Cash Game Starting stacks etc for $1/$1 cash game (1 Viewer)

[MayoPokerTour]

Running a 4 table tournament this weekend but guy who organises the cash table is unavailable and ive never really done it so wondering about what chips to use? Will easily fill at least one table and nearly everyone usually buys in for $100 initially. N shortage of chips, 1,5, 25 and 100 so what would the best breakdown be to give each player at start? Will be raked at 5% id that is relevant. I start at 1/1 to get game going, players themselves will decide to go to 1/2 after about an hour

 

[Coyotesetter]

10-20 × $1.00 chips per player, then as many $5's as you can fit on the table till you run out. After that, rebuys with $25's and $100's. If there's anything less than six racks of $5's on the table then it's not really a game.

 

[springbox]

At $100 I'd hand out a barrel of $1s, and then 16 $5s. Rebuys in $5s until you run out, then switch to $25s. The rake is relevant because you'll be mostly taking $1s off the table, so you'd need more in play than you would without rake.

 

[Coyotesetter]

I think springbox and I are on the same page. Use 1's and 5's first then everything else second. I get my dealer to turn 1's to 5's and 5's to 25's. I run a number of games, this is whats on the table for $1/2.

 

[LeLe]

For 1/1 Stake, I will prefer the following breakdown for the chips

2 racks of $1
Min 2 racks of $5, 3 - 4 racks of $5 if you like more chips
1 rack of $25
2 barrels of $100

Starting stacks of $100 will be $1 x 20 $5 x 16, I will use $5/$25 if the guy want to start with a bigger stack

 

[grebe]

At $100 I'd hand out a barrel of $1s, and then 16 $5s. Rebuys in $5s until you run out, then switch to $25s. The rake is relevant because you'll be mostly taking $1s off the table, so you'd need more in play than you would without rake.

This is true, and I agree with the breakdown. Hopefully, you have a sound dealer that will be good at making change and adding those $1's back on to the table. If not, you will need to intervene and add them back yourself. Just take the 1's from the drop box and replace with live 5s from player stacks.

 

[grandmeme]

For a raked 5% 1/1 game I recommend giving out more $1s even in rebuys. Helps disguise rake. I think 300 $1 is preferable for this reason as well, unless your dealer is very proactive in putting the $1s back in play