Cash Game Need a chip breakdown to rule them all (1 Viewer)

[BigBadBlackBeard]

So, I am in a weird situation.
We usually do 25c/25c with my buddies. Usually we are 10.
But sometimes I bring home a couple bros from the poker club when it closes, and they like to play 0,5/1 or 1/2. Usually we are 5/6, but I hope that we can grow.
I am also hoping to raise the stakes with them eventually, up to 2/5.
So, I was thinking, maybe my 300 non-denom chips have made their time. Also because people often are drunk and can't remember the chips' value.
Maybe I should replace them with a 1000 chips cash game set.
But what about the breakdown, when at my lowest stake the fracs fly like they're undos at a blackjack table, while at 1/2 people make up to 5 rebuys per night? (Mostly me but still).

I was thinking:

140x0,25
300x1
300x5
200x25
60x100

Would this have me covered for all stakes up to 2/5?
Can I reduce the number of chips?
Is it stupid to try to cover basically all cash game buy ins with a single set?
The braoder question I suppose is: how to better supply a cash game that goes from 0,25/0,25 to 5/5?
(I've looked around the forum, but I think this question is specific enough to warrant a post).

 

[twocannons]

You are trying to cover a large range imo. You have a good start but if you start playing bigger (ie 1/2 2/5) and the buy ins go up you are going to run out of the playable denoms quickly.

Lets say one night you are running a 1/2 game. The most common chip will be the 1’s and 5’s of course. I would take the highest buyin player and multiply that by the average number of players. So say its $200 and you average 6 players. I would want enough 1’s and 5’s to cover a $1200 bank in that example.

Everyone will have there own formula but this is how I have ran my 1/2/5 game for the last 15+ years. I average 12-14 players and my max buy in is around $800. I make sure I have enough 5’s and 25’s to cover the 11k bank and the other denoms are used if I wanna chip up or in the case that maybe the game gets alittle deeper.
Hope I explained this well enough to convey my formula.

 

[BGinGA]

For a single-table (10 players) multi-stakes cash set covering 25c/25c up to 1/2 stakes:

200 x 25c
200 x $1
300 x $5
100 x $25 (or $20)
------
800 chips ($4000+ bank)

If you run out of chips in the 50c/1 or 1/2 games, you can just let $100 bills play.

If also wanting to cover 2/5 stakes, I'd want to add at least 300 more chips as follows:

100 x $5
100 x $25 (or $20)
100 x $100
-------
1100 chips ($17,000+ bank)

 

[FordPickup92]

I would agree w/ @BGinGA
200 x .25
300 x 1
400 x 5
100 x 25
100 x 100

Or
200 x .25
300 x 1
400 x 5
140 x 25
60 x 100

You'll likely never use a full rack of hundos but it proofs your bank, and minimalizes excess chips on the table. If you wanted to lay it out differently you could get more $5 or and less $100 but essentially your majority of the bank would be on the table and larger denoms can be distributed amongst rebuys or late buy ins and change can be made on the table.

 

[Swarlos]

100 fracs should be fine then you can get extra fives or larger denoms

100 - $.25
300 - $1
400 - $5
160 - $25
40 - $100

Total Bank = $10,325

 

[Jawnie]

id go $1, $5, $25 and use 25 as frac or high value depending on stakes. much easier/cheaper to buy casino denoms and dont need to cart around 10kg of chips

 

[Nine_high]

I would do something like this:

100x .25
200x 1
400x 5
200x 25
80x 100
20x 500

1000 chip set with a bank over $25k which will cover a decent 2/5 table (5000bb).

If you want more fracs for your quarters game I'd displace from the fives but not more than 100. Maybe 160 fracs and 340 fives for example.

 

[Santa123]

I vote for 200/300/300/300/100. Go big.

 

[Marius L]

200 25c
200 $1
300 $5
200 $25
100 $100

Seems very reasonable! Should cover all those stakes just fine. If the 2/5 gets crazy down the line, simply add an extra rack of 100 and or a couple barrels of 500 for value storage on the most crazy nights.

Adding a third rack of 25s would also make sense if the 2/5 or 5/5 game grows to full ring and plays splashy.