Help: Making a 2-Table Tourny Set work for 3 Tables (1 Viewer)

[Taxi500]

My home game has expanded much more rapidly than expected. I bought a two table set back when that would be a stretch to achieve but a year ahead and I will likely have 3 tables full for our semi-annual tourny.

Edit: Assume 24 players - I consider "Full" 8 players because of my table's sizes.

PCF: How do I make this set work for 3 tables?

T25 x 160
T100 x 160
T500x 120
T1k x 160
T5k x 80
T25k x 20

 

[LeLe]

Get more chips

Simple calculations : 160 T25 chip divided by 24 guys meaning each guy have to start with 6 chips on average

 

[KHarp1]

What LeLe said, buy more chips.

Would help to know how you've been running your tournament. Starting stack size, how long are blinds? It's possible you might be able to fudge, but, likely you just need more chips.

 

[ngmcs8203]

I think stretching it would be something like 18 players max. Unless you host a freezeout with a weird starting stack size like 9650 or something, you are going to have to limit your player pool or get more chips.

6-5-6-6 if you don't care about having a round starting stack size.

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/pcf/poker-chip-calculator/

 

[BGinGA]

Bare-bones T25-base set for 3 tables (30 players, 8/8/4/7 = 10k stacks):

240 x T25
240 x T100
120 x T500
210 x T1000
20 x T5000
--‐-----‐----
830 chips, using T5000 for all color-ups

Re-buys, add-ons, and/or stacks larger than 10k requires more T5000 chips.


You need 210 more chips, minimum:

80 x T25
80 x T100
50 x T1000

 

[Taxi500]

crap. OK - Thank you all.

 

[allforcharity]

Modifying @BGinGA 's numbers above for 24 players at 8/8/4/7 you have (approx):

200x T25
200x T100
100x T500 (total T50K)
175x T1000 (total T175K)
25x T5000 (total 125K)

which should cover your 3 tables and have enough for colour ups and 11 rebuys
so you're about 1 rack away with 2 barrels T25, 2 barrels T100, 1 barrel T1000
you're golden with the T5K and you won't really need the T25K

 

[allforcharity]

If you can get 140x T25 and 140x T100, then you can have 12/12/5/6 stacks for less change-making in the early rounds, and not require any more higher denoms (if they would otherwise be very expensive or hard to get).

 

[Taxi500]

Oh God I forgot about rebuys too.. alright boys.. next SPW group buy and I'm smashing the buy button. Appreciate all your insights.

 

[ekricket]

Not all starting stacks have to have the same number of chips, just the same starting amount. You could possibly configure it but there would be a lot of change making the first couple of levels.

 

[Poker Zombie]

I have probably mentioned a dozen times, get more chips than you think you need.

More people need to mash the like button on those posts, because the point just isn't getting through.

@ekricket is right. You can stretch a set with uneven stacks, but more change making. It isn't ideal, and may make your game less fun, but it's better than turning players away.

 

[Taxi500]

I have probably mentioned a dozen times, get more chips than you think you need.

More people need to mash the like button on those posts, because the point just isn't getting through.

@ekricket is right. You can stretch a set with uneven stacks, but more change making. It isn't ideal, and may make your game less fun, but it's better than turning players away.

With you here: In my defense when I bought these a year ago it was a stretch for me to get more than 12 guys and this set was liberal with chip stacks... now they're chomping at the bit and much more guys want to play.

 

[Poker Zombie]

With you here: In my defense when I bought these a year ago it was a stretch for me to get more than 12 guys and this set was liberal with chip stacks... now they're chomping at the bit and much more guys want to play.

I remember playing 5 handed, because that's all we could get.

We're consistently pushing 20 now.

#FirstWorldProblems

 

[RagingAZN]

Yeah it's a nice problem to have but the answer is more chips!

 

[JustinInMN]

I think I can thread the needle here and squeeze out 24 stacks using the status quo.

You can do 20 stacks of 8/8/4/7 with what you have now and have 40*T500 and 20*T1000 left over.

With those leftovers you can build 4 stacks of 10*T500 and 5*T1000 to hit 24 stacks on the nose.

So I would give your first 20 players the standard 8/8/4/7 stacks and then the last 4 players get the 0/0/10/5 stacks.

This might still be tight for change making but may be just barely doable.

But personally, I think just adding 80 each of T25, T100, and T1000 will take your set to the perfect space for 30 buy ins along the lines of what @BGinGA suggested.

Even just doing 40 of each gets to you 25 buy ins as @allforcharity said.

Bottom line, you are short on chips, but not ridiculously so.