Cash Game Optimizing a 500 Chip Order (1 Viewer)

[cahrarar]

Hi everyone,

First post here! My buddy on this forum recently purchased a second-hand set of Dia De Los Muertos tourney chips (25,100,1000) on my behalf, and I am hoping to round it out with the missing 500's. While I'm at it, I would like to order the 5 DDLM designs I am missing as a cash set and bounty chips.

Would love your expert advice on optimizing a 500 chip order from BR poker to round out my tourney set and establish my cash game set. Denoms I already have and am looking to purchase as follows:

Already have:
TN25 X 150
TN100 X 100
TN1000 X 100

Denoms I am looking to purchase (goal is 500 total)
TN500 X TBD
25c X TBD
$1 X TBD
$5 X TBD
$25 X TBD
Bounty X 20

My tourney stacks are generally 25-100-500-1k 8,8,4,2 with no rebuys. I am considering 100x TN500 to easily cover my group up to 20 total stacks (unlikely to crack this).

Cash games will be .25/.50, perhaps an occasional .50/1. Planning on having enough for about 10 people, total $100 each (unlikely I will crack $1k on the table anytime in the near future, but would like this to last me a long time and give room to grow). Thus, I plan on purchasing more 25c and $1 than $5, and not many $25 (a barrel, maybe two).

I would also potentially go up to a 550 chip order so I could have my tourney set be a round 500 (counting bounties) and my cash set be a round 400.

Preference is for quantities to be rounded to the barrel.

Appreciate anybody's input and excited to be on the forum!

 

[Nine_high]

Welcome!

Are you happy with 8/8/4/2 starting stacks?

If so, you multiply your tournament setup by 20 and you need 160/160/80/40 plus some extra big chips for color ups. You have plenty of 1k for this. You might want an extra barrel of 500 for bonuses or color ups but it isn't necessary. For the bounty you can buy two sleeves of the ddlm bounty chip or get a barrel of the pink ND chip.

For a functioning .25/.50 set you want a rack of quarters and two racks each of ones and fives, and enough bank to cover a few thousand big blinds (3000-6000). If you use the $25 for both cash and tournament, keep in mind the green chip is double duty and very low value in tournaments but very high value in cash. This can lead to problems if, say, someone finds one on the floor during the cash game after the tournament. A good solution would be to get a rack of semi-custom $20 chips for your high value cash chip (the yellow 5k customized to a $20 would be perfect IMO). It will not cost you much extra to do this, and would bring your bank to $3225 which would be good for .25/.50 and .50/1.

I would suggest the following:

$0.25 x100
$1 x200
$5 x200
$20 x100

$25 x10
$100 x60
$500 x80-100
ND/bounty: x20

 

[allforcharity]

500 chips to cover both a T25 base tourney set and cash set for a 0.25/0.50 game? Can't be done.

 

[buffalojim]

I think a good two table breakdown for tourney would be 600 chips that's somewhat flexible.

160/160/80/140/60 ... 8/8/4/7

Cash set you can go any way you like but a solid single table set for lower stakes could use 500.

100/160/200/40

Can always add on to either or both later.

 

[BGinGA]

I'd go with the following tourney set denoms (needed purchases in parenthesis):

160 x T25 (10)
160 x T100 (60)
80 x T500 (80)
140 x T1000 (40)
60 x T5000 (60)
-------------
600 total chips (250 needed), allowing two-table starting stacks of 8/8/4/7/x (or single-table stacks of 12/12/5/6/x), with adequate chips for all color-ups, re-buys, and/or larger stackchips. It also makes for an attractive set breakdown at resale.

Bare minimum for a 10 player T25-base tourney set is 80/80/40/80/20 = 300 chips, although I would strongly recommend 120/120/50/75/35 = 400 chips.

For a cash set, general consensus is that 500-600 chips are needed to cover a given stake (like 25c/50c). To cover 25c/50c to 50c/$1 games, I'd go with the following minimum breakdown for up to 10 players:

120 x 25c
200 x $1
160 x $5
20 x $20 (or $25)
--------
500 chips, with adequate quarters to support 25c/50c blinds, and sufficient bank ($1430 to $1530, or $140/$150 per player) for your stated game goals.

But if wanting to future-proof the set (and anticipate possible $1/$2 future games, I'd go with:

120 x 25c
200 x $1
200 x $5
60 x $20 (or $25)
20 x $100
---------
600 chips = $4,430 bank.

 

[ekricket]

500 chips to cover both a T25 base tourney set and cash set for a 0.25/0.50 game? Can't be done.

Already have:
TN25 X 150
TN100 X 100
TN1000 X 100

I would also potentially go up to a 550 chip order so I could have my tourney set be a round 500 (counting bounties) and my cash set be a round 400.

He already has 350 chips, and is looking to order 500-550 MORE.
So he will end up with 850-900, possibly 1000 chips.

I gleaned that from actually reading the OP.

 

[allforcharity]

He already has 350 chips, and is looking to order 500-550 MORE.
So he will end up with 850-900, possibly 1000 chips.

I gleaned that from actually reading the OP.

Still can't be done, and I was basing my assessment on 500 more chips.
0.25/0.50 needs $1 and $5 workhorses. 1 rack of fracs, and 2 each of $1 and $5 already uses up the 500 "budget". Never mind the penchant for everybody expecting 4-6 racks of $5 for their cash games (I don't).

In T25-base, nobody likes 8/8 for first 2 denoms due to "excessive" change making. Need another barrel of $100 to get to 12/12 for single table. To get to 2 tables need 90 more T25 and 140 more T100 for 20 players as OP stated. 40-80x $500 for the middle denoms. Already enough T1k for stacks and rebuys there assuming T5k, shorter 100BB tourney.

So, we are between 560-730 more chips. Standard mantra applies about not using the same set for your cash and tourney in case mix up happens and T25 gets introduced as $25, so get additional $20 for cash, as much as you need to cover bank.

So, I'd say plan for north of 600-700 additional chips, depending on how many $5 and $20 you need for cash.

 

[BGinGA]

I'd say plan for north of 600-700 additional chips, depending on how many $5 and $20 you need for cash.

My recommendations required adding 850 more chips to his existing 350 count for two optimum 600-chip sets, or adding 620 chips to meet bare bones requirements.

 

[allforcharity]

My recommendations required adding 850 more chips to his existing 350 count for two optimum 600-chip sets, or adding 620 chips to meet bare bones requirements.

And I would concur. And I am probably one of the "chip efficiency Nazis" that members tend to conjure like some sort of hobby bogeyman.

My reading comprehension is not nearly so poor as some would imply (or infer). There's only so much you'd want to type on a phone screen while sitting on the john.

 

[cahrarar]

Still can't be done, and I was basing my assessment on 500 more chips.
0.25/0.50 needs $1 and $5 workhorses. 1 rack of fracs, and 2 each of $1 and $5 already uses up the 500 "budget". Never mind the penchant for everybody expecting 4-6 racks of $5 for their cash games (I don't).

In T25-base, nobody likes 8/8 for first 2 denoms due to "excessive" change making. Need another barrel of $100 to get to 12/12 for single table. To get to 2 tables need 90 more T25 and 140 more T100 for 20 players as OP stated. 40-80x $500 for the middle denoms. Already enough T1k for stacks and rebuys there assuming T5k, shorter 100BB tourney.

So, we are between 560-730 more chips. Standard mantra applies about not using the same set for your cash and tourney in case mix up happens and T25 gets introduced as $25, so get additional $20 for cash, as much as you need to cover bank.

So, I'd say plan for north of 600-700 additional chips, depending on how many $5 and $20 you need for cash.

Have been playing .25/.50 for a decade+ and can't remember last time my group had over a k on the table. Think something like 100x25c, 160x$1, 100x$5, 40x$25 would work?

Similarly have been doing our 8/8/4/2 tourney for over a decade and has been just fine. Open to changing it as I start am starting a new home game, but have been happy with the way we have been running it too.

Thanks for the input (and thanks to everyone else I don't get the chance to respond to).

 

[cahrarar]

Welcome!

Are you happy with 8/8/4/2 starting stacks?

If so, you multiply your tournament setup by 20 and you need 160/160/80/40 plus some extra big chips for color ups. You have plenty of 1k for this. You might want an extra barrel of 500 for bonuses or color ups but it isn't necessary. For the bounty you can buy two sleeves of the ddlm bounty chip or get a barrel of the pink ND chip.

For a functioning .25/.50 set you want a rack of quarters and two racks each of ones and fives, and enough bank to cover a few thousand big blinds (3000-6000). If you use the $25 for both cash and tournament, keep in mind the green chip is double duty and very low value in tournaments but very high value in cash. This can lead to problems if, say, someone finds one on the floor during the cash game after the tournament. A good solution would be to get a rack of semi-custom $20 chips for your high value cash chip (the yellow 5k customized to a $20 would be perfect IMO). It will not cost you much extra to do this, and would bring your bank to $3225 which would be good for .25/.50 and .50/1.

I would suggest the following:

$0.25 x100
$1 x200
$5 x200
$20 x100

$25 x10
$100 x60
$500 x80-100
ND/bounty: x20

Thank you for the suggestion!

The TN25 and $25 cash would be different designs, so not a worry there.

Have been happy with 8/8/4/2 but am open to change.

 

[cahrarar]

I'd go with the following tourney set denoms (needed purchases in parenthesis):

160 x T25 (10)
160 x T100 (60)
80 x T500 (80)
140 x T1000 (40)
60 x T5000 (60)
-------------
600 total chips (250 needed), allowing two-table starting stacks of 8/8/4/7/x (or single-table stacks of 12/12/5/6/x), with adequate chips for all color-ups, re-buys, and/or larger stackchips. It also makes for an attractive set breakdown at resale.

Bare minimum for a 10 player T25-base tourney set is 80/80/40/80/20 = 300 chips, although I would strongly recommend 120/120/50/75/35 = 400 chips.

For a cash set, general consensus is that 500-600 chips are needed to cover a given stake (like 25c/50c). To cover 25c/50c to 50c/$1 games, I'd go with the following minimum breakdown for up to 10 players:

120 x 25c
200 x $1
160 x $5
20 x $20 (or $25)
--------
500 chips, with adequate quarters to support 25c/50c blinds, and sufficient bank ($1430 to $1530, or $140/$150 per player) for your stated game goals.

But if wanting to future-proof the set (and anticipate possible $1/$2 future games, I'd go with:

120 x 25c
200 x $1
200 x $5
60 x $20 (or $25)
20 x $100
---------
600 chips = $4,430 bank.

Thanks for the input - I do like the cash breakdown you provided for 25/50 - 50/1. Unlikely this group gets to 1/2 for a very long time.

For tn, have been playing with my group for well over a decade and have never needed above a 5k even on our biggest nights with 20+ people. Realize toward the end they could be useful for chip ups, but thoughts on leaving 5ks out?

 

[allforcharity]

Have been playing .25/.50 for a decade+ and can't remember last time my group had over a k on the table. Think something like 100x25c, 160x$1, 100x$5, 40x$25 would work?

Similarly have been doing our 8/8/4/2 tourney for over a decade and has been just fine. Open to changing it as I start am starting a new home game, but have been happy with the way we have been running it too.

Thanks for the input (and thanks to everyone else I don't get the chance to respond to).

Whatever works for you, works.

For cash, as long as you have enough bank to cover your table on its biggest night, then your golden. Just have enough workhorse chips (usually the next two denoms after the blinds) to playing easy. Most tables only need 1 rack of quarters when playing 0.25/0.50.

If T25-base T5k works for you with 8/8/4/2, then that's great, too. I would consider 8/8/8 if you want to get all T500s, and reserve your T1k for rebuys or additional chips to increase to T10k.

You don't have to change your game to please us. Any of the recommendations above are really reflective of a "typical" set up that members use on a regular basis. You will often see sets for sale in the Classifieds (as well as from Vendors) that roughly conform to these "typical" breakdowns.

 

[ekricket]

And I would concur. And I am probably one of the "chip efficiency Nazis" that members tend to conjure like some sort of hobby bogeyman.

My reading comprehension is not nearly so poor as some would imply (or infer). There's only so much you'd want to type on a phone screen while sitting on the john.

We get it. You are never wrong. It’s always us.

Now you are going to tell me I’m wrong, because you are always right. Go ahead if it keeps making you feel good about yourself.

 

[Machine]

Can I ask where you got the 500 chip count from? Why did you pick 500?

It is 100 more than you need for tournament play and 100 less than you need for cash games.

Everybody gets something but nobody gets what they want.

 

[allforcharity]

We get it. You are never wrong. It’s always us.

Now you are going to tell me I’m wrong, because you are always right. Go ahead if it keeps making you feel good about yourself.

I'm sure that the OP would rather you post something that helps him rather than denigrating me.

 

[ekricket]

I'm sure that the OP would rather you post something that helps him rather than denigrating me.

Was trying to get you on the same page as him, but we know you were on that page before the OP ever opened the book. As you always are.

 

[cahrarar]

Can I ask where you got the 500 chip count from? Why did you pick 500?

It is 100 more than you need for tournament play and 100 less than you need for cash games.

Everybody gets something but nobody gets what they want.

500 count is just for my order from BRPoker to get the additional 5 cent/chip discount. I am ordering tn chips to add to a 350 set I recently acquired, and ordering a cash set from scratch.

 

[BGinGA]

Similarly have been doing our 8/8/4/2 tourney for over a decade and has been just fine. Open to changing it as I start am starting a new home game, but have been happy with the way we have been running it too.

Have been happy with 8/8/4/2 but am open to change.

For tn, have been playing with my group for well over a decade and have never needed above a 5k even on our biggest nights with 20+ people. Realize toward the end they could be useful for chip ups, but thoughts on leaving 5ks out?

I assume your tournament events are using 8/8/4/2 = T5000 starting stacks and 25/50 blinds. That is 100bb (big blinds) per player to start, which is a perfectly fine tournament format (depending on the blind level progression and the blind level times used). Some players prefer to play in short 'turbo' style events, some in mid-range tournaments, while others prefer deeper-stacked events that last longer and allow more play flexibility before reaching the inevitable shove-fest found at the end of nearly all tournaments. There is no right/wrong answer, but one must experience more than one variation to truly understand the differences and have an informed preference.

However, all tournaments involve using chips to construct bets, and there are certain distributions and quantities of denominations that can optimize the playing experience (or conversely, sub-optimal configurations that can dimenish the playing experience).

For example, here is a brief explanation of tournament design theory:

• denominations
A tournament set typically works best when it consists of fewer denominations that are 4x or 5x apart. Sets that contain too many different denoms that are too close together cause confusion, cause unnecessarily slow play, and hinder game play (difficulty in creating bets, counting pots, estimating stacks, and stacking chips). This is why including T10, T50, or T200 denomination chips is not advised when a tournament set contains T5, T25, T100, and T500 chips.

• quantities
A specific range of chip quantities per denomination is needed to provide efficient and timely game play. Too few available chips causes unnecessary change-making, and too many chips wastes time with excessive counting and re-stacking. Starting stacks with 12-to-16 chips each of the two lowest denominations are considered optimal. Quantities of 8-10 and 18--20 chips each can function but do create playability issues, and quantities lower than 8 or higher than 20 are painfully inefficient. The quantities of the later workhorse chips should also be in this range per remaining player, meaning that the number of those chips in starting stacks can initially be lower, because they will later increase per player due to a combination of shrinking field size (via player eliminations) and the later addition of higher denomination chips (via color-ups).

• distributions
The above reasons are why certain chip denominations and certain chip quantites are recommended for tournament stack distributions and total set configurations. Typical denominations used in a T25-base tournament set include T25, T100, T500, T1000, T5000, and sometimes T25000 for large sets that accomodate large field sizes and starting stacks (some alternate sets use T25, T100, T500, T2000, and T10000 denominations, which are more efficient for certain event structures).

A typical T25-base set starting stack distribution would be 12/12/5/6 = 10k, which is 200bb with 25/50 opening blinds (a relatively deep stack configuration). Removal of some T1000 chips allows smaller 5k starting stacks, and the addition of T1000 and T5000 chips allows larger 15k, 20k, or 25k very deep starting stacks.

Color-ups for the T25 and T100 chips are done with T1000 chips, since they will be needed as workhorse chips in the later levels of the event. Similarly, T5000 chips are used to color-up the T500 chips, as they will also be useful in the later levels. Adding more T100 or T500 chips via color-ups is not needed, since adequate playable quantities of those chips are already included in the starting stacks. Also note that the T500 chip is unique -- since the T1000 chip is only 2x larger, fewer T500 chips are needed (4-to-7 chips per player is plenty). There is no constructed bet size that will ever require more than just one T500 chip.

Building a chip set that can adequately cover multiple format options allows the flexibility to do many things with a single tournament set. One can easily run smaller (or faster turbo style) events with a deep-stack tourney set, but the reverse is simply not possible with a chip set that only supports small stacks.

 

[cahrarar]

I assume your tournament events are using 8/8/4/2 = T5000 starting stacks and 25/50 blinds. That is 100bb (big blinds) per player to start, which is a perfectly fine tournament format (depending on the blind level progression and the blind level times used). Some players prefer to play in short 'turbo' style events, some in mid-range tournaments, while others prefer deeper-stacked events that last longer and allow more play flexibility before reaching the inevitable shove-fest found at the end of nearly all tournaments. There is no right/wrong answer, but one must experience more than one variation to truly understand the differences and have an informed preference.

However, all tournaments involve using chips to construct bets, and there are certain distributions and quantities of denominations that can optimize the playing experience (or conversely, sub-optimal configurations that can dimenish the playing experience).

For example, here is a brief explanation of tournament design theory:

• denominations
A tournament set typically works best when it consists of fewer denominations that are 4x or 5x apart. Sets that contain too many different denoms that are too close together cause confusion, cause unnecessarily slow play, and hinder game play (difficulty in creating bets, counting pots, estimating stacks, and stacking chips). This is why including T10, T50, or T200 denomination chips is not advised when a tournament set contains T5, T25, T100, and T500 chips.

• quantities
A specific range of chip quantities per denomination is needed to provide efficient and timely game play. Too few available chips causes unnecessary change-making, and too many chips wastes time with excessive counting and re-stacking. Starting stacks with 12-to-16 chips each of the two lowest denominations are considered optimal. Quantities of 8-10 and 18--20 chips each can function but do create playability issues, and quantities lower than 8 or higher than 20 are painfully inefficient. The quantities of the later workhorse chips should also be in this range per remaining player, meaning that the number of those chips in starting stacks can initially be lower, because they will later increase per player due to a combination of shrinking field size (via player eliminations) and the later addition of higher denomination chips (via color-ups).

• distributions
The above reasons are why certain chip denominations and certain chip quantites are recommended for tournament stack distributions and total set configurations. Typical denominations used in a T25-base tournament set include T25, T100, T500, T1000, T5000, and sometimes T25000 for large sets that accomodate large field sizes and starting stacks (some alternate sets use T25, T100, T500, T2000, and T10000 denominations, which are more efficient for certain event structures).

A typical T25-base set starting stack distribution would be 12/12/5/6 = 10k, which is 200bb with 25/50 opening blinds (a relatively deep stack configuration). Removal of some T1000 chips allows smaller 5k starting stacks, and the addition of T1000 and T5000 chips allows larger 15k, 20k, or 25k very deep starting stacks.

Color-ups for the T25 and T100 chips are done with T1000 chips, since they will be needed as workhorse chips in the later levels of the event. Similarly, T5000 chips are used to color-up the T500 chips, as they will also be useful in the later levels. Adding more T100 or T500 chips via color-ups is not needed, since adequate playable quantities of those chips are already included in the starting stacks. Also note that the T500 chip is unique -- since the T1000 chip is only 2x larger, fewer T500 chips are needed (4-to-7 chips per player is plenty). There is no constructed bet size that will ever require more than just one T500 chip.

Building a chip set that can adequately cover multiple format options allows the flexibility to do many things with a single tournament set. One can easily run smaller (or faster turbo style) events with a deep-stack tourney set, but the reverse is simply not possible with a chip set that only supports small stacks.

Thanks for the detailed info!

 

[Machine]

500 count is just for my order from BRPoker to get the additional 5 cent/chip discount. I am ordering tn chips to add to a 350 set I recently acquired, and ordering a cash set from scratch.

yeah I ignored the current chip set and Tournament aspect, BGinGA is your guy for tournament sets.

I have a link in my signature (landscape on mobile) for how to setup a breakdown for cash games. Happy to help you here, but I'll need some info, what stakes do you play and what is the avg buy in, how many players do you want to cover?

Are you thinking you will use your tournament 25s and 100s? because that's a big nono.

Also BRPro has deeper discounts at different order levels, you'll not want to buy twice, errr thrice so you should pick up enough chips now especially since your passing the first threshold for discounts.

 

[cahrarar]

yeah I ignored the current chip set and Tournament aspect, BGinGA is your guy for tournament sets.

I have a link in my signature (landscape on mobile) for how to setup a breakdown for cash games. Happy to help you here, but I'll need some info, what stakes do you play and what is the avg buy in, how many players do you want to cover?

Are you thinking you will use your tournament 25s and 100s? because that's a big nono.

Also BRPro has deeper discounts at different order levels, you'll not want to buy twice, errr thrice so you should pick up enough chips now especially since your passing the first threshold for discounts.

Not mixing the tourney and cash sets, no

Playing .25/.50, maybe occasional .50/1, but group is pretty low stakes, buy-ins range 20-50 with these guys.

Hoping to cover ~12, will be a long time before we get past that point I think. Overall bank of ~1200 would be more than sufficient.

Thanks for the input!

 

[Machine]

Not mixing the tourney and cash sets, no

Playing .25/.50, maybe occasional .50/1, but group is pretty low stakes, buy-ins range 20-50 with these guys.

Hoping to cover ~12, will be a long time before we get past that point I think. Overall bank of ~1200 would be more than sufficient.

Thanks for the input!

So if you have 12 people, you'll want to split into 2 tables with 6 players and this is PERFECT for when you discover that NLH isn't actually poker.

Mixed games is in your future! I would suggest 600 for your cash game.

I would suggest that you play .10 / .25 with those buy ins. I'll give you a break down that will cover any game you want to play from .05 / .05 to .50 / .50 could stretch it to 1/2 but it would be tight.

X or non-denominated chip x 100 - this will be used as a .05 chip or later as 100s
25c - 100
$1 - 180
$5 - 300
$20 - 20

This is 700 chips but you won't need to buy any more chips to support your game (most likely), if you had to knock it down to 600 you could forego a rack of $5s just don't let anyone on the forum know, you'll be ostracized ( I'm kinda joking )

personally, I love efficiency so over the past few years I try to see what is optimal, here is my breakdown.

25c - 60
1 - 180
5 - 300
20 - 20
100 - 5

For really deep games I'll put 400 $5s in play. Today I wouldn't buy less than a rack of fracs, because of resell options, most people like a lot of fracs, I'm not a huge fan of putting too many on the table because it slows the game down.

Here is the BEST example I can think of, of a X chip and the full set
I'm not sure but this set might have been inspired by Atlantic city's Casino

image stolen from @BillyBluff

Okay so how you can use this set.

if you play .10 / .25 you can use the X chip as a .05
if you play 1/1+ you can use them as 100s
if you play .50/.50 it can be used as a .50 chip

 

[cahrarar]

So if you have 12 people, you'll want to split into 2 tables with 6 players and this is PERFECT for when you discover that NLH isn't actually poker.

Mixed games is in your future! I would suggest 600 for your cash game.

I would suggest that you play .10 / .25 with those buy ins. I'll give you a break down that will cover any game you want to play from .05 / .05 to .50 / .50 could stretch it to 1/2 but it would be tight.

X or non-denominated chip x 100 - this will be used as a .05 chip or later as 100s
25c - 100
$1 - 180
$5 - 300
$20 - 20

This is 700 chips but you won't need to buy any more chips to support your game (most likely), if you had to knock it down to 600 you could forego a rack of $5s just don't let anyone on the forum know, you'll be ostracized ( I'm kinda joking )

personally, I love efficiency so over the past few years I try to see what is optimal, here is my breakdown.

25c - 60
1 - 180
5 - 300
20 - 20
100 - 5

For really deep games I'll put 400 $5s in play. Today I wouldn't buy less than a rack of fracs, because of resell options, most people like a lot of fracs, I'm not a huge fan of putting too many on the table because it slows the game down.

Here is the BEST example I can think of, of a X chip and the full set
I'm not sure but this set might have been inspired by Atlantic city's Casino

image stolen from @BillyBluff
View attachment 1350777

Okay so how you can use this set.

if you play .10 / .25 you can use the X chip as a .05
if you play 1/1+ you can use them as 100s
if you play .50/.50 it can be used as a .50 chip

Awesome, thanks for the breakdown. The x idea is awesome, but I think it would work me having a chip that doesn't have a denom while the rest do haha.

Have definitely noticed this forum loves its deep $5 sets. Honestly think I could get away with more 1s than 5s for my group - we don't play super deep, but think equal between the two could be way to go for future proofing.

Worst case scenario if me and my friends decide to start high rolling, could do another order and lose out on some of the discount.

Will take the input into account, thank you very much!

 

[Machine]

having a chip that doesn't have a denom while the rest do

Yeah my next set will just not have a denom, I will typically use it as a .50 but I could also make it a .25

 

[cahrarar]

Yeah my next set will just not have a denom, I will typically use it as a .50 but I could also make it a .25

View attachment 1351003

Love the rainbow markings

 

[JustinInMN]

Already have:
TN25 X 150
TN100 X 100
TN1000 X 100

Already have:
TN25 X 150
TN100 X 100
TN1000 X 100

Denoms I am looking to purchase (goal is 500 total)
TN500 X TBD
25c X TBD
$1 X TBD
$5 X TBD
$25 X TBD
Bounty X 20

Yeah 8/8/4/2 really should be where you are for tournament starting stacks. Meaning you need to target 160/160/80 of t25/100/500. You have 60 leftover T1000 chips for 8/8/4/2, plenty to cover color ups or even allowing rebuys if you ever wanted.

So net new you need to be 10*T25, 60*T00, 80*T500

That leaves you only 350 chips for your cash set, which will be tight. I would not order $25 chips at all for your 25¢-50¢ game to be honest. You can allow $20 notes to play if you exhaust the bank.

Probably have to do 80 quarters for a 10 handed game. I am thinking 80/170/100. Even that does not provide full barrels of singles per player.

Now the reason to get quarters would be to play both 25¢-25¢ as well as 25¢-50¢ .

If you don't think you would play down to 25¢-25¢ and since you mentioned you have an eye on 50¢-1 stakes, then maybe you should consider a 50¢ frac instead.

Then maybe you do 40/150/160 of 50¢/1/5

350 chips is a low and awkward number for cash but those are my best suggestions.

 

[BillyBluff]

I'm not sure but this set might have been inspired by Atlantic city's Casino

Absolutely! The original Brighton casino in Atlantic City had a butterfly on the outside of the building.