It looks kindof black to me. I would’ve probably put in that smoothvelvet green cardplaying table surface as the bottom and then the valueindicating numbers to the chips.
I like the first one better. I have a feeling that a lot of people are looking at it on darker monitors and therefore can’t see the dark detail, but to me the first one looks very good. The second one needs better lighting (not more light, just more dynamicaly lit) and the shadows need to be softer.