How can you tell the difference between plastic and clay poker chips?

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Category: Poker Questions
cdb asked:


I just acquired a bunch of very old poker chips and I think they are clay but I don’t know for sure. I’m pretty sure they are not plastic, When I shave the edge of a chip it comes off as a powder. The color seems to go all the way through. Any sure way to tell?
Some of these chips are chipped, again, not like plastic. They have a rather dull sound when fipped on a hard surface. I bought a set of 80 at a garage sale, 40 white, 20 blue, and 20 red. They were in a zip lock baggie in a box of junk. Cost $1. There is a fancy design on both sides.
They can be viewed here:

http://misc.cdbpdx.com/PokerChips/

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How to play poker at home without a dealer? To have poker night, what would be the ideal rules?

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Category: Poker Questions
kuwaitimassacre asked:


Some friends of mine are thinking of starting a poker night, I was curious on how the rules would be idealy. If there was no dealer, would the shuffle be done by each player once? Would the raising and calling take place before and/or after changing cards? If we were to play with a 100 $ each per night, what would be the best limits to have a good fun game. I need some experieced helps, no answers just for points please.

Thanks in advance.

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