Poll:Do you buy 25c or 50c for your cash set? (1 Viewer)

[JScott]

Both, but in separate sets, and yes that's a washed out pic, the IOC fracs are WAY more vibrant.

 

[Darthhoodie]

Ya it's not the end of the world if you mix, and I almost never play 50c/$1, so people with more experience with that have probably thought about this more. I usually play either 25c/50c or $1/$2, so I never thought about 50c chips, but I love me some fracs so I wouldn't mind having both 25c and 50c chips in a set even if I never use them at the same time. I think someone here on PCF may have said the more chips the better, I forget who, but they sound smart.

Just to be clear, I would not think twice about using 25c chips in a 50c/$1 game especially since fracs are hard to come by as it is, never mind 50c fracs, but given the choice I would use the 50c if available in a 50c/$1 game if that makes sense.

 

[warma]

25¢, $1, $5, $20, $100 for NL.
50¢ for $1/$2 limit games.

 

[Darthhoodie]

Does anyone have a 50c/$2.50/$10/$50 set?
If so, what would you play with it? At least you can get those snappers in play.

 

[warma]

Does anyone have a 50c/$2.50/$10/$50 set?
If so, what would you play with it? At least you can get those snappers in play.

I’d play poker with it.

 

[Coyote]

I like quarters because I'm cheap. .25/.50 is clearly a low stakes game. .50/1 is the same as $1/1, which is the same as $1/2, which is to say they're all too damn expensive for my tastes.

You didn't mention a reasonably maxed (60E/$ or 120BBs) buy-in .50/.50 game which could be ideal.

Other than that, I hate quarters as a value, and not just because they do not correspond to any coins here.

At any rate, wishing to have versatility, I 've never denominated my fracs, so they can play as either .50 or .25 (just in case you ever visit here ) or .20 (or even $/E2 in non-fractional games).

 

[viet rounder]

It really all comes down to the game you are playing. I will say this.... If you are more serious about poker (and less about chips) I would not consider buying too many of these low denominations as you will soon grow out of it.

I outgrew my 25cent, 50cent, and nearly my $1 chip. I have a feeling I will out grow my $5 in the next ten years. I have racks and racks of the lower denom chips that will never see action again (but maybe my son will use them).

 

[Saoliver]

Does anyone have a 50c/$2.50/$10/$50 set?
If so, what would you play with it? At least you can get those snappers in play.

$10 and $50 are bad luck and superfluous. Don’t @ me.

 

[upNdown]

It really all comes down to the game you are playing. I will say this.... If you are more serious about poker (and less about chips) I would not consider buying too many of these low denominations as you will soon grow out of it.

I outgrew my 25cent, 50cent, and nearly my $1 chip. I have a feeling I will out grow my $5 in the next ten years. I have racks and racks of the lower denom chips that will never see action again (but maybe my son will use them).

Dad?

 

[Seeking Alpha Social Club]

Would you play $2/$4 with a two-dollar chip and a four-dollar chip?

I would use .5, $1, $2, $3, and $5, but it kind of drives my peeps nuts.

Does anyone have a 50c/$2.50/$10/$50 set?
If so, what would you play with it? At least you can get those snappers in play.

LOL...that would be awesome!!

No, but I do have a .50/$1/$2/$3/$5/$25/$100 set (with a $10 ceramic after market chip that somebody had made....LOL!!

 

[Coyote]

Does anyone have a 50c/$2.50/$10/$50 set?

I have a T10/T50/T100/T500/T1,000 or 2,000 tourney set, for 30E T3,000 or 40E T4,000 tourneys, exactly intended to also play securely as 10/50/100/500/1,000 or 2,000 cent cash set.

 

[LeLe]

it surprising to know that actually many PCF also have both 25c & 50c in their set to use depending on the stake, i also didn’t like the idea of using 2 chip for small blind will rather very much to use 50c for 50c/$1 game

 

[Mike mac]

no , we play $1/$2 but those .50 cactus jack purples are hard to pass up!!!

 

[Darthhoodie]

no , we play $1/$2 but those .50 cactus jack purples are hard to pass up!!!

Ya If I had those I would find a reason to use them for sure.

 

[Chip1525]

Both, but in separate sets, and yes that's a washed out pic, the IOC fracs are WAY more vibrant.
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What are those mini racks and where did you get them?

 

[CrazyEddie]

What are those mini racks and where did you get them?

I'm curious about those as well!

These aren't the same thing, but they're similar, and anyone looking for a mini-rack might be interested: "Chip-O-Racks"

Slanted chip racks, for holding and dispensing one person's chips at the table instead of making stacks. Holds 75 chips in three rows of 25. Open at one end so you can easily take chips out or put them back, and slanted so the chips stay neatly stacked even if the row isn't full.

There's a bunch of them on eBay. Appear to be vintage, made over a few decades (?) from a few different types of plastic (?).

(see earlier thread here: https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/poker-chip-case-with-chip-o-racks-or-similar.60640/ )

 

[joseywales]

I have these in green. They serve certain purposes very well

 

[JScott]

What are those mini racks and where did you get them?

I'm curious about those as well!

These aren't the same thing, but they're similar, and anyone looking for a mini-rack might be interested: "Chip-O-Racks"

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Slanted chip racks, for holding and dispensing one person's chips at the table instead of making stacks. Holds 75 chips in three rows of 25. Open at one end so you can easily take chips out or put them back, and slanted so the chips stay neatly stacked even if the row isn't full.

There's a bunch of them on eBay. Appear to be vintage, made over a few decades (?) from a few different types of plastic (?).

(see earlier thread here: https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/poker-chip-case-with-chip-o-racks-or-similar.60640/ )

I 3D printed them. Great for starting stacks. Yes, I know these pics are terrible. Sunny day out there.

 

[joseywales]

I 3D printed them. Great for starting stacks.
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I like those, because they stack empty. The originals do not. Nice. List some in the Classifieds!

 

[JScott]

I like those, because they stack empty. The originals do not. Nice. List some in the Classifieds!

They're honestly more annoying to make than they'd be worth. STL's are out there though!

 

[xdan]

Jeez, that’s a lot of denoms. The Swiss government should’ve run their breakdown by @BGinGA before finalizing

Australia is the same.
we stop at $2 though.
We also used to have 1c and 2c coins.
Still legal tender but long gone from mass production.

 

[BonScot]

We‘re always playing 0.50/1 and all players including me prefer to go with 50c chips only. As most preflop raises are 3+ BB, no real need for quarters. Sometimes players mistake quarters for 50c chips, but that‘s maybe because we‘re not used to quarters as our swiss coins are 5c/10c/20c/50c/1/2/5

Oh we’re old school here. 1p/2p/5p/10p/20p/50p/£1/£2

You have to strike a fine balance with how much change you put in each pocket or else you’re in danger of walking in circles

 

[tabletalker7]

Oh we’re old school here. 1p/2p/5p/10p/20p/50p/£1/£2

You have to strike a fine balance with how much change you put in each pocket or else you’re in danger of walking in circles

I am quite certain my pants would fall down before I walk in circles. And dropping your pants outside leads to a different kind of "circles"

 

[TwoHomie]

We‘re always playing 0.50/1 and all players including me prefer to go with 50c chips only. As most preflop raises are 3+ BB, no real need for quarters. Sometimes players mistake quarters for 50c chips, but that‘s maybe because we‘re not used to quarters as our swiss coins are 5c/10c/20c/50c/1/2/5

Singapore don’t have quarter too we only have 5c/10c/20c/50c/$1

Is there a name for a 20c piece? “Fifths?” Or something like that?

 

[BonScot]

I am quite certain my pants would fall down before I walk in circles. And dropping your pants outside leads to a different kind of "circles"View attachment 668577

That’s a great tradition over here. Some people made a career out of that

 

[Chip1525]

Is there a name for a 20c piece? “Fifths?” Or something like that?

It is called... (prepare yourself)... twenty cents.

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

I voted for 50c (but coupled with a 10c chip) because this is what I use.

I can cover NL10 (0.10 - 0.10), NL20 (0.10 - 0.20) and NL50 (0.50 - 0.50).

But same could be achieved with 5c coupled with 25c I guess.

In fact it really depends on your game and preference.

Both 25c and 50c together are not needed in my opinion.

Édit : I've not read the question properly.

Definitely 50c for me then. I don't like 2-chip small blind in a cash game.

 

[TwoHomie]

It is called... (prepare yourself)... twenty cents.

Walked myself right into that one

 

[MrWitti]

Is there a name for a 20c piece? “Fifths?” Or something like that?

Not that I am aware off, the only „nickname“ I know is that some say „Schnägg“ to the 5.00 coin (Snail). The 5.00 coin is usually called „5-liber“. History of this dates back to the predecessor currency bevor 1850 which was the french „Livre“