Cash Game Favorite max buy-in for a friendly and casual 1/2 NL game (1 Viewer)

[ArielVer18]

What’s your favorite max buy-in for a friendly and casual 1/2 NL game? I currently like $500 because it sounds like a nice round number, but the game I usually host has a 300bb max buy-in, so players might think I'm "lowering" the max.

"Friendly and casual" to me means no match stack. Although, I can be convinced to allow match half stack.

EDIT: didn’t realize you can’t have a question mark in the title

 

[LeLe]

For Casual Game, 100-200bb matching half the biggest stack is always the sweet spot for me

For ”Serious” Game, 500bb matching the biggest stack is the norm around here

 

[allforcharity]

Min buy-in is 100BB. Most are buying in and topping up at 150BB. But these aren't stakes that I'm usually comfortable playing on a regular basis.

 

[mcfjack]

Kind of depends on the type of game you want to have. I'm used to 1/2 games with a $300 max buy-in, which I think is a nice middle ground - not so deep that everyone has a lot of money on the table and the pots get splashy and turn into more of a 2/5 or higher vibe, but not so shallow that everyone nits up because a $35 bet is suddenly 20-40% of their stack and they're worried about getting all-in.

 

[doublebooyah85]

When it’s friendly and I don’t want it out of hand…
$100 min $300 max $1-$2 blinds.
Max straddle $5 Utg only.
Rebuy/top off up to $500 max after 2 hours.