Cash Game $1/2, $1/3 or $2/5 cash breakdown (3 Viewers)

[PKF655]

I am wondering what you guys think you would need breakdown wise for these sets?

XXX x $1
XXX x $5
XXX x $20

Any $100 would be cash on the table.

 

[Cidertown]

If you are going to use cash for your hundred denom, you can get away with the following minimum (assume 100x big blind buy in).

For one table max 9 players:
135 x $1
117 x $5
99 x $20

Add more $20s to taste.

Your starting breakdowns would be:

	1/2	1/3	2/5
$1	15	15	15
$5	13	13	13
$20	6	11	11
$100			2

 

[RocAFella1]

One or two tables?

I would go with something like:
200-300 $1s
600-1000 $5s
200-300 $25s

 

[Rhodeman77]

For $1/2 and $1/3 that isn’t a limp fest:
$1– 150
$5–600
$20/25–200

Get 50 $100’s to make it an even 1000 chips.

 

[Leonard]

Do yo want the minimum number or what works best?
1/2, 1/3, and 2/5 games all use a minimal number of $1 chips with the $5 chip the "workhorse" chip. You can easily run a full table of any of these games with a rack of $1s, or 10 chips/player. You will need enough $20 or $25 chips to fill out the set and $100s (if used) to cover re-buys.

Minimal:
100 x $1
300 x $5
100 x $25 ($20)
$100 bills for the rest - That's a $4100 bank ($3600 if using $20 chips) , which lets 10 players buy in for $400+ each. That will get you started and is only 500 chips.

Better:
100 x $1
600 x $5
200 x $25 ($20)
100 x $100 - 1000 chips, a $18,000 bank ($17,000 if using $20 chips), which covers anything short of a very vigorous 2/5 game.

Best:
Go to 200 x $1, 300 x $25 ($20), and fill in the rest with $5s. Lots of them. Add more high denomination chips if you really have room. 1500+ chips and you can spread 2 tables of any of these stakes.

Lastly, my recommendation for these games is $25 chips. It's what your players will be used to. Someone on PCF said that if you rebuy in increments of $20, you should use a $20 chip. If you rebuy in increments of $100 (like the games you want to spread), then go with a $25. This is a hot topic, but I agree with that advice.

 

[Rhodeman77]

I also prefer a $20 chip in games that use a frac (25c) chips for the blinds and a $25 chip for games use $1’s as the smallest chip.

 

[waddadonk]

Question for this also: is there an optimal # of chips in play per table/person?

 

[Rhodeman77]

Question for this also: is there an optimal # of chips in play per table/person?

I’ve never had too many chips on the table so I can’t answer that!

I’d say if every person had two racks of workhorse chips then I’d think go with just bigger chips for future rebuys. Not many people have that many workhorse chips though so it isn’t really going to happen.

But at the casino players at the PLO game will often recommend that when the dealer gets a fill to only get $25’s & $100’s since there are already so many $5’s on the table.

 

[Alex Lundstrum]

Lastly, my recommendation for these games is $25 chips. It's what your players will be used to. Someone on PCF said that if you rebuy in increments of $20, you should use a $20 chip. If you rebuy in increments of $100 (like the games you want to spread), then go with a $25. This is a hot topic, but I agree with that advice.

I'd agree with this.^ Unless you plan on having more than a barrel of $1s per player, the benefit of a $20 chip over a $25 is minimized ($20s are convenient for trading for a stack of $1s). Any 1/2+ game shouldn't have that many $1s running around.

 

[JustinInMN]

Question for this also: is there an optimal # of chips in play per table/person?

For cash? No, I figure anything north of 40-50 chips is good so long as we are talking about workhorse chips (not just blind chips)

Minimum 600 chips, do 100/300/200

If you can go to 1000 chips do 200/500/300.

You probably want multiple racks of 25s for 2-5.

 

[davin]

I been running 1/3 for 3 years with this breakdown
100-1
200-5
200-25
100-100

We play 10-11 handed more 25’s on table creates huger bets and bigger pots

 

[davin]

Btw our 1/3 plays like a 2/5 as it’s no cap and runs deep

 

[PKF655]

This is all very helpful info, btw I was only asking for 1 full table but the discussion is awesome.

 

[mrplacey]

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/1-020-pnys.40059/

 

[Rhodeman77]

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/1-020-pnys.40059/

If this set is in your budget it is a great breakdown for this game!