Tourney Has the t2,000 chip fallen out of favor? (1 Viewer)

Fast-forward to today and I don't really see the T2,000 in custom sets anymore. Was it one of those, "yea, I needed it to satisfy my OCD, but it was a hassle on the table so I've moved on" type of deals? Or are they still popular with a certain crowd and just not being made in any sets of late?
I have a non-denom set for tourney & micro. I tried to use the big chip as T-2,000 for while, and it was an utter failure. I even tried T-2,500 and that was worse (like "end of the world" worse).
 
The claim a T2000 is more "efficient" because a bet can be made with a single chip is practically ridiculous. The effort used to toss 2 10g chips is the unmeasurably different from the effort to toss a single 10g chip. If you were using 20 lb weight plates for chips, would agree that efficiency matters. For 10g chips, it does not.

Zombie, I'm disappointed you would suggest using cheap 20 lb chips when we all know that official casino weight chips are actually a full 10kg! ;)
 
In this case, I'd like to see empirical data that indicates that bets like 19, 187, etc. ever even occur. I may be a simple tournament player, but in my observation (no data collected) 19 would rarely be used in a T1 tournament - the bettor would just bet 20. 187 - I guess this would also be a T1, and would rarely be anything less than a shove.

The claim a T2000 is more "efficient" because a bet can be made with a single chip is practically ridiculous. The effort used to toss 2 10g chips is the unmeasurably different from the effort to toss a single 10g chip. If you were using 20 lb weight plates for chips, would agree that efficiency matters. For 10g chips, it does not.

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I'm not arguing frequencies of various bet sizes, calories expended by tossing various weights of chips into the pot, or anything else. I'm just providing my definition of "chip efficiency" and then providing some totally-made-up-off-the-top-of-my-head examples showing that, by my definition, 10:1 denoms are less efficient than 4:1 or 5:1.

What practical effect on the game does this have? Dunno.
 
Efficiency for me is: "how can I minimize the amount of chips I need to buy from CPC". I always like a set to be flexible for various situations, so I don't know which chip I'd go with....maybe I need both :oops:.

If anyone finds that betting with multiple chips requires too much effort your oversized clay chips must be killing you! I could take them off your hands...probably worth less than $1/chip given this new discovery :rolleyes:
 
I really like the idea of a $2k chip. I played with it at the Colorado meetup a couple of years ago and liked it. I think once players gets used to it, it's much more efficient where each denom is 4-5x the previous one. I've always disliked the fact that the 500's are kinda useless with a $1k chip in play.

Non traditional chip denoms can make for interesting games, right @Mesnik44 ?

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I've never played with a T2000 chip, but I like the idea. I also play 8/16 limit regularly so I think considering 2 a base unit is less of an issue for me. (just to tilt everyone, the 2 chips are coincidentally yellow)
 

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