You will find that clay chips stack better than composite poker chips, beacause they are less slippery. The chips with graphics have a label inlay on them. These label inlays are recessed into the face of the chip, unlike ceramic poker chips, which the graphics are part of the chip.

Best Poker Chips

Theres something particularly distinguished about playing poker with a set of clay poker chips.Distinguished by the elusive charm of old Vegas, clay chips evoke nostalgia for a simpler time when poker was straightforward and the simplest of materials was used to keep count of a players earnings. 13.5 gram Clay Poker Chips - Our 13.5 gram poker chips are what we consider our clay poker chips. 'Clay' is one of the most overly used terms used in the poker chip industry. Contrary to popular belief, no poker chip has been made of 100% clay since the 1950's because the material intself is too brittle and would not last very long with regular.

All clay poker chips have some percentage of composite materials in them. The composite materials give the chip strength. A 100% pure clay chip would be extremely brittle and easy to break. Even our casino grade poker chips which have a higher percentage of clay can be broken in half, if you try to break them.

Generally, the more expensive a clay chip costs, the higher the percentage of clay it is made with. It is more complex to manufacturer chips with a higher clay content.

Weight has nothing to do with quality. Our highest quality chips are the 10 gram chips. The weight of a chip is is purely personal preference. Our most popular chips are the heavier 14 gram clay chips.

All clay chips that weigh more than 11.5 grams have a metal insert in them to give them their weight. The larger the weight the heavier the chip.

Real Clay Poker Chips

All of our clay chips are either 39mm or 40mm in diameter. The thickness of most of the chips are the same too.