Baron_Von_Chipper
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Hi all,
Frequent lurker, first time poster. I received a set of 500 non-denom chips as a gift and am trying to build the best STT structure I can to try and utilize the most chips and minimize confusion due to lack of denoms. I have never hosted a home game before so hoping for some thoughts/feedback from the collective wisdom and experience here.
Set breakdown is as follows:
White x 150
Red x 200
Blue x 100
Yellow x 50
I’m leaning toward a T1 base (1/5/10/50) using white as 1 like normal, red as 5 like normal, blue as 10 (not quite as normal but still somewhat typical for home games with non-denom chips I think) and yellow as 50… not because it’s normal but because it’s all that’s left
Hoping with the somewhat typical color/value combos for most of the colors it will work out okay even without any denoms. I’m concerned if I call a white chip 25 and a red chip 100 for example it will just be frustrating/confusing as nobody associates those colors with those amounts. But maybe I’m over thinking that.
I plan on going with T200 starting stacks of 15/15/6/1 and starting the blinds at 1/1 so it’s 200BB. For a full 10 person table freezeout I think this would put all 150 of the whites in play, 150 of the reds, 75 of the blues (after adding 15 to color up the whites) and 25 of the yellows (after adding 15 to color up the reds). So using 400 of the 500 chips total, which seems decent to me.
Based on some of the posts I’ve read (thanks to all by the way, I have learned a TON) it seems like the 15/15 of the lower denoms should limit change making, but still not be too unruly in terms of number of chips in play. On the back end, if my math is correct, it should leave a final chip count of 100 (75 blue / 25 yellow) once color ups are done which also seems to be within target range and ratio.
Once I landed on this it actually occurred to me that if I like how it plays then down the road I might consider a 400 chip T10 base set just adding a zero to all the denoms (10/50/100/500)… seems like a pretty efficient set. Though I get that T10 is not really a “thing” in terms of popular tournament base recommendations… but I digress. Thoughts on my T1 plan and starting stacks? Any feedback or input would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Frequent lurker, first time poster. I received a set of 500 non-denom chips as a gift and am trying to build the best STT structure I can to try and utilize the most chips and minimize confusion due to lack of denoms. I have never hosted a home game before so hoping for some thoughts/feedback from the collective wisdom and experience here.
Set breakdown is as follows:
White x 150
Red x 200
Blue x 100
Yellow x 50
I’m leaning toward a T1 base (1/5/10/50) using white as 1 like normal, red as 5 like normal, blue as 10 (not quite as normal but still somewhat typical for home games with non-denom chips I think) and yellow as 50… not because it’s normal but because it’s all that’s left
Hoping with the somewhat typical color/value combos for most of the colors it will work out okay even without any denoms. I’m concerned if I call a white chip 25 and a red chip 100 for example it will just be frustrating/confusing as nobody associates those colors with those amounts. But maybe I’m over thinking that. I plan on going with T200 starting stacks of 15/15/6/1 and starting the blinds at 1/1 so it’s 200BB. For a full 10 person table freezeout I think this would put all 150 of the whites in play, 150 of the reds, 75 of the blues (after adding 15 to color up the whites) and 25 of the yellows (after adding 15 to color up the reds). So using 400 of the 500 chips total, which seems decent to me.
Based on some of the posts I’ve read (thanks to all by the way, I have learned a TON) it seems like the 15/15 of the lower denoms should limit change making, but still not be too unruly in terms of number of chips in play. On the back end, if my math is correct, it should leave a final chip count of 100 (75 blue / 25 yellow) once color ups are done which also seems to be within target range and ratio.
Once I landed on this it actually occurred to me that if I like how it plays then down the road I might consider a 400 chip T10 base set just adding a zero to all the denoms (10/50/100/500)… seems like a pretty efficient set. Though I get that T10 is not really a “thing” in terms of popular tournament base recommendations… but I digress. Thoughts on my T1 plan and starting stacks? Any feedback or input would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
