Best 5c/10c micro stakes breakdown (1 Viewer)

[PokerLegend]

Looking for the best micro stakes set breakdown for custom chips
5c
25c
$1
I don’t play with any high rollers, lol. So we will never use $5 chips
I would like to have enough to have at least 6-8 players with the option to rebuy. With a $20 buy in. Any suggestions? Or do y’all think a $10 buy in would be better for micro stakes

 

[WedgeRock]

If you're playing 5¢/10¢, $5 is only 50xBB. I would think a $10 buyin (100xBB) would be better. But admittedly, I've never played those stakes.

For a $10 buyin, assuming 5¢/10¢ stakes:

10x5¢
10x25¢
7x$1

For 8 players, starting stacks are:

80x5¢
80x25¢
56x$1

One rack of each denom would give you 13 buyins.

Or you could use $5 chips for rebuys:

100x5¢
100x25¢
80x$1
20x$5

That breakdown would give you 21 buyins.

 

[CarlosStorm]

I think this thread could be useful:
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...ut-a-cash-game-chip-set-5c-10c-to-5-10.30897/

 

[CarlosStorm]

100x5¢
100x25¢
80x$1
20x$5

I'll by more of 25 cents a $1

 

[Colquhoun]

If you get a couple barrels of $5, you won’t need as many other chips.
Use the $5 for rebuys, and have players make change at the table.

 

[SteveEH]

Some things to think about:

- For No Limit plan for 3-5 100xBB buy ins per player for the night. Or if you like to buy in deep plan for 200xBB buy ins.

- Are the players gamblers or conservative? If your players are gambler types 3 buy ins will be light.

- Are they comfortable winning/losing 3 buy ins each night? This is important to understand if you want the game to be sustainable over time. Set expectations so your players come prepared to play for the night (you don't want home-piss packing up and heading home after getting unlucky in the first 30 minutes) and are prepared to come back the next time.

- Design your set around what your players are comfortable with now plus the next level, and start low. You could plan the set for .10/.25 blinds with $25 buy ins, but start your games at $10 .05/.10.

- Do you prefer more chips on the table, or less chips and more colours and denominations? If it's the former, load up on $1s for rebuys, the latter use a $5 for rebuys.

If budget is a concern go with the most efficient break down like you don't need too many blind chips and you can use larger denominations for rebuys. If not I personally prefer a non-optimal breakdown with MOAR CHIP! My set is designed for .10/.25, 6 players and 3 buy ins each for the night:

- 100 x .05 (wish I had 120 so we all start with a barrel each, but this is not needed)
- 240 x .25 (start with 2 barrels each)
- Lots of $1

 

[LeLe]

For long-term wise, plan the Set for 10 person. You may have only 6-8 person now but that didn't mean it will not increase up to 10 person in future.

From experience; Regular stake, you will want to have 3x buyin per person for youR bankroll which will be 30x & Micro Stake, you will want to have 5x buyin per person for your bankroll as people are Way more gambling when playing micro as compare to low/regular stake

So for 5c/10c stake, 100 bb or $10 will be your buyin base so ideally you want to have $500 bankroll, so you will need at least a couple barrel of $5 for bankroll / rebuy

5c x 100
25c x 200
$1 x 200
$5 x 40-60

Also get spares as well if you doing custom, you dont want to end up with 98 or 99 per rack with no replacement down the road

 

[ktran]

Looking for the best micro stakes set breakdown for custom chips
5c
25c
$1
I don’t play with any high rollers, lol. So we will never use $5 chips
I would like to have enough to have at least 6-8 players with the option to rebuy. With a $20 buy in. Any suggestions? Or do y’all think a $10 buy in would be better for micro stakes

You could get $5 chips and use them as 5¢. Might save you money in the long run and it might be hard to find 5¢ chips. You'll have mirco and low stakes covered. Also mid/high covered. $25s as 25¢ and $100s as $1.

 

[WedgeRock]

Giving it some thought, the suggested breakdown of
10x5¢
10x25¢
7x$1
will be a little light on nickels for 5¢/10¢ poker, as a player will put one-third of his starting nickel stack at risk every orbit. I predict you'd be making alot of change after a few orbits.

15x5¢
9x25¢ (or 13x25¢)
7x$1 (or 5x$1)

is probably a better starting stack. You cam extrapolate the set to 8 players.

Also, consider where you are in life. If you're a bunch of young people, just starting out, it's entirely likely that you're going to up the stakes in the future. But if you're nearing retirement, maybe you'll stick with these stakes. As @SteveEH suggested, you might want to keep the set playable if you move to 10¢/20¢ stakes, or even 25¢/50¢ stakes.

 

[Belgian_Aler]

Giving it some thought, the suggested breakdown of
10x5¢
10x25¢
7x$1
will be a little light on nickels for 5¢/10¢ poker, as a player will put one-third of his starting nickel stack at risk every orbit. I predict you'd be making alot of change after a few orbits.

15x5¢
9x25¢ (or 13x25¢)
7x$1 (or 5x$1)

is probably a better starting stack. You cam extrapolate the set to 8 players.

Also, consider where you are in life. If you're a bunch of young people, just starting out, it's entirely likely that you're going to up the stakes in the future. But if you're nearing retirement, maybe you'll stick with these stakes. As @SteveEH suggested, you might want to keep the set playable if you move to 10¢/20¢ stakes, or even 25¢/50¢ stakes.

I think 10 nickels is on the low side for sure, but would be enough. Players are going to be opening with quarters and pulling a lot of nickels back. You'd need to make change, but not to the point of it being a burden.

 

[perfectjawnz]

Another thing I don't see mentioned a lot is the caliber of players you're playing with. I also play 10NL, but my starting stacks look like:
20 5c
20 25c
4 $1

As the friends I play with tend to limp a lot (cough aren't great players cough) and thus nickels get a lot of use. There's also usually only 5-6 of us unless its a big game.

My total chip count is

200 5c
200 25c
75 $1
25 $5

This gives me $260 of total bank, and plenty BI for my game. 10 BI with the normal starting stack, and if it passes that, you can start coloring up the deeper stack players pretty easily. Plus with 20 nickels and quarters, you get to play with more chips which everybody enjoys. Having the extra $125 in $5 chips really makes playing 25NL or even 50NL possible as well (which my game usually evolves into as the night gets late, pretty short stacked but still).

If people in your game aren't limping a ton, I think a starting stack of

10 5c
22 or 18 25c
4 or 5 $1

and total chip count of

100 5c
250 25c
125 $1
25 $5

would be more ideal

 

[Eriks]

If you’re doing customs and don’t plan to upgrade to another set later on, I would also plan to make the set future proof. Yes, right now you might be playing micro with a bunch of limpers, but that could change, if nothing else from inflation. My first nice set was CDI 05s bought in 2005 for my then SEK 0.5/1 ($0.05/0.1) NLH game.

Breakdown was:

0.5 x 100
1 x 200
5 x 150
25 x 50

Now we mostly play 5/5 and while I don’t own that set anymore, it would have been largely useless today, even with the barrel of 100s I added along the way, unless I could’ve made some big additions to it. Which is of course getting increasingly difficult. And if you add on to a custom set, there’s a big chance there will be notable differencies between old batch and new batch in terms of color. And that’s the best case scenario. At worst the option you choose now may not even exist when it’s time to add on.

 

[Beakertwang]

That's the stakes I play with my group. A couple things to consider:

• Is your game very limp-heavy, with lots of small raises? If so, you'll appreciate more nickels. I started with 200, but since then my game has evolved, and most bets are done with quarters, especially post flop. I can put 60 nickels on the table with 8 players, and since they've learned to make change properly, it works great.
• Your stakes will likely move upwards, even if you continue to play 5¢/10¢. Players may simply be willing to play for bigger amounts. It's never a bad idea to future-proof your set with more 25¢ and $1 chips, and get some $5 chips, just in case. We never used to have more than $200 on the table with 9 players, now we cross that with 6.

Here's a couple recommendations for nice 600-chip sets:

5¢ x 160
25¢ x 200
$1 x 200
$5 x 40

Total bank is $455.

Future-proof:
5¢ x 100
25¢ x 200
$1 x 200
$5 x 80
$20 x 20

Total bank $1055. This will work for a .25/.25 or even a smaller .25/.50 game.

 

[SeanGecko]

If you never/rarely use $5/20 GET big chips or plaques. Do it!

 

[JMC9389]

0.05 x 200
0.25 x 200
$1 x 200

MOAR chips in play the better. Starting stacks of 20 each nickels and quarters, 4 $1 chips for a 10 handed game. Plenty of extra $1 chips for rebuys and top offs.

 

[PokerLegend]

0.05 x 200
0.25 x 200
$1 x 200

MOAR chips in play the better. Starting stacks of 20 each nickels and quarters, 4 $1 chips for a 10 handed game. Plenty of extra $1 chips for rebuys and top offs.

Awesome. Thanks

 

[elfmag]

Looking for the best micro stakes set breakdown for custom chips
5c
25c
$1
I don’t play with any high rollers, lol. So we will never use $5 chips
I would like to have enough to have at least 6-8 players with the option to rebuy. With a $20 buy in. Any suggestions? Or do y’all think a $10 buy in would be better for micro stakes

For .05/.10 I would say minimum buy-in of $5 (50bb) and max of $20(200bb). Any higher and you can start having bigger stacks than you may like with friends and when games get too big for people they can easily break.

As for the breakdown I would say it depends on how yall like your stacks.

If you don't care about stack size:

10 x 5c -$0.50
10 x 25c - $2.50
7 x $1 - $7.00

Total starting count for 10 players:
100 x 5c
100 x 25c
70 x $1

If you want big stacks you can try:
20 x 5c - $1.00
20 x 25c - $5.00
4 x $1 - $4.00

Total starting count for 10 players @ $10:
200 x 5c
200 x 25c
40 X $1

If they buy in for 50bb or 200bb then just add or remove $1 chips and maybe a few 25c chips if needed. When rebuking they can just use larger denoms and get change from other players.

 

[PokerLegend]

For .05/.10 I would say minimum buy-in of $5 (50bb) and max of $20(200bb). Any higher and you can start having bigger stacks than you may like with friends and when games get too big for people they can easily break.

As for the breakdown I would say it depends on how yall like your stacks.

If you don't care about stack size:

10 x 5c -$0.50
10 x 25c - $2.50
7 x $1 - $7.00

Total starting count for 10 players:
100 x 5c
100 x 25c
70 x $1

If you want big stacks you can try:
20 x 5c - $1.00
20 x 25c - $5.00
4 x $1 - $4.00

Total starting count for 10 players @ $10:
200 x 5c
200 x 25c
40 X $1

If they buy in for 50bb or 200bb then just add or remove $1 chips and maybe a few 25c chips if needed. When rebuking they can just use larger denoms and get change from other players.

Awesome. Great breakdown

 

[UncleMarlin]

Personally my group's graduated to .10/.20, but when we played .05/.10 we liked having a lot of chips on the table so we did...

20 x $0.05
16 x $0.25
5 x $1

We pretty much do the same thing now for .10/.20 just with more $1s and a $5 chip to compensate. It's a lot of chips but always leads to someone with a big stack and it's worked out for us

 

[dulltoothedhound]

I'm curious about future proofing for a similar scenario to you. Did you buy additional chips to compensate for graduating to .10/.20 or was your initial set sufficient? We've always played micro micro but there is interest in the group to increase in the coming months.