SixSpeedFury
Full House
What's a good 600 chip break down to cover .50/.50, .50/1 and 1/1 games? The denoms are: 50¢, $1, and $5, with $20 as plaques to cover a 10 person game.
Does the 600 count exclude the $20 plaques?
If so, I'd probably go 100/300/200 or 100/200/300 and (at least) 100 plaques. Even that only gets you to a bank of 3350 or 3750.
So I guess it depends on your how big your 1/1 plays. Our average 1/1 bank for ten players when I hosted was ~5k. But that was in part because we had an average buy/rebuy of $200-300.
What games and buyins?
I don't think 600 chips will be enough except at .50/.50.
So what would you for a 800 chip breakdown?
50c x 100
$1 x 200
$5 x 500
I'm building something very similar to what @gopherblue outlined above to support NLHE games of $0.25/$0.50, $0.50/$1, and $1/$2... but using 25c instead of 50c and still keeping it to 800 chips...
200 x $0.25
200 x $1.00
300 x $5.00
80 x $25.00
20 x $100.00
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800 chip set
For $0.25/$0.50 I start with...
20 x $0.25
20 x $1
3 x $5
For $0.50/$1 I start with...
20 x $0.25
20 x $1
11 x $5
For $1/$2 I start with...
20 x $1
16 x $5
4 x $25
What's a good 600 chip break down to cover .50/.50, .50/1 and 1/1 games? The denoms are: 50¢, $1, and $5, with $20 as plaques to cover a 10 person game.
How would your future wife feel about adding CPC to the Gift Registry?I think I'm gonna go with:
50¢ - 100
$1 - 200
$5 - 300
$20 - 60
looks about right? I know I should bump it up to 800, but all my expenses right now are tied up in the wedding, and I can just add on more $5s later down the road.
You already have the plaques, right? If so, then this is a good 600 chip breakdown, and when you are able, you can add on as per @courage's recommendation, by adding 200 more $5s. That'll give you a very versatile set. In time, as your games get bigger, or just for sh!ts and giggles, you can expand to 1000 chips and add a rack or so of $20 chips and a barrel or two of hundos.I think I'm gonna go with:
50¢ - 100
$1 - 200
$5 - 300
$20 - 60
looks about right? I know I should bump it up to 800, but all my expenses right now are tied up in the wedding, and I can just add on more $5s later down the road.
How would the future wife feel about adding CPC to the Gift Registry?
So now I'm curious... For all those that suggest 200 quarters or 200 50c chips is excessive, what do you do for starting stacks? I always try to start with a minimum of 2 barrels (combined across all denominations) for each player. I feel only starting with 28-33 chips is just not enough, but if you cut the quarters in half, isn't that what you're going to end up with?
Future Mrs. Blaster??That gives me cool idea...
Poker chip heads-up set, for helping settle the inevitable marriage disputes. Art incorporates the couple's wedding date, and some imagery that they both connect on. Financed by PCF'ers would make it fairly cheap per person. If there's interest (and future Mrs Blaster is a poker player as well, otherwise decision resolutions would be very lopsided) this could take on a new thread...
Future Mrs. Blaster??
The Mrs. Blaster I married in 1989 & is home right now might have something to say about that!
That would drive my OCD crazy, not having all players start with same stacks.First five players get 20x quarters ($5) as part of their buy-in, which gets all 100 quarters in play from the get-go. Everybody else gets a combination of $1 and $5 chips as dictated by your buy-in size.
That would drive my OCD crazy, not having all players start with same stacks.