Hey guys, trying to figure out the amount of each chip I need to buy at Jim’s sale to be able to manage a single table T10k tourney with rebuys and add ons. I’m mostly a cash game guy so any help will be appreciated.
Would. 160/160/80/40/20. Work?
This would be a deeper than average number of T25/T100/T500 chips and not enough T1000 chips in play at the later stages and it may be a struggle to make change for T5K if they ever get themselves in play.
Following the two most commonly suggested breakdowns will get you efficient, playable sets in only 300-400 chips.
12/12/5/6 is a good average starting stack
8/8/4/7 will work as a tighter starting stack if you need to stretch your set.
So if you are accommodating 10 players get 120/120/60/80/40 for a 400 chip set. (or 125/125/50/75/25 if you have to buy in quantities of 25.) You can also stretch this in to 15 stacks of 8/8/4/4 for a T6000 tournament if you need to accommodate a bigger field.
If you don't mind the tight starting stack, get 80/80/40/80/20 for a 300 chip set (or 75/75/50/75/25 if you have to buy in quantities of 25, but this will accommodate only 9 players, not 10.)
The extra T1ks are to come in play when coloring up the lower chips.
Just for another option (that may tilt some on here), I like 8/13/3/7. Since the T100 will be used most in the first half of the game, it’s nice having plenty of those on the table, and fewer 25’s, that are basically blind chips, and are removed after a few levels.
This option is good for the levels before first color up but it's probably too many T100s after that unless you also take 30-40% of those off the table at the same time as the T25 color up.
But 80/140/40/80/60 does fit in 400 chips.