About the InPlay Clay Poker Chip Line

The InPlay Clay line is the successor to the popular Modern

How can you improve a great clay poker chip?

When poker players were telling us they wanted chips, “exactly like the

We could have stopped right there and still have had what is widely considered

In our continuing relentless pursuit of a better poker chip, we asked ourselves

• The chip edges are too sharp - The most common complaint
• we heard was that the clay poker chips people were buying for their home games
• had sharper edges then they remember casino chips having. Since casinos use
• chips for about seven years on average before destroying them, the average
• chip you see in a casino is about 3.5 years old and thus has nicely rounded
• edges. In fact, most people have never even seen a brand new casino chip,
• so when they were asking for chips “exactly like the casinos use,”
• they really were asking for a chip that’s been worn in for 3.5 years.

• The chips are too rough –We heard a lot of people
• complaining that the face of the clay chips they were buying for their home
• games were overly rough, unlike what they were used to in casinos. This complaint
• is related to the issue of the edges being too sharp (people are used to worn
• in chips, not new chips right out of the factory), but has a slightly different
• root cause. The mold for most clay chips used in casinos is intentionally
• made with a rough, textured surface. The exact reasons for this intentionally
• textured surface is debatable, even among industry insiders, but the general
• consensus is that it makes for better friction between chips which makes them
• stay in stacks better. Nonetheless, most casino chips become smooth after
• just a few years in play and still stack just fine, and casinos continue to
• use them another five or more years. As we found out, home game users far
• prefer the feel of the smooth “worn in” chips. The tradeoff in
• ability to stack is negligible, if noticeable at all. From what we can tell,
• the reason casino chips are intentionally made rough, may be just be based
• on unsubstantiated notions, or worse yet, just plain habit.

• Inlay design is severely lacking – A widely held
• belief is that casino chip design, namely inlay design, is fairly poor. Not
• only for home game poker chips, but for actual casino chips as well. There
• is a lot of frustration on the part of home game poker players when it comes
• to design.

• Home game mold designs are lacking – Home game poker
• players tend to agree that the molds the casinos use are pretty nice. Their
• thoughts about the home game poker market mold designs are quite different.
• The general consensus seems to be, “Why is it so difficult? Especially
• when you’ve got great casino mold designs to model them after?”

The birth of a legend

Knowing exactly what home poker players were dissatisfied with in the currently

2. Give them a clay poker chip that mimics a casino chip that’s been
3. in play in a casino for about 3.5 years.
5. Create a mold design on par with top casino molds.
7. Go outside of the currently lacking poker chip design world and get fresh
8. design inspiration from other industries where design is considered outstanding.

The resulting effort created a rather innovative leap forward in clay poker

Our InPlay Clay line utilizes our throwback Cigar & Snifter mold, what

The innovation that really sets the InPlay Clay line apart from every poker

Lastly, our idea to bring good design to the poker chip market is a very simple

Industry Leading Innovation! Smooth clay

100% Authentic Casino Chips - Same clay chips, same manufacturer,

Exclusive mold - This chip line uses Sidepot Gaming Company's

Highly refined base and dual edge spot color combinations

10 Denominations – Choose from 25 cent to $5000 denominations.

Textured cross-hatched inlay surface - Not flat and lifeless

Inspired inlay design – Inspired by the award-winning

Chip Mold - Cigar & Snifter mold, exclusive to Sidepot Gaming Company.

Chip Weight - Between 9 and 10 Grams - weights vary slightly from color to color on true clay chips.

Chip Diameter - 39mm. Standard casino size.

Chip Construction - True compression-molded clay, same as Las Vegas casinos using the same manufacturer.

Inlay Construction - Classic 7/8ths inch cross-hatched inlays are compressed into the chip, which means they won't come off unless you destroy the entire chip.