Tourney Help Me Divide My Set (1 Viewer)

[ruskba]

I need to sell my Caribbean Poker Classic hot stamps, but given the size of the set and lack of higher denomination chips, I think I'm better off breaking it down into a few smaller sets to sell. I've come up with some numbers, but I'd like to see what the more experienced folk think before I put up a sale thread.

Total chip counts:

434 x $5
345 x $25
294 x $100
493 x $500

How many sets would you suggest and what breakdown would you use?

 

[MegaTon44]

Easy answer

Set #1

434 x $5
345 x $25
294 x $100
493 x $500

Set #2

0 x $5
0 x $25
0 x $100
0 x $500

What is this "selling" you speak of?

 

[BGinGA]

Break it into three sets of 420 chips. Each set supports up to a 10-player T8000 tournament (or smaller starting stacks with re-buys). Sets can be combined to support two tables (2 sets, 840 chips) or three tables (3 sets, 1260 chips), based on buyer's preferences.

100 x T5
100 x T25
75 x T100 (includes 10x for T5 color-up)
145 x T500 (includes 10x for T25 color-up)
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420 chips = 10 x T8000 starting stacks (10/10/7/14) or up to T7000 stacks with re-buys


Pulling out those three sets leaves a balance of 306 chips:

134 x T5
43 x T25
69 x T100
58 x T500
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306 chips

Due to the shortage of T25 chips, there isn't much that can be done with the leftovers. You could pull out a 100-chip heads-up set:

40 x T5
40 x T25
20 x T100
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100 chips = T1500 starting stacks (20/20/9 with 2x T100 for T5 color-up)

which would leave these extras:

94 x T5
3 x T25
49 x T100
58 x T500
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206 chips

Fewer T5s or T500s wouldn't be such a problem, but no T25s pretty much kills the entire 206 chip lot. And adding the extras to the other sets adds absolutely no value - it just creates extra cost for the buyer for extra chips he can't use.

Best bet is to sell the extras to others who need to fill out their sets.

 

[Frank]

I was going to say I could sell my 120 x $100 charcoal chips, but it doesn't look like they will help.

 

[Craig D]

I think breaking a large rare set decreases value, however it may take longer to sell

If I was forced to break it up I think one big set and one small set is best

The breakdown you have has lots of 5s and looks to be designed for a rebuy/second chance tournament with 1500-5000 starting stacks

1000 Set 240x5 240x25 180x100 340x500
16 Payers 15/13/11/??
24 Players 10/10/7/??

500 Set 160x5 100x25 100x100 140x500
8 Players 20/12/11/??

Spares
34x5 5x25 14x100 13x500

@BGinGA breakdown also works

I have no doubt either breakdown is playable, sure more 100s would make it better, both sets are great

Once again the whole is greater than sum of its parts

Have Fun

 

[ruskba]

Thanks for the input, everyone. I will definitely be trying to sell it whole but want to have a backup plan in place.

I managed to round up as many $25s as I could since the original set I bought only had 165. I know there's at least one other member with some in a relabeled set, but I wouldn't ask to break up a set.

 

[MaxB]

I'd be in for a small amount of the green $25's if split (y) :thumbsup: