Cash Game Fractional chips: a diatribe (9 Viewers)

[drdr]

My 1c CPC chips will arrive soon. Very glad my denom text matches OP's rules/diatribe.

 

[drdr]

Technically the most efficient jump is an ex jump (as in Euler's number), but people here like 4-5x apparently so I'll probably do that when I buy a custom set several years down the road. When I do get one, it will probably be $.25 or 25¢ AND twenty-five cents on it, but the larger will probably be whichever of the first two.

Apes may get confused with same denom presented differently on one chip. I say do it.

 

[TheOffalo]

When I've done designs for people and they want non-denominated chip, I always try to come up with something that fits the theme (though I have nothing against an "X" or any other placeholder). Here are two examples I did for @merkong:

 

[Taghkanic]

5¢/10¢/25¢/50¢ would be my preferred way of labeling these.

(BTW on an iPhone keyboard, if you hold down the $ key it will release a pop-up menu of other common currency symbols.)

 

[Taghkanic]

… For my cash set, I created these solids with no denom as a “flex” chip, which could be used as a frac or a $20 chip or anything else as needed.

TBH, I made them mostly just because I had two racks of these in near mint condition, doing nothing, and figured I should use them for something…

However, they have still never been used for anything.

 

[drdr]

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… For my cash set, I created these solids with no denom as a “flex” chip, which could be used as a frac or a $20 chip or anything else as needed.

TBH, I made them mostly just because I had two racks of these in near mint condition, doing nothing, and figured I should use them for something…

However, they have still never been used for anything.

Shame. Them pretty.

 

[Sprouty]

True frac.

 

[joeyshin]

Anyone play 70c/$1.40

 

[Klobberer]

I will never understand a .50 chip...unless you're using $2, $10 & $50 as the rest of your set. Common standard progression is 4x-5x increments. .01, .05, .25, 1, 5, 20/25, 100, 500, exception for 1000 for those on the metric system and so on...

 

[springbox]

I will never understand a .50 chip...unless you're using $2, $10 & $50 as the rest of your set. Common standard progression is 4x-5x increments. .01, .05, .25, 1, 5, 20/25, 100, 500, exception for 1000 for those on the metric system and so on...

I can kind of understand it if you really don't want the BB larger than $1 but also insist on the SB being smaller than the BB. You only need like 40 for a full table to play 50c/$1. I think people also like following currency denominations where they are. 10c and 50c pieces are common, $2 bills are not.

 

[upNdown]

I can kind of understand it if you really don't want the BB larger than $1 but also insist on the SB being smaller than the BB. You only need like 40 for a full table to play 50c/$1.

I agree. But show me a PCFer who only owns two barrels of 50 cent fracs and who plays with them.
I’ll wait right here.

 

[FestiveKnight]

In hindsight I wish I had done a non denom for my CPC scrown Money Tree addon. Just to have more flexibility. I only ever intended to have the one cash set and it def would have been better flexibility to have a non denom.

Though I also really love the 314 for a dinky 5¢ chip and if I did a ND chip I think I would’ve felt pressure to make it trimoon.

The real mistake here (though I rarely give it much thought) is doing 5¢ instead of ¢5¢ in TRK tradition

 

[KHarp1]

I do believe that non denom is the way to go, but, TWO full racks, of course. I joke, I do have some sets with 2 full racks of fracs, but, most games I play are 1/1 in place of quarter/fifty. And, I never get much more than a rack in play. Machine has shown me the correct way to own fracs.

I'm working on a set with just 3 denoms, $1's, $5's and $25's.

 

[TX_Golf_N_Poker]

Who can say bad things about these fine fracts?

Outpost Quarter

• DrStrange
• Sep 5, 2015

Outpost quarters

• DrStrange
• Sep 5, 2015

Nothing bad can ever be said about these quarters.

 

[bergs]

Fracs 4EVAH

 

[Felt_Lizard]

a .50 chip...unless you're using $2, $10 & $50

I am interested in your ideas, and am considering subscribing to your newsletter.

 

[SwissChip]

I will never understand a .50 chip...unless you're using $2, $10 & $50 as the rest of your set. Common standard progression is 4x-5x increments. .01, .05, .25, 1, 5, 20/25, 100, 500, exception for 1000 for those on the metric system and so on...

We play .50/1 and no use for a .25 chip.
If we change something then to 1/1 or 1/2.

 

[drdr]

We play .50/1 and no use for a .25 chip.
If we change something then to 1/1 or 1/2.

If I ran a .50/1 game (and I don't) I'd do it with .25s. More useable at different stakes and more freedom with bet/raise sizing. Plus MOAR chips is awesome. I view .5 chips with similar suspicion as $10 and $50 chips.

 

[chippitydoodah]

If I ran a .50/1 game (and I don't) I'd do it with .25s. More useable at different stakes and more freedom with bet/raise sizing. Plus MOAR chips is awesome. I view .5 chips with similar suspicion as $10 and $50 chips.

Or....be prepared for both

 

[SwissChip]

If I ran a .50/1 game (and I don't) I'd do it with .25s. More useable at different stakes and more freedom with bet/raise sizing. Plus MOAR chips is awesome. I view .5 chips with similar suspicion as $10 and $50 chips.

If you would play .50/1 only, you‘ll love the 50c chip!

 

[Klobberer]

Or....be prepared for both

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With quarters, you are prepared for both. Or, do I need to show you the maths?

 

[TX_Golf_N_Poker]

If you would play .50/1 only, you‘ll love the 50c chip!

But then I can't raise to $3.25.

 

[Felt_Lizard]

I view .5 chips with similar suspicion as $10 and $50 chips.

Yessss....with your help we'll turn this whole forum into a den of shifting paranoia and sudden betrayals...

 

[chippitydoodah]

With quarters, you are prepared for both. Or, do I need to show you the maths?

Now listen here Mister "How much is it to me?" "Who's in?" "What game are we playing again?" "Can I raise?"



.25/.50 NLHE

.50/1.00 Limit

I totally understand that the quarters play in both but why wouldn't I want more denominations, more chips m0Ar MoAr MOAR !

 

[SwissChip]

But then I can't raise to $3.25.

That‘s true - and sad!
But $5.50 is not bad also.
Then a min raise to 11

and there‘s already a nice pot growing…!

 

[drdr]

Yessss....with your help we'll turn this whole forum into a den of shifting paranoia and sudden betrayals...

... those at the back look particularly suspicious.

 

[KHarp1]

What if we used a .75 chip?

 

[Tonystark137]

What about a .33 chip? Rounding goes to the house...

 

[chippitydoodah]

What if we used a .75 chip?

 

[Felt_Lizard]

What if we used a .75 chip?