10¢ Chip Progression (1 Viewer)

[Chipenhagen]

It is optimal, but not so convenient; I guess because in people's minds it is easier to use than not use a chip value of ONE of whatever their currency is called. For a similar reason, I guess a $2 would be softer on people's brains than a $2.5.
Again, I might be judging from my own unmathematical brain

Exactly. This is not purely mathematical, but also psychological. 1s, 100s, 1000s are easier to the brain than 2s/2.5s etc. For some reason 20/25 is less hard to the brain. Possibly because 10 is a somewhat weaker unit than 1, 100 and 1000.

 

[Av8tion]

If you want future-proof... don't use 5c or 10c chips... with inflation $1/$2 will play like 1c/2c in a few years...

 

[MatthewTreeTree]

10¢/50¢ Future Proof​

Pink $.10
800 x Primary
100 x Secondary
3% Safety Net = 27 [25]


BLUE $.50
600 x Primary
100 x Secondary
3% Safety Net = 21 [25]


White $1
1,000 x Primary
100 x Secondary
3% Safety Net = 33 [50]


RED $5
600 x Primary
100 x Secondary
3% Safety Net = 20 [25]


YELLOW $20
400 x Primary
100 x Secondary
3% Safety Net = 15 [25]

Total Bank: $15,040~ Total Chips: 4,050​

 

[MatthewTreeTree]

If you want future-proof... don't use 5c or 10c chips... with inflation $1/$2 will play like 1c/2c in a few years...

That's right!!! I'm on your side a million percent

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

Personnally I went with 0.10 / 0.50 / 1 / 5 / 20(25)

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The Bank

• Kid_Eastwood
• Mar 9, 2020
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The Bank : PolyClay chips produced by SunFly on the Cards mold. This set is a tribute to the The...

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The Post & Silver Star

• Kid_Eastwood
• Jan 3, 2020
• 26

The Post chips are Christy and Jones (C&J) chips coming from a small card room that opened and...

0.10 / 0.50 / 2 (or 2.50) / 10 is also fine

0.10 / 0.25 / 1 / 5 / 20(25) is for me not even an option. Change making is a mess as 0.25 is not a multiple of 0.10.

 

[Marius L]

Depends how big your .10/.20 game plays, but if it's a bit splashy I would do .10/$1/$5(/$20) . Over here in Norway the standard poker club games are played 10/20 (NOK), with 10/100/500 denominations and that works well for NLHE/PLO.

It works well enough with 1 rack of 10s with a dedicated dealer that can make change, but I would prefer 2 racks of 10s pr table with no dedicated dealer. Keep in mind that the American culture of having racks and racks of chips in front of every player is not really a thing here. As a chipper I'm sometimes annoyed with having only one rack of 10s on the table, and would prefer the following start stack for a 2000 buyin:
20x 10 chip
18x 100 chip

This would be 20x 10c and 18x $1 chips for your set. You can probably do rebuys in mainly $5s, but just add however many racks of $1s you would want on the table.

It does depend on how big the game plays though. Honestly more often than not the 10/20 games here have standard opening raises of 100 or 120. I think that is because it's small money to some of the splashier players, but the lack of 10s on the table could also have an impact here. The games play pretty big though, and very often straddled to at least 40. If your game plays smaller it might be different.

For what it is worth I have just ordered a set with this breakdown for playing NL10/20 and FL20/40:

800x $10
300x $100
100x $500

Some stack pictures from some of the clubs I've played in over here:

In the last picture you can see it's sometimes a bit ridiculous if there's small amounts of lower denoms on the table, but I think with a couple of racks of 10c and $1s on the table, and some $5s as value storage you should be pretty good!

 

[mrplacey]

I went for 0.10/0.25/1/5 for my micro set of LCO, which was a mistake due to change making. Currently in the process of switching out the quarter in favor of a 50c, and would recommend 0.10/0.50/1/5 for flexibility.

 

[JustinInMN]

This was the post I made last year about my early experiments with this in my family micro game.

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...ative-micro-breakdown-idea.39237/#post-886997

When I was doing FRC 2020, I was initially going to do 0.05-0.25-1, but I knew I would also want 0.50 fracs to accommodate antes in limit play. I also think for small-mid stakes games (say between 0.50-2 for the BB), 0.50 fracs are just overall easier to deal with, change making is always a snap, swap a single for a half, and we can free up more room in the set for workhorse chips at these games.

So I was able to make 2 fracs instead of 3 and spend a total of 3 racks in my set on fracs instead of 4.5 racks. (With quarters being the micro workhorse I would have probably gone for 100 * 0.05, 300 * 0.25, and 50 * 0.50) I still ended up doing 300 fracs (200 * 0.10 and 100 * 0.50) because the 0.10 is needed for micro fixed limit play, but the 0.50 and the 1 can "co-workhorse" just fine. I really never put more than 40-50 0.50 chips in play per table since ones are always available in abundance.

So in short, it was my determination to have a 0.50 chip that really led me to the progression I went with. I don't think anyone here has a problem with the 0.50-1-5 progression for most small limit games. I just looked at the dime as the most efficient way to be downward compatible from this spot instead of doing 0.05 and 0.25.

If you are in a spot where your game is good with 0.25-0.25 being the minimum game, then I think 0.25-1-5 is superior. Otherwise I think 0.10-0.50-1-5 is a credible option B and the best choice in some spots.

 

[JustinInMN]

When it comes to currency, though, notice that only the US has kept 25 cent coins in use, among major currencies in this world, to my knowledge.
And they can work with dimes only in the presence of nickels.

Not only that, but the quarter is probably the most popular coin in US currency. We have half-dollar and dollar coins too, but they aren't widely used in circulation.

10¢/50¢ Future Proof​

Pink $.10
800 x Primary
100 x Secondary
3% Safety Net = 27 [25]


BLUE $.50
600 x Primary
100 x Secondary
3% Safety Net = 21 [25]


White $1
1,000 x Primary
100 x Secondary
3% Safety Net = 33 [50]


RED $5
600 x Primary
100 x Secondary
3% Safety Net = 20 [25]


YELLOW $20
400 x Primary
100 x Secondary
3% Safety Net = 15 [25]

Total Bank: $15,040~ Total Chips: 4,050​

So I have to ask.

1) How many players are you planning to accommodate?
2) Why are we separating primary and secondary? If they are to be different designs for the purposes of substitution should they be closer in quantity?
3) yes I like building in a 2-3% safety net for extras .

 

[CrazyEddie]

Buy some dirt-cheap crappy chips with the low denominations you're considering and put them in play at your next couple of games. See how they play out. Then decide what you really need before you spend a bunch of money on nice chips in those denominations.