@Shaggy , this is great information and answers some of my questions too...
I also have a limit set of 900 x $1's and 100 x $25's...
This set easily supports a $2/$4 Limit Hold'em game, allowing a full rack of $1's to 8 players with some to spare, $100 buy-in (meeting the 25 big bet standard). And because this is a 2 chip / 4 chip structure, the $1's also allow the ability to post the $1 small blind, 2 chips for the small bet, and 4 chips for the big bet.
But I want to introduce 7 card stud like you and
@Pinball , and had questions on how to do that with this same 2 denomination set (not using quarters).
1) Are you doing the dealer ante of $2 so that you don't require every player to ante something much smaller like 25c or 50c, avoiding the need for fracs (I hope so)? A $2 dealer ante equates to the same amount if all 8 players were to ante a quarter which is perfect. You just have to deal with people potentially missing a deal. Anything other issues you encounter with this $2 dealer ante concept?
2) The $1 bring in bet in stud essentially acts like the small blind, meaning it is a forced bet, but in this case you don't know who is going to be first to act until the first up card is dealt, so you assign the bring in bet to the player with the lowest card showing? And what if that player wants to fold? Is it simply the player that is first to act is the player that pays the bring in or is it the player with the lowest card dealt face up regardless of whether they decide to play the hand or not? And once the bring in is payed, the next player to act would still need to raise to the $2 small bet minimum? Trying to understand the details of the bring in.
2A) would you ever forgo the $1 bring in and just have the player with the highest up card lead the betting with the standard $2 small bet (or check)? So essentially no forced bet.
3) If you apply a limit betting structure to 7 card stud, and there are 5 betting rounds instead of the 4 you have with hold'em, do you have the 1st 2 betting rounds represent the small bet and the last 3 betting rounds represent the big bet or vice versa?
I think these are my 3 main questions regarding 7 card stud.
Thanks,