Tourney Opinions on Large MTT Chip Set (1 Viewer)

[Broski]

So, I'm about to pull the trigger on a LARGE(to me) MTT tournament set. This will be a T25 start. Looking for opinions on how many players your think each of these sets would be able to handle with/without rebuys. I don't mind having more than I need, but also don't want to have so many that tons never have the opportunity to see felt. Any opinions would be appreciated.

T25 - 320
T100 - 520
T500 - 240
T1000 - 480
T5000 - 120
T10000 - 80
T25000 - 40
Total Chip Count - 1800
Total Chip Value $3,060,000

OR

T25 - 400
T100 - 650
T500 - 300
T1000 - 600
T5000 - 150
T10000 - 100
T25000 - 50
Total Chip Count - 2250
Total Chip Value $3,825,000

 

[MichaelBubly]

Seems like an odd breakdown to me. Not sure what your normal starting stacks are, but I would figure out your preferred starting stacks and multiply the number of players to give you a baseline. Then add in sufficient colouring up / rebuy chips. This is assuming you are ordering chips and not buying a complete set without the option to massage the breakdown.

IE, if you run a 20k tournament with 36 players and prefer a standard 12,12,5,6,2 starting stack you'd be at:

440x 25
440x 100
180x 500
220x 1k
80x 5k

Then maybe add a few barrels of 1k and 5k for coloring up and a few barrels of 25k.

Obviously, this is just for reference. If you have less or more players or prefer a T10k starting stack then just adjust accordingly.

Can also cut down chips with 88662 breakdown.

 

[Broski]

Unfortunately, the build of the set is predetermined. Each "set" was built 80/130/60/102/30/20/10. So I'm kinda stuck with that breakdown, and it's just a matter of how many "sets" I put together for 1 big set.

 

[MichaelBubly]

I'd probably opt for option 1 if I had to choset. Could cover 40 players with an 88662 breakdown. Option 2 gives you a few extra players worth of room, but a lot of chips will likely never see the felt. Either way, it's a pretty inefficient breakdown so you'll be out purchasing far more chips than you need for a game of that size. Worth factoring that into your buying power / alternative options.

There's probably 500 chips you will never need and will never felt even in the smaller set.

 

[Huskerchipper]

Predetermined sets like that are put together by people who know nothing about playing poker.

My question is why would you buy them instead of finding a source that could actually fit your needs?

 

[BGinGA]

Unfortunately, the build of the set is predetermined. Each "set" was built 80/130/60/102/30/20/10. So I'm kinda stuck with that breakdown, and it's just a matter of how many "sets" I put together for 1 big set.

That is a ridiculous breakdown. I'd recommend a hard pass unless the chips are extraordinary or priced significantly below market value.

Best you can do is use T25-base: ten 20k starting stacks of 8/13/5/6/2 per 'set' (using T1000 and T5000 for color-ups), leaving a large amount of unused T10k and T25k chips (and not enough T25s to really work well).

One 'set' per 10 players x however many tables you want to cover.