The Quest for a Micro-Stakes Chipset (3 Viewers)

[4SUMERZ]

I was in a similar position, trying to decide on a micro cash set. I decided on $.25/$.25 blinds. I use $.25. $.50. $1.00 and $5.00 for the buy ins.
I'm now rethinking about using the $.50 at all.

 

[Beakertwang]

I was in a similar position, trying to decide on a micro cash set. I decided on $.25/$.25 blinds. I use $.25. $.50. $1.00 and $5.00 for the buy ins.

This is what I was going to suggest. .25/.25 will basically play the same as .1/.2, and it simplifies your set. You could still get some nickels for some micro stakes games with family, kids, or beginners, but .25/1/5 with a handful $20's or $25's (maybe plaques!) should be plenty for your game.

 

[SeanGecko]

This is what I was going to suggest. .25/.25 will basically play the same as .1/.2, and it simplifies your set. You could still get some nickels for some micro stakes games with family, kids, or beginners, but .25/1/5 with a handful $20's or $25's (maybe plaques!) should be plenty for your game.

Plaques!!!
Or 43mm

 

[isthisevencreative]

Also @rjdev7 has designed some amazing Super Poker World ceramics! He has offered his design to the community for a small fee and they are made on the same blanks from BR Pro as the DDLM chips, just a different design. Not everyone's flavor but I absolutely love them! Super bright fun colors too!
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They can be ordered from this link if any interest
Thread 'Super Poker World Ceramic Chips' https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/super-poker-world-ceramic-chips.88888/

Dude these are sick they remind me of some pigs I had when I was a kid they look bright as heck too

 

[isthisevencreative]

This is what I was going to suggest. .25/.25 will basically play the same as .1/.2, and it simplifies your set. You could still get some nickels for some micro stakes games with family, kids, or beginners, but .25/1/5 with a handful $20's or $25's (maybe plaques!) should be plenty for your game.

So .25/1/5/20/25 what about any 10’s? What would most people use for a beginner group of about 6-9 people I’m super new thanks

 

[tabletalker7]

So .25/1/5/20/25 what about any 10’s? What would most people use for a beginner group of about 6-9 people I’m super new thanks

Well, first we need to know what your expected stakes are. I have a group of players that play extremely casually and another group of more serious players. The casual players play nickel and dime while the more serious players have no use for a nickel chip. Tell us more about your group

 

[Beakertwang]

So .25/1/5/20/25 what about any 10’s? What would most people use for a beginner group of about 6-9 people I’m super new thanks

Don't get 10's. For the most part, it's best to have your chip values be 4x or 5x the previous denomination. Too many denominations just clutter up pots, make them harder to count, split, etc. Plus, it's less efficient on your chipping dollar.

 

[Sparkynutz]

In same boat. Leaning towards custom chips but much higher qty might be the deal-breaker due to cost.
Another option I like similar to Monte Carlos but better and still reasonably cheap are Casino Elite chips at Casino4you. Many denoms to pick from and nice colors. Looked at them again. Denoms and standard colors are more geared towards tournament chips. There was another similar chip geared more towards cash I liked but forget where.
Labeled dice chips for now I'm currently using-
Teal 5c qty 300
Blue 25c qty 300
White $1 qty 400
Red $5 qty 200
Green $20 plaques qty 30
Black $100 plaques qty 5

 

[Beakertwang]

In same boat. Leaning towards custom chips but much higher qty might be the deal-breaker due to cost.
Another option I like similar to Monte Carlos but better and still reasonably cheap are Casino Elite chips at Casino4you. Many denoms to pick from and nice colors. Looked at them again. Denoms and standard colors are more geared towards tournament chips. There was another similar chip geared more towards cash I liked but forget where.
Labeled dice chips for now I'm currently using-
Teal 5c qty 300
Blue 25c qty 300
White $1 qty 400
Red $5 qty 200
Green $20 plaques qty 30
Black $100 plaques qty 5

If you are upgrading your set, I would suggest you need far fewer nickels, and probably fewer quarters. I run a full table 5¢/10¢ game with 100 nickels and 200 quarters. Once the group learned to make change efficiently, there were no issues. In fact, I fell like I could put 60 nickels on the table, and it would play just fine.

However, most of our pre flop opens are to 50¢ or more. Most bets post flop are in dollars. Your game may play smaller, but I doubt you'd have trouble with 100 nickels and 200 quarters.

The standard breakdown recommendation is 100/200/200/80/20, for a tidy 600 chips. If that's 5¢/25¢/$1/$5/$20, that would be be a bank of just over $1000. You can certainly get more chips, particularly the "workhorse" denominations, which would be 1's, maybe quarters if your game plays small, or, you could add more 5's and 20's to allow you to play larger stakes. But I'd be willing to bet the 600 chips would work just fine.

Decide your budget, then maybe expand it a bit, and you can get much better chips than the ones you mentioned. The cards molds ceramics have been extremely popular around here, and you could get 600 of those for around $250. Lot of microstakes sets are circulating.

 

[isthisevencreative]

If you are upgrading your set, I would suggest you need far fewer nickels, and probably fewer quarters. I run a full table 5¢/10¢ game with 100 nickels and 200 quarters. Once the group learned to make change efficiently, there were no issues. In fact, I fell like I could put 60 nickels on the table, and it would play just fine.

However, most of our pre flop opens are to 50¢ or more. Most bets post flop are in dollars. Your game may play smaller, but I doubt you'd have trouble with 100 nickels and 200 quarters.

The standard breakdown recommendation is 100/200/200/80/20, for a tidy 600 chips. If that's 5¢/25¢/$1/$5/$20, that would be be a bank of just over $1000. You can certainly get more chips, particularly the "workhorse" denominations, which would be 1's, maybe quarters if your game plays small, or, you could add more 5's and 20's to allow you to play larger stakes. But I'd be willing to bet the 600 chips would work just fine.

Decide your budget, then maybe expand it a bit, and you can get much better chips than the ones you mentioned. The cards molds ceramics have been extremely popular around here, and you could get 600 of those for around $250. Lot of microstakes sets are circulating.

I think I’m gonna go with this

 

[isthisevencreative]

Well, first we need to know what your expected stakes are. I have a group of players that play extremely casually and another group of more serious players. The casual players play nickel and dime while the more serious players have no use for a nickel chip. Tell us more about your group

Would be .5/.10 for sure they are all new amd we don’t make a ton of money it’s mainly active duty army players

 

[isthisevencreative]

In same boat. Leaning towards custom chips but much higher qty might be the deal-breaker due to cost.
Another option I like similar to Monte Carlos but better and still reasonably cheap are Casino Elite chips at Casino4you. Many denoms to pick from and nice colors. Looked at them again. Denoms and standard colors are more geared towards tournament chips. There was another similar chip geared more towards cash I liked but forget where.
Labeled dice chips for now I'm currently using-
Teal 5c qty 300
Blue 25c qty 300
White $1 qty 400
Red $5 qty 200
Green $20 plaques qty 30
Black $100 plaques qty 5

How do you like the plaques never seen anyone using them just wanted to see what y’all’s opinions are

 

[Sparkynutz]

I used the 5 black plaques for a tournament twice and everyone wanted them. Unfortunately we still had to use regular black chips too. The Black plaques were out of stock so I ordered a bunch of green and will use them just for cash games and make it easy to seperate my cash chips from tournament chips. White and red chips are the same but the cash chips have silver sharpie denomination on them. I haven't used the green plaques yet but I'm sure they'll go over well since it's a bunch of the same guys that liked them at the previous tournaments.

 

[tabletalker7]

Would be .5/.10 for sure they are all new amd we don’t make a ton of money it’s mainly active duty army players

100 x 5¢
200 x 25¢
200 x $1
100 x $5

Use this per table. I have run 2 tables with double this and had no problems whatsoever.

 

[springbox]

100 x 5¢
200 x 25¢
200 x $1
100 x $5

Use this per table. I have run 2 tables with double this and had no problems whatsoever.

If you are upgrading your set, I would suggest you need far fewer nickels, and probably fewer quarters. I run a full table 5¢/10¢ game with 100 nickels and 200 quarters. Once the group learned to make change efficiently, there were no issues. In fact, I fell like I could put 60 nickels on the table, and it would play just fine.

However, most of our pre flop opens are to 50¢ or more. Most bets post flop are in dollars. Your game may play smaller, but I doubt you'd have trouble with 100 nickels and 200 quarters.

The standard breakdown recommendation is 100/200/200/80/20, for a tidy 600 chips. If that's 5¢/25¢/$1/$5/$20, that would be be a bank of just over $1000. You can certainly get more chips, particularly the "workhorse" denominations, which would be 1's, maybe quarters if your game plays small, or, you could add more 5's and 20's to allow you to play larger stakes. But I'd be willing to bet the 600 chips would work just fine.

Decide your budget, then maybe expand it a bit, and you can get much better chips than the ones you mentioned. The cards molds ceramics have been extremely popular around here, and you could get 600 of those for around $250. Lot of microstakes sets are circulating.

Seconding these. 100/200/200 works great, and the last 100 you can do all $5s, or 80/20 or 75/25 of $5/$25(or $20). Not a whole lot of need for the $20s/$25s because you'll already have $600 in bank before touching them which is 30~60 buy ins at 5c/10c, but if you just like the variety it's fun to have another color of chip.

 

[Beakertwang]

Seconding these. 100/200/200 works great, and the last 100 you can do all $5s, or 80/20 or 75/25 of $5/$25(or $20). Not a whole lot of need for the $20s/$25s because you'll already have $600 in bank before touching them which is 30~60 buy ins at 5c/10c, but if you just like the variety it's fun to have another color of chip.

And a few $20's or $25's would allow you to play some .25/.25 or ..25/.50 if you find a group interested in a bit higher stakes.

 

[Himewad]

The OP was last logged on in June and people still posting lol. Well, might as well post another micro stakes set!

 

[Sparkynutz]

The OP was last logged on in June and people still posting lol. Well, might as well post another micro stakes set!

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For sale? Pretty darn fitting for my name and colors are pretty cool too!

 

[Himewad]

For sale? Pretty darn fitting for my name and colors are pretty cool too!

Not for sale, no