Cash Game .25/.50 Cash Game with 1000 chips? (1 Viewer)

[GoStumpy]

Thinking of loading up a 1000 chip birdcage with chips from the Horseshoe sale

Breakdown:

200 $0.25 Motor City Quarters
300 $1 Horseshoe
300 $5 Horseshoe
200 $25 Horseshoe

That's 1000 chips giving me a bank of ~$6800 which seems huge, negating a need IMHO for $100 chips ? Our game will never grow beyond maybe .50/1 blinds..

Thoughts?

 

[detroitdad]

How many players?

 

[DJ Mack]

I'd probably cut back on the $25s and get more $5s. If you're thinking .50/1 as a very remote possibility I'd get fewer $1s right now and try to build the frac set up although this sale won't help there.

 

[detroitdad]

I'd probably cut back on the $25s and get more $5s. If you're thinking .50/1 as a very remote possibility I'd get fewer $1s right now and try to build the frac set up although this sale won't help there.

I agree. If its just a one table game you could easily cut the 25's in half and put it all into the fives.

 

[GoStumpy]

Forgot to mention a very important part...

We have a single table right now I'd say up to ~9 players, which this would be severe overkill for, HOWEVER, I am looking at the possibility that being the ONLY cash game (not tournament) in my local area other than the Casino of $1/2, it could easily grow to two tables, and I would like to be able to spread 2 tables of 9-10 players.

 

[detroitdad]

20 players with a 100 buy in

200 x 25
300 x 1
400 x 5
100 x 25

starting stacks of 100

8 x .25
13 x 1
12 x 5
1 x 25

that leaves 28 rebuys

 

[GoStumpy]

Good point that I'd rarely be dipping into the $25's so having 2 racks of them really is overkill... we'd be waiting until most if not all the $5's are in play because MOAR chips...
Looks like a good breakdown with 100 $25's and 400 $5's, and it will save me a little money too

 

[detroitdad]

Good point that I'd rarely be dipping into the $25's so having 2 racks of them really is overkill... we'd be waiting until most if not all the $5's are in play because MOAR chips...
Looks like a good breakdown with 100 $25's and 400 $5's, and it will save me a little money too

If you happen to host two full tables and use the entire bank there are a couple of options. If you have a tourney set you could use some of those 100 dollar chips. You could let 100.00 bills play. Get a few plaques? ect....

 

[Shaggy]

Get rid of a barrel of fives and replace it with a barrel of hundos. That adds $2900 to your bank without really impacting anything. Gives you another cool chip to look at...

 

[DJ Mack]

You've got the same problem I did when I ordered my cash set. You've got the current state of affairs and where you'd like it to go. When it comes to buying chips for cash games those are a world apart. @jbutler would tell you that for an ideal limit cash game each player should get a full rack of the workhorse chip, and having played a few recently I'm inclined to agree. I ended up ordering 1,800 chips and 50 plaques. 10-12 people is about the max I could do for .25/.50 but 8 would be ideal. For 1/2 I'd be looking at 6 being ideal and 8-10 being the max. Shit gets expensive quick, don't it?

What games are you playing? If you're playing no limit then starting with fewer chips is OK but you will need more higher denoms. @detroitdad is right that you could intermix chips from a tourney set if need be, however if you're looking at hosting 20 people for a 1/2 game I'd strongly discourage this. I don't have 20 trusted friends, which means if my game ever gets that large I've got some friend of a friends coming along. I really don't need a T100 chip going missing after a tourney only to have it resurface during a packed cash game two weeks later because then we're talking real money.

 

[detroitdad]

Get rid of a barrel of fives and replace it with a barrel of hundos. That adds $2900 to your bank without really impacting anything. Gives you another cool chip to look at...

I agree. I think think budgeting is a reason why. Hundo's are 1.99 while the fives are .59. The hundo's are pretty sexy. I'd have to get at least one barrel.

 

[detroitdad]

You've got the same problem I did when I ordered my cash set. You've got the current state of affairs and where you'd like it to go. When it comes to buying chips for cash games those are a world apart. @jbutler would tell you that for an ideal limit cash game each player should get a full rack of the workhorse chip, and having played a few recently I'm inclined to agree. I ended up ordering 1,800 chips and 50 plaques. 10-12 people is about the max I could do for .25/.50 but 8 would be ideal. For 1/2 I'd be looking at 6 being ideal and 8-10 being the max. Shit gets expensive quick, don't it?

What games are you playing? If you're playing no limit then starting with fewer chips is OK but you will need more higher denoms. @detroitdad is right that you could intermix chips from a tourney set if need be, however if you're looking at hosting 20 people for a 1/2 game I'd strongly discourage this. I don't have 20 trusted friends, which means if my game ever gets that large I've got some friend of a friends coming along. I really don't need a T100 chip going missing after a tourney only to have it resurface during a packed cash game two weeks later because then we're talking real money.

I think the max he is looking at is .50/1. Yes, there is definitely a security concern if you start using tourney chips as rebuys. Especially if their chips that anyone has access to buying. It doesn't sound like his game is at the 20 player stage yet. It's always good to be prepared.

 

[DJ Mack]

I think the max he is looking at is .50/1.

Yes, sorry, the comment about the only other game in town being 1/2 at the casino threw my mind off track. That does help but still, the kind of games being played are going to make a huge difference. Chips needed are a function of the game(s) being played, number of players, and limits. I, too, started out by focusing on the limits and the number of players. It was only after some patient folks took the time to explain the ins and outs of limit games that I came to realize the third dimension. Up until that point most of my experience was in the NLHE realm.

 

[detroitdad]

He didn't mention limit games. I just rolled with stacks for NL.

Maybe he needs to build a limit set and a no limit set

 

[GoStumpy]

With 400 $5's and 100 $25's, that gives me $4500 bank.

With a max buyin of $100 in the forseeable future I will NEVER have the full bank on the table, even if I get 20 players that's a lot of rebuys to max out my bank.

Haha, I've never played limit live, and I doubt many of my players would be into it... so I'll stick to NL

I'm already ~$200 overbudget buying this cash set and a small 300 chip tournament set

 

[detroitdad]

With 400 $5's and 100 $25's, that gives me $4500 bank.

With a max buyin of $100 in the forseeable future I will NEVER have the full bank on the table, even if I get 20 players that's a lot of rebuys to max out my bank.

Haha, I've never played limit live, and I doubt many of my players would be into it... so I'll stick to NL

Until you start playing circus games

 

[Shaggy]

If you are building the chipset on a budget... My best recommendation is... do you really need that many chips. Many members on this site feel they needs stacks and stacks of workhorse chips. They'd rather be 6 red than a green and a red. My single table .25/.50 game (with $100) buy-ins plays with the following breakdown:
100x .25
120x $1
130x $5
40x $25
10x $100

plays great... yeah we make change occasionally... the dealer does from the pot.

I think your breakdown detroit stated above is pretty good, but you could eliminate a rack of $5 (~$60 savings), a barrel of $25 (~$16 savings), and add a barrel of $100 (~$20 cost).

You have just saved $56, added $1000 to the bank... added another cool chip design... and really didn't affect the game... so:
200x .25
300x $1
300x $5
80x $25
20x $100

 

[Trihonda]

I'm already ~$200 overbudget buying this cash set and a small 300 chip tournament set

"Man, I really regret buying those extra chips during the ChipRoom sale..."

-said no one ever

 

[GoStumpy]

If you are building the chipset on a budget... My best recommendation is... do you really need that many chips. Many members on this site feel they needs stacks and stacks of workhorse chips.

"On a budget" is a loose term, $1000usd is a bit spendy IMHO. However the tournament set costs more than the cash set and it's 1/3 the size LOL.

I do enjoy stacks of chips, not excessive but you know, build the little triangle pyramid on a really good night

I suppose I could do the barrel of $100's Secondary and keep Primary for my tournament set, that way there's no way of accidentally mixing up my tournament $100's with the cash game $100's as far as security goes. Costs me an extra $14, they're pretty and that makes it worth it

 

[mummel]

Honestly, even at $1/$1 with $100 buy ins (20 X $1 + 16 X $5), you'll only use 4x$25s for rebuys, and maybe you'll get 3.

Maybe do a cash and tourney set to get to 1000 chips? (600 cash + 400 tourney).

 

[Quicksilver-75]

Fuck it! Do it!

Add more tables/players!