Poker Craze Fuels Demand For
poker Chips December 3, 2004
It may be a gamble, but retailers bet poker chips will win big this holiday season as the nation’s craze for Texas Hold ‘Em continues to surge.
In 1999, Poker Chips USA in Northridge raked in $60,000 in sales over the holiday season. The online store tripled that amount over the same time frame last year, said owner Gus Fanfassian.
“This is the hottest trend in games right now,” said Ellen Heaney Mizer, game buyer for Barnes & Noble, which will set up displays of poker products in all its stores for the holiday season.
Feeding the frenzy for multicolored chips, cards, tables and all things poker-related are shows such as ESPN’s “World Series of Poker” and Bravo’s “Celebrity Poker Showdown.”
“They’re showing a whole bunch of young people how to play,” said Will Hunt, who started a retail line of poker products called All N’ Poker this summer.
“College kids love the game because it allows them to sit around a dorm room and play for several hours with just a few bucks,” he said.
Even Restoration Hardware, a high-end furniture store based out of San Francisco, is carrying everything from Ace shot glasses to mechanical card shufflers. Wal-Mart, Target and various other retailers are offering an array of poker goods as well.
Poker Chips USA’s most popular item is a 1,500-chip Texas Tournament set that ranges in value from $449 to $649.
“We sell anything you see in the casinos except the dealers,” Fanfassian said.
Aahs! carries everything from dice to poker sets that range from $60 to $200. There is even a sign next to the store’s prominent display of poker products suggesting how many chips are needed for games of varying size.
Since Hunt started All N’ Poker in Davis, Calif., this summer, he said orders for T-shirts and visors bearing the company’s trademark logo — “Dominate the Table,” have swelled to the hundreds on a weekly basis.
“Surfers have Quiksilver and basketball players have Nike — we want to be that brand for poker players,” Hunt said.
Wholesale poker chips to play.
Create your own set of 1000 two-tone composite poker chips from our 13 Gram
wholesale poker chips line. You choose how many of each color. As these chips don't have any denominations on them, the work well for many different stakes games. You can designate the values on the fly. A 1000-chip set is perfect for 15-20 person multi-table home poker tournaments.
Our motto here at BuyPokerChips.com is "Real Players. Real Chips." Nonetheless, we've had a small segment of our potential customer base tell us that while they love our real clay poker chips, they're just not in a financial position to drop $300 to $1000 bucks on the real thing just yet. To accommodate this segment of our customers, we've decided (perhaps against our better judgment and steadfast belief that to offer a single line of what we consider cheap poker chips… but only one, only the best one available on the market (we collect and personally test them all for touch and feel, weight, and the sound they make), and only if we create a path for them to a real clay poker chip set down the road.
posted by wholesale poker chips at 1:10 PM 
Sunday, May 15, 2005
Wholesale poker chips on the net
...ultimate Poker deals, we pride ourselves by carrying the newest and highest quality poker chips and accessories. A
wholesale poker chips... We are committed to providing our customers with excellent service and making your shopping experience here enjoyable and hassle free. We view every customer as a customer for life. If you need any assistance in choosing the right poker chip set or poker table top, do not hesitate to contact...
posted by wholesale poker chips at 8:51 AM
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Try the wholesale poker chip.
Find poker chips wholesale prices for any home poker party. Poker Chips Wholesale. ... kinds of poker chips. My favorite ones are wholesale poker chips. Every player chooses the poker chips he or ... As for the
wholesale poker chips they provide you with opportunity ...
posted by wholesale poker chips at 3:19 PM
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
All about wholesale poker chips
...
Wholesale poker chips are perfect for people who are running local poker rooms ... Click Here for a Leading Wholesale Poker Chips Resource! ...
posted by wholesale poker chips at 9:59 AM
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
The wholesale Poker chip site.
posted by wholesale poker chips at 10:16 AM
Saturday, April 30, 2005
Wholesale Poker chips, get them NOW!
Wholesale Poker chips, Poker chips at wholesale prices, including poker tables and poker chip sets for sale.
posted by wholesale poker chips at 3:42 PM
