Cash game, $100 buy-in, 50c/$1 BBs, how many SBs in starting stack? (2 Viewers)

[David O]

When I do the smaller buy ins I use 25¢ and $1's only. I will add $5's to starting stacks only if the buy in is larger. $25's do not come out unless there are a bunch of rebuys.

 

[mummel]

When I do the smaller buy ins I use 25¢ and $1's only. I will add $5's to starting stacks only if the buy in is larger. $25's do not come out unless there are a bunch of rebuys.

So how would you breakdown a $50 buy-in?

 

[bentax1978]

A related question. What about the $50 buy in games. Starting stacks include 20 X 25c, 20 X $1 and 5 X $5 = $50. As for the buy-ins, I would assume you would do 2 X $25 and not 10 X $5 correct? But that leaves 4 denoms on the table.

Are 4 denoms still a better idea vs adding 10 chips onto the table for each rebuy?

So how would you breakdown a $50 buy-in?

If I had at least two racks of quarters and dollars, 20 x $0.25, 20 x $1, 5 x $5.

 

[mummel]

If I had at least two racks of quarters and dollars, 20 x $0.25, 20 x $1, 5 x $5.

Thats exactly what I had, and then the rebuy would be 2 X $25. Or is it better to keep only 3 denoms on the table and make the rebuy 10 X $5?

 

[Payback]

As others have indicated I would stop looking at giving the same number of chips to each player as part of their starting stack. It isn't a tournament so buy ins might be different across the board. Get your quarters out with the first few buy ins then get as many ones on the table as you want, everything else is 5's. I sometimes will had a player a stack of redbirds as I've already gotten all of the small denominations on the table that I wanted. The player then gets change from the other players at the table.

 

[RowdyRawhide]

Thats exactly what I had, and then the rebuy would be 2 X $25. Or is it better to keep only 3 denoms on the table and make the rebuy 10 X $5?

I would do this, until I ran out of $5's whether it's $50 or $100 buy in

 

[bentax1978]

Thats exactly what I had, and then the rebuy would be 2 X $25. Or is it better to keep only 3 denoms on the table and make the rebuy 10 X $5?

I would do this, until I ran out of $5's whether it's $50 or $100 buy in

IMO, as RowdyRawhide said, I would exhaust every last $5 chips before putting any $25 into play.

Most of my cash sets have a breakdown close to 200 x $1, 800 x $5, 200 x $25. Initial buy-in stacks were always 20 x $1 and the balance in $5 chips. I would then exhaust all the $5 chips before tapping into the $25 chips. Unless someone with a big stack didn't want lots of chips, when I'd color them up (and think less of them for not wanting piles and piles of chips in front of them ) On some nights we wouldn't even get into the $25 chips.

 

[ohio3302016]

I prefer $1 to be the workhorse chip and not having any fracs.

(anti-frac'er)

That said, I would never play NL for my home game.

 

[mummel]

Great info, TY.