Cash Game Chip breakdown - 500 chip set (1 Viewer)

[LiquidAnalog]

Considering to assemble a 500 chip set, for a Cash Game $1 blinds and $50 buy-in x2 as follows:

Denomination	Count
$1	200
$5	150
$25	100
$100	20

(Keeping some space in the box for fun higher denominations).

Is this a practical breakdown? Any improvements?

 

[QuietMaple]

Yeah I think that breakdown is fine. Having $1 blinds is nice because you don't need any "frac" chips (chips less than $1), which leaves a lot more breathing room for other denominations. You might want to consider a larger buy-in size though. $50 is only 50 BB, which is considered a bit small (I like to have at least 100 BB in front of me).
Even if you increase the buy-in to $100, you'll have plenty of bank:

 

[churlbut18]

I’d probably go with 200/200/80/20 if limited to 500 chips with no fracs.

200/200/60/20 if you want room for another 20 of a higher fun denomination.

 

[LiquidAnalog]

@QuietMaple Nice, thanks for the confirmation!

For a followup question - how would it look for a minimal 300 chip set?
Asking because I have some parts of the set, and wonder at what point it can be functional.

For a 300 chip set, I thought of:

Denomination	Count	Bank
$1	150	$150
$5	100	$500
$25	40	$1000
$100	10	$1000
Total		$2600

Which per the good calculation you did above, looks like its good to go. Correct?

@churlbut18 Interesting - can you please elaborate on why this is better?

 

[BKisback]

300 is only going to cover a smallish game. Bank on 60-80 chips per player. If blinds are one chip, the next biggest is going to be the workhorse in most cases.

 

[churlbut18]

@QuietMaple Nice, thanks for the confirmation!

For a followup question - how would it look for a minimal 300 chip set?
Asking because I have some parts of the set, and wonder at what point it can be functional.

For a 300 chip set, I thought of:

Denomination	Count	Bank
$1	150	$150
$5	100	$500
$25	40	$1000
$100	10	$1000
Total		$2600

Which per the good calculation you did above, looks like its good to go. Correct?

@churlbut18 Interesting - can you please elaborate on why this is better?

It’s just preference. I prefer quantities in even barrels (20 chips). 50 and 150 quantities tweak my OCD.

 

[QuietMaple]

You would be right at the edge with only 300 chips, but if people are fine making change occasionally and your games aren't too splashy, I think it would work (in my games it's very very rare for anyone to buy in more than 3 times, but I know that's not the case everywhere). You could even let $100 bills play if you needed slightly more breathing room.

At lower chip counts, you also need to think about starting stacks, but I think you could do it with this:

When someone buys back in, you give them all $25 chips (or a $100 chip when you run out), and they make change with the player who just took their stack