Can a 600 set work well for 0.25/0.25 and 0.25/50 stakes? (1 Viewer)

[Cole Lomas]

Do you guys think I could make a 600 chip set do perfectly fine at these 2 different stakes?

Thinking for the lower stakes I can just make the small and the big blind the same.

For the break out I was thinking something like:

0.25	200
1	200
5	140
20	40
100	20

 

[Beakertwang]

600 chips could certainly work. It would depend on how the game plays, but I would probably get fewer quarters, and get more 5’s.

How big will your game play? Your suggested breakdown has $3750 bank. Is that enough? Too much?

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

120 x 0.25
200 x 1
200 x 5
80 x 20

Bank = 2830, so 283 per player full ring.

Should be enough for 0.25 - 0.25 (NL25) and 0.25 - 0.50 (NL50) full ring.

 

[BSteck]

120 x 0.25
200 x 1
200 x 5
80 x 20

Bank = 2830, so 283 per player full ring.

Should be enough for 0.25 - 0.25 (NL25) and 0.25 - 0.50 (NL50) full ring.

Yep.

I too am firmly in the 120 quarters camp. Makes for nice even 10 @ 12/12/x starting stacks. And IMHO 120 quarters on the table is the Goldilocks number.

I’d maybe swap 5-10 of the 20’s in that lineup for hundos just cause I like hundos and moar n stuff. But I doubt they’d ever see the felt at those stakes.

 

[DrStrange]

Once upon a time, I thought a 600 chip set was extravagant. 500 chips were ample. < sigh > well, I am past that stage. 1,000 chips aren't enough, but that is just the sickness talking. See below:

New configuration of Outpost rack

• DrStrange
• Feb 3, 2016

by Oz Woodworking

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• DrStrange
• Feb 2, 2016

For normal people, 600 chips are enough for a full ring table or two six man tables. I'd drop some fractional chips and add more ones - your player likely only need quarters for the blinds. The ones will be your workhorse chip.

The other end of the spectrum depends on how deep your game plays. You might not need any $100 chips, but a barrel or two will make the bank much larger. $2,000 in the form of 20 x $100 will almost equal the other chip's value. I find it wise to always try to have a bit too much bank. the extra cost is small and adds a safety stock.

I do still have a few 600 chip sets in use. But in most cases I ended up buying extra chips.

Just in case a three table game breaks out or I want to host a meat-up event -=- DrStrange

 

[HeresyReznor]

Once upon a time, I thought a 600 chip set was extravagant. 500 chips were ample. < sigh > well, I am past that stage. 1,000 chips aren't enough, but that is just the sickness talking. See below:

New configuration of Outpost rack

• DrStrange
• Feb 3, 2016

by Oz Woodworking

Santa delivers!

• DrStrange
• Feb 2, 2016

For normal people, 600 chips are enough for a full ring table or two six man tables. I'd drop some fractional chips and add more ones - your player likely only need quarters for the blinds. The ones will be your workhorse chip.

The other end of the spectrum depends on how deep your game plays. You might not need any $100 chips, but a barrel or two will make the bank much larger. $2,000 in the form of 20 x $100 will almost equal the other chip's value. I find it wise to always try to have a bit too much bank. the extra cost is small and adds a safety stock.

I do still have a few 600 chip sets in use. But in most cases I ended up buying extra chips.

Just in case a three table game breaks out or I want to host a meat-up event -=- DrStrange

PCF Chippers are even bigger degenerates than I thought. I mean I like poker chips, but they don't get my meat up!

 

[allforcharity]

100x 0.25
200x 1
200x 5
100x 20/25 (can exchange 20 of these for 100 if desired)

Works perfectly well for up to 10 people. Even racks, too.

 

[mipevi]

In my game I prefer more quarters than has been suggested and use this breakdown per player for a 100 buy-in:

16x 0.25
16x 1
16x 5

Then add some fives and higher denoms to handle rebuys, I’d go with a set of:

160x 0.25
160x 1
200x 5
60x 20
20x 100

 

[Eriks]

100x 0.25
200x 1
200x 5
100x 20/25 (can exchange 20 of these for 100 if desired)

Works perfectly well for up to 10 people. Even racks, too.

I second this breakdown

 

[liftapint]

In my game I prefer more quarters than has been suggested and use this breakdown per player for a 100 buy-in:

16x 0.25
16x 1
16x 5

Then add some fives and higher denoms to handle rebuys, I’d go with a set of:

160x 0.25
160x 1
200x 5
60x 20
20x 100

That’s brilliant!! I love it!

 

[mipevi]

The amount of quarters preferred really comes down to the flow of the game within that group. In my game there’s a lot of limping pre, so I tend to use more quarters to avoid having to constantly make change. Also in a 0.25/0.25 game I want to be able to raise to 0.75 using quarters again and again. If the game is aggro pre and the standard raise in 0.25/0.25 is to 1, then fewer quarters are necessary.

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

Yep.

I too am firmly in the 120 quarters camp. Makes for nice even 10 @ 12/12/x starting stacks. And IMHO 120 quarters on the table is the Goldilocks number.

I’d maybe swap 5-10 of the 20’s in that lineup for hundos just cause I like hundos and moar n stuff. But I doubt they’d ever see the felt at those stakes.

For .25-.25 12 quartiers in starting stacks work better than 8, indeed.

 

[detroitdad]

100x 0.25
200x 1
200x 5
100x 20/25 (can exchange 20 of these for 100 if desired)

Works perfectly well for up to 10 people. Even racks, too.

Agree. This is my standard breakdown. It handles. 25/.25 through 1/1 with a 100 Macx buy in

 

[surfik]

I do not see why not, but take into account how many tables you run at the same time. 1, 2 or more....

 

[toynoob]

The amount of quarters preferred really comes down to the flow of the game within that group. In my game there’s a lot of limping pre, so I tend to use more quarters to avoid having to constantly make change. Also in a 0.25/0.25 game I want to be able to raise to 0.75 using quarters again and again. If the game is aggro pre and the standard raise in 0.25/0.25 is to 1, then fewer quarters are necessary.

PUNISH THE LIMPERS! 100 QUARTERS MAX!

 

[toynoob]

100x 0.25
200x 1
200x 5
100x 20/25 (can exchange 20 of these for 100 if desired)

Works perfectly well for up to 10 people. Even racks, too.

This is all you need. 12 quarters encourages limping. The less you have on the table the more likely the guy with no quarters says "raise to a dollar because I have no quarters" that's my q to raise to $5

 

[churlbut18]

I’m another that thinks 100/200/200/80/20 is perfect for those stakes and more...

 

[churlbut18]

 

[detroitdad]

These all easily cover any one table stakes that my group plays.

 

[toynoob]

This wasn't my idea but somebody on here had mentioned it and I forget who to give credit to. But I give my first five buy-in players a barrel each of quarters ($5) just to make it real easy and then the players that buy in after that can make change on their own

 

[JustinInMN]

Do you guys think I could make a 600 chip set do perfectly fine at these 2 different stakes?

Short answer yes.

And this is going to turn into another #quarterwars thread . (Lot's of digital bloodshed on PCF on this topic.)

But if I may put in my 2c (or 25c as it is), if you are trying to stay to a limit of 600 chips, I think 100 quarters per table is plenty. More than that tend to sit in stacks. I get why players tend to like 120 for the symmetry in a 10 handed game, and that's fine too.

I also like more singles for these particular stakes and fewer fives.

So I like a breakdown of

100/300/160/40 of (0.25/1/5/20, or 25) for a bank of 1925.

If you get $1000 in play, that would be a total of 100/300/125 or 525 chips in play. In a ten ten handed game, the average player would have 52 chips in a stack and most of it in singles for easy counting.

But this answer is specific to the two stakes mentioned. Fives are almost unnecessary at 0.25-0.25 and a sort of short value chip in 0.25-0.50. The single is the workhorse chip in these stakes.

That said, fives have more use in higher stakes. If you are looking to accommodate 1-1 or 1-2, more high denom chips are a must and the 100/200/200/100 breakdown makes more sense.

 

[JustinInMN]

This wasn't my idea but somebody on here had mentioned it and I forget who to give credit to. But I give my first five buy-in players a barrel each of quarters ($5) just to make it real easy and then the players that buy in after that can make change on their own

For whatever reason. I have associated @abby99 with the first time I read this idea, but I can't say with certainty she was first to post it here.

And as a rule, the PCF search hates me.

 

[Eloe2000]

600 is a perfectly compact usable set for .25/.25 through 1/2 (or 1/1 depending on how aggressive it is) for 8-10 people.

.25x120
1x200
5x200
25x60
100x20

Bank = $4530

Ideally I would just add another rack of 1's and then another rack of 5's if expanding. No more quarters.

 

[detroitdad]

I also like more singles for these particular stakes and fewer fives.

I'm guessing ones are your work horse correct? I agree with your breakdown. Ideally I'd like 3 racks of fives in my sets. Ones are only the work horse for about 2 hours. Then fives become the work horse.

First 8 guys get 12 x .25, 17 x 1, 15 x 5 for 100 bucks. The rest of the guys get 20 x 1 and 16 x 5

 

[JustinInMN]

I'm guessing ones are your work horse correct? I agree with your breakdown.

The way I spread games, yes.

Ideally I'd like 3 racks of fives in my sets.

Well, I mean my breakdown for my personal set is

100*0.50
800*1
500*5
100*20
80*25
20*100

(Plus 200* 0.10 strictly for accommodating micro games with 0.30/0.60 limit)

But the limit was 600 chips .

That said, if I am hosting 0.50-0.50 60 max, I do 50/400/150 per table.

That said I understand your games have a much deeper max. .

 

[WedgeRock]

First 8 guys get 12 x .25, 17 x 1, 15 x 5 for 100 bucks. The rest of the guys get 20 x 1 and 16 x 5

And those last four quarters sit in a rack, never to get into play...

Also, I figured out how you always make money....

12 x 25¢ = $3
17 x $1 = $17
15 x $5 = $75
============
$95 total chips for $100 buyin

If you are limiting yourself to 600 chips, you are better off getting 100x25¢ (or 120x25¢ at most). Then you can better spend your chip money on bigger denoms ($5s) and future proof your set a little bit. Your bank is so much deeper is you just trim down the quarters.

100 or 120 x 25¢
200 x $1
240 or 260 x $5
30 x $20/$25
10 x $100

That's a bank of $3k+ and with 10 players, even playing 25¢/50¢, you have 600xBB per player.

 

[toynoob]

And those last four quarters sit in a rack, never to get into play...

Also, I figured out how you always make money....

12 x 25¢ = $3
17 x $1 = $17
15 x $5 = $75
============
$95 total chips for $100 buyin

That's stealing, just saying.

 

[arch3r]

Yup - 600 chips is good.

 

[WedgeRock]

That's stealing, just saying.

That was @detroitdad's starting stack breakdown, and I'm sure it was a typo... He's alot of things, but thief isn't one of them.

 

[toynoob]

That was @detroitdad's starting stack breakdown, and I'm sure it was a typo... He's alot of things, but thief isn't one of them.

I missed that, lol thanks for clearing that up, I was confused