Cash Game 1 table, low stakes. (1 Viewer)

72o said:

We had a guy who made more money than everyone else and sat down knowing it. He bullied the table for the night and I almost lost some of my regulars over it.

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Heh. My Two-Bit Poker regs would have eaten him up. They'd take turns picking him off.

MatB said:

Ok. Seems the consensus is .25/.25 with a $20 to $30 buy-in.

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Yeah, a 25c big bet is good with a $25 buy-in - 100 big bet buy-in works well, especially if folks are ready to rebuy for $25 once or twice when having a down night. Some people prefer to play with deeper stacks than that. I would not go to a 50c game unless people are ready to start buying in for $50 multiple times. Having a couple of people into a 25c game for $100 after two or three rebuys is not that uncommon.

I wouldn't rule out a dime game. If people prefer to buy in for $10 to $20 at a time, then a dime game works well - 100 to 200 BB. People will be a lot looser with the rebuys if $10 buys them 100 big, and both reloading and recovering can be a bit part of the fun. Depends on the group, though - it's possible they stop respecting the blinds and just limp much too often.

You can play a dime game with $5 chip is as a nickel... or acquire any NCV and use it for the small denom. I use an NCV for my half-quarters (small blind, one bit) in my Two-Bit game (25c big blind.)

MatB said:

so you think 100 quarters is enough? or??

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Yes, in a 25c game, that's plenty of quarters, especially for 6 or 7 players. It's also totally manageable for 9 players. The quarters are mostly for blinds and sometimes the first bet (if they make it $1.25 or $1.50 or something.) The rest of the bets will be in dollars, except for that one asshole who thinks they can tilt someone by always betting $4.25 and crap like that.

The 100/200/200 breakdown advice you got is a good start. You can also get started with 100/200/100 - that's a $725 bank. Does your group, combined, buy in for more than that, at this point? If you get the whole bank on the table, remember, cash plays - you can play $20s on the table. They'll very rarely be bet.

manamongkids said:

Wow, @MatB first ditching me for his regulars then not calling my game his regular game


Your group won't enjoy a low stakes game when you call every bet

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LOL... "somewhat regulars" was the key phrasing there... And ditch the Donkwoods Thursday night shove fest? hell NO!

Thursdays game is such a nice solid game, i don think my tourney regs would ever get to that point. In fact, 99% of the tourney crowd are people i work with, can be kind of frustrating with those guys when they keep talking about roof pitches, framing guns, new flashing products etc, Especially when its their turn to act..

@pltrgyst

This post is a repost of what he said forget nickels, dimes, etc.... just get a decent 1/5/25/100 set and adjust. That way your set for any level


Well, back on my usual soapbox:

If you really want to get that casino feel, use your casino chips and forget about fractionals. For every $1 of buy-in, give the player $4 in chips. Play your game at $1/$2. When you cash them out, give them $1 for every $4 in chips.

Multiply by four, divide by four -- and you get to play 1/2, just like in a real casino. Easy-peasy. :

ekricket said:

For every $1 of buy-in, give the player $4 in chips. Play your game at $1/$2. When you cash them out, give them $1 for every $4 in chips.

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This works great; we used to do this in my college game. Although, we were playing a $1-$5 spread-limit 7-stud game, and buying in at 1/5 stakes. ($1 gets you 5 in chips, divide by five to cash out.)

The nice thing about his approach is you can easily vary the stakes - getting 4 for $1 is playing 1/4 stakes. On a "rich" night, maybe you play half stakes. Then, on Circus Night, maybe 1/10 stakes (dime game.)

The down sides: must remember to do basic math on cash-in and cash-out, and the cash-out side may be a problem if it's a heavy-drinking crowd!

@MatB just buy 2 racks of quarters for your SDPM set and youre good to go, no reason to go above that, honestly. especially if theres a chance they wont end up liking cash games

Matt, my thought process was so similar to yours when I built my cash set. If would seriously consider:

10 players:
200x5c
200x25c
200x$1
40x$5

$10 buyins = 20x5c + 20x25c + 4x$1 (use $1 for rebuys)
$25 buyins = 20x25c + 20x$1 (use $5 for rebuys)

If you think you will ever go to $50 buyins (which you should think really hard about), then I would get 100x$5 for 20x$1 + 6x$5 (and use $5 for rebuys).

The ultimate set to cover $100 buyins would be 160x$5 + 40x$25 for 20x$1 + 16x$5 (use $25 for rebuys)

Also the majestics have nickels.

Just throwing it out there but what about doing a .10c or .25c ante for the table, depending on the buy in?

I've only played a home cash game that does .50c/$1 and unlimited buy in and unlimited rebuys.
But I love how you get so many games in on one night 3 tourneys and a cash game and limit to losing $100 or less. That's pretty sweet to know if you're off or the cards aren't there that night, the most you'll lose is $100.

all good ideas, but i think i'll see how the .25/.25 blind structure works, (if they even play)

MatB said:

all good ideas, but i think i'll see how the .25/.25 blind structure works, (if they even play)

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Matt they'll be hooked in no time!

mummel said:

Matt they'll be hooked in no time!

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maybe !! i still like tourneys .... but nice to mix it up

MatB said:

maybe !! i still like tourneys .... but nice to mix it up

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Same here. I like the tourneys. Love a set amount of chips.