Best Chip Denominations for Flexibility (1 Viewer)

[majazul]

Hello all. I am planning on buying some custom chips with denominations printed, and I was wondering what the best breakdown of chips would be. I play with a ride range of players, and as such I would have chips that could feasibly go from .05/.1 all the way up to .5/1. The set I was looking at getting has .05, .25, 1, 5, 15, and X. I figured if I ordered enough X, it could serve as a nice buffer and flex chip that could change between stakes. We usually play 8-10 handed, and I wanted to get about 500 chips, however if that is not realistic I am willing to go up a little bit. Does anyone have experience with a situation like this, or an easy way to decide how many of each chip to get? Thanks in advance.

 

[UniLover]

My home game is one table $0.50/$1 and buy-in per night is about $3k. I usually use one rack of fracs, two racks of $1s, two-three racks of $5s, and one rack of $25s. I have never run out chips.

I think the general rule for denom change is 5x of the previous denom so for your game, I would get $0.05, $0.25, $1, $5, and $20 vs $25.

Depends on your budget, perhaps try for one rack of $0.05, two racks of $0.25, two racks of $1, two racks of $5, and one rack of $20 or $25? 8 racks total.

 

[majazul]

Hello all. I am planning on buying some custom chips with denominations printed, and I was wondering what the best breakdown of chips would be. I play with a ride range of players, and as such I would have chips that could feasibly go from .05/.1 all the way up to .5/1. The set I was looking at getting has .05, .25, 1, 5, 15, and X. I figured if I ordered enough X, it could serve as a nice buffer and flex chip that could change between stakes. We usually play 8-10 handed, and I wanted to get about 500 chips, however if that is not realistic I am willing to go up a little bit. Does anyone have experience with a situation like this, or an easy way to decide how many of each chip to get? Thanks in advance.

Sorry I realize I mistyped it is $25 not $15.

 

[PseudoPsanity]

If you plan on getting an X chip just use it as nickels or as 20/25s (instead of 15s) depending on the stakes.

Something like:

100 - X
200 - .25
200 - 1
200 - 5

If you count the X as $25 you have a total bank of $3750. If your .5/1 game gets crazier than that just let $100 bills play.

 

[headsmell]

The most flexible is just a color set and skip the numbers, you can have symbols/shapes or design of something.
If you really want the #s, just don't put the . & $ denomination on the numbers.
My set just has 1, 5, 25, & X (blank)
This lets you play from 0.01/0.02 to 1/2
the 1 = 0.01, 0.1, 1
5 = 0.05, 0.5, 5
25 = 0.25, 2.5, 25
x = ??
people will figure it out fast

 

[dizzyChipper]

If you plan on getting an X chip just use it as nickels or as 20/25s (instead of 15s) depending on the stakes.

Something like:

100 - X
200 - .25
200 - 1
200 - 5

If you count the X as $25 you have a total bank of $3750. If your .5/1 game gets crazier than that just let $100 bills play.

100 - X
150 - .25
150 - 1
150 - 5

Gets it done too if youre trying to stay close to 500 chips.