Home cash poker but without 50 chip (1 Viewer)

[Michael01]

Hey!
I have chips but without 50 value.
5/10/25/100/500
50+50+50+100+50 quantity
Is it okey to play home cash poker with 8 players, each starting with 1000 chips with minimal bet 5, but without 50 chip??

 

[mipevi]

That’s not really enough chips for comfortable 8max play. You can try, but expect to make change all the time. And a 50 chip would not help the situation much.

 

[Highli99]

What stakes are you trying to play?

 

[LeLe]

You don't need any 50 value chip, having 25 & 100 value is good, we usually want next denomination to be 4x - 5x the previous value.

You have enough bank wise for what I assuming 5/5 NLHE from what Iittle information I can gather but a lot of chip changing along the way for 8 way poker

 

[Eloe2000]

You are fine for a T5/1K tournament. Start everyone with 5x5, 5x10, 5x25, and 8x100. Use 2x 500 for rebuys. You can use the extra 25s and 100s for color ups to get the 5s and 10s off the table if you would like. Or just more 10s to get some 5s off the table.

Denominations	Starting Stacks	Starting Stack Value	8x Starting Quantities	Rebuy Stack	30x Rebuys Quantities	Total Quantity Required for Starting Stacks + 2x Rebuys
5​	5​	25​	40​	0​	0​	40
10​	5​	50​	40​	0​	0​	40
25​	5​	125​	40​	0​	0​	40
100​	8​	800​	64​	0​	0​	64
500​	0​	0​	0​	2​	32​	16
Totals		1000​				200

 

[ekricket]

Just curious, have you ever played in a poker game before? We may need to be giving you more advice than just “do you need a 50” or not. Are you trying to play a cash game or a tournament style game?

 

[Highli99]

Regardless of all facts and context, the answer to “do I need a 50 chip?” is always “No”. This isn’t really negotiable. Regardless of cash game, tournament, or whatever. The 50 denomination is an abomination and a testimony to inefficiency.

 

[Silver_Fiend]

Regardless of all facts and context, the answer to “do I need a 50 chip?” is always “No”. This isn’t really negotiable. Regardless of cash game, tournament, or whatever. The 50 denomination is an abomination and a testimony to inefficiency.

even $50 bills are verboten for buy-ins!

 

[OfficerLovejoy]

Regardless of all facts and context, the answer to “do I need a 50 chip?” is always “No”. This isn’t really negotiable. Regardless of cash game, tournament, or whatever. The 50 denomination is an abomination and a testimony to inefficiency.

Tell that to all german casinos spreading €2/4 NL.

That being said, no a $50 wouldn't make sense in a 1/5/25 breakdown.

 

[Highli99]

Tell that to all german casinos spreading €2/4 NL.
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That being said, no a $50 wouldn't make sense in a 1/5/25 breakdown.

Well they are also using 2 and 10 so their credibility is dubious.

 

[Rhodeman77]

Regardless of all facts and context, the answer to “do I need a 50 chip?” is always “No”. This isn’t really negotiable. Regardless of cash game, tournament, or whatever. The 50 denomination is an abomination and a testimony to inefficiency.

I care to politely disagree. There is definitely a place for a $50.

 

[Michael01]

Thanks for advises, I have started to play home cash poker not long ago. I will get more chips for comfort 8 players game, as you advised

 

[Michael01]

Just curious, have you ever played in a poker game before? We may need to be giving you more advice than just “do you need a 50” or not. Are you trying to play a cash game or a tournament style game?

We increase blinds during the game, and play from 8 players up to 3 remaining. Maybe it's more like tournament game

 

[LeLe]

We increase blinds during the game, and play from 8 players up to 3 remaining. Maybe it's more like tournament game

That is tourney, not cash game

 

[Sunshine]

Regardless of all facts and context, the answer to “do I need a 50 chip?” is always “No”. This isn’t really negotiable. Regardless of cash game, tournament, or whatever. The 50 denomination is an abomination and a testimony to inefficiency.

C'mon now, you know by now that the answer in all things poker is always "It depends."

@OfficerLovejoy gave an example with the 2/10/50 that's fine. My lowest stakes set is .10/.50/2/10 (I'm even so picky I like to alternate 4x and 5x so one chip is worth a barrel of the one two denoms lower).

Your core point that there's absolutely no reason to have a 25 and a 50 (or a 5 and a 10, for that matter) is certainly valid.

 

[Highli99]

C'mon now, you know by now that the answer in all things poker is always "It depends."

@OfficerLovejoy gave an example with the 2/10/50 that's fine. My lowest stakes set is .10/.50/2/10 (I'm even so picky I like to alternate 4x and 5x so one chip is worth a barrel of the one two denoms lower).

Your core point that there's absolutely no reason to have a 25 and a 50 (or a 5 and a 10, for that matter) is certainly valid.

Sometimes the best way to quickly identify reasonable use cases is to use hyperbole to insist there are none