Tourney Do you really NEED a t500 in a t10k tournament? (2 Viewers)

[derekdd23]

Do you really NEED a t500 in a t10k tournament? The 500s seem to slow everyone down and other than make a 500-1k and 1500-3000k level blinds easier does it really matter? I can see it helping out a ton if there are antes but other than that I don't see the point other than MOAR chipes.

Would you be sad if there was no 500?

 

[upNdown]

So starting stacks would be what, 12/17/8?
Has anybody tried it? Seems like it would be a lot easier if you had a few 500s.

 

[Mtvernonbryan]

Minimal $500’s but I feel you still need them.

 

[justsomedude]

While I don’t think they are needed, I think they can make eyeballing pot totals easier. For example, at those early levels (25/50, 75/150, 100/200) when bets and raises hit 300, 400, 700, 900, etc., you probably dont want to be mentally counting up 24x 100 chips in the pot IMO.

Those 500s can make glance-counting the pot size a bit easier.

 

[BGinGA]

Replacing 5x T100 chips in every single bet/call/raise of T500 or larger with a single T500 chip saves a lot of time and mental counting energy. Eliminating it causes a lot of problems, including counting pot size.

It's the T1000 chip that isn't really needed. Starting stacks of 12/12/17 or 8/8/18 (or even 8/8/8/0/1) for T10k events work just fine, with T5000 chips used for all color-ups and re-buys.

 

[PlaidDragon]

I think you need the 500's as moving stacks of 8-9 hundreds around would be sort of ungainly. The 500 is actually not the issue IMHO. It's the 1000.

If and when I do a custom tourney set I'm bouncing around the idea of dumping the 1000 and having 2000's instead. 25, 100, 500, 2000, 10000.

 

[abby99]

Those of us who are used to managing large stacks of chips, especially in 3/6-chip or 4/8-chip limit games, could easily adapt to not having a T500 chip. However, my guess is that most players would have a difficult time placing blinds and bets and eyeballing stacks.

I'm a fan of T1000 chips and a few T500 chips, if for no other reason than most players are familiar with that chip breakdown.

 

[justsomedude]

If and when I do a custom tourney set I'm bouncing around the idea of dumping the 1000 and having 2000's instead. 25, 100, 500, 2000, 10000.

 

[PaulsonCollector]

What would be the alternatives? T25/T150/T750/T3750? Seems more efficient

 

[Nex]

There's only a 2x step to the next bigger chip, but throwing the T500 out and going with ..., T100, T1k, ... still ends up in a 10x jump which would require significantly more T100s. For my taste way too many more than a handful of T500s would cost.

Don't need many, but do need them.

 

[Gunnar]

I tried it once 5-25-100-1000-5000
Players hated it