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In a recent online article poker expert Edwin Silberstang provided some specific shopping advice for those poker loving family members or friends on your holiday shopping list. Silberstand, the author of "The Winner's Guide to Casino Poker" (Signet, $5.99), talked about a variety of specific products as well as general information that should serve as a guide for shopping for those most essential poker items, poker chips.


Poker chips should be of a clay composition, said Silberstand. This gives them the proper casino look and feel, and makes them durable to boot. They should have some heft, weighing between 8.5 and 11.5 grams and be at least 39mm in diameter. You will want three of four colors to give plenty of betting options.


If you want to go that extra mile when shopping for chips, you can get them personalized with initials. Not only is this just plain neat, but if the gift recipient runs weekly poker games this will prevent anyone from sneaking in extra chips. Silberstand recommends the ultimate gift as 500 chips for an eight person game. Four colors, with initials, in an aluminum case and two decks of cards. You could purchase such a gift for around $150, and find them online or in specialty shops.