Cash Game How many racks of fracs do you prefer? (45 Viewers)

[Gojira777]

I know there are several threads discussing cash game breakdowns. I don‘t want to start another one, I‘m just curios and have not found a poll about this. How many racks of fracs do you prefer for a .25/.25 game?

 

[suchj0sh]

1 for me. Disincentivizes making bets with the quarters on later streets.

 

[Tonystark137]

Edit:
160 if I need to be budget conscious.
Most of my sets have 200.
380-400 if I am not and want to spread two tables.

 

[CardRally]

For .25/.50 I would change my vote to 2.

160 is great for practical reasons. But it don’t look as purty in the racks

 

[TheBigTater]

I've changed my stance on this over the years.

Yeah 200 makes for full racks but 140-160 is about right for .25/.50, but honestly unless you are doing full ring 8+ players (I prefer 6-7 players) you can easily do with a single rack.

 

[NotRealNameNoSir]

Used to be 200, but have been convinced to cut back to 140-160. Need another in between option.

 

[Vinyard]

Each players 1 barrel!

Anything less why are we collecting Poker chips?

 

[Frode789]

Poll needs other options - sometimes an optimal breakdown isn't in even racks

 

[Santa123]

More is always better.

 

[upNdown]

Ugh. Two racks.
For .25/.50, I’m firmly and angrily entrenched on the side of one rack, or up to 120.
I’ve never played .25/.25, but I have played $1/1, and I’d never consider doing that with a single rack of ones. So I begrudgingly vote for two racks of fracs for .25/.25.

 

[Ben8257]

This many!! Haha

Or

As I age… unfortunately I have to admit those who say a rack of quarters is plenty! Anymore is just taking up table space.

 

[KHarp1]

I use to be in the "more fracs are better" group, but, @Machine literally beat that out of me. It was like being in a cold war era interrogation where he repeatedly asked "how many fracs do you vant?" In the wee hours of the morning I finally broke and said 120. It traumatized me to the point where I no longer play in games that use fracs.

 

[Gojira777]

Let‘s say budget is not relevant for this specific question.

I personally only play 8 handed max. We‘re 6-8 players most of the time and I don‘t plan to have more on one table. I find 8 to be the max I‘m comfortable with.

I did not put the option for other quantities in the poll because I prefer full racks. I know 120 is an option some prefer too.

 

[LeLe]

1 rack, anything more than that and the fracs just usually end up being hogged by 1 person

 

[RadicusScout]

Anymore is just taking up table space.

REPORTED

 

[KHarp1]

Several have mentioned what I consider the main "issue" with fracs, that ideally 120-160 is ideal, but, then you have an uneven rack, and I can't sleep at night with screwed up racks like that.

 

[Mushmanchuman]

Each players 1 barrel!

Anything less why are we collecting Poker chips?

THIS ^

And the very best part is getting to chose the chip/color/edge spots that you think are cool or looks perfect with your set. And you can use separate non-denominated chips like starbursts for your fracs.

 

[cpac54]

I used to be in the more is better camp, but I’m pretty firmly in the 120-140 fracs max camp now.

Most of the fracs usually just end up in one or two stacks anyways imo.

 

[Timportant19]

I currently have 150. Am hesitating for my semi custom CPC to make em value X and do 100 so I can change between 0.25/0.25 & 0.50/0.50

 

[Max D]

Sure don’t need all of those, but there was a time when they were really cheap to buy and relabel…

Azwine 25c

• Max D
• Jun 29, 2018

 

[Goosefraba]

Nitty limpers require plenty so my sets currently have 300 fracs. I give the option for 2 barrels or 1 and fill the rest with ones and fives. Works out overall for the group

 

[FreeBop59]

Each players 1 barrel!

Anything less why are we collecting Poker chips?

When issuing chips for a 25¢/25¢ NL cash game, I prefer the simplicity of a barrel of $1s and a barrel of 25¢ for a $25 buyin
(and @bergs idea of 20/20/20 starting stacks of 25¢/$1/$5 for 25¢/50¢ NL or 50¢/$1 NL)

Post in thread 'Why so many $5s?'
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/why-so-many-5s.113202/post-2344849

 

[Booshme]

I have an octagon and I personally like a barrel each, so 160. I’m working on having a second table running regularly, but it’s 6-max and I’ll probably just add 40 to my set

 

[bigblind]

I have way more than 400 francs. I went over board

 

[TonZaga]

@ParrotheadMZ would say to only play with fracs so somewhere in the 800-1000 range?

 

[EmptyPocs]

As I age… unfortunately I have to admit those who say a rack of quarters is plenty! Anymore is just taking up table space.

table full of chip solution: use a side table for the cards

Sure don’t need all of those, but there was a time when they were really cheap to buy and relabel…

Azwine 25c

• Max D
• Jun 29, 2018

nice
I personally do not go for bright fracs.


Everyone has to have at least a barrel 1st buyin.

 

[SixSeven]

Used to be 120 so I could do 12 chips for 10 players (and 12 $1s for 10 players). Now I see that 1 rack does the job. If easy, I will pick up another barrel to give out 6 barrels to 6 of my 9 players. But def don't need 2 racks.

 

[TheRealTeddyKGB]

The correct answer is 2 racks of 80 for 160 fracs total : )

Reason #6 why FHC are the best....

 

[FullSet]

I went over board

Most of us have one way or another

 

[cpac54]

Most of us have one way or another

I mean, if you haven’t in some way, shape or form, can you even call yourself a Chipper??