Microstakes .10/.10 question (1 Viewer)

[Natuie]

Heres a hypothetical. Cash game 6-8 players. 10c/10c blinds, $10-$20 buy in. Denoms: 10c, $1 and $5.
You can also think of it as $100/$100 blinds, $10,000-$20,000 buy in. Denoms: $100, $1000, $5000.
How many barrels of 10c chips should be given to each player for a $20 buy in for the game to be played comfortably?

 

[Machine]

Doesn't need to be hypothetical, I play in this game about every other month. 1 rack of .10 chips and give everyone 10 chips, but you'll need a .50 chip as well to host it

 

[TankingRowlet]

I feel like this depends on the initial raise amount that plays in your game.
If the initial raise is 5x, then this gets through a barrel in 4 hands played -> now change needs to be made.

If the initial raise is smaller, then it takes more time to get through a barrel and players probably don't need as many fracs.
If the initial raise is larger, then players will put more $1 chips into play and won't need as many fracs.

I would agree with @Machine here that some sort of chip in between would help reduce the # of fracs on the table to facilitate better hosting.

1 barrel I feel is sufficient (even though I voted for 2 above).

 

[Tonystark137]

Just play .25/.25?

 

[Natuie]

Just play .25/.25?

Noooo I like 200bb and $50 is way too much

 

[Tonystark137]

Fair. Why not 5/10 with standard denoms?

 

[Natuie]

That's an option but I like having 3 denoms and just a mountain of chips. I might (probably will) end up with 5/10 anyway though.

 

[Zyerb]

I host a .1/.2 game where the chips work the same way as 1/2 would. 1 barrel of white $1 (.1), 1 barrel of red $5 (.5) plus one extra and 3 green $25 ($2.5). This sets up everyone with $20 for micro and $200 when playing 1/2. We've done the same for .2/.5 as well.

 

[springbox]

Generic answer is 10 chips per player, but without a 50c chip you're obviously going to need more. 10c/50c/$2 would be preferable. If I had to choose a whole number of barrels I guess I'd say 2 or 3 per player because you're skipping a chip to get to $1.

10c x 20
50c x 20
$2 x 4

If you have enough $2 chips to cover re-buys you can get a ton of chips in play. You can also make 'em $2.50s to slightly boost the bank. I'm assuming you're using non-denominated chips but that's just my guess.

 

[JMC9389]

One is plenty. Most standard opens should be 50 cents. Half the players can call with their dimes while the other half can use $1 chips and get change from the pot.

 

[JMC9389]

Just play .25/.25?

Speaking from experience, the jump from 0.05/0.1 or even 0.1/0.2 to 0.25/0.25 is massive for some people.

I get more responses from my local guys for a 0.1/0.2 game where the min buy in is $20 versus a 0.25/0.25 game where the min buy is the same but the max buy increases from $40 to $50. Don't ask me why, but that's how it goes.