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I’ve scoured this site as well as Reddit for an answer to this question but I’ve been unable to find anything that directly answers it.

I’ve been starting to host some cash games with casual players and want to put together a cash game-specific chipset that could support both a 25c/25c cash game as well as 25c/50c game. I’ve seen lots of breakdowns for 25c/50c games but nothing for 25c/25c and I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around how the different blind structure would affect chip denomination counts. I want to be able to support a 10 player game and allow for unlimited rebuys.

What we have been doing is $25 dollar buy ins. Is a 25c/25c format even appropriate for this buy in amount?

Based on other posts I’m thinking the following breakdown for up to 10 players:

20 X 25c ($5)
15 X $1 ($15)
1 X $5 ($5)

Please let me know your suggestions on how I could configure the chip set to allow for 25c/25c and 25c/50c games.


Thanks!
 
Welcome to PCF! A $25 buyin is a good starting point for a .25/.25 game.

For our .25/.25 game we have a $25-$50 buyin and I give each player a barrel each of .25s and 1s for the minimum buyin and then fill out with 5s to get to a $50 buyin. Quick and easy. I have a set of 600 chips consisting of 200 quarters, 200 singles, and 200 fives.

A lot of people advocate only a rack of .25s but for our games the more fracs suit us.

You could start with a set of:

200 - .25
200 - 1.00
100 - 5.00

That would put all the quarters and singles into play and leave you with $250 in fives to cover re-buys. If you see your game moving quickly to .25/.50 or if you see more rebuys happening than that in a session, then you could always trim the .25s down to 100 and either add another rack of fives or drop down to 150 quarters and add 50 $20 or $25 chips to boost your bank.
 
Rooster410 said:
Anything more than 100x 25¢ is just inefficient.

Go for the following breakdown so you’re covered if your game grows in stakes. This offers flexibility to play 25¢/25¢ all the way up to $1/$2

100 x 25¢
200 x $1
200 x $5
80 x $25 or $20
20 x $100
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^ this is pretty much it. Very efficient; can spread a light 1/2 game.
 
Love these stakes, good middle ground.

I'd rather give out
20 x quarters
20 x $1s

For an even $25, and if you're 200bb deep give out $5s. Gets more on the table and I rarely worry about making change, just one less hassle at the table.

200 x quarters
200 x $1s
100 x $5s

Gives you a bank of $700+, throw in another few barrels of $5s if you want more future proofing. Ive got 2 racks of $5s, a rack of $25s and even some $100s that Ill never use because this place is gross.
 
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I agree with @Labrat and @NotRealNameNoSir on the chip amounts. This is what we use for our .25/.25 games as well. It is easy to hand out a barrel of .25's and 1's and fill te rest in with 5's. Not as much need to make change once the game gets going.
 
I run a .25/.5 and I thoroughly recommend 2 full racks of fracs for .25/.25 or .25/.5. The constant need to make change definitely gets old with only one rack in play.

My players buy in lots of times thru a night and if they had to make change every buy in from another player it would definitely be annoying.

I start people off with 12/12/x ($15 in .25 and $1, the rest in 5s.), and all rebuys are 8/8/x until we have the full 2 racks of fracs on the table. If someone wants to get rid of a barrel of fracs I set up some more 8/8/x buyins at the ready.

I like the 200/200/200/40/10 .25/1/5/20/100 breakdown, but our game commonly ends up with $1500 on the table so just depends on your players!
 
Opinions vary widely, depending on personal (and player) preference. When you're putting together a clay set, casino quarters are tougher to get and sometimes that will affect breakdown decisions. This is not an issue with customs, but can still be affected by a desire to be more efficient. There's not one right answer, but here's some things to consider.

Start with you starting stacks that you and your players prefer. Then multiply by the number of players.

For rebuys, you don't need to put more smaller chips in play; if you starting stacks are good, you'll have enough small chips on the table. Just fill rebuys with $5s (or $25s or $100s, depending on your game). So if you're doing $25 buyin, add 5x $5 for each rebuy. Multiply this breakdown by how many Rebuys you expect.

And there's your chip set. Maybe add 5% or each chip for lost/damaged chips. Some people will order additional chips in case their stakes grow. If you want to do that, just repeat the exercise for higher stakes (say $1/$2) and use the highest amount of each denom for each chip.

This works whether you like lots of smaller chips in play, or you prefer an efficient, make-change-at-the-table approach.
 
One rack of fracs will not cover a full 10 player ring .25/.50 game well enough wthout players needing to reach into the pot to make change. An extra barrel of fracs will solve the issue

Dollar chips are your workhorse chip in a .25/.25 game, therefore you may want to consider having an extra barrel on hand for the same reason as stated above.

500 chip breakdown:

120 x .25
120 x 1
200 x 5
60 x 20 or 25

Total bank: $2350 or $2650 depending on which of the two will be your highest denom chip.

sleepyhead said:
What we have been doing is $25 dollar buy ins. Is a 25c/25c format even appropriate for this buy in amount?
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In most home games that I have played in, there is a min buy-in and a max buy-in, typically 100 to 200 big blinds.

Establishing what the right amount is for buy-ins and re-buys depends on the level of experience of the players within your group and how big they like to play.

$25 (100BB's) for both buy-ins and re-buys is fine. That should keep the game light and fun, while allowing for deepstack play as the session progresses.

Beefing up your chipset with an extra rack of chips will certaily make it more versatile. (Providing you are okay with mixed racks)

120 x .25
120 x 1
240 x 5
80 x 20 or 25
40 x 100

You can play with the latter three chip amounts.
 
All good responses. My table play $0.25/$0.25 blinds, 8 player table.
My starting stack is $25 worth of chips.
10 - $0.25
11 - $0.50
12 - $1.00
1 - $5.00

We play 4.5 hour sessions.
My total 450 chips are as follows
100 - $0.25
100 - $0.50
200 - $1.00
50 - $5.00

Rebuy stacks are mostly $1 and $5, but I do a add some $0.25 and $0.50 to the early buy ins.
 
4SUMERZ said:
All good responses. My table play $0.25/$0.25 blinds, 8 player table.
My starting stack is $25 worth of chips.
10 - $0.25
11 - $0.50
12 - $1.00
1 - $5.00

We play 4.5 hour sessions.
My total 450 chips are as follows
100 - $0.25
100 - $0.50
200 - $1.00
50 - $5.00

Rebuy stacks are mostly $1 and $5, but I do an add some $0.25 and $0.50 to the early buy ins.
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Back in the day when I built a set with quarters and .50 chips a wise chipper said this:

“Take one of each chip in each of your hands and throw one away.”

We ag .25/.25 (with an average of just about $1K in the bank at each game) so I had to abandon my want for .50 chips.
 
Mojo1312 said:
One rack of fracs will not cover a full 10 player ring .25/.50 game well enough wthout players needing to reach into the pot to make change. An extra barrel of fracs will solve the issue

Dollar chips are your workhorse chip in a .25/.25 game, therefore you may want to consider having an extra barrel on hand for the same reason as stated above.

500 chip breakdown:

120 x .25
120 x 1
200 x 5
60 x 20 or 25

Total bank: $2350 or $2650 depending on which of the two will be your highest denom chip.



In most home games that I have played in, there is a min buy-in and a max buy-in, typically 100 to 200 big blinds.

Establishing what the right amount is for buy-ins and re-buys depends on the level of experience of the players within your group and how big they like to play.

$25 (100BB's) for both buy-ins and re-buys is fine. That should keep the game light and fun, while allowing for deepstack play as the session progresses.

Beefing up your chipset with an extra rack of chips will certaily make it more versatile. (Providing you are okay with mixed racks)

120 x .25
120 x 1
240 x 5
80 x 20 or 25
40 x 100

You can play with the latter three chip amounts.
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He plays .25/.25

Two racks of fracs, three racks of $1’s and a rack of $5’s will do it. Half barrel of $25’s to be on the safe side. The latter for rebuys if they’re coming in at $25.

We do $25-40 to start and always reopen the bank after horse racing and before we flop just because.
 
merkong said:
Back in the day when I built a set with quarters and .50 chips a wise chipper said this:

“Take one of each chip in each of your hands and throw one away.”

We ag .25/.25 (with an average of just about $1K in the bank at each game) so I had to abandon my want for .50 chips.
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I'd rather count a few $.50 at cash out rather than more $0.25 Chips.
I can see where you are coming from, and I'll admit that I've gone against the grain of this forum concensus as far as having $0.50 chips along with $0.25 chips.
But my $0.50 chips are my favorite, so I had to get them in play..lol
 
4SUMERZ said:
I'd rather count a few $.50 at cash out rather than more $0.25 Chips.
I can see where you are coming from, and I'll admit that I've gone against the grain of this forum concensus as far as having $0.50 chips along with $0.25 chips.
But my $0.50 chips are my favorite, so I had to get them in play..lol
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Hey, I liked mine too. Relabeled them. I know all about going rogue around here. I play mixed molds and mixed materials.
 
Good responses here, but, I'm in club more fracs. I think 100 fracs on a frac intensive game is just not enough. I'd eat the cost and spring for two racks (200) fracs. People like to whine that they just don't like that many fracs on the table, but, you're playing a .25/.25 game with a $25 buy in, you're going to have a lot of fracs on the table. Having an extra rack really isn't that much more, but, can help cut down on making change.

And, if you're going the Tina route, that's really only an extra $45 cost.
 
KHarp1 said:
Good responses here, but, I'm in club more fracs. I think 100 fracs on a frac intensive game is just not enough. I'd eat the cost and spring for two racks (200) fracs. People like to whine that they just don't like that many fracs on the table, but, you're playing a .25/.25 game with a $25 buy in, you're going to have a lot of fracs on the table. Having an extra rack really isn't that much more, but, can help cut down on making change.

And, if you're going the Tina route, that's really only an extra $45 cost.
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I tried the one rack of fracs at the advice of many chippers... No go. Constantly making change and out of the pot no less... Two racks and tell players to be proactive and change neighbors up between hands.
 
4SUMERZ said:
I'd rather count a few $.50 at cash out rather than more $0.25 Chips.
I can see where you are coming from, and I'll admit that I've gone against the grain of this forum concensus as far as having $0.50 chips along with $0.25 chips.
But my $0.50 chips are my favorite, so I had to get them in play..lol
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I'm curious as to why you like .50 chips at all. From my experience, whenever a game has .25 and .50 chips, most players end up using mostly one and the other just collects dust.
 
Mojo1312 said:
One rack of fracs will not cover a full 10 player ring .25/.50 game well enough wthout players needing to reach into the pot to make change. An extra barrel of fracs will solve the issue

Dollar chips are your workhorse chip in a .25/.25 game, therefore you may want to consider having an extra barrel on hand for the same reason as stated above.

500 chip breakdown:

120 x .25
120 x 1
200 x 5
60 x 20 or 25

Total bank: $2350 or $2650 depending on which of the two will be your highest denom chip.



In most home games that I have played in, there is a min buy-in and a max buy-in, typically 100 to 200 big blinds.

Establishing what the right amount is for buy-ins and re-buys depends on the level of experience of the players within your group and how big they like to play.

$25 (100BB's) for both buy-ins and re-buys is fine. That should keep the game light and fun, while allowing for deepstack play as the session progresses.

Beefing up your chipset with an extra rack of chips will certaily make it more versatile. (Providing you are okay with mixed racks)

120 x .25
120 x 1
240 x 5
80 x 20 or 25
40 x 100

You can play with the latter three chip amounts.
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classic PCF, most important for playing .25/.25 is getting at least 2 racks of 5s :D
 
Right now with my group we're playing 1/1 and I have 300 1s and 200 5s. Realistically i never used more that 2 racks of 1s and 1 rack of 5s. Everyone gets a barrel of 1s, 11x5s and a single $25 chip. In a true PCF fashion I have a new set on the way and already planning on new custom thing, but I've settled on 400 pcs sets:

200x1
100x5
80x25
20x100

For me this makes a perfect breakdown (however, I might be surrendering a barrel of 25s for a barrel of 200s just to have a bigger bank).

TL/DR: you do you, have a think about what is needed, observe how your game plays as it is and then commit to ordering chips
 

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