Cash games: small blind = big blind? (1 Viewer)

[Poker Zombie]

600 ct cash game set that I have...

200 x 25c
300 x $1
80 x $5
20 x $20

Spreads low stakes games easily. I have virtually no use for the $20s, but they are oversized in this particular set so I wanted them. It also boosted the bank to $800 total, which I would not need for a low stakes game currently, but who knows what the future will bring.

 

[realcdn]

600 ct cash game set that I have...

200 x 25c
300 x $1
80 x $5
20 x $20

Spreads low stakes games easily. I have virtually no use for the $20s, but they are oversized in this particular set so I wanted them. It also boosted the bank to $800 total, which I would not need for a low stakes game currently, but who knows what the future will bring.

Yeah, but my primary game that I'm trying to cover is the $0.50/$1.00, which has a $100 max buy-in and usually involves several rebuys. Usually 6-8 players, so need a much bigger bank than that.

 

[Poker Zombie]

Then a 1000 ct birdcage it is! (y) :thumbsup:

 

[Coyote]

It's easier and healthier (especially as you grow older) to carry 2 of 600
Seriously, with 1200 chips, 100-120 of which ND, you could spread anything from 0.05/0.05 (with denominations representing dimes in that case) to $5/5 for 10 players.
An impressive 1:100 range of stakes, inflation-proof, huge owner sucess or bankruptcy-proof , climate and practically any change- proof.

 

[churlbut18]

Honestly I love quarters for my low stakes/low buy in games ($40 typical buyin) and advocate hard for quarters all day everyday...unless you’re building a true PCA set and want to get some of the best fracs in existence in play. I can/and do make an exception for those fiddy centers.

Too funny. I made the same exception for my PCA limit set. I have absolutely no use for the rack of $0.50s (no antes, no stud in my game) but I had to have the beautiful mint rack just because...

 

[realcdn]

So finally convinced myself that quarters were the way to go and went to put my order in for some Majestics, and the quarters are out of stock until November!!! lol

I guess I have to go with Rounders now :O

 

[BGinGA]

my primary game that I'm trying to cover is the $0.50/$1.00, which has a $100 max buy-in and usually involves several rebuys. Usually 6-8 players,

600 chips will work for most sane 50c/$1 games:

100 x 25c
200 x $1
200 x $5
80 x $20
20 x $100
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600 chips, $4825 bank ($600+ per player for 8 players)

 

[David O]

600 chips will work for most sane 50c/$1 games:

100 x 25c
200 x $1
200 x $5
80 x $20
20 x $100
-------------
600 chips, $4825 bank ($600+ per player for 8 players)

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[glom]

600 ct cash game set that I have...

200 x 25c
300 x $1
80 x $5
20 x $20

Spreads low stakes games easily. I have virtually no use for the $20s, but they are oversized in this particular set so I wanted them. It also boosted the bank to $800 total, which I would not need for a low stakes game currently, but who knows what the future will bring.

Clearly games vary wildly. Our low stakes .25/.50 game starts with 250bb buyins. If we have a full table, that is $1250 in initial buy ins alone on a full table. We like to play deep stacks, it makes the game more challenging. Starting stacks is a stack of each .25/1/5 per player. that is 200 of each chip for a full table. Now add 300 more 5s for rebuys, 80 x 20s or 25s and 20 x 100s for a great 1000 chip set that fits in a 1000 chip birdcage.

 

[Schmendr1ck]

Clearly games vary wildly. Our low stakes .25/.50 game starts with 250bb buyins. If we have a full table, that is $1250 in initial buy ins alone on a full table. We like to play deep stacks, it makes the game more challenging. Starting stacks is a stack of each .25/1/5 per player. that is 200 of each chip for a full table. Now add 300 more 5s for rebuys, 80 x 20s or 25s and 20 x 100s for a great 1000 chip set that fits in a 1000 chip birdcage.

Yeah, my .25/.50 game ($20 min $100 max) would nearly exhaust the bank before the first hand was dealt.

 

[Mojo1312]

You will be stuck with whatever denominations you order. I can tell you after having hosted a 25/.50 game with a smaller buy-in of $40 to 60 that all of the players in my group welcomed the change to .50/.50.

Why would anyone order a .50 chip for a $1/$3 game?

 

[Emlemleml]

Maybe i shouldn't be limiting myself to a 600 ct set, but i picked that number for a couple of reasons: a) to fit nicely in a 600 ct birdcage; b) to keep initial cost down.

I've been in this mindset for a good year.. And every time, and every way I tried to build a set, it did not work, sooo I went fudge it!
Bought alot of chips, now counting about 1900
Bought a pelican look a lile box with room for 12-1400 chips.
Can't say I regret it..

Gotta add, I host mixed games.
anyways, just saying

 

[SWEATER]

Perfect breakdown:
10 racks of quarters
10 racks of 50c chips
10 racks of 75c chips

= $1500 total bank.

 

[v1pe]

It's very tough to build a good 600ct set that will spread a wide range of stakes.

Add another 100ct chips:

25c x 200
1 x 200
$5 x 200
$25 x 60
$100 x 40

is a reasonable breakdown to spread anywhere up to a relatively loose single table 1/1 game.

Round it off to 800ct to be safe:

25c x 200
1 x 200
$5 x 200
$25 x 160
$100 x 40

Might as well round it out to 1000ct to fill a bird cage (plus MOAR 5s!) (this is probably my favorite most flexible breakdown):

25c x 200
$1 x 200
$5 x 400
$25 x 160
$100 x 40

You see how things escalate quickly around here...

 

[Poker Zombie]

It's not about escalation. It's about versatility. For $234, you get a vehicle that handles one set of stakes well, and maybe a second spread kind-of well. It's like the Suzuki Samurai. Good on the road, capable off-road, but was prone to failures (like rolling over).

For $79 more you get a vehicle that can spread .25-.25 thru $1-$1. It's like a car that goes off-road with ease, and can plow through 5' deep standing water.

Now, if you'd like to step over here to this 1200 chip vehicle, we can talk about a car than can also fly...

 

[churlbut18]

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