning the basics.

The right poker set, with the right quantity of each value is the centerpiece of the game. Poker chips and poker chip sets come in a wide variety of choices and prices, with or without pre-printed denominations/values. For tournaments, the best choice is often a poker chip set without pre-printed denominations, valued by color only. This gives you unlimited flexibility in the poker set chip values. The tournament structure needs to support your total quantity of chips in your poker chip set ...
... The blind levels, structure, and your total starting poker chip stack determines the time it takes to play a tournament to a conclusion. Do the math, or better yet, purchase an inexpensive poker tournament timer, it's well worth the investment. Online poker shops (NOTE: PokerUpShop Link?)usually let you build your own poker set by selecting the quantity of each chip, giving you your own custom poker chips set by quantity of each color/demonimation. Already pre-packaged quantity poker sets can be a bit less and usually have a good mix for most situations. Custom poker chips are readily available too, and can add a touch of class and personalization inexpensively if you provide a little labor, or order finished custom poker chips for just a bit more, with full color logos, images and text. The choice of chips is almost endless.

If you're not sure just exactly what you need, or what's available out there, call an online poker shop (NOTE: PokerUpShop Link?)and discuss your situation. They can save you a lot of time and searching as they know what's available, and can often times save you both time and money in selecting the right poker chip set for the job.

Now that you know where to host your tournament (part 1), what playing surfaces are available (part 2), and how to select the right poker chips set (part 3), in part 4 we will cover tournament structure, timing devices and displays that will help make sure your tournament is successful, fun and not just an energy drain on the host.

Bio:
Ron Sherrod, owner of the PokerUpShop is a business man and entrepreneur now developing a small and unique poker website focusing on easy to navigate visual content and offering Free Shipping on all orders over $49, giving the customers a lower overall price for poker chip sets, poker game tables and supplies. The PokerUpShop can be reached on site through the contact us link, or Toll Free at 1-800-636-4171. PokerUpShop mailing address is PokerUpShop, PO Box 520963, Tulsa, Ok 74152 USA

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