Breakdown advice (1 Viewer)

[Mr Tree]

Ok so how would you breakdown a 1200 chip cash set. Normal game is .50/$1 NL PL with occasional stretches up to $1/$1 or $1/$2. Denoms .25/$1/$5/$25/$100?

For reference my initial thought was
.25 - 160
$1 - 360
$5 - 500
$25 - 140
$100 - 40

 

[stocky]

How many tables are you planning to cover?

 

[ChaosRock]

Ok so how would you breakdown a 1200 chip cash set. Normal game is .50/$1 NL PL with occasional stretches up to $1/$1 or $1/$2. Denoms .25/$1/$5/$25/$100?

For reference my initial thought was
.25 - 160
$1 - 360
$5 - 500
$25 - 140
$100 - 40

I was gonna suggest something really close (all even racks):

25¢ - 200
$1 - 300
$5 - 500
$25 - 100
$100 - 100

If you'll never need as many hundos, add more $5s...

 

[Mr Tree]

How many tables are you planning to cover?

Probably 2 normally. 3 in a stretch

 

[links_slayer]

Could you save chipes if you get a 50¢er and get more of a workhorse chip?? I'm usually an advocate for quarters but if you are ONLY going to spread 50¢/$1 and up 50¢ will probably be sufficient.

 

[Mr Tree]

Could you save chipes if you get a 50¢er and get more of a workhorse chip?? I'm usually an advocate for quarters but if you are ONLY going to spread 50¢/$1 and up 50¢ will probably be sufficient.

So you are saying no $1 chip and just a frac? I would think you would need a lot for that no?

 

[stocky]

Could you save chipes if you get a 50¢er and get more of a workhorse chip?? I'm usually an advocate for quarters but if you are ONLY going to spread 50¢/$1 and up 50¢ will probably be sufficient.

If you can do this ^^ your set can stretch further.


.50 - 120
$1 - 340
$5 - 600
$25 - 80
$100 - 60

This would probably be my preference. Should be enough for to stretch for 3 tables as long as they aren't all .5/$1 $11400 bank if my maths is right. About $1000 more than your original.

 

[Mr Tree]

If you can do this ^^ your set can stretch further.


.50 - 120
$1 - 340
$5 - 600
$25 - 80
$100 - 60

This would probably be my preference. Should be enough for to stretch for 3 tables as long as they aren't all .5/$1 $11400 bank if my maths is right. About $1000 more than your original.

Ah I see, that makes sense

 

[MaxB]

get a 50¢er and get more of a workhorse chip

100% agree on this .... scrap the quarters and get fracs. Then you free up space for more $1's and $5's. I'd say 60 fracs for each table is plenty if they are only for the small blind. Two tables 10 each gives six 50 cent chips per person for the stack.

Not sure what the set is, but if they have $20 chips, I'd get those instead of $25...... people here suggested that to me when I was figuring out numbers and I really like the idea

 

[Mr Tree]

100% agree on this .... scrap the quarters and get fracs. Then you free up space for more $1's and $5's. I'd say 60 fracs for each table is plenty if they are only for the small blind. Two tables 10 each gives six 50 cent chips per person for the stack.

Not sure what the set is, but if they have $20 chips, I'd get those instead of $25...... people here suggested that to me when I was figuring out numbers and I really like the idea

I'm not big on $20s. I don't really see them as any easier to change out at the end of a night than a $25.

 

[Mr Tree]

I'm willing to look at a .50 if people want to break down with one of those instead.

 

[links_slayer]

Those with more experience will hopefully chime in but I think you could probably get away with just a rack of 50¢ chips for 2 tables. It might just be easier to give a stack to 1 or 2 guys in their buy-in and have everyone else buy a couple dollars worth as needed. You'll really only need them for the small blind, right (assuming you allow rounding in your PL games)?

 

[Mr Tree]

Those with more experience will hopefully chime in but I think you could probably get away with just a rack of 50¢ chips for 2 tables. It might just be easier to give a stack to 1 or 2 guys in their buy-in and have everyone else buy a couple dollars worth as needed. You'll really only need them for the small blind, right (assuming you allow rounding in your PL games)?

Correct. I think I would get at least 120 that way if I stretched to 3 tables (rare) I could do 40 per table/4 per 10 players.

 

[links_slayer]

What kind of chips are we talking about? New custom set? :

 

[Ben]

$.50 - 100
$1 - 300
$5 - 600
$25 - 100
$100 - 100

So very similar to Paulo's suggestion. You could do a few more $25 and a few less hundos (like 120/80 or 140/60) depending on how likely the 3rd table is, how much money really gets in play, and full-rack considerations.

This is pretty much optimized for 2 tables, and will kind of suck with a 3rd table - but that will be true no matter what breakdown you go with (1200 chips really isn't enough for 3 full tables.)

 

[Mr Tree]

What kind of chips are we talking about? New custom set? :

I could tell you but I'd have to kill you [emoji41]

I will say this much. It has no Hitching Post relation.

 

[Mr Tree]

$.50 - 100
$1 - 300
$5 - 600
$25 - 100
$100 - 100

So very similar to Paulo's suggestion. You could do a few more $25 and a few less hundos (like 120/80 or 140/60) depending on how likely the 3rd table is, how much money really gets in play, and full-rack considerations.

This is pretty much optimized for 2 tables, and will kind of suck with a 3rd table - but that will be true no matter what breakdown you go with (1200 chips really isn't enough for 3 full tables.)

3 tables is an emergency number. Possible meat up use mainly

 

[MikesDad]

Those with more experience will hopefully chime in but I think you could probably get away with just a rack of 50¢ chips for 2 tables. It might just be easier to give a stack to 1 or 2 guys in their buy-in and have everyone else buy a couple dollars worth as needed. You'll really only need them for the small blind, right (assuming you allow rounding in your PL games)?

Agree.. 1/2 stack of 0.50s per player is enough for 0.50 / 1.00

 

[Mr Tree]

Thinking maybe

.50 -120
$1 - 300
$5 - 600
$25 - 120
$100 - 60

Thoughts?

 

[MaxB]

Thoughts?

.50 -120
$1 - 300
$5 - 580
$25 - 120
$100 - 60 = 1180

short 20 chips ....but the breakdown looks good to me

 

[Mr Tree]

.50 -120
$1 - 300
$5 - 580
$25 - 120
$100 - 60 = 1180

short 20 chips ....but the breakdown looks good to me

Edited

Maff is hard

 

[jbutler]

$.50 - 100
$1 - 300
$5 - 600
$25 - 100
$100 - 100

So very similar to Paulo's suggestion. You could do a few more $25 and a few less hundos (like 120/80 or 140/60) depending on how likely the 3rd table is, how much money really gets in play, and full-rack considerations.

This is pretty much optimized for 2 tables, and will kind of suck with a 3rd table - but that will be true no matter what breakdown you go with (1200 chips really isn't enough for 3 full tables.)

ideally if you're doing two tables of $1/2 i would want to have 800 $5s at minimum, but with a 1200 cap, Ben nailed it imo.

 

[Ben]

Thinking maybe

.50 -120
$1 - 300
$5 - 600
$25 - 120
$100 - 60

Thoughts?

Awesome for all the practical considerations, but what are you going to do, have a rack with a barrel of $25s, three barrels of hundos, and a barrel of $.50? Ewww.

I currently have a rack containing two barrels of $.25 and three barrels of hundos, and I hate it. Situation to be remedied shortly.

 

[Mr Tree]

Awesome for all the practical considerations, but what are you going to do, have a rack with a barrel of $25s, three barrels of hundos, and a barrel of $.50? Ewww.

I currently have a rack containing two barrels of $.25 and three barrels of hundos, and I hate it. Situation to be remedied shortly.

Lol honestly that bothers me not even a slight bit. It will be in a box anyway so I'm not really concerned with having full racks.

 

[jbutler]

Lol honestly that bothers me not even a slight bit. It will be in a box anyway so I'm not really concerned with having full racks.

just one question: have you ever laid tile? i may have seen some of your work.

 

[Mr Tree]

just one question: have you ever laid tile? i may have seen some of your work.

If you aren't storing them in racks who cares how many racks worth of what you have? Here's an example. I store the Hitching Post chips presorted into $100 starting stacks.

 

[jbutler]

If you aren't storing them in racks who cares how many racks worth of what you have? Here's an example. I store the Hitching Post chips presorted into $100 starting stacks.

i cannot argue with the beauty of that rack. i was just giving you a hard time because full racks is my hang up. that really is a thing of greatness, though. i gotta go back and check out your full thread of case pr0n.

 

[gopherblue]

.50 x 200
$1 x 400
$5 x 1000
$25 x 300
$100 x 100

You had a typo re the total in your first post.

 

[Mr Tree]

i cannot argue with the beauty of that rack. i was just giving you a hard time because full racks is my hang up. that really is a thing of greatness, though. i gotta go back and check out your full thread of case pr0n.

Jack, you are close enough for your first post to probably be closer to correct. I am going to store these in a box but they will be in standard racks within the box. [emoji38]

I just would rather have normals that support good function over full racks.

 

[courage]

If 1200 is the cap, I think this works for the emergency 3rd table. Or you can make the 3rd table $1/1 and do one rack of fracs moving the extra rack into the $5.

.50 - 140
$1 - 300
$5 - 600
$25 - 100
$100 - 60

Or

.50 - 100
$1 - 300
$5 - 700
$25 - 60
$100 - 40