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Poker chips have been made from a huge selection of materials in an almost endless assortment of styles since the birth of wagering and the need to keep an eye on winnings. The most common components used today in the creation of current poker chips are plastic, clay, and acrylics. Clay chips, the original of the bunch, have been made in America since the late 1800s.

Back in the 19th century, poker players appear to be using any small valuable object you can imagine. Early poker enthusiasts occasionally used rough gold pieces as well as chips – normally manufactured of wood and clay. By the 1900s, poker chip designs started to play a bigger prominence, and the smooth sides of older chips gave way to chips with engraved slits to keep them neatly stacked with each other.

There is no doubt that poker has gotten bigger steadily in appeal ever since its beginnings in the 1800s. With the huge growth of internet gaming and specialty TV shows, community appeal in poker has accelerated more rapidly than ever before. Most folks are first introduced to poker by TV showslike Bravo’s "Celebrity Poker Showdown" or "Poker After Dark," and most will participate in their 1st hands on the web. Despite net poker’s growth, not much competes with the feeling of holding weighty clay poker chips in your hands, tossing chips into the center of a casino table, or creating high pilesstacks of chips after showing a victorious hand.