Blank Lucky Bee 750 Chip Gift Set

• 750 Blank Lucky Bee chips
• Mahogany Table-top 750 Chip Case
• Copag Narrow Export Red/Blue Playing Cards
• Bluegate Dealer Button
• Missed Blind Buttons
• Bluegate Spinner Card Cover
• Yellow Cut Card

About Bluegate Lucky Bee chips. The 12g Bluegate Lucky Bee and Blank Lucky Bee chips are our most popular chips. We are the exclusive distributor of these chips in Asia. Lucky Bee chips have fantastic colors, nice edge spots, and the 8 lucky bee's circling the perimeter are similar to the mold designs you'll see on real casino chips. In fact, I think for a composite chip, the look of the Lucky Bee is the nearest to the real thing.

The Bluegate Lucky Bee chips have a custom label and come in 7 colors/denominations (Blue ND, White 1, Red 5, Green 25, Black 100, Purple 500, and Yellow 1,000). The non-denominated Blue chip can be used, say, as a 0.25 or 0.50 chip in smaller cash games or as a 5,000 chip for larger tournaments.

The Blank Lucky Bee chips come in the same 7 colors but without any labels or denominations (Blue, White, Red, Green, Black, Purple, and Yellow). This is a great chip to apply a Custom Chip Label, as we have done on our Bluegate Lucky Bee chip.

Of our two mid-range chips, I think the Lucky Bee chips look a little better, but the Pro Clay Casino chips probably feel slightly better. The Lucky Bee chips will also keep their bright colors for a longer time, whereas the Pro Clay Casino chips are meant to weather as they age. Look vs feel, that's the slight trade off but both chips are fantastic mid-range chips. Learn more and compare all our chips in the Help Me Choose! Chip Section.

About the Mahogany Table-top Case. The Mahogany Table-top 750 Chip Case is stunning. If you need to store and display your chips in a nice room, this is the case for you. The top tray holds 450 chips in 6 rows of 75 chips and the bottom tray holds 300 chips in 4 rows of 75 chips, as well as a few decks of cards and buttons. You might think about ordering your chips in multiples of 75 as well so each row is filled with only one color. Our Complete Sets take this into account.

About Copag Playing Cards. Copag playing cards (Copag Narrow, Copag Wide) are made in Brazil since 1908 from a proprietary PVC plastic. Copag cards are very in close in quality to the KEM cards (KEM Narrow, KEM Wide) and are less expensive. Copaq has really made a push into the poker market and had secured the World Series of Poker contract up until this year (KEM now has it). Copaq is our most popular seller and we sell an equal amount in the narrow and wide sizes.

About the Dealer Button. The Dealer Button, about 2 inches (5cm) in diameter, is used to designate the dealer for each hand. Some home games pass the deck of cards around the table as each player becomes the new dealer for the next hand. In a casino, the cards stay put with the professional house dealer, who deals every hand. A dealer button is then passed around the table to designate the player who is merely acting as the dealer (i.e. the last to act on the hand). In your home game, if you pass the deck, then you don't really need a dealer button, since it is pretty difficult to forget who the dealer is when he is holding a deck of cards in his hand!

I would suggest, however, that you use a dealer button and have only a couple players do all the dealing. In my home games, I sit in the middle table position and deal every hand. When I need a break, the person sitting opposite me takes over. Dealing is an art and takes some practice. Using a few well-positioned dealers, rather than 10 different ones, makes the game go much faster and cuts down on the mistakes. Good dealers, who control the pace of the game, will deal about 30-40 hands per hour. Home games, where everyone takes a turn dealing, average about 20 hands per hour. Over the course of the night, the difference really adds up. Shuffle up and deal!

About the Missed Blind Buttons. The 3 Missed Blind Buttons (missed, little, big) are rarely used in home games, but employing them is a fairer way to play. They are used in cash games to keep tabs on who has not paid their blinds for the current round. They are never used in tournaments since players must post their blinds even if they are not seated to play the hand.

As a game of hold 'em is dealt, the players posting their blinds are "paying the rent" for the next orbit of play just like you pay your apartment rent at the beginning of the month. (If there are 10 players at the table, then an "orbit" would be 10 hands of play.) After you post the blinds, you then get to play the next 8 or so hands for "free," so to speak. If you were to get up from the table to take a break, as the blinds come back around to your empty seat, the dealer would issue you a "missed blind" button (and specifically the "little" and "big" buttons as well). When you return to the table, you can either "post" (i.e. pay) your missed blinds immediately and play the next hand, or you can wait until the blinds naturally come back around to you and post them at the correct time for the next orbit.

About the Tournament Dealer Button. The Tournament Dealer Button is a convenient dealer button that doubles as a tournament clock. In tournaments, blinds are increased every level, which usually last 20-90 minutes each. You can set the timer in 5-minute increments up to 95 minutes. An alert sounds with 1 minute to go and when the level is completed. The timer automatically resets itself for the next level or can be paused during breaks.

The button also has a 30-second "bet timer." If a player is taking too long to act, any player at the table can "call time," and press the bet button. The slow player then has 30 seconds to act on his hand. This speeds up play considerably and its mere existence is usually enough to deter slow play.

The Tournament Dealer Button is similar in size to a regular dealer button and comes packaged in a small box the size of a deck of cards so it can easily fit in cases.

About the Spinner Card Cover. Place the Spinner Card Cover on top of your hole cards while playing Texas hold 'em to "protect your hand." Players seated in the two spots next to the dealer are particularly susceptible to having their cards inadvertently mucked. This card cover protects your hand.

Some players just use a chip to protect their hand, but a proper card cover will cut down on the confusion as to which chips are in play and which are in your stack. Spinner card covers are also fun to play with since you can spin them around on your cards.

About Cut Cards. Cut Cards are not really used to cut the cards, as you would be asked to do by the dealer while playing black jack in a casino. Rather, poker cut cards are placed on the bottom of the deck while you are dealing the poker hand. This covers the bottom card on the deck so it will not be revealed inadvertently. See our Help Videos section to learn how to shuffle and deal a game of Texas hold 'em.

If you order a set of KEM cards (Narrow, Wide) or Copag cards (Narrow, Wide), we will throw in a couple free cut cards. Otherwise, make sure you choose the correct size for your cards.