What is your preferred frac? (1 Viewer)

[Psypher1000]

If you had to choose between only these two options, which is your preferred fractional?

 

[derekdd23]

Quarters are more versatile, 50c drive me a bit nuts.

 

[Trihonda]

No brainer. For several reasons.

One, I play $.25/.50, and a $.50 chip makes this difficult

Two, versatility. You can play .50/1 with a quarter, but not the other way around.

 

[pokerplayingpisces]

I chose the .25, because it's more versatile. You can run both .25/.50 or .50/$1 with it. With the .50, you're pretty much locked into .50/$1, as you're smallest game. You can always announce that the .50 are worth .25, but I'm way to OCD for that.

FYI- I have three cash sets; two with .25 as the lowest denom, and one with .50 as the lowest denom. The two with the quarters are always in play. I get the set with the .50s in play maybe once a year.

 

[slisk250]

Yes to quarters. I'm relabeling some 50s as 25s too.

 

[dew4au]

lol @ .50

 

[Rhodeman77]

.25 for sure as all the others have listed. Our group would rather play $1/1 than $.50/1 just so they don't have to deal with another chip denomination.

Though paying $.50/1 with quarters would probably drive me even more nuts!

Whatever the smallest chip in play is should be the small blind with fracs.

 

[ovo]

I am the lone wolf, love the 50

 

[surferb]

Quarters all the way. Having 1/2 of the next denom isn't great to me. Same with T500s and 1ks.

That said, I love fracs. I have many of both

 

[courage]

Quarters are more versatile but I like the 50c. With the price of chips these days, they're a better value for multi-table sets, and all the nits can learn to play .50/.50.

 

[liftapint]

Quarters are more versatile but I like the 50c. With the price of chips these days, they're a better value for multi-table sets, and all the nits can learn to play .50/.50.

Yep, $0.50 for me. Can still host a low-stakes games, and only need half as many chips, which is a big deal, given the price of minty casino fracs!!!
That said, when I finally do customs...might go quarters.

 

[slisk250]

Quarters are more versatile but I like the 50c. With the price of chips these days, they're a better value for multi-table sets, and all the nits can learn to play .50/.50.

I can't argue with the nit comment....but moar chips Chris. Value is an abstract concept. I value moar chips on the table. banhammer looming...

see Exhibit A

 

[moose]

Quarters are more versatile but I like the 50c. With the price of chips these days, they're a better value for multi-table sets, and all the nits can learn to play .50/.50.

This. If you play in a home game where someone would ever fold the small blind and give the BB a walk or ask for a chop, then you play in the nittiest game this side of the $2/4 limit game at the senior center.

.50/.50 makes no material difference in nl and makes the opening pot raise in plo $2.'

 

[Ben]

.50/.50 makes no material difference in nl and makes the opening pot raise in plo $2.'

^^This is most important factor IMO, with cost consideration of a bunch of chips that are usually more expensive and don't really do anything a close second. The opening pot raise at $.25/$.50 is still $2, but it's nice not to have to explain why 47 times to Nitty McNitterson and his brother, Nittier. I used to be all about the quarters, but now I really wish I had just used a $.50 in my custom set.

Also a $.50 is more "casino authentic," if that appeals to you - historically, many more casinos have used $.50 chips than $.25 chips.

 

[Psypher1000]

My preferred game is $.25/$.25, sooo...$.25.

 

[MD Mike]

25c

We can't all be fat-cat lawyers and have 50c stakes!

 

[pltrgyst]

If I am forced to choose, it would be quarters for their versatility.

Fifty centers are only really appropriate if you're playing with an unusual set of chips, such as .50/2/10.

That said, I still advocate not using fracs at all. Play $1/2 using $1s as your smallest chip, and simple arithmetic to convert for any stakes.

 

[slisk250]

^^This is most important factor IMO, with cost consideration of a bunch of chips that are usually more expensive and don't really do anything a close second. The opening pot raise at $.25/$.50 is still $2, but it's nice not to have to explain why 47 times to Nitty McNitterson and his brother, Nittier. I used to be all about the quarters, but now I really wish I had just used a $.50 in my custom set.

Also a $.50 is more "casino authentic," if that appeals to you - historically, many more casinos have used $.50 chips than $.25 chips.

data to support this claim? I'm of the opinion that houses like Terrible's used the 50s in blackjack because they were too cheap to make snappers. I wonder what their poker stakes were when open? Did they spread any lower than 1/2?

 

[bivey]

both have there place. I like the 50c for limit games, the quarter is more versatile however.

 

[upNdown]

I guess since some casino sets came with real inlaid $.50's, if you have one of those sets, then $.50's are the best. But otherwise, I'd rather quarters, no doubt.
.50/1 has always seemed to me like an awkward compromise between .25/.50 and 1/1. At least for NLHE. Maybe there are other games where the .50 makes more sense?

 

[chipjoker]

I like the 1/4's best

 

[abby99]

Quarters, most definitely.

If we need 50c, we can use two quarters. However, if we have 50c chips and need quarters, it's not as if we're going to break the 50c chips in half!

Seriously, both of my custom sets have quarters because I prefer .25/.50 for NL/PL games. My PCA set has halves, which are fine -- we play with .50/.50 blinds.

Besides, moar chipes > fewer chipes. Isn't that why we're here? (y) :thumbsup:

 

[Psypher1000]

Play $1/2 using $1s as your smallest chip, and simple arithmetic to convert for any stakes.

Ah, so instead of denoms, they are a quantity of units? So if the unit was a quarter, a $5 chip is just worth $1.25?

 

[bentax1978]

Ah, so instead of denoms, they are a quantity of units? So if the unit was a quarter, a $5 chip is just worth $1.25?

Basically.

So in this case you'd get 4x the amount of chips you bought in for, and when it comes time to cash out, you'd get one-quarter of their face value. It only gets "confusing" if you're not consistent when it comes to verbal bets. For example, if someone says "I raise $10", you need to be clear up front if that means $10 in chips or $10 actual dollars. To keep things sane, it should be the former. If done properly, the only time anyone needs to use math (for scaling chips) is when buying or cashing in chips.

 

[Max D]

Quarters because I dont know any better

 

[pltrgyst]

Basically.

So in this case you'd get 4x the amount of chips you bought in for, and when it comes time to cash out, you'd get one-quarter of their face value. It only gets "confusing" if you're not consistent when it comes to verbal bets. For example, if someone says "I raise $10", you need to be clear up front if that means $10 in chips or $10 actual dollars. To keep things sane, it should be the former. If done properly, the only time anyone needs to use math (for scaling chips) is when buying or cashing in chips.

Exactly. Any amounts verbalized during play are always in terms of chips.

I especially like this because it prepares everyone for playing casino 1/2.

 

[slisk250]

Exactly. Any amounts verbalized during play are always in terms of chips.

I especially like this because it prepares everyone for playing casino 1/2.

We play a multiplier because our chips are USD and we use SAR cash in our games. Then we play 1/2. Our blinds are stupidly low. It comes out to .10/.20 but the most common first raise is often 15-25. We should raise the blinds but these guys just won't adjust. I'd like to see 5/10 with the conversions. Works out to .75/1.5 USD if they would go for it....nits.

 

[Ben]

data to support this claim? I'm of the opinion that houses like Terrible's used the 50s in blackjack because they were too cheap to make snappers. I wonder what their poker stakes were when open? Did they spread any lower than 1/2?

Data? Dafuq is data? I reckon it's so.

In addition to Terribles, PCA, Point Defiance, etc., it seems like all the NV casinos had $.50 chips back in the '70s, (when, as my dad would say, "a dollar was still worth about 10 cents.") Was the standard "poker" game back then $2/$4 stud with a $.50 ante?

 

[slisk250]

Data? Dafuq is data? I reckon it's so.

In addition to Terribles, PCA, Point Defiance, etc., it seems like all the NV casinos had $.50 chips back in the '70s, (when, as my dad would say, "a dollar was still worth about 10 cents.") Was the standard "poker" game back then $2/$4 stud with a $.50 ante?

I hear you. I'm actually curious if all those River area casinos in the midwest spread anything below 1/2 when they had all those 50s? Were they just using them for $1 BJ?

 

[RainmanTrail]

50c chips for me