Custom 50c chips (1 Viewer)

[RowdyRawhide]

In the past it seems someone was always poopooing on the quarter claiming the 50c chip was better. I was just thinking that I can't recall any custom sets with 50c chips off of the top of my head

If you have some please post here.......if you want to poo poo on the quarter you can do that here too

 

[detroitdad]

Pillage and Plunder

 

[TheBigTater]

if you want to poo poo on the quarter you can do that here too

Can i poo poo on the .50c?

Can't make a .25c bet with a .50c chip but I can make a .50c bet with two .25c chips.

 

[justsomedude]

In the past it seems someone was always poopooing on the quarter claiming the 50c chip was better. I was just thinking that I can't recall any custom sets with 50c chips off of the top of my head

If you have some please post here.......if you want to poo poo on the quarter you can do that here too

I actually poopoo the 50-cent chip... just don't see a need for it. When .25s will cover .25/.25, .25/.50, and .50/1.00, what do you really need the .50 for? I guess if you never play .25/.50 and are pretty locked into to .50/1.00 then the 50-cent chip makes sense. But for my games, I just don't see it ever getting onto the tables.

 

[Ronoh]

I have one but also have a quarter.

 

[SixSpeedFury]

I actually poopoo the 50-cent chip... just don't see a need for it. When .25s will cover .25/.25, .25/.50, and .50/1.00, what do you really need the .50 for? I guess if you never play .25/.50 and are pretty locked into to .50/1.00 then the 50-cent chip makes sense. But for my games, I just don't see it ever getting onto the tables.

Usually reserved for .50/.50 and .50/1.00

 

[ohio3302016]

Coming soon (hopefully)...

 

[David O]

I have at least 20 plus racks of fracs and only about 125 chips are 50¢. You ask why do I have those 125 chips? It is because they are Hacienda chips and go with my small Hacienda set. I wish they were 25¢ chips and then I could use that set.

 

[kmccormick100]

We often play $.50/1 as our standard game. I agree quarters are probably more versatile, but our crew is used to $.50s

 

[Rhodeman77]

Personally I prefer a 50c chip. 50/50c is basically the same game as 25/50c. You don’t need as many 50c chips as you do. 25c chips.

It is all splitting hairs anyways. They are all used for the blinds only in just about every game I have played in. Post flop betting is almost always in $1’s and $5’s.

 

[ohio3302016]

I just ordered a rack of .50 because I wanted a butterscotch chip in my set.

You could easily play 1/1 instead of .50/1. Like Rhodeman said, it's all the same post flop anyway.


I can definitely see the need for a .25 if you're using it for antes though.

 

[Burke]

We often play $.50/1 as our standard game. I agree quarters are probably more versatile, but our crew is used to $.50sView attachment 174716 View attachment 174717

The more I look at your custom set, the more I like it.

 

[Lemonzest]

Yea. Bicycle Shack set is insane.

 

[JustinInMN]

I've softened on the .50 chip a bit since I've been in a home game that uses the Scroll set.

It's not that bothersome if there aren't too many issued.

The other example where it may be useful is an ante in stud games (2/4 limit for example.)

But I think for a game you have to use EITHER .25 OR .50, never both in the same game. The .50 is a wasted denomination when .25 and 1 chips already exist. But .50 and 1 chips coexisting are less bothersome when there are no .25 imo.

 

[Darson]

I know nothing. One thing that puzzles me is why few seem to mind having both 500 & 1000 chips but there is no love for .25c & .50c. Isn't it the same thing?

 

[Jeff]

The discussion about the tournament denoms is a little different I think. That 500/1000 progression exists because of convention. If you go to 500/2000 then people get confused because 500/1000 is what people are used to. You end up needing 500 chips until the blinds are divisible by $2000. A 3000 bet is a 2000 chip and two 500s instead of 3 1000 chips. Not wrong, just different.

There is nothing innately wrong with having 25/50 cent chips in play at the same time any more than having $10 and $20 chips in play at the same time. I have two sets that have $10 chips. I used them once and found that having more denoms on the table didn’t help. They tended to be stacked up somewhere. When they were used, people had to think harder.

 

[JustinInMN]

There is nothing innately wrong with having 25/50 cent chips in play at the same time any more than having $10 and $20 chips in play at the same time. I have two sets that have $10 chips. I used them once and found that having more denoms on the table didn’t help. They tended to be stacked up somewhere. When they were used, people had to think harder.

That's really the issue to me. To properly count stacks (which you have to do frequently in no-limit), you need a count of each denomination separately and add them together. Beyond 3 or 4 denoms this requires more mental energy. The fewer denoms the better. You can count 5 in all quarters in half the time than counting 10 quarters and 5 halves.

If you limit to 3 denoms, it's better to have them spaced in a 4-1 and 5-1 ratio to cover more amounts, which is why people dislike the .50 chip instead of the quarter in general. (Including me once upon a time.)

However, as I said in my post above, I understand it's not that big a deal to have the .50 in certain situations. (And I'm already thinking about this for my custom set.) I just suggest avoiding the .50 in situations when you will need a .25 and a 1. Then just let two .25 chips do the same job.