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Cash Game How many workhorse chips do you prefer in a single table cash game set? (1 Viewer)

How many workhorse chips do you prefer for a fun single table cash NLHE /PLO?

  • 200

    Votes: 18 15.8%

  • 300

    Votes: 33 28.9%

  • 400

    Votes: 39 34.2%

  • 500

    Votes: 9 7.9%

  • 600

    Votes: 5 4.4%

  • 700+

    Votes: 10 8.8%
  • Total voters
    114
upNdown said:
I think there’s something too that, but personally, I think it’s more about the value of the chip than the actual stakes.
$5 chips are substantial, compared to $1s. $1 chips are tipping chips. I don’t want stacks and stacks of $1s. But $5s - $5s are worth something! A single stack is worth $100! And they’re Yellow!
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Agree with this but had to fix something ;) :LOL: :laugh:
 
Eloe2000 said:
I am curious about this part. I haven’t thought about it much but I would think with a self dealt game the more chips and the less the change making required the faster it would move since professional dealers are better at keeping an eye on and change making.
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I just don’t see change being made in a cash game often. Tournaments all the time lol it’s so annoying and why I always have deep stack starting stacks.

Everyone should have enough chips to bet what they need in cash games/and call! BOOYAH!

I was thinking having a dealer helps move chips around. Since we like chips in play, pots get large. Self dealing that could be annoying.
 
Eloe2000 said:
What chip do you call the workhorse in $1/$2?
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Workhorse in 1/2 is definitely the $5. Workhorse at .25/.50 also seems to be $5 imo.

I voted for 400 workhorse chips to split the difference between efficiency and MOAR, but I do think 200 can work in many cases, and allows $20s & $100s to get into play sooner.

My cards molds set is 100/200/400/80/20 ($.50 - $100), which I consider to be an ideal breakdown for a single table game.
 
There’s always a workhorse and secondary workhorse chip in NLH.

Which one is more important are dependable on the group.

If the group who play 25/50c like $1/$2 they are going to need more secondary chip ($5) than workhorse ($1), especially is there is more than 1 strangle as the game grow when more money are in play.

if there a lot of limping and very rare 3-bet, workhorse chip ($1) should stay the same as secondary workhorse chip ($5)
 
Eloe2000 said:
I am curious about this part. I haven’t thought about it much but I would think with a self dealt game the more chips and the less the change making required the faster it would move since professional dealers are better at keeping an eye on and change making.
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There was one .10/.25 game I hosted where half of the table were big gamblers and I got all my Casino Nacional chips in play. It's a self dealt game, and after experiencing this only one time it was clear that the game was slowing down due to the large number of chips in play.
 
for 1/2 I like the ability to dole out at least $200 in $5 chips to every player so at minimum I would say 400 chips for a preferred home game set for me. Then in reality I tend to give out 20x$1 and 36x$5 with the rebuy's/add-ons given out as $5 or +$ chips. I have 3 big sets each with 400,1000 and 1400 counts of $5 chips so yes I like going big in that regard. For higher value chips I have given out $10, $20, $25 and $100 chips though I tend to stick to just one of them so would never really need to play more than 3 denom's at a table ever
 
bergs said:
Whether I spread 25/50c or 50/50c or 1/1 or 1/2, the $5 is always the workhorse chip. 1000 minimum, prefer even more.
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agreed
I like having lots of red chips on the table
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My games are always .25/.50 and I always feel like the $5 chip is more important than the $1 chip. I build all my sets for a single table as 100/200/400/100/(maybe some $100 chips but we never use them). I find that 1 barrel of $1 chips per player is plenty. Another game I play in the host always gives out 2 barrels of $1 chips per player and there is always an excess of $1 chips in stacks that never move (end of night multiple people cash out ~$100 in just $1 chips). My goal with rebuys is to get as many $5s on the table as possible, and I will generally only introduce more $1s if there is a new player sitting down.

I think $25 chips should be more common at 1/2 personally. If I am routinely getting 3+ barrels of any denomination in my stack, there needs to be more of the next denomination up on the table.
 
At the moment there are 17 votes for 400 and only 3 votes for 500. I bet at least a couple of you would like to have that extra rack, but just can’t deal with an odd number.
I think when I finally order that custom set, I’m gonna make it 550 $5s, in hopes of tilting some of you whackos.
 
natumes said:
My games are always .25/.50 and I always feel like the $5 chip is more important than the $1 chip. I build all my sets for a single table as 100/200/400/100/(maybe some $100 chips but we never use them). I find that 1 barrel of $1 chips per player is plenty. Another game I play in the host always gives out 2 barrels of $1 chips per player and there is always an excess of $1 chips in stacks that never move (end of night multiple people cash out ~$100 in just $1 chips). My goal with rebuys is to get as many $5s on the table as possible, and I will generally only introduce more $1s if there is a new player sitting down.

I think $25 chips should be more common at 1/2 personally. If I am routinely getting 3+ barrels of any denomination in my stack, there needs to be more of the next denomination up on the table.
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True chippers love having stacks on the table. It’s one of the reason limit games can be so much fun.

My sets have 6-10 racks of $1s and 1000-1400 $5s in addition to $20/25s and hundos. I want to spread 25/50c and 1/1 today but there is a possibility maybe it’ll be 2/5 or a 5/10 limit game in the future. Having too many workhorse chips isn’t really something you should be worried about.
 
upNdown said:
At the moment there are 17 votes for 400 and only 3 votes for 500. I bet at least a couple of you would like to have that extra rack, but just can’t deal with an odd number.
I think when I finally order that custom set, I’m gonna make it 550 $5s, in hopes of tilting some of you whackos.
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Ha! I’ve though of breakdowns for an 8 player table in even multiples of 10 $5s.

400 chips so there’s 50 of them per player. 480=60 per, 560=70 and so on all the way up to 1200 lol
 
upNdown said:
At the moment there are 17 votes for 400 and only 3 votes for 500. I bet at least a couple of you would like to have that extra rack, but just can’t deal with an odd number.
I think when I finally order that custom set, I’m gonna make it 550 $5s, in hopes of tilting some of you whackos.
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After extras this what I have for the Beach ~550 $5's. I can't stand having the extras around for pictures and stuff - even racks only!
 
bergs said:
True chippers love having stacks on the table. It’s one of the reason limit games can be so much fun.

My sets have 6-10 racks of $1s and 1000-1400 $5s in addition to $20/25s and hundos. I want to spread 25/50c and 1/1 today but there is a possibility maybe it’ll be 2/5 or a 5/10 limit game in the future. Having too many workhorse chips isn’t really something you should be worried about.
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I don't mind having giant stacks in front of me, but if I have that many chips I could easily be using higher denom chips for bets. It's easier to see a bet size using higher denoms that contains fewer total chips rather than stacks of $5 chips from across the table. I don't worry about having too many $5s on the table, but I do think that 1/2 could benefit from having more $25s on the table, and I think that a lot of home games are playing with too many $1s. Compared to my experience anyway; my games do play probably larger than some .25/.50 home games.
 
natumes said:
I think $25 chips should be more common at 1/2 personally. If I am routinely getting 3+ barrels of any denomination in my stack, there needs to be more of the next denomination up on the table.
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100% agree. Having only fives night be fun but I can not imagine it being efficient at all compared to using more 25s.

My 1/2 set has 200 each of 5s and 25s. There should never be any need to bet a barrel worth of chips or more in one bet.


But okey, let's accept the premise that you love having 800 5s on the table in 1/2. Why won't you also love having 800 $1s and basically zero $5s in play in a 25c/50c game? Makes no sense whatsoever.

I very much agree with you @Eloe2000 that is not at all logical. Been wondering a lot about Americans (pcfers?) love of $5 dollar chips.
 
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Marius L said:
100% agree. Having only fives night be fun but I can not imagine it being efficient at all compared to using more 25s.

My 1/2 set has 200 each of 5s and 25s. There should never be any need to bet a barrel worth of chips or more in one bet.


But okey, let's accept the premise that you love having 800 5s on the table in 1/2. Why won't you also love having 800 $1s and basically zero $5s in play in a 25c/50c game? Makes no sense whatsoever.

I very much agree with you @Eloe2000 that is not at all logical. Been wondering a lot about Americans (pcfers?) love of $5 dollar chips.
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We play $1-2 and $2-5 and the $5 is the workhorse …. hardly use the $1s.

But you’re right. In a micro set I’d have TONS of them! However, I think .25/.50 and .50/.50 end up just playing like $1-$2…
 
bergs said:
True chippers love having stacks on the table. It’s one of the reason limit games can be so much fun.

My sets have 6-10 racks of $1s and 1000-1400 $5s in addition to $20/25s and hundos. I want to spread 25/50c and 1/1 today but there is a possibility maybe it’ll be 2/5 or a 5/10 limit game in the future. Having too many workhorse chips isn’t really something you should be worried about.
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Booyah!
 
Eloe2000 said:
Why do people call the 2.5xBB $5 chip in 1/2 the workhorse but don’t consider the 4xBB $1 chip in .25/.25 the workhorse but often consider the 20xBB $5 chip the workhorse!
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Because people are retards and "play .25/.25 like it's 1/2" meaning they don't bet based on the blinds, they just enjoy throwing money in the pot.
 
Same boat,. 25/.50 PLO 200 1s and 5s, 60 fracs, rest are all 20s with 1 or 2 100s
 

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