I could see myself burning a lot of money from this forum - beginner learnings & thoughts.. (4 Viewers)

[BigGrizz]

not worth having that small of a jump in denoms?

You typically want 5 or 4 chips per jump. The exception to the rule is usually 500s to 1000s. That's because 1000 typically becomes the base chip late in a tournament while 25s and 100s are the base early tournament. There just isnt a super practical way to make a 10x jump from 100 to 1000. There is a school of thought where the jump is to 2000, but people mostly hate that.

The next thing to think about is starting stacks. For cash games people typically like a good stack of chips. Here is the typical sage advice from the great @Chris Manzoni.

 

[dragonmire]

You typically want 5 or 4 chips per jump. The exception to the rule is usually 500s to 1000s. That's because 1000 typically becomes the base chip late in a tournament while 25s and 100s are the base early tournament. There just isnt a super practical way to make a 10x jump from 100 to 1000. There is a school of thought where the jump is to 2000, but people mostly hate that.

The next thing to think about is starting stacks. For cash games people typically like a good stack of chips. Here is the typical sage advice from the great @Chris Manzoni.

this was a great resource, thank you! I think I was too focused on making sure people could have the exact chip for every typical bet that I overlooked what you can accomplish with 100 5c, 200 25c, 200 1$, 100 5$, which seems to be a decent starting point for micro home games