Too many fracs?!? (59 Viewers)

[ekricket]

So was playing 2/5 on a ship casino last week. Bought into the last game, 6 handed, the dealer gave us all $5’s and 25’s, no ones (fracs for all intents and purposes) at all on the table.
Just fine with us, no problem, it was a limpfrst so not a big deal.

After about 7-8 hands the dealer realized he wasn’t getting any tips with no $1’s on the table, lol. We had a few by then, from the rake, but not enough for anything.
He started making a lot of change for the small blind after he realized his mistake.

 

[Zema1111]

We play hybrid game. $50 buy in, blinds start 25c/50c. We rase blind every 45 min until we get to $1/$2.
To start, I use: 1 rack of 25c, 1 rack of 50c, one rack of $1 and $5 chips to complete the set. We consolidate chips after we get to $1/$2 blinds, getting rid of 25c and 50c and ending up with $1, $5 and even sometimes with $25 chips. After few rebuys table is well stacked but not overwhelmed. I love the colors on the table and I don't give a shit about what anyone thinks about it. My game My rules.

 

[TheJestyr]

My two cents (I apologize if this has been said before, I didn't scroll back through all three pages):

I've played in .05/.10 games where the ONLY thing .05 chips are used for are the blinds, in which case you only need like 10 at most in front of each player. When you're playing $1/2 or $5/10 or something, the $1 and $5 chips also tend to get used as tips or go towards the rake. So a barrel or two of them isn't bad to have per player.

I personally try to keep each player stack containing no more than about 200 chips when playing 7-9 handed. I've also found most guys color up if they have too many lower denoms in front of them.