Tourney Best way to build T20,000 stacks? (1 Viewer)

[upNdown]

With standard denoms (25, 100, 500, 1000, 5000) how would you do it?

I’m presently working with:
12/12/7/10/1
I think that’s more 500’s than I need, but I’m short on 1,000’s so I think that’s the best I can do. But ideally, I think I’d go with 5 x 500 (or maybe only 3) if I had more 1,000s.
I don’t think I’d ever want to use a second 5k in that stack, because that would take too many 1ks of the table.

 

[CraigT78]

12/12/7/10/1 is how I do it.

 

[links_slayer]

12-12-3-7-2 here

 

[CraigT78]

12-12-3-7-2 here

You don't find that as too few 500?

 

[links_slayer]

Nope, works great. ymmv, of course.

 

[BGinGA]

Our standard 20K stack is 12/12/5/6/2. Color-ups of T25/T100 gets more T1000s on the table when you need 'em. T5000 color-ups of the T500s does the same. All re-buys (if any) use either 4xT5000 (multi-table) or 3xT5000 and 5xT1000 (single table).

 

[upNdown]

You don't find that as too few 500?

My favorite card room only uses 4 x T500 in their deep stack starting stacks and it’s fine.

 

[DoubleEagle]

You don't find that as too few 500?

$500’s are a PITA. I only put out four. 8/8/4/7/2 would work for me.

 

[CraigT78]

My favorite card room only uses 4 x T500 in their deep stack starting stacks and it’s fine.

I may give this a go. I hate making change, but also hate useless stacks of 500s.

 

[Chris Manzoni]

The consensus around here is 12/12/7/10/1 but I've always gone with 8/8/6/6/2, I have way too much OCD to be able to handle the 7/10/1 part.

Also I prefer players having to make change more frequently rather than me having to deal with so many 25s and 100s. Also also I don't have enough 25s and 100s to do 12/12 across three tables.

 

[Ghoti]

12/12/5/11/1 here. But we normally do rebuys and add-ons, and that's where I get in more 5ks.

 

[upNdown]

The consensus around here is 12/12/7/10/1 but I've always gone with 8/8/6/6/2, I have way too much OCD to be able to handle the 7/10/1 part.

Also I prefer players having to make change more frequently rather than me having to deal with so many 25s and 100s. Also also I don't have enough 25s and 100s to do 12/12 across three tables.

I agree that dealing with all the small chips gets annoying. And if I were hosting a group of all seasoned tournament players, I might go with 8/8 stacks. But as long as it’s a home game with some less experienced folks, I think it’s worth dealing with the 12/12 stacks just to give people a more substantial looking stack.

 

[Mike Wells]

HS Cincy T20K Starting Stack

• Mike Wells
• Feb 19, 2018

This is how we do here in Cincinnati. :

 

[upNdown]

HS Cincy T20K Starting Stack

• Mike Wells
• Feb 19, 2018

This is how we do here in Cincinnati. :

And they thought 3 x T500's were too few!