How would you add to this set? (1 Viewer)

[WillAndrew]

I snagged what I could at the Cleveland pre-sale with the idea of spreading the cost across two different months and adding on to it at the regular sale or from other people unloading $1's and $5's. I'm not looking for highest resale value at all, just a playable set of Paulson's. Figured I would default to the guys who have much more experience with this than I do. My place can accommodate 10 players and I'd like to be able to hold proper 10 player tournaments as well as smaller cash games when all the close friends want to get together for that.

I got:
180 $1's
130 $5's
100 $25's
25 $100's

and 1 $500 (blew the qauntity adjustment haha)

Most of my additional budget will go to finding good Quarters, but how would you round out the rest of my Horseshoes?

 

[MacGrad]

When you say "smaller cash games", are you talking about $1/$2, or $0.25/$0.50, or something else?

At $1/$2, you'd likely be looking at another 320 $1's -- that would give 10 players 50 each, and you could make do using $5 and $25 to fill out the rest of the buy-ins... otherwise, you'd need to invest in chips to become your fractionals, because I don't believe you have enough $25s to act as low-denom chips.

 

[WillAndrew]

Whoops, I meant smaller as in just a few players. Let's say 6 playing $0.25/$0.50.

Mostly I'm just killing time waiting for pictures of the Horseshoe pickup haha

 

[GoStumpy]

My cash game with up to 10 players has 100 quarters, 200 $1's, 100 $5's and 50 $25's... I would add more $5's if anything, 100 quarters is PLENTY.

100 - 0.25
200 - $1
200 - $5
100 - $25 (Or 80 - $25 and 20 - $100)

That gives a big enough bank to up the stakes to .50/1 or even a smaller 1/2 game, but gives enough small denoms for the .25/.50 game

-edit to add-

I notice I am OCD with full racks, people can tinker with 120 of this 160 of that etc, if you're OK with that good, I have a hard time lol

 

[Rhodeman77]

A barrel of $1's per player is plenty, so add 20 more $1's. The rest I would add $5 chips to whatever point you feel you need. I would probably go to 500 to cover the game growing.

 

[GoStumpy]

Personally I would like a barrel of 1's and a barrel of quarters per player to start, with the rest in 5's... but I need more quarters for that to work

 

[gopherblue]

If you want a super flexible cash set that can handle larger stakes and/or larger games (lotsa rebuys) would focus on adding on:

100 x .25c
20 x $1
470 x $5

You'll end up with what I consider to be the ideal breakdown for a single table, .25/.50 up to $2/5:

100 x .25c
200 x $1
600 x $5
100 x $25
25 x $100

And 100 Fracs is plenty. 200 $1s is plenty too.

You may not think you'll ever need so many $5s, but I say, why not? First of all, they are super cheap right now...maybe more so as folks try to unload basket fillers bought for quota purposes. Second, the $5 is the workhorse for all games up to 2/5...you'll need more. And having plenty is worthwhile.

Also, with inflation, 1/2 will be the new .25/.50. And 2/5 will be the new 1/2. Trust me, you'll need more $5s. Future-proof the set now.

If your budget is limited, then just get fewer $5s, but trust me, you'll wish you had more $5s someday. Get em now.

 

[crussader]

You've got plenty of 1s. I've run 3 tables of 1/2 with no more 1s than that. I would look for more 5s. I think you're short there.

In building a cash set, determine what you want the starting stack breakdown to be and how many players you want the set to accommodate. Then, for your lowest 2 denominations get just enough to put together the starting stacks for all the players. You really don't need any more than that. Determine how many re-buys you want available, and buy enough of your 4th highest denomination to cover the re-buys. After that get a few 5th level denomination chips and then split any more chip purchases 50/50 between the 3rd and 4th level denominations.

 

[crussader]

In a game with quarters i use 8/8/x/x for the starting stack. If you want more chips on the table use 12/12/x/x. Any more than that is serious overkill. For 1/2 you can easily get away with five 1s in each starting stack.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I'm in same boat as OP, and got 210 x $1, 210 x $5, 22 x $25 and 10 x $100.

I might pick up some more $5 and $25 down the road.

I need to get some quarters. I really liked the idea of the blue hhr solid hot stamps brought up in the other thread. I would be in for some of that action.

 

[gopherblue]

Also, forgot to mention: whenever I list rack quantities, it should be understood that I mean n racks + 5. Thus, 100 chips is really 105, 200 chips is 205, etc.

Always buy spares in case of loss or breakage. Thus, your 25 hundos is really a stack plus spares.

 

[crussader]

In games with quarters, you can either get one to two racks of actual .25 chips or you can use your $25s as quarters and get 20 or 40 of some other chip to act as the intermediate between the 5s and 100s. In my PNY set when I use the 25s as quarters, I use the $20 chip. With my Majestic set, I got 50 of the $500s and use them as a $50 chip. By not buying actual quarters and using a substitute you can get away with a lot less chips, or get chips that will make the set more flexible in other areas.

 

[GoStumpy]

I am making my dream 1000 chip set (for a 1000chip birdcage) for two tables of .25/.50 and up..

200 - $0.25
300 - $1
300 - $5
160 - $25
40 - $100

That should do me for any limit!