Custom Chips & Card Guards

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Want to flaunt your prestige as a player and your dedication to the game? If you’re an event organizer, these custom card guards are also a great way to honor players in a particular tournament.

The Monterey Company is the go-to source for truly unique chips. Our designs cater to customers far and wide, from elite hotels and private organizations to gaming enthusiasts who come looking for a special touch of personalized flair. Whether it's original artwork or personal engravings, our handmade creations can be tailored in hundreds of ways - ensuring your product perfectly reflects skill on the felt or serves as an unforgettable reminder of memorable tournaments!

Card Protectors

Have you ever watched a professional game? Those unflappable cool cat players that seem so intimidating you can barely imagine talking to them? Part of the mystique, other then their flat affected faces is the overall look they sport. It's not just clothes and very mysterious glasses, but it's down to the details, like their card protectors.

The History of Chips

Did you know that chips were created so that the game host has some control over the safety of the chip count? If a house has its own chips with different colors for different denominations, then counting them is easy, and duplicating them becomes a bit harder. Custom engravings, numeration, and designs that are intricate and that change yearly also ensure against theft or duplication.

The game has been bringing people together for high-stakes, strategy and luck loving entertainment for hundreds of years. Derived from such games as the Spanish “Primero” and the French “Poque,” the game as we know it gained traction around the time of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Becoming formalized after the rise of the 52-card deck, this game became a staple for entertainment along with river boating culture up the Mississippi and for soldiers on both sides of the Civil War. Then, moving out of just the rough and tumble saloons and working-men culture, gained notoriety when Queen Victoria learned to play from the U.S. Minister to Great Britain. Today, the game is played everywhere from casual basement gatherings to televised world championships, loved for its intensity, strategy, and fun.

As rich in history the chip has been essential in assisting players to navigate their game. Originating in such materials as ivory, bone, wood, or paper, the chip has evolved into the clay, metal, and plastic denomination pieces we know today. Often beautifully adorned, these pieces signify the amount of money they're worth, tournament, or club they’re from.