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Cash game Starting stack and buy in recommendation (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Bearbocmc
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100 big blinds works well. For example, a $1/2 game then $200 or for a $1/3 game, $300. We will let someone buy in for a minimum of 50 big blinds if that makes them more comfortable.
I’m sure you will get varying opinions.
DRacula
Pair
20 in small blinds, the rest in work horse
BeesKnees
Two Pair
Definitely need more info before I could give a helpful answer. What are the stakes? What is your chip breakdown? What’s the buy/rebuy policy?
churlbut18
Full House
80 to 200 big blinds is the ideal range, 250 big blinds if you want to play deep stacks, but need to know game/stakes to advise on starting stacks... $0.25/$0.50? $0.50/$1? $1/$1? $1/$2?
At $20 buy in and that chip count, it sounds like a $.25/.25 game could work. 80 big blinds should give you a bit of action, and you have plenty of extra 5's for a good amount of $20 rebuys.
Starting stacks at $20, ten players:
25c: 8
$1: 13 / 18
$5: 1 / 0
Add more fives for rebuys and/or higher buyins. You should be fine with the chip count you have for $20 buy in at these stakes, but as your game grows to .25/.50 (upwards of $40 buy in) you'll need more fives.
Starting stacks at $20, ten players:
25c: 8
$1: 13 / 18
$5: 1 / 0
Add more fives for rebuys and/or higher buyins. You should be fine with the chip count you have for $20 buy in at these stakes, but as your game grows to .25/.50 (upwards of $40 buy in) you'll need more fives.
If you’re doing $20 buy-ins, then playing .25/.25 NLHE might be best, as it would give everyone 80 big blinds. Or you could add nickels (maybe a non-denominated chip) and play 5¢/10¢.
JustinInMN
4 of a Kind
Yeah if $20 buy in is where you group is .25-.25 blinds is best as @mrplacey and @Beakertwang already said. 80 bb is on the short side of average, but not crazy short like playing .25-.50 would be on a 20 buy in, that would be 40bb and players will get all in too frequently.
(If your group is game, doing .25-.25 with 25 or 30 buy is still good, and will offer bigger 100bb or 120bb stacks, respectively.)
I would suggest a 40-60 buy in before moving up to .25-.50.
Your set covers 850, which is 42 buy ins of 20, or 4 per player 10-handed. That should be plenty.
If you do decide to move up, you probably want to get more ones and fives.
Good luck
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(If your group is game, doing .25-.25 with 25 or 30 buy is still good, and will offer bigger 100bb or 120bb stacks, respectively.)
I would suggest a 40-60 buy in before moving up to .25-.50.
Your set covers 850, which is 42 buy ins of 20, or 4 per player 10-handed. That should be plenty.
If you do decide to move up, you probably want to get more ones and fives.
Good luck
.What does 13/18 mean for 1s?
JustinInMN
4 of a Kind
6-8 handed you should be plenty good to do .25-.25 with a 20 buy in. I think that's your best answer for a first try. Adjust accordingly if the feedback is they want to play bigger.
JustinInMN
4 of a Kind
DrStrange
4 of a Kind
Don't cap the number of buy-ins. We just finished a thread discussing this idea. A cash game is not a tournament, there is no good reason to limit how many times people buy new chips.
I host or play in some version of a $20 buy in game ~60 nights a year. People want to try their luck, even on unlucky nights. A ten buy-in "bad night" is more common than not. ( Almost ) Every player would much rather peel off another $20 than go home early.
Remember, the goal is to have fun -=- DrStrange
I host or play in some version of a $20 buy in game ~60 nights a year. People want to try their luck, even on unlucky nights. A ten buy-in "bad night" is more common than not. ( Almost ) Every player would much rather peel off another $20 than go home early.
Remember, the goal is to have fun -=- DrStrange
@Bearbocmc the classifieds here are a great place to look. you’ll find everything from cheap faux clays to grail paulsons at $5+ per chip, and everything between. are you looking to add on to your set or start a new one?
I agree with this as well. I have played this game and I host a similar game that is also a $20 buy in. The blinds in my game are $0.25/$0.25 and I start off with stacks as follows:
8 x $0.25
18 x $1
Although sometimes if I want a night with a bunch of chips I do the following
12 x $0.25
17 x $1
The $5s come out later when we have several rebuys and even now and then I will out in a few $20 or $25 chips in the mix for a rebuy. This gives us a "target chip". Depending on the how many quarters I give out in the original buy in I can generally cover this game with one rack of quarters and two to three racks of ones. I do not and will not cap the buy ins and everyone has fun.
David O
Start a new one
CantSpellPoker
Straight
As someone who has been researching this for the past 4-5 days, you may as well be asking, “How do you take your coffee?” I’m suffering from information overload on this subject.
It's a little dated... but here's a great summary of some the different types of stock chips available.
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/resources/poker-chips-available-stock-designs-by-chip-type.49/
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/resources/poker-chips-available-stock-designs-by-chip-type.49/
Lash
Straight
What chips do you currently have and what’s your budget? There’s a nice cash set of china clays in the classifieds right now
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/cc-pharaohs-and-dealer-button.35752/
@Bearbocmc, what’s your budget for chips? That would help us with recommendations, including “spend more”.
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