How many racks of $5's for a cash set is enough? (1 Viewer)

[jxfan]

3-4 racks

 

[Coyote]

Would anyone felt $10s on top of $5s? Would a rack count as two racks of $5s?

We’re talking for 1/1 sets that don’t have enough $5s.

Also if you were felting $5s and $10s, would you rather use $20s or $25s?

$10 for less congestion on the table. 10 perfectly divides 20, by the way.

I eventually got a third rack of 5s

 

[sethwanab]

Would anyone felt $10s on top of $5s? Would a rack count as two racks of $5s?

We’re talking for 1/1 sets that don’t have enough $5s.

Also if you were felting $5s and $10s, would you rather use $20s or $25s?

I did that once for two reasons, I only had 2 racks of 5's and the 10's are so amazing I had to play them.
Bottom line, if you like the 10s, got blurple 25s, play them all. Just invite chippers over to play and they will get it.

 

[TheBigTater]

Not sure I agree that’s the reason

I’m 51 and we had a set of diamond plastic poker chips for poker and the blackjack game we ran in college way back in 1995. I never played poker with $20 bills and the only non chip games I saw were highschool circus games with quarters and maybe a few dollar bills. Moneymaker just made poker the game popular and convinced millions of new players tournament poker was the norm.

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The dislike of $20 chips is more likely due to them not being common in casinos. I play in AC often and the only $20 chips you see come from baccarat games. The only time you see $10 or $20s used for poker is when those are the blinds and the game is run enough to warrant it

I’ve always kept my colors and denominations in line with what the casinos commonly use as it makes it easier for me and my players.

BTW, the last time I played $1/3 at Borgata a player had a yellow $20 chip in his stack and several players asked about it. It was from baccarat. He used it in a bet and the dealer changed it out for four $5s when it went into the pot and put it in his bank. I guess they don’t like them in play for some reason.

Don’t doubt your experience with casino games but only casinos in my area were illegal so I only played in home games. My first experience with poker in a casino was a trip to Vegas in the late 70’s. There were no $20 chips there either at least not that I saw. Every home game in my area was truly a cash game. Most home games around here really didn’t start using chips till poker popularity picked up with the poker boom. Then everyone got a set of some kind of chips.

If I had lived near AC or Vegas my experience may have been different.

Games looked like this, certainly not the stakes and there were quarters and half dollars in play...

 

[Jacks]

Related: for a lot of people's $0.25/$0.50 games, a perfect simple breakdown is 100/200/300.

(Yes that's only $1725 bank. I'm sure some people will come in saying how they need $3-6k. It very much depends on your group / buy in / number of players--but I have never gone above $1000 bankroll in my $0.25/$0.50 NL 6-7 handed game in 20 years).

 

[joeyshin]

Related: for a lot of people's $0.25/$0.50 games, a perfect simple breakdown is 100/200/300.

(Yes that's only $1725 bank. I'm sure some people will come in saying how they need $3-6k. It very much depends on your group / buy in / number of --but I have never gone above $1000 bankroll in my $0.25/$0.50 NL 6-7 handed game in 20 years).

Usually 100/200/200/80/20 and a lot of the 25/50 games here go well over $2k every night.

 

[Jacks]

Usually 100/200/200/80/20 and a lot of the 25/50 games here go well over $2k every night.

Yeah I think if you have this type of group that breakdown makes perfect sense too!

 

[Coyote]

With un-capped rebuys and straddles, .25/.50 easily becomes 2/5, which should be underlined to poor invitees.

 

[Chris Flynn]

 

[Tonystark137]

Yeah I think if you have this type of group that breakdown makes perfect sense too!

This is the breakdown my loaner set has. We get about 2k in play most longer sessions.

 

[Chris Flynn]

Tina hybrids, not the real deal. But, love the set - if only I could ever get them to the table! Haven't hosted a game in years

 

[Vinyard]

1/1; 2/5; 3/5; 5/5

4-6 racks of $5’s the more the merrier. Splash some chip that’s what it’s for yeah baby!

 

[JMC9389]

1/1; 2/5; 3/5; 5/5

4-6 racks of $5’s the more the merrier. Splash some chip that’s what it’s for yeah baby!

Nice Tinas!

 

[Rhodeman77]

I have had 10 racks in play for a single table. It was fun and made for some massive sized pots. Felt kinda like playing limit.

 

[joeyshin]

Seeeeeee



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[Saditsfact]

Thanks for answering my questions, this was the set in question.

To answer the OP’s question. I think I hope it’s 2 racks (because I can’t get more) but it’s Probably more like 3 minimum… but more is better…

About the $20s you guys bring up good points, but since it seems like some leaded chips predate when most were playing poker (pre moneymaker) @TheBigTater seems to know best since he played in the late 70s in casinos (NV). Do you know if California casinos also didn’t use $20s for poker back then? It seems like California always liked to do things differently and I feel like I see leaded Cali $20s more than $25s but idk, I’d suspect in the 80’s they were phasing out $20s and by the 90’s $25s were exclusively used but idk.

 

[joeyshin]

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Thanks for answering my questions, this was the set in question.

To answer the OP’s question. I think I hope it’s 2 racks (because I can’t get more) but it’s Probably more like 3 minimum… but more is better…

About the $20s you guys bring up good points, but since it seems like some leaded chips predate when most were playing poker (pre moneymaker) @TheBigTater seems to know best since he played in the late 70s in casinos (NV). Do you know if California casinos also didn’t use $20s for poker back then? It seems like California always liked to do things differently and I feel like I see leaded Cali $20s more than $25s but idk, I’d suspect in the 80’s they were phasing out $20s and by the 90’s $25s were exclusively used but idk.

What are those $5s

 

[grandmeme]

What are those $5s

Barona $5s

 

[Saditsfact]

What are those $5s

Barona $5s

Haven’t seen a single $5 ever hit the classifieds or eBay or fb marketplace… whatever lol

 

[toothpic]

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Thanks for answering my questions, this was the set in question.

To answer the OP’s question. I think I hope it’s 2 racks (because I can’t get more) but it’s Probably more like 3 minimum… but more is better…

About the $20s you guys bring up good points, but since it seems like some leaded chips predate when most were playing poker (pre moneymaker) @TheBigTater seems to know best since he played in the late 70s in casinos (NV). Do you know if California casinos also didn’t use $20s for poker back then? It seems like California always liked to do things differently and I feel like I see leaded Cali $20s more than $25s but idk, I’d suspect in the 80’s they were phasing out $20s and by the 90’s $25s were exclusively used but idk.

Nice set! Honestly, play with the chips you have especially when they are rare. I'll play with 5s, 10s, 20s, 25s, 50s even just to get them in play. 25s are just the preference but other chips work too. 3-4 racks of 5s are also a preference

 

[JMC9389]

Nice set! Honestly, play with the chips you have especially when they are rare. I'll play with 5s, 10s, 20s, 25s, 50s even just to get them in play. 25s are just the preference but other chips work too. 3-4 racks of 5s are also a preference

One of my chipping regrets is not getting in on that plaque buy

 

[toothpic]

One of my chipping regrets is not getting in on that plaque buy

Damn. I think you would have loved them!

 

[GamingWithChips]

$20s suck. Seems like all the experienced card players I come across agree that $20s suck. I just happened to fall for one particular $20 chip when came here. I thought it was cool. (I was right, but that doesn’t mean it plays well.) Now they're just my cross to bear.
But for a .25/.50 game, the rational response to being stuck with $20 chips is to use more $5s!!

I think $20 chips works best with low or micro stakes where the $20 chip is the biggest chip on the table like a hundred might be for most games.

I think a good rule of thumb might be:

Buy-ins: $20-$40 or LESS ------>$20 chip works well
Buy-ins: $25-$50 or MORE ---->$25 chip works better

 

[Old State]

Don’t doubt your experience with casino games but only casinos in my area were illegal so I only played in home games. My first experience with poker in a casino was a trip to Vegas in the late 70’s. There were no $20 chips there either at least not that I saw. Every home game in my area was truly a cash game. Most home games around here really didn’t start using chips till poker popularity picked up with the poker boom. Then everyone got a set of some kind of chips.

If I had lived near AC or Vegas my experience may have been different.

Games looked like this, certainly not the stakes and there were quarters and half dollars in play...

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Understood. But since most of the population of our country is in areas more likely to be close to casinos then where you live, the perspective of more people will be influenced by what they see there. Hence why most see $20 chips as odd

The other advantage has to do with chip rack being built around a 20 chip barrel. A barrel of $25 is a nice round number of $500 vs $400

 

[Old State]

To be honest I prefer playing poker with less chips on the table. I have a lot of $5s and use them but I think I’m going to start getting the $25 chips in play more.

I realize this is a poker chip enthusiast forum and MOAR chip etc…but I’d rather make a $30 bet with a green and red then count out 6 reds.

 

[toothpic]

To be honest I prefer playing poker with less chips on the table. I have a lot of $5 and use them but I think I’m going to start getting the $25 chips in play more.

I realize this is a poker chip enthusiast forum and MOAR chip etc…but I’d rather make a $30 bet with a green and red then count out 6 reds.

I somewhat agree with this. Our games are always self dealt which is why I cap it at 4 racks of 5s for a game. 3 racks runs just as well, but isn't as nice for stack pictures Any more than that and it just takes too long sometimes for someone to stack up their chips after a big pot.

 

[TheBigTater]

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Thanks for answering my questions, this was the set in question.

To answer the OP’s question. I think I hope it’s 2 racks (because I can’t get more) but it’s Probably more like 3 minimum… but more is better…

About the $20s you guys bring up good points, but since it seems like some leaded chips predate when most were playing poker (pre moneymaker) @TheBigTater seems to know best since he played in the late 70s in casinos (NV). Do you know if California casinos also didn’t use $20s for poker back then? It seems like California always liked to do things differently and I feel like I see leaded Cali $20s more than $25s but idk, I’d suspect in the 80’s they were phasing out $20s and by the 90’s $25s were exclusively used but idk.

Unsure as I never played in a Cali Card Room. One of the reasons why I love old Cali Card Room chips when I started collecting, besides the color variations, was the presence of the (usually black) $20 chips (granted the Cali purple $25 are great as well). I think that most of the Cali rooms had more poker than table games so I assume the $20's were used for poker mainly (just an assumption).

My first trip to Vegas I played poker at the Sahara & the Dunes and funny that I never saw the famous green $20 chips at the Dunes when I was there until much later in my collecting journey. Only thing I do remember about the poker rooms in the Sahara & the Dunes at that time was that they were independent from the casino and run by contracted owners/managers instead. I absolutely loved playing at the Dunes room which at the time I believe was run by Johnny Moss

 

[upNdown]

My first trip to Vegas I played poker at the Sahara & the Dunes and funny that I never saw the famous green $20 chips at the Dunes when I was

Lucky you, I never played there. But remember the dunes $20 is a baccarat-specific chip.

 

[Old State]

Lucky you, I never played there. But remember the dunes $20 is a baccarat-specific chip.

Well technically thats not totally the case. It’s either a chip for limit betting games or poker when the blinds are in those limits. Many casinos like Bellagio and Aria use $10 chips for $10/20 NLHE and $20 chips for $20/40. They do this to limit the amount of change making and the amount of chips on the table.

But at the stakes I imagine the overwhelming majority of players here play…$1/3 or $2/5 at a casino …$20 chips are not used. It’s all $1s, 5s, 25s and 100s.

See here

 

[upNdown]

Well technically thats not totally true. It’s either a chip for limit betting games or poker when the blinds are in those limits. Many casinos like Bellagio and Aria use $10 chips for $10/20 NLHE and $20 chips for $20/40. They do this to limit the amount of change making and the amount of chips on the table

See here

Dunes may have had $20s that they used for limit games, but these lime ones are 43mm and say BACCARAT on the inlay. I’d be surprised if these particular chips were used anywhere besides baccarat tables.