Why 5¢ chips? (6 Viewers)

[AfterHoursRob]

I see a lot of sets that are designed with a 5¢ chip. Do people use these in their poker games or are they just for collecting? I would hate to see a bunch of these disappear into people's pockets after spending more than 10 times that to make them.

 

[Felt_Lizard]

Assuming your cash set has a regular frac and denoms, the simple addition of the nickel allows the set to serve all the way down to micro stakes. (Nickel dime quarter games).

 

[NotRealNameNoSir]

Welcome! Sure we use them. Allows us to play baby stakes, 5c/10c. 200 big blinds deep with a $20 buyin is fun and splashy.

Most games won't use them, bets are laughable, but its a great way to introduce people to the game and no one gets hurt.

 

[justsomedude]

I see a lot of sets that are designed with a 5¢ chip. Do people use these in their poker games or are they just for collecting? I would hate to see a bunch of these disappear into people's pockets after spending more than 10 times that to make them.

Plenty of reasons...

• Micro-stakes games like .05/.10 and .10/.20 are great way to teach people poker and get them learning the intricacies and nuances of the game without risking hundreds of dollars at a time.
• They're plenty of fun for lower-risk (and more social) games... we used to play .05/.10 LTP (Lunch Time Poker) games on lunch breaks at work. And nobody got mad after losing their $5 buyin. We even had a small trophy we passed around the office to each game's biggest winner; and they'd show it off on their desk.
• Again, back to learning and introduction, I'll be using micro-stakes to teach my kids how to play poker. They'll learn on a set of .05 - .25 - 1.0 chips, with real money at stake (because understanding poker doesn't make much sense if you aren't risking something).

 

[LotsOfChips]

With inflation over the last few decades, they probably don't have the same utility as they once did, but for really low stakes games such as $10 buy in 5c/10c, they may still have some use.

But in reality, the answer is probably - MOAR CHIPS!

 

[surfik]

Well inflation can render set unusable however I decided to play same set we use for last 15 years
just insted PLN we settle in USD....

 

[BadKarma]

We play at the local senior center. It's just a handful of retired/aged seniors who play mostly for social reasons. We laugh more than anything. But mostly, being on a fixed income, a $10 or $20 buyin is about all we can afford anymore.

 

[MeridianFC]

Personally I think having a single non denom chip that can be either a nickel or a dime and starting the denoms with .25 makes the most sense. Well to me.

 

[demonnic]

Yeah, the nickel allows for playing lower stakes. If you're not going to do that much you could use a chip without a denomination on it for the nickel too. Solid starburts and the like are often used for that. Then it can also sub in for a higher value chip if you play a game or two at higher stakes, since you'll never have a nickel and a hundo on the table at the same time.

 

[Felt_Lizard]

you'll never have a nickel and a hundo on the table at the same time.

WRONG. I was a real fast learner...

 

[FestiveKnight]

Why any denom? For use in playing appropriate stakes

 

[drdr]

Depends.
I have a custom addon CPC order for 200 each of 1c, 5c, 25c chips.
Many would say that is insanity .
But it was worth the premium cost to me to finish off my custom set so that I can table any stakes.

 

[Labrat]

Then it can also sub in for a higher value chip if you play a game or two at higher stakes, since you'll never have a nickel and a hundo on the table at the same time.

There's advice on here to build cash sets to cover 25+ rebuys.

Never say never.


"Time for Acey-Duecey!"

 

[Kam]

I like to host and play ‘fun’ stakes just so I can get a game going, also as a gateway drug to try and induce civilians to play maybe at higher regular stakes. Most of my normal friend /colleague circles don’t play, but are happy with super low stakes for a fun random night.

I have a relabel project in the works. Planning to relabel this 25c frac to a non-denom, that way I can be flexible and use it as 5c/50c/$2 etc, vs have a permanent 5c that I might not use that often.

This non-denom will sit here (changed the chip and label), plan to have a 25c as the usual smaller denom:

GL!

 

[demonnic]

Yeah, maybe it's just me but if the amount on the table starts getting that high in a nickel/dime game then I'm gonna clear the nickels and raise the blinds, they're not really doing you much good at that point. I'd love to have that problem honestly heh.

 

[Zaphod]

We usually play 10c/25c and I decided to go with 5c chips instead of 10c so that you wouldn't *have* to make change in the pot. Everyone does anyway, so I might have gone with the 10c in retrospect. However the 5c are brown, which really fits the set. I feel like if I made them 10c, they'd have to be blue. Maybe just something locked into my brain that 10c should be blue.

 

[NotRealNameNoSir]

I feel like if I made them 10c, they'd have to be blue. Maybe just something locked into my brain that 10c should be blue.

Why? Just curious, never heard that before. I've got lots of weird colors but never heard anything for 10 cents.

 

[Phoe9x]

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I always laugh at the 0.25c chip. Super-ultra-micro stakes.

Funny how these casinos can spend so much, but not have another set of eyes checking the inlay design.

 

[Zaphod]

Why? Just curious, never heard that before. I've got lots of weird colors but never heard anything for 10 cents.

I cannot explain. 10c is blue. Maybe something about the way the silver of a fresh dime looks in daylight? It always has been in my mind

 

[Colquhoun]

We usually play 10c/25c and I decided to go with 5c chips instead of 10c so that you wouldn't *have* to make change in the pot. Everyone does anyway, so I might have gone with the 10c in retrospect. However the 5c are brown, which really fits the set. I feel like if I made them 10c, they'd have to be blue. Maybe just something locked into my brain that 10c should be blue.

I’ll bet if you made it 25c/25c, it would play exactly the same.

 

[JMC9389]

I sometimes host 0.10/0.20 NLHE or 0.05/0.10 circus games with a $20 initial buy in. The game can still get expensive. I torched $80 one night at dime stakes.

 

[RadicusScout]

Go #teamnickle!

I have a custom addon CPC order for 200 each of 1c, 5c, 25c chips.

True PCF style right here!

 

[Zaphod]

Why? Just curious, never heard that before. I've got lots of weird colors but never heard anything for 10 cents.

I figured it out. When I was a kid, we used to play with those ultra cheap Bee and Hoyle plastic interlocking chips. The whites were 1c, the reds 5c, and the blues 10c. As I grew up, the tradition of $1 whites and $5 reds in my region replaced those associations, but the blue never changed in my mind and is still worth 10c.

 

[Zaphod]

I’ll bet if you made it 25c/25c, it would play exactly the same.

I've considered this. I just don't know what I'd do with TWO free hands per orbit when my friends are feeling limpy

 

[NotRealNameNoSir]

I figured it out. When I was a kid, we used to play with those ultra cheap Bee and Hoyle plastic interlocking chips. The whites were 1c, the reds 5c, and the blues 10c. As I grew up, the tradition of $1 whites and $5 reds in my region replaced those associations, but the blue never changed in my mind and is still worth 10c.

BOOM. Call me Dr. Melfi, first session is free. What are your feelings on ducks? Water fowl?

 

[roughrabbit]

There's a part that's a 100% mental when you play 5¢ 10¢ chips vs 5 10 chips, especially for beginners. Being able to correlate the amount your betting to an actual dollar value makes games feel much more involved, especially for people who are just picking up poker or want to create splashy games like others have said.

 

[RocAFella1]

Recession

 

[Felt_Lizard]

Recession

Raise.

Let's do....

Multiple reciprocal tariffs, international diplomatic intrigue, and impending thermonuclear war?

 

[Zaphod]

Raise.

Let's do....

Multiple reciprocal tariffs, international diplomatic intrigue, and impending thermonuclear war?

Fold.

 

[upNdown]

I see a lot of sets that are designed with a 5¢ chip. Do people use these in their poker games or are they just for collecting? I would hate to see a bunch of these disappear into people's pockets after spending more than 10 times that to make them.

It sounds crazy, but what a chip actually costs vs. a chip's value in a cash game isn't a consideration for most PCFers.
I play .25/.50 because those are comfortable stakes. But the quarters cost me around ten bucks apiece.