Hello!
This is my first real post here at PCF so lets get to it. I think I have done my research thanks to @BGinGA, @Machine, @Legend5555 and many others. I am an accountant so spreadsheet incoming (Couldn't get them to format in the forum so you get screenshots).
Background:
We have recently revived our fortnightly (great word) poker night. 3ish hour sessions after the kids are down. Dealer's choice with mostly poker mixed games and the occasional dice/party game (which I am ignoring for this exercise). We upped the stakes from .05 to .25 min bet with actual quarters. I am trying to class things up a little more with some better playing surfaces, proper cards, and chips. I have also introduced limit betting and people are liking it.
Currently we have about 5 players playing limit mixed games but anticipate an average night growing to 6-8. Would want to max support 2 tables of 6 for mixed games or the occasional 10-handed NLHE night.
I don't want nondenom as the chances of our cash game stakes increasing are close to 0. Leaning away from the standard limit recommendation of 900x workhorse (.25) and 100x value (5) as I want the flexibility mentioned above of a NLHE night or dealer calling NL game. Here is what I am considering buying based upon the few recommendations I could find for mixed use cash sets. Bonus because by skimping a bit on the quarters, seems I can still run a decent limit night, save a few bucks by reducing the count from 1,000 to 800, and allow for NL. Seems too good to be true. Might be further supported by noting our average rebuy is 0-1 and that 1s play pretty well in .50/1. Just want 2 for comfort.
Alright. Novel over. What am I missing? Destroy my hours of research. If poker night stays strong for another year, I will gladly expand the cash set with another 3 or 4 racks of quarters and, if NL picks up, another 1 or 2 racks of 1s.
P.S. I am looking at the Dunes of Arrakis tinas. Such pretty chips and I am a big sci-fi fan. Maybe I'll get lucky and find a decent used set that isn't quite as cool on the marketplace.
P.S.S. Big shout out to the uncountable amount of other users not mentioned above who had good recommendations, conversations, and awesome sets for inspiration.
This is my first real post here at PCF so lets get to it. I think I have done my research thanks to @BGinGA, @Machine, @Legend5555 and many others. I am an accountant so spreadsheet incoming (Couldn't get them to format in the forum so you get screenshots).
Background:
We have recently revived our fortnightly (great word) poker night. 3ish hour sessions after the kids are down. Dealer's choice with mostly poker mixed games and the occasional dice/party game (which I am ignoring for this exercise). We upped the stakes from .05 to .25 min bet with actual quarters. I am trying to class things up a little more with some better playing surfaces, proper cards, and chips. I have also introduced limit betting and people are liking it.
Currently we have about 5 players playing limit mixed games but anticipate an average night growing to 6-8. Would want to max support 2 tables of 6 for mixed games or the occasional 10-handed NLHE night.
I don't want nondenom as the chances of our cash game stakes increasing are close to 0. Leaning away from the standard limit recommendation of 900x workhorse (.25) and 100x value (5) as I want the flexibility mentioned above of a NLHE night or dealer calling NL game. Here is what I am considering buying based upon the few recommendations I could find for mixed use cash sets. Bonus because by skimping a bit on the quarters, seems I can still run a decent limit night, save a few bucks by reducing the count from 1,000 to 800, and allow for NL. Seems too good to be true. Might be further supported by noting our average rebuy is 0-1 and that 1s play pretty well in .50/1. Just want 2 for comfort.
Alright. Novel over. What am I missing? Destroy my hours of research. If poker night stays strong for another year, I will gladly expand the cash set with another 3 or 4 racks of quarters and, if NL picks up, another 1 or 2 racks of 1s.
P.S. I am looking at the Dunes of Arrakis tinas. Such pretty chips and I am a big sci-fi fan. Maybe I'll get lucky and find a decent used set that isn't quite as cool on the marketplace.
P.S.S. Big shout out to the uncountable amount of other users not mentioned above who had good recommendations, conversations, and awesome sets for inspiration.
