So I work in table games in a casino. The chips that we have are top hat and cane. The denominations are $1, $5, $25, $100, $500, $1000, $5000, and $25000. Even in the poker room they use these denominations (though the 1k and up aren’t readily used). So I see a lot of nice sets on here. But in place of the $25, they have $20. The casino in me cringes. What is the reason for a $20 chip instead of a $25?
$20 chips? (3 Viewers)
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ChipEnvy
Full House
Corresponds to rebuy cash. Rebuy for $80 in 4x $20 bills and get 4x $20 chips.
They're awesome.
They're awesome.
Look in your wallet and count how many 25 dollar bills you currently have, and you shall find the answer.....
It's a odd sea change, but once you get it and make change during a game, it's so dang much easier.
Roslindale
Straight
We play small stakes... 25c-25c and 50c-50c. The smaller denomination of $20 goes towards keeping the game manageable in terms of pot sizes.
I just created a set with a $20. The idea is to avoid potential confusion with the 25¢ chip.
Plenty more reading available.
Plenty more reading available.
- https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/20-vs-25-chip-for-cash-games.11985/
- https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/20-vs-25-thoughts.19539/
- https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/20-vs-25-chips-for-home-cash-games.34686/
- https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/why-20s-vs-25s-in-a-cash-set.86217/
- https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/20-chip-or-25-chip.26797/
bernielomax
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What casino do you work at? Curious who uses an $20 and has top hat and cane in Indiana.
AWenger
Full House
The first time I ever played poker at a Casino was at the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. I was playing 1-2, but at the table behind me, there was a large Limit Poker game going (not sure if it was 60/120, or 40/80 or something else), and they were using yellow $20 chips. This was long before I even collected poker chips, but I remember one guy scooping a huge pot with a mountain of chips, IIRC, must have been over 4-5 racks of chips in that one pot, so more than $8,000-$10,000.
Poker rooms in some casinos are more likely to have and use $20s, but I've never seen them at table games.
Source: the ChipGuide
Littleluck55
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Plenty of casinos use $20 chips.
We don’t use $20 chips. We haven’t had them at any casino I’ve worked at. This is my point.
ngmcs8203
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That peach Golden Nugget $20. So nice.
He has a point.,.Sexiness, why else
Littleluck55
Flush
Oh for crist sakes let's get to the bottom of this already!
Are you gonna harvest mint chips for us or not?
Are you gonna harvest mint chips for us or not?
Littleluck55
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one of those chips is not like the others!
MichaelBubly
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I would guess it has a lot to do with the table stakes certain casino games use. Lots of the larger Vegas casinos run high stakes poker games like 5/10, 10/20, 20/40 etc. $10 and $20 chips likely slot nicely into these games where a $25 would be awkward to use. If a casino doesn't do poker games like this, I would guess there is a lot less incentive to use a $20 chip.
For home games, it has a lot to do with cash. Easy to add $20 with a single bill and get a $20 chip instead of try to break 2x$20 for a $25 chip.
For home games, it has a lot to do with cash. Easy to add $20 with a single bill and get a $20 chip instead of try to break 2x$20 for a $25 chip.
My games are too small to require $20 chips in the same way that casinos use them, such as 10/20 limit games or to pay commissions in Baccarat and Carribean Stud. In my games, where 1s and 5s account for most of the chips in play, $20 chips are more practical for making change at the table, where a barrel of 1s equals one $20 chip. Without a dedicated dealer, I try to keep things simple.
Plus, I love the colors -- green chips are not my favorite, but purple Cali $25s are awesome!
One of my sets has both $20 and $25 for versatility. Of course, only one of these denoms will be on the table at the same time.
Plus, I love the colors -- green chips are not my favorite, but purple Cali $25s are awesome!
One of my sets has both $20 and $25 for versatility. Of course, only one of these denoms will be on the table at the same time.
wickedwonka121
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Also, you can have a small cash and a tournament set using the same design without crossover. Use the $20 in the cash game and the $25 in the tournament.
ngmcs8203
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This is so perrrrty
Littleluck55
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Personally, I like to use a NCV chip, so I can make it either an $18 or $22 value. You know, for my $36/$72 or $44/$88 limit game. Works out great.
Most home games (if really home games and NOT underground games) only need a $20 chip if not a $10 chip as the top value chip.
People here (including myself of course) still make higher value chips for decorative and aesthetic fame purposes.
Edit: I still managed to get one $100 chip into play, in a .50/.50 game
People here (including myself of course) still make higher value chips for decorative and aesthetic fame purposes.
Edit: I still managed to get one $100 chip into play, in a .50/.50 game
ngmcs8203
Flush
I really want to spread a $1/$1 game only to have an excuse to use $100s. Even if we all just buy in for $100 we could color up and play with one chip each. Chip and a chair, right?Most home games (if really home games and NOT underground games) only need a $20 chip if not a $10 chip as the top value chip.
People here (including myself of course) still make higher value chips for decorative and aesthetic fame purposes.
Edit: I still managed to get one $100 chip into play, in a .50/.50 game
Like all-in-or-fold, but with cash!
The higher the value of the chips, the more tight players become, mind you.
Again, too many chips (of lower denominations) can be dysfunctional, too.
Coloring up makes sense only in tournaments.
On/off-switch poker (fold or all-in) is bad poker, inevitable though in the later stages of tournaments.
No reason for that shit to happen in cash games.
Again, too many chips (of lower denominations) can be dysfunctional, too.
Coloring up makes sense only in tournaments.
On/off-switch poker (fold or all-in) is bad poker, inevitable though in the later stages of tournaments.
No reason for that shit to happen in cash games.
ngmcs8203
Flush
Last man standing for $900 in less than 10 hands.
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