Upgrade current set or start new? (1 Viewer)

[Phaetos]

I currently have a set of Desert Sands ... http://www.discountcasinogear.com/Desert-Sands-Casino-Poker-Chips-p/23.htm, just as an example page. Have loved the chips, but the denoms I have them in don't match well for cash games, which we seem to be playing more lately than tourney. I don't have exact counts at the moment, I can get them if needed, but I got 50cent, $25, $100, $500, $1000. When using them for tourney, we just use the NUMERICAL value on the chip. But as you can see, these values don't play well for a cash game of $0.25cent/$0.50cent.

So what I would need are 25cent, $1 and some $5 chips. Our typical buyins are for $20 - $25 plus rebuys., typically 5-8 players.

Should I just add-on to this current set, which seem to be almost $1/chip, or start with a new fresh cash set and how should I break it down? Which option would be more economical?

Thanks .....

 

[Phaetos]

Since I can't seem to edit my post, I'll add this here. My current breakdown is this:

$0.50 - 91 (missing 4 it seems)
$25 - 196 (missing 4 it seems)
$100 - 152 (missing 3 it seems)
$500 - 75
$1000 - 25

Grand total of 539, so I seem to be missing 11 over the years, otherwise it would be a 550 piece set.

How can I fix this to make it a good cash set?

ETA: It let me edit this post, weird. Anyway, I found these chips here: http://www.americangamingsupply.com/desertsandscasinoceramicpokerchip.aspx for $17/roll with 25 chips in each roll, makes then $0.68/chip.

 

[Phaetos]

Damnit! I found another small case with more chips in it of the same set .... updated breakdown of what I have:

$0.50 - 200
$25 - 250
$5 - 50
$100 - 200
$500 - 75
$1000 - 25

Total - 750 pieces. Holy crap! Didn't realize I had that many. Totally forgot about that smaller case with extras in it.

 

[BGinGA]

Amazon has three denominations for sale -- 50-chip rolls for either 33c each (25c and 50c chips) or 38c each ($1000 chips) with free shipping:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...ker+chips&rh=i:aps,k:desert+sands+poker+chips

Beyond those three denominations, if you plan on expanding your Desert Sands set, I'd talk to Gene @ ABC. He owns both the Nevada Jacks and Desert Sands chip lines, and offers the latter for as little as 50c/chip for 500 chips with free shipping. Let him know what you want, and I'm sure he'll make you a good deal. His standard price for 100 chips is about 69c each, so the more you buy, the better deal you'll get.

http://www.customizedpokerchips.com/store/desert-sands/
http://www.abcgiftsandawards.com/

However, based on your current breakdown, I'd probably expand your Desert Sands set into a more playable tournament set, and get something else for your cash game needs. The 50c chips are pretty useless, and your other denominations (25/100/500/1000) are much better suited for tournament play, and it won't take very many chips to expand what you have to a really nice and versatile set.

Here are a couple of good breakdowns for each:

tournament:
200 x 25
200 x 100
150 x 500
250 x 1000
--------------
800 chips

cash:
100 x 25c
300 x $1
200 x $5
--------------
600 chips

 

[ovo]

I'm always for upgrading

 

[Phaetos]

Amazon has three denominations for sale -- 50-chip rolls for either 33c each (25c and 50c chips) or 38c each ($1000 chips) with free shipping:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=desert+sands+poker+chips&rh=i:aps,k:desert+sands+poker+chips

Beyond those three denominations, if you plan on expanding your Desert Sands set, I'd talk to Gene @ ABC. He owns both the Nevada Jacks and Desert Sands chip lines, and offers the latter for as little as 50c/chip for 500 chips with free shipping. Let him know what you want, and I'm sure he'll make you a good deal. His standard price for 100 chips is about 69c each, so the more you buy, the better deal you'll get.

http://www.customizedpokerchips.com/store/desert-sands/
http://www.abcgiftsandawards.com/

However, based on your current breakdown, I'd probably expand your Desert Sands set into a more playable tournament set, and get something else for your cash game needs. The 50c chips are pretty useless, and your other denominations (25/100/500/1000) are much better suited for tournament play, and it won't take very many chips to expand what you have to a really nice and versatile set.

Here are a couple of good breakdowns for each:

tournament:
200 x 25
200 x 100
150 x 500
250 x 1000
--------------
800 chips

cash:
100 x 25c
300 x $1
200 x $5
--------------
600 chips

Thanks for the links. Why is the 50c useless? And what would you suggest for a cash set?

 

[brains613]

You mentioned the amount of your buy-ins, but not the stakes. Is it .25/.50?

 

[Phaetos]

You mentioned the amount of your buy-ins, but not the stakes. Is it .25/.50?

Yes, thought I mentioned that .... sorry

 

[BGinGA]

updated breakdown of what I have:
$0.50 - 200
$5 - 50
$25 - 250
$100 - 200
$500 - 75
$1000 - 25

To use your existing chips for maximum value, I'd bump these numbers:

200 x $25
200 x $100
75 x $500
25 x $1000

by 300 more chips (75 x $500, 225 x $1000), to this:

200 x $25
200 x $100
150 x $500
250 x $1000

for a nice versatile 800-chip tournament set. Allows up to two tables of T15K starting stacks (or single table T30K stacks).


For the existing cash chips:

200 x 50c
50 x $5
50 x $25

I'd add the following 500 chips (300 x $1, 200 x $5), to make this:

200 x 50c
300 x $1
250 x $5
50 x $25

to make a solid 800-chip set that can be used for 50c/50c cash games (or just a single 50c BB with no small blind). Add a rack of quarters if you insist on playing 25c/50c stakes.


You arguably could get away with just adding 200 x $1 chips to make this 500-chip set for up to 8 players:

200 x 50c
200 x $1
50 x $5
50 x $25

Or use your existing $100 chips as dollars, no extra chips required.

 

[Phaetos]

Thanks BG! Much to be considered here.

 

[kmccormick100]

One other thought we used to do was play $25s as quarters, $100s as $1 and $500s as $5s, basically penny face value. You have a pretty good breakdown already to make that work. Just my $.02