Custom Set Chip Counts (1 Viewer)

[CrabbyJacks]

Good evening Poker Nerds,
First post here, I'm working with BRPokerPro for a 39mm set. I have everything ready to go except the number of chips per denomination. I've read quite a bit on this site but what I'm trying to do is buy 1190 chips (odd, I know) to cover 2 types of cash games .05/.10 and .25/.50. I have 2 different games I play in so attempting to split the difference.

The micro stakes game is really just for fun, $20 buy in, some guys will maybe go total $60, but this game is for smoking cigars, shooting the shit and for the most part it isn't a serious game. Usually less than 10 players.

The .25/.50 is usually a $60 buy in and go from there. Still a lot of smoking and drinking but at least these guys pay attention to the game.

The usual chip set for the micro is .05/.10/.25/$1/$5 The other is .25/.50/$1/$5.

What would your chip denom breakdown be? I'm trying to accommodate for up two 2 9player tables.

This was my breakdown but at this point I've been over thinking this too much.

Nickel 140

Dime 220

Quarter 260

Fifty 200

Dollar 200

5 Dollar 120

20 Dollar 40

100 Dollar 10

Do I need $100 chips? Absolutely not, but we designed the chip so might as well buy a few. Going into 2 600ct cases, leaving 10 for the chip seat selector.

I appreciate insight, please be nice.

C. Jacks

 

[NotRealNameNoSir]

You don't need dimes or 50c with this breakdown. We play pretty much your exact stakes and just use nickels and quarters, then 1s and 5s.

To cover 2 tables of 5c/10c and 25/50c:

160 nickels
200 quarters
300 $1s
200 $5s
40 $25s

Way more than enough bank and you're not wasting racks on the in between.

 

[CrabbyJacks]

So in a cash game we do incremental $20 bills, so that's why going with the $20 chip vs a $25 chip.

To your point though, yeah, that tracks with what I've read here including each denom being 4-5x the previous one. Let me think about it. I like what you've put down and it does make sense.

What do your starting stacks look like for a micro $20 buyin?

 

[Gojira777]

I would also say you shouldn‘t get any dimes or 50c. It‘s just too many different and unnecessary chips in the game at the same time. You can just post the 10c bb with 2 nickels, same for 50c with 2 quarters. Most of the time the smallest chip is mainly for blinds anyway.

As for chip counts, I would consider what starting stacks you wish to use.
For a $20 buyin in 5c/10c you could do:
10x 5c =0.50
18x 25c =4.50
15x $1 =15
Rebuys would be without nickels and quarters. So just straight up 1s and 5s later, depending how deep the game gets. I would keep most of the bank in 1s and 5s.

Starting Stack for 25c/50c could be:
20x 25c =$5
20x $1 =$20
5x 5$ =$25
Rebuy in just 5s I‘d say.
Alternatively, to save some change you could do:
12x 25c =$3
17x $1 =$17
6x $5 =$30

These are just examples on what I would do, but I believe you should base you total chip count on starting stacks you wish to do, so you don‘t buy too many small chips that you end up not using.

If you wish to run the 5c/10c and 25/50 game at the same time you would need a bit more of the quarters, or you could also cut down the starting stack of the 25c/50c to 12 quarters. If not you‘d probably be fine with one rack of nickels and 2 racks of quarters. Then lots of 1s and 5s for workhorse chips and rest in 25s and a couple of your 100s if you designed them and would like to use.

 

[UnicornFlash]

@Godzilla28

 

[TheRealTeddyKGB]

I didn't read anything after

1190 chips

I don't give a shit what you decide but please do my OCD a favor and get 10 moAr chips for an even 1200.

 

[Gojira777]

I didn't read anything after

I don't give a shit what you decide but please do my OCD a favor and get 10 moAr chips for an even 1200.

He said he wants to fill the other 10 spots with seating chips

 

[CrabbyJacks]

As an aside, a friend that's out of state and I play PokerStars all the time. Anyway, we have a running joke about your pocket being J3. It's total crap, however, if you hit 3J3J or J3J3 that's "Happy Hour" and JJJ33/333JJ is "Ladies Night" at our fictional Saloon & Casino.

For an actual game, I plan to start a pre-game side bet buyin...$5 goes into the kitty. If you make Happy Hour you get 50% of the kitty. If you make Ladies Night, you take it all. And the kitty builds game after game, but you have to have pocket 3J to be eligible.

I didn't read anything after

I don't give a shit what you decide but please do my OCD a favor and get 10 moAr chips for an even 1200.

Yeah, those last 10 chips are for the seat chips (also custom for my game). Kinda dumb, but I just also hate shuffling 2 decks and then immediately having to reshuffle one. I'd rather use chips to determine seat position and have 2 decks ready to go. My OCD>Your OCD.

I built one custom table, I have a table that I bought for super cheap and re-worked it to a min degree. I plan to build an oversized table to seat 10 people comfortably. Doesn't hurt my old man has a fully build woodworking shop I can build just about anything. Going for a lot of bling on this one as well that's kinda stupid, but also fun. And as it turns out, expensive. I'll only have to win the next 5,000 games for any of this to actually pay off.

 

[Gojira777]

So in a cash game we do incremental $20 bills, so that's why going with the $20 chip vs a $25 chip.

To your point though, yeah, that tracks with what I've read here including each denom being 4-5x the previous one. Let me think about it. I like what you've put down and it does make sense.

What do your starting stacks look like for a micro $20 buyin?

$20 dollar chips makes sense since there‘s no $25 bill. Neither is there a 25€ bill, we have 20€ too. I plan my cash set to have 20€ chips instead of 25€ as well. Totally up to your preference.

 

[CrabbyJacks]

I'd really love to move to 25/50 as the standard, but we have so many super casual players that they consider the $20 to just be a cover charge to hang out.

Most of us homebrew beer, or they work in the local craft beer industry so these things turn into bottle shares and have a complete non-poker trend. So I get the goal to not have a .10 chip, but when it comes to total chip count cap, a .10 chip makes sense. And now I'm thinking just do 5x .05 for 25c total, and push them to pulling the small blind back and tossing in a 10c chip. And that's where I get hung up. the 25c chip has a lot more value across both games, but the 50c now doesn't.

 

[Gus]

The most frustrating part of playing with semi distracted players is having a 2x chip denomination jump…Like a nickel and a dime. Nobody can decide which to use, people forget which is which…

Having the 4-5x jump makes everything clearer and enhances the fun because people quit being confused by chips.

“ Joe in the small blind raised!”
No hey I was just taking back my nickel and calling with a dime
“who raised? Joe cmon family pot!”
No I called, Called!

 

[Colquhoun]

Great resource here for cash game breakdowns:
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...ut-a-cash-game-chip-set-5c-10c-to-5-10.30897/

 

[MeridianFC]

You could also do an undenominated chip to be either .05/.10 and denominate the rest

 

[CrabbyJacks]

You could also do an undenominated chip to be either .05/.10 and denominate the rest

That's not a terrible idea as I have about 1500 of the cheapo dice kits. But one of the reasons to go this route was to put denom's on the chips to deal with the above posters comment about inattentive players. Yes it's an annoying problem but it's also a low enough stakes game that it doesn't bug me. Most of the guys have kids so the poker night is probably their one night per month to cut loose.

I did read this thread (from above) https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...ut-a-cash-game-chip-set-5c-10c-to-5-10.30897/

And I've just been hashing out if we had >10 players how I'd cover it. Turns out the idea of using dice chips for the 5/10 would also solve this issue. Although >10 players has never happened except once when we did a tournament and at that point it was very different. Like I said before, I'm way over thinking the "What Ifs" when that really shouldn't be an issue, because by that point I'd need tourney chip set.

As far a .05/.10 chips, yeah I get it, but it's what these guys are used to playing. Let me work this chip set up again for 10 players, push to higher denom chip counts and then I can always use non-denomn chip if we get a higher player turnout.

 

[golosefast]

you could just do .1/.1 and save yourself from getting 5 cent chips

 

[Colquhoun]

you could just do .1/.1 and save yourself from getting 5 cent chips

I'm not a fan of 10c and 25c chips at the same table. The 5c is a multiple of 25c, easy for topping bets and change-making.
10c just doesnt work, unless you do 10c, 50c, $1...which I'm not fond of either.

 

[golosefast]

I'm not a fan of 10c and 25c chips at the same table. The 5c is a multiple of 25c, easy for topping bets and change-making.
10c just doesnt work, unless you do 10c, 50c, $1...which I'm not fond of either.

ive played both, even if there is a 10cent chip left over in some split pot games weve usually just thrown it into the next pot and nobody has ever had an issue with it

 

[CrabbyJacks]

Thanks for all the input. I reshuffled a bunch of the counts and placed my order. Whatever I need to do in the future I can just buy what I'm missing. Ya'll have been a good sounding board. And I swear, once these chips show up, after years of consistent play, people will suddenly want to modify.

Now to start working on my next gen table. Which will have a racetrack. Not sure how popular they are, but I have a full woodworking shop at my disposal and because most of us are homebrewers, it's not uncommon to have a cigar astray and 3-4 4oz taster glasses in addition to a cocktail. Just too much for a playing surface when it comes to easy cleanup. Through here I found Chan Man, which is just going to cost me so much more!