Tourney T25 base - 8/8/4/7 vs 12/12/5/6 (2 Viewers)

[Nine_high]

When I started hosting in college (circa 2004), we had a set of 1500 or so super diamonds for tournaments. We did starting stacks of 20/20/15 of green/black/purple and thought that was awesome. Didn't introduce yellow chips until coloring up the green and almost never got pink in play.

I don't remember the exact breakdown, but I remember planning for 20 possible stacks, so it must have been something like 400/400/300/300/100 of 25/100/500/1000/5000.

I still have my dice chips from college. I figured the kids could play with them. They won't touch them now that my CPCs are here. Even toddlers know

 

[RocAFella1]

I forgot the 4/4/1/4/1 option for @Tonysquander less chips = moar better

 

[louBdub]

Maybe not so surprising. I know "moar is better", but if your average chip cost is reaching $10-20 per chip then you're looking for the most efficient breakdown possible, unless you have money to burn.

Only people who want less chips are the poors.

Don’t be a poor.

Buy more chips.

 

[JustinInMN]

I still have my dice chips from college. I figured the kids could play with them. They won't touch them now that my CPCs are here. Even toddlers know

I was able to get some clearance "unicorn mold" chips from ABC last year for my kids. They love them and don't touch my customs .

 

[MeridianFC]

My take is 12/12/5/6 for a table or two is better. If one has got some sort of out of control MTT thing happening then it seems to demand 8/8/4/7 (or 8/8/6/6/2 if using the Manzoni©) just due to the shear number of chips needed.

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[Tonysquander]

I forgot the 4/4/1/4/1 option for @Tonysquander less chips = moar better

lol...nope and you're mixing up cash versus tournament structures. Regardless, I use 8/8/4/7 for Base 25/10K multi-table tournaments.

I DO NOTE HOWEVER, that even using the higher 12/12/5/6 option for two tables of 8 (16 total players) the host still doesn't need more than 2 racks* of any lower denomination, and no one blinks an eye about it and its not controversial at all... "Oh, I need 4 racks of my "workhorse" chips per table minimum". PUHHLLLLEASE, I notice nobody's endorsing a 20/50/7/1 breakdown for a 10k starting stack are they?....lol

(*Ok, for the first color up on 12/12/5/6 you would technically need two more barrels of $100s but the point is still the point regarding stacks and buying into a cash game is obviously different).

 

[wendell]

My take is 12/12/5/6 for a table or two is better. If one has got some sort of out of control MTT thing happening then it seems to demand 8/8/4/7 (or 8/8/6/6/2 if using the Manzoni©) just due to the shear number of chips needed.

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One more point on this: years ago I used to do TD work for a bar league which had a 12-15 table tournament every week. You end up with very little time on the color up - with a ten minute break there were times we were literally running across the room to get the color up done (two TD’s).

Shorter chipstacks help in environments like that because it’s less trips across the room with a full rack that needs to be unloaded. Extreme example and I would rather just add a few minutes to the break if needed in a home game, but it’s another pro/con between the options in an MTT larger than maybe four tables.

For the types of games everyone runs here I would just build a 12/12 set that can work as an 8/8 set if you have a big night that needs an extra table

 

[BGinGA]

(*Ok, for the first color up on 12/12/5/6 you would technically need two more barrels of $100s

No you don't. It's very inefficient (and unnecessarily expensive) to add more T100s when coloring up and removing the T25 chips. Best to use T1000s, which become needed workhorse chips during the middle of the tournament, and won't be subsequently removed/replaced (like T100s)

 

[Tonysquander]

No you don't. It's very inefficient (and unnecessarily expensive) to add more T100s when coloring up and removing the T25 chips. Best to use T1000s, which become needed workhorse chips during the middle of the tournament, and won't be subsequently removed/replaced (like T100s)

Even better! No need for more than 2 racks @RocAFella1