Starting Stack Thread (4 Viewers)

Poker Zombie · May 28, 2018

I love me a tournament where the T500s run far deeper than necessary. (y) :thumbsup:

trigs · May 29, 2018

I just put this mixed Paulson set together and I can't wait to get them into play.

Here are my starting stacks for $0.50-$0.50 cash game with $100 buy-in

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trigs · May 31, 2018

I just realized that I forgot to add the picture with my $25 aztars for rebuys:

podunkeric · Jun 2, 2018

Starting up at @justsomedude poker night. Giddyup!

swemon · Jun 4, 2018

I provisionally setup some starting stacks of T10000 (12/12/5/6), with space for maximum two re-entries per person. There's also some chips for colouring up (as well the unused re-entries, of course).

Not all stacks quite fit in the image!

justsomedude · Jun 5, 2018

ChaosRock said:
Here it goes:

Tube: http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-18215/Tubes/Clear-Retail-Tubes-1-1-2-x-6

Caps: http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-18221/Tubes/Retail-Tube-Caps-1-1-2-Flat

There's other options and sizes but I figured those would work great for up to 43ish chips...

* Edited for the max number of chips per tube: 43 maybe 44 not 23, sorry...

Just ordered some.

Gracias!!!!! (y) :thumbsup:

Kyle · Jun 9, 2018

Le Coves in play last night. 12 player tournament.

@pokerplayingpisces taking down 3rd for some cash. Nice work! (y) :thumbsup:

Señor Tony · Jul 1, 2018

First time hosting a MTT since becoming a father earlier in the year.

16 person $40+$10 bounty tournament.
Expecting 5/6 rebuys.

8/8/8/5/1 starting stacks with 0/0/2/2/2 for rebuys.

25 100 500 2000 10000 bounty

Credit to @ChaosRock for fantastic T2000, T10000 and bounty design

WhiteMamba1646 · Jul 9, 2018

Neirro · Jul 10, 2018

ChaosRock said:
Here's my Stardust Mansion starting stacks for 20 players 25K:

* I usually do either 10K or 15K depending on the number of players. I only go deep stack 25K for the ToC. Sorry for the crappy pics...

This is fantastic... Now I really want these for a tournament chipset...

WhiteMamba1646 · Jul 14, 2018

detroitdad · Jul 14, 2018

Poker Zombie · Jul 14, 2018

After a late last minute change (i.e. a player dropped), tonight will be our first ever Zombie Survivor event.

$20 buy-in nets $18.50 in chips. 25¢/25¢ blinds to start, going up every 20 minutes, with the accursed 25¢/75¢ blind at level 3 (curse you @BGinGA

). Optional add-on after 6th level of play ($20 for $20). When the bubble breaks, all players get paid whatever their chipstack calls for, with $1.50 of each buy-in/rebuy paying the Bad Beat bonus ($10) and the remainder funding the Zombie Poker Classic bonus.

Starting stacks racked, rebuy tubes loaded. Add-ons (including oversized $20s) not shown.

detroitdad · Jul 14, 2018

Poker Zombie said:
After a late last minute change (i.e. a player dropped), tonight will be our first ever Zombie Survivor event.

$20 buy-in nets $18.50 in chips. 25¢/25¢ blinds to start, going up every 20 minutes, with the accursed 25¢/75¢ blind at level 3 (curse you @BGinGA ). Optional add-on after 6th level of play ($20 for $20). When the bubble breaks, all players get paid whatever their chipstack calls for, with $1.50 of each buy-in/rebuy paying the Bad Beat bonus ($10) and the remainder funding the Zombie Poker Classic bonus.

Starting stacks racked, rebuy tubes loaded. Add-ons (including oversized $20s) not shown.
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That's an interesting structure

Poker Zombie · Jul 14, 2018

detroitdad said:
That's an interesting structure

I've never seen this done either. But when you have multiple cash sets, and your players prefer tournaments, you get a little creative. I'm not sure how it will go over, it was difficult to even estimate tournament length, and there may be other issues I have not determined. :nailbite:

If I had the time, I would have started a thread about it, but since it was a last minute drop that changed the chipset I'm calling an audible to a double-reverse play. It may work brilliantly, and be the next big thing

or it will be

oop:.

trigs · Jul 14, 2018

This is the second time I've seen someone reference a 25-75 blind level in a tournament because of @BGinGA. What's up with that strange choice?

Poker Zombie · Jul 14, 2018

trigs said:
This is the second time I've seen someone reference a 25-75 blind level in a tournament because of @BGinGA. What's up with that strange choice?

If you calculate M (the amount an orbit will cost to fold) it means a smoother progression from 25-50 50 to 50-100. Most sane people, and all casinos don't care in the early levels of a tournament when the average players has 100+ Big Blinds. Because I'm starting short-stacked (74 BB), a 100% jump in M, 40 minutes in is too harsh a cut in stacks, so I relent to Dave's greatness.

...This time.

BGinGA · Jul 14, 2018

detroitdad said:
That's an interesting structure

Poker Zombie said:
I've never seen this done either. But when you have multiple cash sets, and your players prefer tournaments, you get a little creative. I'm not sure how it will go over, it was difficult to even estimate tournament length, and there may be other issues I have not determined.

If I had the time, I would have started a thread about it, but since it was a last minute drop that changed the chipset I'm calling an audible to a double-reverse play. It may work brilliantly, and be the next big thing or it will be oop:.

I have ran cash-value tournaments in the past, and think it's a great way to transition tourney players into playing cash games. Big difference in making a $15 raise or bluff with rags using 'real money' vs fantasy-value tourney chips. It helps drive home the value of starting hand selection and preserving your chip stack for better spots.

I have one planned for this season -- $40 entry for a $40 stack with 25c/25c opening blinds (160bb). $10 reloads for the first 1.5 hours of play (cannot exceed size of average stack), and paying the top 25% of field size.

Several ways to handle payouts, all with a hard stop when the money bubble breaks -- each player cashes out for their actual stack size, fixed payouts based on percentages (50/30/20 etc.), or a fixed base payout for each top finisher with bonus for extra stack size accumulated (my preference, but harder to calculate). Of course, you can also play it out to the end and pay out predetermined percentages, just like any other tournament.

AK Chip · Sep 7, 2018

Tomorrow’s starting stack. Two T-5,000 tourneys $40 buy ins.

AK Chip · Sep 7, 2018

BGinGA said:
I have ran cash-value tournaments in the past, and think it's a great way to transition tourney players into playing cash games. Big difference in making a $15 raise or bluff with rags using 'real money' vs fantasy-value tourney chips. It helps drive home the value of starting hand selection and preserving your chip stack for better spots.

I have one planned for this season -- $40 entry for a $40 stack with 25c/25c opening blinds (160bb). $10 reloads for the first 1.5 hours of play (cannot exceed size of average stack), and paying the top 25% of field size.

Several ways to handle payouts, all with a hard stop when the money bubble breaks -- each player cashes out for their actual stack size, fixed payouts based on percentages (50/30/20 etc.), or a fixed base payout for each top finisher with bonus for extra stack size accumulated (my preference, but harder to calculate). Of course, you can also play it out to the end and pay out predetermined percentages, just like any other tournament.

So I have been thinking about this idea as well. I was considering only putting 50% of the buy ins out in chips(or whatever percentage l would be paying first place) so if you buy in for $100 starting stacks would be $50. So in the end when you have won all the chips they will equal the dollar amount for first place. Payout. If that makes any sense.