Hi all,
I've read about cash games and tournament games, but I'm still confused about which category my games would fall into. None of us are that super-serious about poker, but we do enjoy a couple games here and there, especially with a small cash prize for the winner for some motivation ($5 - $10 per player). I'd like to keep the games to a quick 1 hour to 1.5 hours max. I know that in order to do this, I'd have to figure out the relationship between the number of chips of each denomination and blinds structure. But I'm not familiar with how to use some of the online calculators.
Target game time: 1 hour to 1.5 hours
No buy-ins
Max players: 6
Prefer chip denominations such as 25, 100, 500, 1000, 5000 (makes for simple, even numbered bets, so I'm not too interested in the 1 and 5 denominations)
I'd like to know what would be the ideal chip set size: 300 or 500?
Which denominations and how many of each.
I'm interested in a set of the NexGen Pro Classics (I only have one retailer who sells poker chips locally, and these are what I've decided on based on lightweight chips and price, other options are 14g chips that don't appeal to me, although they are considerably cheaper)
I'm thinking a set of 300 chips is ideal. But I find the 25 chip from NexGen is ugly so I'd stick with the 100, 500, 1000, 5000 chips. I know there is a general rule that each chip denomination should be 4x-5x of the previous denomination, but that now poses a problem because after the 500 chip, there's just the 1000 and 5000, which don't follow that rule.
So now how might I structure my chip set and blinds? Always thought having the 25, 100, and 500 denominations would work but I really just hate the NexGen 25s. Looking for your advice
I've read about cash games and tournament games, but I'm still confused about which category my games would fall into. None of us are that super-serious about poker, but we do enjoy a couple games here and there, especially with a small cash prize for the winner for some motivation ($5 - $10 per player). I'd like to keep the games to a quick 1 hour to 1.5 hours max. I know that in order to do this, I'd have to figure out the relationship between the number of chips of each denomination and blinds structure. But I'm not familiar with how to use some of the online calculators.
Target game time: 1 hour to 1.5 hours
No buy-ins
Max players: 6
Prefer chip denominations such as 25, 100, 500, 1000, 5000 (makes for simple, even numbered bets, so I'm not too interested in the 1 and 5 denominations)
I'd like to know what would be the ideal chip set size: 300 or 500?
Which denominations and how many of each.
I'm interested in a set of the NexGen Pro Classics (I only have one retailer who sells poker chips locally, and these are what I've decided on based on lightweight chips and price, other options are 14g chips that don't appeal to me, although they are considerably cheaper)
I'm thinking a set of 300 chips is ideal. But I find the 25 chip from NexGen is ugly so I'd stick with the 100, 500, 1000, 5000 chips. I know there is a general rule that each chip denomination should be 4x-5x of the previous denomination, but that now poses a problem because after the 500 chip, there's just the 1000 and 5000, which don't follow that rule.
So now how might I structure my chip set and blinds? Always thought having the 25, 100, and 500 denominations would work but I really just hate the NexGen 25s. Looking for your advice