Okay. When I host a game, I offer a lesson for newbies if they come early. I don't like using my actual chipsets for training for 2 reasons: 1) I usually have it organized for gameplay and don't want to disorder them and 2) I don't want a stray training trip to make it to the actual game table. Additionally, I think it is good for the newbies to see different chip styles and it is an excuse for me to own more chips!
I am thinking of a rack of a training cash set (20 each of $0.25, $1, $5, $25, $100 and a couple $500s) and a training rack of tournament (20 each of T5, T25, T100, T1000, and 10 of T500 and T5000).
I have 2 rules the sets must abide by:
I am thinking of a rack of a training cash set (20 each of $0.25, $1, $5, $25, $100 and a couple $500s) and a training rack of tournament (20 each of T5, T25, T100, T1000, and 10 of T500 and T5000).
I have 2 rules the sets must abide by:
- They must be standard Vegas casino colors (white $1, red $5, green $25, black $100). I don't want to confuse the newbies with CA colors or non-traditional colors.
- They must not be easily confused for my play sets (micro-stakes is DDLM, low-stakes is Horseshoe Cleveland, and tournament is custom Tina design here).
- Go super cheap. This is for training purposes after all. Just get some china clays. I would do Milanos for the cash set (those have a special place in my heart).
- Go super nice. E.g. Rounders for the cash set. It is an "affordable" way to own nice chips that I can't justify spending the cash for a full set. Could also double as a "heads up" set. If I can find someone selling extras at a discount, even better.
- Go eclectic with a mixed set. Could do 1's from one casino and 5's from another. Or even mix within a denom (e.g. 20 different 1's from different casinos) but they would have to work together enough to not confuse newbies.
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