Tourney T-1 or T-5 game using cash chips (1 Viewer)

[jrs146]

Hi all,
Just curious if many of you use a starting chip of T1 or T5 in order to be able to use a cash set for a tournament. I was thinking of using my jack cinci set which I have 1,5,25,100,500,1000 and only use it for tournaments. Any thoughts/suggestions?

 

[Eloe2000]

Absolutely. And you don’t really have the troublesome 500-1000 gap problem. The only real downside you will here is that you don’t want someone to walk off with a tournament chip and bring it to your cash game. So don’t use the tournament set for cash games if security is a concern. I asked the same question when I started…

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...nament-set-stacks-t1-base.44089/#post-1365769

 

[Sprouty]

Hi all,
Just curious if many of you use a starting chip of T1 or T5 in order to be able to use a cash set for a tournament. I was thinking of using my jack cinci set which I have 1,5,25,100,500,1000 and only use it for tournaments. Any thoughts/suggestions?

I like running a 10x tourney. $40 gets you $400 in cash chips. Starting stacks of 15x$1, 12x$5 and 13x$25 for a starting stack of 40 chips total. I then set up the blind levels based on the number of people and how long I want the tourney to last.

 

[Coyote]

Using the same set for both cash and tournament is secure only if the chips cost the same to buy(-in).
So, if your cash chips' denominations represent dimes, you can play a tournament of T400 costing $40 to buy-in.
If your cash chips' denominations represent Dollars or Euros, the T400 tournament should cost $400 indeed, to buy-in.

You could still disregard the above rule if playing with childhood friends and family only, on a single table, at your own risk.
The Forum's consensus is against that, but again the forum is made up by chips maniacs.

 

[warma]

and only use it for tournaments

See also:
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/lost-in-the-sauce.68680/post-1386323

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/seeking-single-table-breakdown-suggestion.69665/post-1414835
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/t-base-preference-for-tournaments.64499/post-1278366

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...rnament-set-stacks-t1-base.44089/post-1134244

 

[Sprouty]

 

[jrs146]

Absolutely. And you don’t really have the troublesome 500-1000 gap problem. The only real downside you will here is that you don’t want someone to walk off with a tournament chip and bring it to your cash game. So don’t use the tournament set for cash games if security is a concern. I asked the same question when I started…

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...nament-set-stacks-t1-base.44089/#post-1365769

Yeah that’s a good point. But I’d only use them for the tournament. I have an entirely different set of Grand Victoria’s that I’d use for cash. Anyways. Thinking of trying it and seeing what happens!