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Cash chips v Tourney chips (2 Viewers)
- Thread starter Damo
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The biggest concern would be the potential mixing of the two when it comes time to pay out the cash game. If a extea 25 or 100 gets puked from the tourney portion and mixed into the cash portion then the cashier, you, will be on the hook for paying that out of your own pocket.
Everyone always thinks that they know their players and that no one they know would do that to them, but, it's probably wiser to not even make that a possibility. Separate cash and tourney sets are strongly advised.
Everyone always thinks that they know their players and that no one they know would do that to them, but, it's probably wiser to not even make that a possibility. Separate cash and tourney sets are strongly advised.
roughrabbit
Pair
For the integrity of both your cash game and tournament, I don't think it is advisable. A chip that may be of low considerable value in a tournament, say $10 played as 100, would be much more lucrative if it was pocketed during a tournament and brought into a cash game. You could circumvent this by really being on top of your chip counts in both games but you'd still have to investigate the person doing it. That said, lots of non chippers use dice chips for both and accept the risk, so depends on how reputable you think your player pool is.
As far as confusing goes with cents and dollars, i'd hope it your player pool can distinguish between the two at least for a tournament.
As far as confusing goes with cents and dollars, i'd hope it your player pool can distinguish between the two at least for a tournament.
You’d like to think so but a few beers deep and I anticipate many squinted eyes potentially calling $25 with 25c. Player integrity is not in question and the sets would be different. It has yet to be put into practice but keen to hear from anyone who has done it.
Natskule
3 of a Kind
It's really not that big of an issue. Nice to have separate sets, but I've ran tournaments with cash sets lots of times.
roughrabbit
Pair
I would say too though if .25 is your lowest denomination, it would be the first colored up so depending on how fast your group drinks, they might be able to make out the difference still
We generally say to avoid using dual purpose for security reasons.
However, if you have 0.25, 1, 5, 25 cash chips, you can do a T0.25 base tourney and it should go without trouble.
However, if you have 0.25, 1, 5, 25 cash chips, you can do a T0.25 base tourney and it should go without trouble.
There's a real psychological bent to it, too, since the bets are truly for cash value. When those blinds go up...hoo, boy!
I wanted to hear peoples thoughts on using the T1 and T5 chips as 1c and 5c chips... it is low risk right because at most people would be sneaking in a couple of cents (or sneaking out only a few BBs at level 1)?
Id use different chips for the 25c / T25 and $1 / T100.
Id use different chips for the 25c / T25 and $1 / T100.
roughrabbit
Pair
In theory sure you could . In practice, how many people have enough 5¢ fracs laying around to be the second lowest denom in a tournament, let alone 1¢. Feels like that's bridging into unreasonableness, when you could just have a dedicated set.
Like if I wanted to play microstakes I'd have to spend a lot of money on Primary/VIP1/VIP2 fracs.
My current alternative is I figured I just use the $1s and $5s as $0.01 and $0.05, and then if I have to get any more chips use VIP 1 $25 as $0.25 and VIP 1 $100s as $1. It also works nicely in the sense that then I can use the actual Secondary $5s as $5s and maybe the secondary 25s as $25s.
But this is a pretty edge case.
roughrabbit
Pair
Yeah yeah just wanted to flex your tiger palace set, I get it. But for real nice set and I get what you mean, but I do agree you might be the exception not the rule. I thought people with chips worth > $1, don't play microstakes
Johnblue
Flush
Dude, if you spent a bajillion dollars on Tiger chips… pretty ironic you would use them to host a microstakes game, I mean I totally would, but how does a guy with a set like that even know anyone who would play for a penny?
I’m fine with playing micro stakes with crazy expensive chips. What tickles my fancy is not having dedicated fracs or ncv if you already have THAT many chips.
buffalojim
Royal Flush
If you're only playing a tournament using cash chips is perfectly fine, but if you're playing tourney and cash on the same night I would want to have a separate chipset for each.
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