Going to bump this thread rather than start another as I’m looking to build a similar set.
I host for three poker games/groups of players. A .25/.50 crew, a .50/$1 crew, and a $1/2 crew that occasionally plays $2/5. Looking at a new set of 1000-1200 chips but would consider up to 1500. That last $1/2 game/group used to be the most frequent but for the last 2-3 years the .50/$1 game is the most frequent by far. I’m probably not going to get .25 chips and change the first game to .50/.50
As the bank, a very important thing here for me is ease of counting out stacks…especially mid game with lots of distractions. Lots of chips are not important (I know blasphemy) but rather the most efficient amount and breakdown.
Buys-ins for each game have settled in as follows
.25/.50 (.50/.50) - $50
.50/$1 - $100. Stacks are 10 .50s, 20 $1s, and 15 $5s. Reloads in $5s
$1/2 - often $300 but may move to $220 to control the game and make it an easy three barrel starting stack that includes $1 chips. Reloads initially with red moving to all green as the game progresses.
$2/5 - rarely played but $500 max has been the usual. Usually with 3 barrels of red and 8 green or 2 barrels of red ($5) and 12 green ($25). Reloads intitially with all green but then moving to blacks
No rules on reloads but most usually reload for the original buyin.
Was thinking on these options and curious on anyone’s thoughts
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