Cash Game 5c/10c-10c/25c-25c/50c breakdown feedback (1 Viewer)

[OralSpecialist]

Looking for feedback on my cash game setup. My group plays 5c/10c, 10c/25c most often, but I'd like to be prepared to handle 25c/50c. I tossed and turned over doing 5c/25c/$1/$5 vs 10c/50c/$2/$10 vs 5c/20c/$1/$5 and ultimately came down to 5c/10c/50c/$2/$10 (with the quantity of 5c being very small.

Total chips: 1000
Players: 8-10
5c: 80 = $4
10c: 300 = $30
50c: 300 = $150
$2: 260 = $520
$10: 40 = $400
$50: 20 = $1000
Bank: $2104

Thanks for the feedback!

 

[vanislander]

I was in your seat recently. Thread below is the money melon.
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...ut-a-cash-game-chip-set-5c-10c-to-5-10.30897/

 

[Silver_Fiend]

Looking for feedback on my cash game setup. My group plays 5c/10c, 10c/25c most often, but I'd like to be prepared to handle 25c/50c. I tossed and turned over doing 5c/25c/$1/$5 vs 10c/50c/$2/$10 vs 5c/20c/$1/$5 and ultimately came down to 5c/10c/50c/$2/$10 (with the quantity of 5c being very small.

Total chips: 1000
Players: 8-10
5c: 80 = $4
10c: 300 = $30
50c: 300 = $150
$2: 260 = $520
$10: 40 = $400
$50: 20 = $1000
Bank: $2104

Thanks for the feedback!

Its not an efficient setup. You can run everything you want with 5/25/1/5/25. If you were specifically looking at a 50/1 game then 50c and $2 would work, but dont mix those into the other spreads.

For breakdown, think about this...
80 nickels is fine if you also use dimes, but you you can ditch the dimes and use 200 nickels for the 5/10
300 quarters is a good amount for the 5/10 workhorse and as 25/50 blind chips
400 $1 chips as these will be workhorse or wealth for most levels
If you are looking for wealth storage chips, then put them into $5 and $25s instead of $10 and $50.

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

I've a set that covers +/- the same limits as you for 8 players but that would also cover 10 if needed.

160 x 10c
80 x 50c
160 x 1
160 x 5
40 x 20
--> total 600 chips
.
NL10 : 0.10-0.10
NL20 : 0.10-0.20
NL50 : 0.50-0.50 (0.20-0.50 would work top but personnally I don't like a 2 chips SB)

I've order to this 40 extra 20 and 10 plaques of 100 in order to also cover NL100.

 

[aggie]

Denominations should be multiples of 4 or 5. This will easily cover .05/.10, .25/.25, .25/.50, .50/1, even 1/2 in a pinch.

.05: 100
.25: 200
$1: 300
$5: 300
$25: 80
$100: 20

edit: I’d add, don’t overthink it.

 

[LeLe]

For NL 10 the workhorse chip will be 25c and for NL 25 will be $1 chip. Since you preparing for 8-10 ppl you will need 100 5c too.

Thus this will be your base 100/200/200 5c/25c/$1

Since you are looking future for NL50 u will need more $1 & $5 thus the set up will be 100/200/300/200 5c/25c/$1/$5

That will be 800 chip enough to cover ur NL 10 to 50 games you don’t really need any higher demo chip for now

You could consider replacing 5c with non demo chip too as they can be use as $20 in NL50 where 5c is not needed

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

Denominations should be multiples of 4 or 5.

x2 jump from 50c to $1 is fine tough.
Just like the x2 jump from T500 to T1000.

 

[OralSpecialist]

Thanks for the responses. To add, I'm buying semi-customs from BR Pro. I was initially going to buy 800 chips, but I figured I might as well make it 1000 so I can get them at a cheaper rate per chip. Pretty set on having dimes, too.

Its not an efficient setup. You can run everything you want with 5/25/1/5/25. If you were specifically looking at a 50/1 game then 50c and $2 would work, but dont mix those into the other spreads.

For breakdown, think about this...
80 nickels is fine if you also use dimes, but you you can ditch the dimes and use 200 nickels for the 5/10
300 quarters is a good amount for the 5/10 workhorse and as 25/50 blind chips
400 $1 chips as these will be workhorse or wealth for most levels
If you are looking for wealth storage chips, then put them into $5 and $25s instead of $10 and $50.

I should have mentioned that efficiency isn't something I'm worried about. The group enjoys having more chips on the table than less.

I've a set that covers +/- the same limits as you for 8 players but that would also cover 10 if needed.

160 x 10c
80 x 50c
160 x 1
160 x 5
40 x 20
--> total 600 chips
.
NL10 : 0.10-0.10
NL20 : 0.10-0.20
NL50 : 0.50-0.50 (0.20-0.50 would work top but personnally I don't like a 2 chips SB)

I've order to this 40 extra 20 and 10 plaques of 100 in order to also cover NL100.

Any reason for going 50c to $1 instead of 50c to $2 or $2.50?

 

[Silver_Fiend]

Thanks for the responses. To add, I'm buying semi-customs from BR Pro. I was initially going to buy 800 chips, but I figured I might as well make it 1000 so I can get them at a cheaper rate per chip. Pretty set on having dimes, too.


I should have mentioned that efficiency isn't something I'm worried about. The group enjoys having more chips on the table than less.

Any reason for going 50c to $1 instead of 50c to $2 or $2.50?

IF thats the case, then just buy a 5000 chip set, you can play with all nickels and pennies. Otherwise, if you are dont want to spend half your game making awkward change, and using a wheel barrow to move chips to and from the game, then "efficiency" is part of your strategy. Play your game however you like, but you did come and ask for advice on how to setup your chip structure.

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

Thanks for the responses. To add, I'm buying semi-customs from BR Pro. I was initially going to buy 800 chips, but I figured I might as well make it 1000 so I can get them at a cheaper rate per chip. Pretty set on having dimes, too.


I should have mentioned that efficiency isn't something I'm worried about. The group enjoys having more chips on the table than less.

Any reason for going 50c to $1 instead of 50c to $2 or $2.50?

Well if you go custom, you can indeed go with a $2.

Myself I still decided for a 0.50 - 1 jump on my custom set but it was mainly to mimic one of my favourite set.

 

[OralSpecialist]

I think I'm going to ditch the nickels and opt for playing 10c/10c, 10c/20c, 10c/30c, 20c/50c.

.1 - 260
.5 - 320
2 - 320
10 - 80
50 - 20
Bank: $2626

.1 - 240
.5 - 120
1 - 380
5 - 220
25 - 40
Bank: $2564

If I were to do .10/.5/1/5/25 or .1/.5/2/10/50 how would you guys adjust my quantities given the blinds I mentioned?

IF thats the case, then just buy a 5000 chip set, you can play with all nickels and pennies. Otherwise, if you are dont want to spend half your game making awkward change, and using a wheel barrow to move chips to and from the game, then "efficiency" is part of your strategy. Play your game however you like, but you did come and ask for advice on how to setup your chip structure.

Thanks for the input.

 

[Sparkynutz]

I have basicly that setup.
We play face value dollar for dollar on the chips and use them for other games too.
$5 in cash gets-
White 5c x10
Blue 10c x10
Red 25c x6
Green 50c x2
Yellow $1 x1
I have enough of those chips pre sorted into stacks in a poker case for 20 players
I also keep 20 extra $1 Yellow chips,
20 Black $5 chips and 10 Grey $20 chips in the case for rebuys or chipping up later in game.

I toyed the idea of starting chip stacks with 3 more Red 25c chips and taking White 5c chips down to 5 from 10 and Blue chips down to 5 from 10 as well.

 

[LeLe]

Don’t use 5c & 10c in the same game , same for 25c and 50c it just mess up the game unnecessary stick with 3 denom and 4th for rebuyin

Having 10x 5c 10x 25c 2x$1 or 10x 5c 14x 25c 1x$1 Will be the suggested breakdown for $5 buyin

4th denom of $5 will be used for re buy in when ur 5c 25c $1 chip run out

 

[AnteAndy]

Don’t use 5c & 10c in the same game also 25c and 50c it just mess up the game unnecessary stick with 3 demo and 4th for rebuyin

Having 10x 5c 10x 25c 2x$1 or 10x 5c 14x 25c 1x$1 Will be the suggested breakdown for $5 buyin

4th demo of $5 will be used for re buy in when ur 5c 25c $1 chip run out

I think you mean "denom" instead of "demo".

 

[LeLe]

I think you mean "denom" instead of "demo".

Haha the curse of autocorrect and also English is not my forte

 

[Bacon Dad]

Haha the curse of autocorrect and also English is not my forte

@LeLe
I know this is an old post, but I read as many threads as possible on this stuff.

Your comment on the English language made me chuckle, as it is not the forte of many people that are actually FROM the US!

 

[Colquhoun]

Funny thing is, that’s a French word, and is actually pronounced “fort”, but most English-speaking folks say “fort-ay”.
Not to be confused with the Italian word forte, which means strong or loud, and IS pronounced “fort-ay”.

Got it? Great, now someone please explain it to me…

 

[springbox]

Funny thing is, that’s a French word, and is actually pronounced “fort”, but most English-speaking folks say “fort-ay”.
Not to be confused with the Italian word forte, which means strong or loud, and IS pronounced “fort-ay”.

Got it? Great, now someone please explain it to me…

Even worse, if it's the masculine form (in French) it'd be pronounced 'for' with a little roll on the r.

I know it's an American brand and they say it's pronounced this way, but hearing La Croix pronounced as 'Le Croy' triggers something deep inside me. I'm gonna keep calling 'em 'la kwah'.