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Shopping For Clay Poker Chips Made Easy
Shopping for clay poker chips can seem daunting at first. There are seemingly hundreds of choices from the many Ebay listings and several online websites. Some clay poker chips are described and look one way, while other chips are described and look very different. How do you know which poker chips to choose? I've talked with tons of customers who are struggling to understand this market, just like you. So, I decided to take some time and try to separate the myths from reality.
First, and most importantly, you need to realize that there are in fact NO 100% clay poker chips made today. There are a couple of reasons for this: one is that a 100% clay poker chip simply does not last very long with regular use. Clay does not mix well with things like water, soda, or the oil on player's hands. If clay poker chips were actually made of 100% clay, they simply would not last very long. Second, 100% clay poker chips are very, very expensive to produce when compared with a slight resin-mixed clay poker chip.
Second, despite popular rumor, casinos do NOT use 100% clay poker chips for their poker games. Casinos are...
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Online Poker: All About Internet Poker
In the poker industry, we all have witnessed incredible growth over the last few years. Many people are making big money during this boom in the industry. Let's see the ways creative business people have made big bucks during this poker boom.
First, let's look at why we are seeing this incredible growth. There were 3 separate events that created the growth in people hitting the poker tables. Alright, listed in order, this is what happened that led to the growth in poker.
It all begins in 1994 when poker player Henry Orenstein designed, and patented, the technology for the the hole card camera. This allows viewers to see the pocket cards that the players have while the hands are being played out. The beginning for "pocket cam" happened in 1997 on The Late Night Poker Show, in England.
Poker had been on TV since the 70's, however few people were watching. It wasn't very interesting watching poker because not seeing the hole cards the players were holding, you were guessing what the players thinking. This clever device made viewing poker on TV much more interesting.
The next thing that contributed to the poker explosion...
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