The poker chips are the coin-like material used for betting in the poker games. The poker refers to a game of cards. There are many poker games played in general. The poker games are played with two or more players. The game is played with a set of 52 cards and the number of sets of cards depend on number of players.

There will be betting by the players during the game. The betting is done on the value of the hands of each player. The poker game is a game of gambling, and having started as a cutthroat gambling, the game has become an international social pastime. For betting in the game, the players use a coin-line chips of different values in place of actual money. The players will have buy these chips in exchange of money before they start playing. There is also a stipulation on the minimum chips for the players to be purchased before starting the play.

Because the chips are used for betting in playing the poker games, the chips are known as poker chips. In all the places where the poker games are played, there will be a banker of chips. This banker of chips will be holding the chips of different values for purchase by the players before the game is started.