Yeah, I didn't mean it was a "necessity", just the preference for many.
You will also hear a lot on here about the necessity of having a separate cash and tourney set of a totally different design for security reasons.
For a $50 cash game, the blinds would be likely $0.25/$0.50 and they would stay that unless everyone agreed to increase.
You would need something like 100x $0.25 chips, 200x $1 chips, 200x $5 chips, and 200x $25 chips.
The 200 $25s seem a bit unnecessary, unless you’re really expecting stakes to increase, or you have an incredibly loose .25/.50 game... If the stakes stay there, even just 4-5 barrels should suffice, I’d think.
Two sets are nice to have but certainly not a necessity...unless you play very high stakes with thugs.
Well, I have two sets because I often have two games going on at once: The final table of a tourney, and a cash game that has begun with players who busted out of that (two-table) tourney.
Never once had that happen. One could imagine all types of scenerios I guess but I’m going on my actual experience. We also created a tournament structure that allowed for starting stacks of 20. The stacks always fit in racks so it was very easy to see missing chips when collecting the chips at the end or during color up. That plus coloring up after every three rounds probably helps too.There are also unintentional ways that affect all games. Tourney chip ends up on floor, isn’t seen until cash. Or gets stuck/hidden under the rail, in a cup holder, etc.
Never once had that happen. One could imagine all types of scenerios I guess but I’m going on my actual experience. ... I can understand the “nice to have” argument but experience has shown me the “must have for security” argument is unconvincing.
I don't think anyone here is suggesting that it is a "must have".
It may happen, eventually, if you keep playing long enough. It’s not that commingling is common in a friendly home game; but it would be no fun if there were a real error, at least more than a trivial one.
Anyway, convincing a community of chippers to collect the minimum number chips and sets necessary is a tall task. Most of us are looking for reasons to get MWAR not fewer.
I’ve also never been struck by lightening and don’t spend much time worrying about it.Saying you've never encountered a problem so you dont need 2 sets is like saying you've never had a house fire, so you don't need fire insurance.
You are right, it's not a necessity, but it is a good idea. If your funds are strapped, you can get by by just being very safe.
...and hoping lightning doesn't strike.
I mean this question sincerely, Old State, with no malice... But I’m just not clear why it bugs you so much that people advocate for two sets.
It hardly seems like the most outrageous suggestion one encounters here. I am genuinely curious.