Tourney Do you prefer T5s, T25s, or no preference? (3 Viewers)

[Sap]

Just curious on how you guys feel about the difference in these tournaments.

Do you like T25s because the numbers are bigger and colors are brighter? Or is there something else entirely.

I’m interested to hear any opinions, thanks!

 

[MichaelBubly]

I prefer T25. Likely because it's what I play most. I also like a lot of tournament set high denom like $1k and $5k chips so getting them in use in quantity is always nice. I've played T5 and don't mind it, but I always associate a 5 with cash.

 

[BGinGA]

T25-base, followed by T500-, T100-, and T.25-base. Have never liked how T5-base plays.

 

[Sap]

T25-base, followed by T500-, T100-, and T.25-base. Have never liked how T5-base plays.

Any main reasoning for disliking the T5-base? Just too small of stacks (10/10/7/2)?

 

[upNdown]

T25-base, followed by T500-, T100-, and T.25-base. Have never liked how T5-base plays.

Yes. For me, it’s not about colors or higher values, it’s about how the increasing blinds play. And though I’m fine with T5, there always seem to be some blind levels that are a pain in the butt. Like maybe you have a 20/40 level, where you have to fire out 4 chips to make the big blind. It just seems like you end up with more of those awkward levels in a T5 than other formats. It isn’t a big deal, but if we’re looking for a tiebreaker for which format is best, T5 will never be best.

 

[MeridianFC]

I don’t mind either but prefer T25 because that is what I’ve done longest and seems to be most common (at least I think so be curious to know). The first tournaments I played in casinos back in the 90s were T5 base though. I’m pretty sure it’s not the same anymore

Colors can be anything you want so I don’t think that’s a reason to choose the format.

 

[LeLe]

I personally like T5 tourney because in my younger days, all the online S&G and tourney are all T5 format

If the above is not a factor, I will likely prefer T100 tourney

 

[BGinGA]

Any main reasoning for disliking the T5-base?

Awkward blind levels and resulting non-intuitive bet/raise amounts:

...it’s about how the increasing blinds play.

some blind levels ....are a pain in the butt. Like maybe you have a 20/40 level, where you have to fire out 4 chips to make the big blind.

you end up with more of those awkward levels in a T5 than other formats.

 

[GrindstonePoker]

Finally moved my tournaments on from a T5 base up to a T100. As the TD it has made coloring up less of a chore.

 

[Preditor]

Right now I co-host a T5 tournament. A friend of mine and I started this on a whim.

The reason we go T5? A couple.

1. First of all, almost everyone is an amatuer player. This is a low-stakes home game ($30 buy-in). We have a lot of people playing poker the first time in ANY format, and there's already some confusion about why they pay $30 for a buy-in and get $1500 in chips and not $30. Keeping it lower at T5 is less intimidating for a lot of people. A starting stack of T1500 is easily divisible by $30 for most people.
2. The chips I have been using don't have denominations on them. They are second-hand chips (not dice ones), but I got a great deal on them (600 for $80) on a whim. Because of that, I decided the denominations the first night. I decided for T5s (whites), T20s (reds), T50s (blues) and T100s (blacks). On the first color-up we repurpose the whites to be $500, then the reds to be $1000 a few rounds later.

Again, I kind of put this together myself on a whim in one day, and didn't really have time to research what was best. I didn't know T20s and T50s weren't common denominations (and I don't really understand why... going from $5 to $25 chips makes little sense to me).

That being said, I've done a lot of research since the first time we did this 3 months ago. If our game continues to grow, I want to invest in some Majestic chips, and I will likely shift the format to a T25 one out of sheer convenience for making change.

Until then, I think T5 for super, super amateur players is the best way to go, at least for my friends.

 

[BGinGA]

Right now I co-host a T5 tournament. A friend of mine and I started this on a whim.

The reason we go T5? A couple.

1. First of all, almost everyone is an amatuer player. This is a low-stakes home game ($30 buy-in). We have a lot of people playing poker the first time in ANY format, and there's already some confusion about why they pay $30 for a buy-in and get $1500 in chips and not $30. Keeping it lower at T5 is less intimidating for a lot of people. A starting stack of T1500 is easily divisible by $30 for most people.
2. The chips I have been using don't have denominations on them. They are second-hand chips (not dice ones), but I got a great deal on them (600 for $80) on a whim. Because of that, I decided the denominations the first night. I decided for T5s (whites), T20s (reds), T50s (blues) and T100s (blacks). On the first color-up we repurpose the whites to be $500, then the reds to be $1000 a few rounds later.

Again, I kind of put this together myself on a whim in one day, and didn't really have time to research what was best. I didn't know T20s and T50s weren't common denominations (and I don't really understand why... going from $5 to $25 chips makes little sense to me).

That being said, I've done a lot of research since the first time we did this 3 months ago. If our game continues to grow, I want to invest in some Majestic chips, and I will likely shift the format to a T25 one out of sheer convenience for making change.

Until then, I think T5 for super, super amateur players is the best way to go, at least for my friends.

Once you change to a properly constructed non-T5 base set, you'll see the difference it makes in game play.

 

[Preditor]

Once you change to a properly constructed non-T5 base set, you'll see the difference it makes in game play.

No doubt. If this continues to grow, it won't be long until we want get some nicer chips (hence why I am here!), and we'll probably transition to that then .

 

[ovo]

T25, but I like to keep T5 options open

 

[philhut]

Finally moved my tournaments on from a T5 base up to a T100. As the TD it has made coloring up less of a chore.

anyone found much difference between a T1 base and a T100 base tourney other than two zeros? slide the decimal and it's pretty much the same thing.

T1 for actual buy in value for the win, ultimate tournament to in my book otherwise I vote T25 second then T5 third
T1
10x1
13x5
13x25
1x100
Value-500 ($500 or less to taste lol)
most any low denom cash sets can cover it or specific NCV can be used.

 

[BPTDirector]

T25 is my choice because that’s what plays in casino boats around here and when I started this 16 years ago I did it to ease the anxiety of playing in a casino.

 

[BGinGA]

anyone found much difference between a T1 base and a T100 base tourney other than two zeros? slide the decimal and it's pretty much the same thing.

No, they are very different, because of the actual denomination chips used in each.

A T1-base set (1,5,25,100) has no T10 or T50 chips

A T100-base set (100,500,1000,5000) typically has no T2500 or T10000 chips.

That requires different stack configurations, different bet constructs, and tailored blind structures, and makes them play entirely different imo.

 

[brewdawg]

I still primarily do a T5 tournament because my chipsets were built that way years ago. I guess what I should do is either try to find more high denom Samurai Palace to add to my set, or try to trade out some/all of my $5s.

Same thing with my Nevada Jack set, although it is big enough that I could just drop the 5s and have fewer chips. But I have been thinking about trying to build both sets out for T25, rather than T5.

 

[NoNamePokerGuy]

I still primarily do a T5 tournament because my chipsets were built that way years ago. I guess what I should do is either try to find more high denom Samurai Palace to add to my set, or try to trade out some/all of my $5s.

Same thing with my Nevada Jack set, although it is big enough that I could just drop the 5s and have fewer chips. But I have been thinking about trying to build both sets out for T25, rather than T5.

There are a lot of people who will be interested in your 5$ samurai

 

[rowlin]

I like a T-25 base because the blind levels for much of the tournament are whole multiples of a hundred or thousand.

 

[brewdawg]

There are a lot of people who will be interested in your 5$ samurai

I figure there will be. I think the other reason I did a T5 tournament setup with these is that the highest denom was $5000.