Cash Game Breakdown for $.25/$.50 and $.50/$1 NL (1 Viewer)

[HO HO HO]

Need a breakdown for .$25/$.50 and $.50/$1. I know there are a lot of threads on this but they have breakdowns for future proofing. Don't need future proofing because I will have another set to go to with higher blinds. Buy in would be about 100BB and about 3 buy ins per player. 8 players on the average. Also limited to 600 chip set. .25/.50 will have .25 as the frac and .50/1 will have .50 as the frac. Probably need some bigger chips just in case of those nights it could be more buy ins than normal
thanks .

 

[Saoliver]

80/120/280/100/20 with the 80 as either 25¢ or 50¢. If your game plays big, get less $5 and more $20. Or consider 2 barrels of $100.

 

[HO HO HO]

So are you saying that the breakdown for .25/.50 and .50/1 would be the same?

 

[Saoliver]

It’s not going to play much differently. It’s more player dependent. If you have players who like to gamble and rebuy a bunch, you might want more $20s.

You will find that your fracs wont really be used beyond the blinds.

 

[HO HO HO]

So both sets the workhorse chip is the $5? Thought the $1 would be the workhorse for .25/.50

 

[AnteAndy]

I'd go with standard PCF breakdown for 600 chips:

100x $0.25
200x $1
200x $5
80x $25 (or $20)
20x $100

600 chips = $5225 (or $4825)

That's around 100x 100BB buy ins for $0.25/$0.50, and around 50x 100BB buy ins for $0.50/$1. Should be plenty for your group of 8 players where they'll have between 6-12 buy ins each.

I would not worry about getting $0.50 chips, personally, unless you would not go below $0.50 /$0.50 blinds. You wouldn't need many fracs in general for either blinds for your cash game, unless your group is very limpy. The ones and fives will be your workhorse chips here.

 

[Beakertwang]

I wouldn't waste money on both .25 and .50 chips. Use 2 quarters for the .50 small blind, or just play 1/1.

The breakdown above is a perfect 600 chip breakdown. You could get fewer ones and more 5's or 25's if you think you'll need them.

 

[TheWhat]

I'd go with standar PCF breakdown for 600 chips:

100x $0.25
200x $1
200x $5
80x $25 (or $20)
20x $100
600 chips = $5225 (or $4825)

That's around 100x 100BB buy ins for $0.25/$0.50, and around 50x 100BB buy ins for $0.50/$1. Should be plenty for your group of 8 players where they'll have between 6-12 buy ins each.

I would not worry about getting $0.50 chips, personally, unless you would not go below $0.50 /$0.50 blinds. You wouldn't need many fracs in general for either blinds for your cash game, unless your group is very limpy. The ones and fives will be your workhorse chips here.

Pretty please for some Cash Sets like this from @TheChipRoom upcoming sale. Like this would be gold!

 

[RichMahogany]

Does “usually 8 players” mean 8 max or would you ever have 10?

Either breakdown above is good though for small sets like you’re talking about I’d lean towards @Saoliver’s breakdown. Plenty of chips for blinds and bets pre-flop/flop, more workhorse chips and a slightly larger bank works in its favor. You could even go with 80/120/300/60/40 for a larger bank

 

[HO HO HO]

Just to clarify, I want to make both sets. Why? Why not? I kinda have a set in mind for the .25/.50 and I already have a .50/1 started and was looking for a breakdown for that set so I know what to add on. Not about saving money just about having both.

 

[Coyote]

A non-denominated frac, used as either .25 or .50 can be the solution.
Most things have already been said above, regarding the rest of the breakdown.

 

[RichMahogany]

Build both sets if you want, more chipes is better but I’d rather have one larger set than 2 smaller sets that will essentially play the same. If you do ever have 10 players, 60 chips per player just seems so dinky. Totally playable depending on your game though

 

[GetUrShineBox]

I’d go with 100-120 fracs so you can give out 12 to each player or $3.
If you only go 80 you can’t really give out 10 quarters to each of the 8 players bc that’s $2.50

So you said normal buy in is $50 For .25/.50
You can start each player with
12 - 0.25 = $3 - 96 chips
22 - $1’s = $22 - 176 chips
5 - $5’s = $25 - 40 chips

If buy in is $100 just add 10 more $5’s to each starting stack.

Just use the remaining $5’s, $20’s, $100’s for rebuys.

Personally my cash set I like 400 - $1’s just so there are moar chips in play. Some don’t like that but some do.

I agree w the above and combine the sets
120- 0.25
400 - $1’s
400 - $5’s
140 - $20’s
40 - $100’s

Should handle .25/.50, .50/1, and 1/2

 

[Chipandchair]

I'd go with standard PCF breakdown for 600 chips:

100x $0.25
200x $1
200x $5
80x $25 (or $20)
20x $100

600 chips = $5225 (or $4825)

That's around 100x 100BB buy ins for $0.25/$0.50, and around 50x 100BB buy ins for $0.50/$1. Should be plenty for your group of 8 players where they'll have between 6-12 buy ins each.

I would not worry about getting $0.50 chips, personally, unless you would not go below $0.50 /$0.50 blinds. You wouldn't need many fracs in general for either blinds for your cash game, unless your group is very limpy. The ones and fives will be your workhorse chips here.

This

 

[HO HO HO]

If the .25/.50 game never really plays big would 300 x $1 and 100 x $5 work?
Would 100 x $1 and 300 x 5 work for the .50/1?

 

[Coyote]

Look, the maximum you need is 10(max) players x 300 Big Blinds, i.e. 3,000 BBs.
You get even more than that with
100x ND fracs
200x $1
200x $5
100X $20
which is compatible with both games.

 

[RichMahogany]

Yeah you’re overthinking this. There’s a reason all of these types of threads recommend the same general breakdowns

 

[HO HO HO]

So basically I would be making the same set for both .25/.50 and .50/1. I guess that's the general opinion for the breakdown.
Thanks all for the input

 

[StatTracker]

So basically I would be making the same set for both .25/.50 and .50/1. I guess that's the general opinion for the breakdown.
Thanks all for the input

Yes.

.25 will be a heavily used chip, $1 will be a workhorse chip, $5 will be a stack depth chip, $25 will be for keeping $1's and $5's in everyone's stacks. Only have a few $100's in case you need to buy chips from table leader for new buyins

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

For 10 players :

If you play NL50 more often I'd go with :
0.25 x 120
1 x 200
5 x 200
25 x 80

NL50 = 0.25 - 0.50
NL100 = 1 - 1

If you play NL100 more often I'd go with :
0.50 x 100
1 x 200
5 x 200
25 x 100

You can also transfer 20 x 0.50 to 20 x 25 if needed --> 80/200/200/120.

NL50 = 0.50 - 0.50
NL100 = 0.50 - 1

The advantage of breakdown 1 is that you can go down with NL25 games (0.25 - 0.25) if needed.

 

[Thomacetti]

Solid advice

But ALL my players prefer a barrel of quarters, barrel of $1 & 5 $5 (for .25/.50)
Rebuys are redbirds (max 2 racks, so 15 RB's) and we start using $20's after that.

This keeps chip stacks efficient & limits making change + plenty of chips on the table

160 25c
160 $1
200 $5
80 $20

Works for 50c/$1 too ($2800 bank is 28 buyin's)

Ps. 25c/50c -> $1 is workhorse, playing 50c/$1 the fiver will be the workhorse

 

[JustinInMN]

I find I really prefer 0.50 fracs for this situation because you really need very few. (Four per player is plenty for either 0.50-0.50, instead of 0.25-0.50, or 0.50-1) The only reason to prefer 0.25 is if you think you need downward compatibility to 0.25-0.25.

And yes, I can appreciate the flexibility of doing non-denoms, but to me, the denomination is integral to the design of the chip in my opinion, if you disagree then by all means, go non-denom.

So for me 0.25/1/5 breakdown. (Or ND/1/5)
100/200/200

For 0.50/1/5 breakdown
60/240/200

Add 80*25 (or 20) and 20*100 to make a 600 chip set.

Get more ones and fives in the middle of you can grow your set to 1000 chips.

Good luck.

 

[horseshoez]

Speaking of the blinds mentioned, what distribution does everyone here normally go with for $20, $40, $50, etc.? Have only been doing $20 and $40 on our end with the 0.25/0.50 and using 12/12/1 or 12/12/5. Just curious if people just keep adding 5’s when going to higher buy ins or add more to the bottom end.

 

[AnteAndy]

Speaking of the blinds mentioned, what distribution does everyone here normally go with for $20, $40, $50, etc.? Have only been doing $20 and $40 on our end with the 0.25/0.50 and using 12/12/1 or 12/12/5. Just curious if people just keep adding 5’s when going to higher buy ins or add more to the bottom end.

For $20:
$0.25 x 12
$1x 17

Everything else above that, just add $5 chips.