I'm overthinking this I'm sure, but would appreciate some input.
Hosting a small, 6 player game tonight. All casual players. Enjoyment being the main objective tonight.
Have more than enough chips to cover any starting stack (T10k, T15k, T20k). The question is, if the goal is to have a run-time of approx. 4.5-5 hours incl. breaks, what starting stack size makes sense here? I'll allow re-buys if people want.
Was thinking of going with T15k, just to give people a bit more to play with, but unsure how larger stacks will affect run-time here with a smaller group. Do bigger or smaller starting stacks make sense? I would like to avoid the game running too long above all, but too short is also not desirable.
I've used @BGinGA 's breakdowns in the past for larger groups, but really unsure how playing with only 6 changes things here.
L1 25 50
L2 25 75
L3 50 100
L4 75 150
L5 100 200
L6 150 300
remove T25 chips (requires 3x T1000 chips)
L7 200 400
L8 300 600
L9 400 800
L10 600 1200
L11 800 1600
L12 1100 2200
L13 1500 3000
remove T100/T500 chips (requires 12x T1000 chips and 5x T5000 chips)
L14 2000 4000
L15 3000 6000
L16 4000 8000 ** EOT
L17 6000 12000
L18 8000 16000
Thanks for the input!
Hosting a small, 6 player game tonight. All casual players. Enjoyment being the main objective tonight.
Have more than enough chips to cover any starting stack (T10k, T15k, T20k). The question is, if the goal is to have a run-time of approx. 4.5-5 hours incl. breaks, what starting stack size makes sense here? I'll allow re-buys if people want.
Was thinking of going with T15k, just to give people a bit more to play with, but unsure how larger stacks will affect run-time here with a smaller group. Do bigger or smaller starting stacks make sense? I would like to avoid the game running too long above all, but too short is also not desirable.
I've used @BGinGA 's breakdowns in the past for larger groups, but really unsure how playing with only 6 changes things here.
L1 25 50
L2 25 75
L3 50 100
L4 75 150
L5 100 200
L6 150 300
remove T25 chips (requires 3x T1000 chips)
L7 200 400
L8 300 600
L9 400 800
L10 600 1200
L11 800 1600
L12 1100 2200
L13 1500 3000
remove T100/T500 chips (requires 12x T1000 chips and 5x T5000 chips)
L14 2000 4000
L15 3000 6000
L16 4000 8000 ** EOT
L17 6000 12000
L18 8000 16000
Thanks for the input!