* Chips: Currency is difficult to handle, so most poker games are played with chips, which are coin-shaped tokens of uniform size and weight, often made of clay or other heavy similarly-textured heavy material allowing them to be easily stacked and unstacked. Inexpensive lightweight plastic chips are sold in many places, but these are nearly as difficult to use as currency. Different colors of chips are usually used to represent different amounts of money. |
* Chips: Currency is difficult to handle, so most poker games are played with chips, which are coin-shaped tokens of uniform size and weight, often made of clay or other similarly-textured heavy material allowing them to be easily stacked and unstacked. Inexpensive lightweight plastic chips are sold in many places, but these are nearly as difficult to use as currency. Different colors of chips are usually used to represent different amounts of money. |