Cash Game $20 vs $25 chip for cash games (1 Viewer)

[ThinkingFold]

When it comes to cash games, I prefer using a $20 chip over a $25 chip. Others seem to be thrown off by a $20 chip as the $25 chip is much more common. My reasoning for the $20 is as follows.

- Helps eliminate any cross contamination with tournament chips.

- As the bank, seems to help with cash outs when almost everyone buys in with twenties.

- OCD kicking in here but I view cash games chips as "cash" and there is no $25 bill.


Just curious if others have a preference one way or the other and if so what makes you lean that way?

 

[Chicken Rob]

I like $20s in smaller games (.25/.50 and under) and $25s in bigger games (1/2 and higher). I can go either way with .50/.50 through 1/1.

 

[Dwight87]

Depends on how cool the chips look. :

 

[AWenger]

- Helps eliminate any cross contamination with tournament chips.

^^ This, especially if you run tourneys before/during cash games.

$20 chip works better in smaller buy-in cash games, IMO. Buy ins/rebuys of $20, 40, 60, 80 etc.

Ive hosted a 25c/50c game (max $40 buy in) and have used a $20 or $25 (depending on the chip set) at different games without issue.

If your players complain about a $20 denom, ask them how they cope in real life using $20 bills.

If you are hosting the game, you get to choose.

 

[bentax1978]

If your players complain about a $20 denom, ask them how they cope in real life using $20 bills.

For what it's worth, I think most people that complain about the $20 denomination do so because they're just used to using a $25 chip (from playing in casinos). If I woke up tomorrow and the $20 bill was replaced with a $25 bill, I would complain and be just as thrown off. For me, it's almost entirely about being used to having a $25 cash chips, not because there aren't good arguments to be made in favor of the $20 chip.

 

[Chicken Rob]

For what it's worth, I think most people that complain about the $20 denomination do so because they're just used to using a $25 chip (from playing in casinos). If I woke up tomorrow and the $20 bill was replaced with a $25 bill, I would complain and be just as thrown off. For me, it's almost entirely about being used to having a $25 cash chips, not because there aren't good arguments to be made in favor of the $20 chip.

Lol at cash being part of everyday life. I keep a roll of hundos for poker. Everything else is plastic. Soon, we'll use plastic at our home games.

 

[Rhodeman77]

Lol at cash being part of everyday life. I keep a roll of hundos for poker. Everything else is plastic. Soon, we'll use plastic at our home games.

Our group was just talking about using PayPal FF as extra security measure for our games. Players would transfer there buy-ins to the host, he then transfers money back to the players at the end of the night when they cash out.

Not sure if PayPal has transaction limits or not whatnot for FF, but it is something to look into.

 

[Forty4]

Our group was just talking about using PayPal FF as extra security measure for our games. Players would transfer there buy-ins to the host, he then transfers money back to the players at the end of the night when they cash out.

Not sure if PayPal has transaction limits or not whatnot for FF, but it is something to look into.

I believe there are both number I transactions and dollar limits but I don't know what those are.

 

[Mental Nomad]

Lol at cash being part of everyday life. I keep a roll of hundos for poker. Everything else is plastic. Soon, we'll use plastic at our home games.

It's already begun - I take a mix at my games.

Just curious if others have a preference one way or the other and if so what makes you lean that way?

In a dollar game, or a one/two game, I prefer a $25. Keeps the multiple constant:
1 x 5 = 5 chip
5 x 5 = 25 chip

I've never used up all the greens and needed to put a hundo in play, which would be only 4 times a green chip. (Although I've busted out some Matsui hundo plaques unnecessarily. Well, I didn't need them because I still had greens, but it was necessary to buts out the Matsuis.)

In a micro game, the quarters already bust up the progression, so I don't care as much:

.25 x 4 = 1
1 x 5 = 5
5 x 4 = 20

So it's inconsistent, regardless.

Truth be told, I don't have a really strong preference. I have a slight preference for the $25, since I learned "standards" from casino chips, and I like keeping the five multiple. But neither of these preference have any real utilitarian value. I do, however, get kinda tilted when people try to make arguments that the $20 works better or the $25 works better... the arguments are always quite contrived.

Truth be told, neither works better, because they both just work.

The only "strong" reason to favor one versus the other is when using the same chip set for cash and tourney, in which case it's a good idea to use the $20 in cash and the $25 in tourney, and not to commingle. But an even better idea is to use different sets for cash and tourney, because MOAR SETS.

 

[B.C.]

Our group was just talking about using PayPal FF as extra security measure for our games. Players would transfer there buy-ins to the host, he then transfers money back to the players at the end of the night when they cash out.

Not sure if PayPal has transaction limits or not whatnot for FF, but it is something to look into.

If it's not PayPal then pretty soon, someone will come up with something very similar where you can do this for a small monthly fee. Endless possibilities.

 

[moose]

Lol. I had a player go busto, rather than go to a bank machine, he e-transfered me a buyin.

 

[Chicken Rob]

I've taken PP at a game before. I just think pretty soon it will be all digital and cash free. Which will be good for game security.

 

[mummel]

I like the idea of a $20 chip but most sets don't have one.

 

[72o]

I thought about this question for a long time...waste of time really as there is no right or wrong. Ultimately I chose a $25 because I really wanted a green (mint chocolate) chip.

 

[derekdd23]

I have played with both and cant really say that I like one way or another. I would just go with the prettier chip.

For instance, I prefer the protege $20 to the $25. The mint/lime green of the $20 looks really awesome in person.

When I finally get around to customs I will probably make it a $20 so that I don't have to have 2 different $25's, 1 for cash 1 for tourney.

 

[DrStrange]

Higher value chips from the Outpost Casino

• DrStrange
• Dec 18, 2015

A $20 shaped inlay vs the $25 shaped inlay. I could learn to like them both.

 

[H|Q]

While I don't agree with your screen name I agree with all the other reasons you've posted. I'd like to add a couple more...

20s over 25s means more chips in play and that induces action.

For customs it may help to tune the bank in when you order racks.

20s = 2000 vs 25s = 2500

I've had the pleasure of playing with Trumans and Club Courage sets and they both have 20s. Although I have noticed that I have a hangover after playing with them. It must be the 20s.

 

[justsomedude]

I prefer $25s, but for no specific reason except maybe that they're more common to most players (due to casino cash play).

FWIW, I never understood the "it's easier for the house/bank" argument. Anyone who's hosted a decent game will have a house moneybag full of singles, $5s, $10s, $20s, and $100s. If you can't cash out $286 to a player because he hands you 25-dollar chips and not 20-dollar-chips, you have much bigger hosting problems to worry about.

 

[courage]

Lol. I had a player go busto, rather than go to a bank machine, he e-transfered me a buyin.

Yup, this happens all the time at my game, including players settling up with each other at the end of the session lol.

 

[courage]

You need cash sets with both so that it confuses a small percentage of your regs. (y) :thumbsup:

 

[CraigT78]

Soon, we'll use plastic at our home games.

I have taken a rebuy or two with a square reader......

 

[tripleflatbarrel]

Facebook Messenger is great for this too. Have used that a couple times when guys run out of cash.

 

[CraigT78]

Facebook Messenger is great for this too. Have used that a couple times when guys run out of cash.

Never tried FB messenger, but now that Pay Pal has the friends and family option, this is most common.

 

[ohio3302016]

My game is a no frac game and I went with $20 chips. Simply because people are more likely to have cash in increments of 20.

 

[abby99]

I got a $20 for my low-stakes cash game, just because. Now I'm glad that I made that choice. When the $20s hit the table as rebuy/add-on chips, it's so easy for a player to exchange $20s for $1s, 1 chip for 1 stack.

I've been considering adding a $25 to my ASM custom set because it makes more sense in a higher-stakes game, except that I don't spread higher-stakes games. Have chips, need bankroll!

 

[bentax1978]

Have chips, need bankroll!

Have chips, have bankroll, need players

 

[detroitdad]

Just curious if others have a preference one way or the other and if so what makes you lean that way?

I have no preference. I went with the 25 dollar chip in my sunset cash set because I wanted it to be green. I didn't want to do a green 20 dollar chip.

 

[detroitdad]

Helps eliminate any cross contamination with tournament chips.

Different chip sets solve this problem.

 

[gopherblue]

Have chips, have bankroll, need players

I'm pretty close on weekends. Just sayin.

 

[gopherblue]

If you really want to change it up, get 20c fracs instead of 25c!