Poker chips have been manufactured from a wide selection of materials in an almost infinite assortment of variations since the advent of betting and the need to track winnings. The most common components employed at present in the creation of current poker chips are plastic, clay composite, and acrylic composite. Clay chips, the oldest of the group, have been manufactured in America since the late 19th century.
Back in the 1800s, poker enthusiasts appear to be using any small valuable item you can imagine. Early poker players occasionally used jagged gold pieces as well as chips – mainly manufactured of wood and clay. By the 1900s, poker chip designs started to enjoy a bigger prominence, and the smooth sides of older chips gave way to chips with slits to hold them neatly stacked with each other.
There is little or no doubt that poker has gotten bigger constantly in appeal ever since its origin in the 1800s. With the explosive advancement of online gambling and specialty television shows, community interest in poker has accelerated more rapidly than ever before. Most people are initially introduced to poker by television showslike Bravo’s "Celebrity Poker Showdown" or the Travel Channel’s "World Poker Tour," and most will participate in their first hands online. Regardless of web poker’s rise, nothing replaces the feeling of holding heavy poker chips in your hands, throwing chips into the middle of a poker table, or creating high pilesstacks of chips after displaying a victorious hand.