The Beginners Guide To Mapping Out A Cash Game Chip Set - 5c/10c to $5/$10 (8 Viewers)

[MC_CPA]

5c/10c Mapping - $20 Max Buy In for 200 Big Blinds

Chips Needed - 500 Total Chips

100x 5c ($5)
200x 25c ($50)
150x $1 ($150)
25x $5 ($125)
25x $20 ($500)

Total Bank: $830


$5/$10 Mapping - $2,000 Max Buy In for 200 Big Blinds

Chips Needed - 375 Total Chips

100x $5 ($500)
100x $25 ($2,500)
75x $100 ($7,500)
100x $500 ($50,000)

Total Bank: $60,500

Why does $0.05 / $0.10 need 500 chips but $5 / $10 need only 375 chips? Shouldn't they be the same? Like if I use the $5 / $10 set and treat the $5s as nickels and $25s as quarters and $100 as dollars and $500s as 5s, it works out.

You can even add $1,000s as $10 and $5,000s as $50.

 

[Roslindale]

5c-10c
$40 buy-in. with $40 cap for re-buys

Starting Stacks x 10
5c - 25 cents - 5
25c - $2.75 - 11
$1‐ $22 - 22
$2.50 ‐ $15 ‐ 6

Build of set
60 to 80 nickle's
120 to 140 quarters
240 to 269 ones
200 snappers ($2.50)
200 fives (just because)


This breakdown covers our heavy action game

 

[Taghkanic]

People, please stop trying to create sets with the fewest number of chips possible. Get a comfortable amount, ideally with room to grow.

The marginal difference in cost is not worth (a) the machinations before ordering, (b) the annoying increase in change-making during games, (c) the un-fun nature of playing with the smallest possible stacks, and (d) the headache of later realizing “dammit, I should have gotten a few more, now I have to reorder/scrounge around for matches.”

Honestly, if the difference between 375 and 500 chips or even 750 chips is going to break you, you probably shouldn't be ordering/collecting custom chips (yet).

This is MENSA nerd shit—an interesting intellectual exercise, but not something a host should really stress over in practice. I’m not saying you should order/collect a stupid excess; just that it’s not worth worrying so much about getting the absolute minimum.

 

[MC_CPA]

Honestly, if the difference between 375 and 500 chips or even 750 chips is going to break you, you probably shouldn't be ordering/collecting custom chips (yet).

Lol this is true but at this time every rack of tiger palace chips sets retirement goals back 2 months give or take so if I can get by with 375 chips then best believe we're only getting 375 (or 380) chips.

 

[Taghkanic]

Lol this is true but at this time every rack of tiger palace chips sets retirement goals back 2 months give or take so if I can get by with 375 chips then best believe we're only getting 375 (or 380) chips.

Or, buy something less pricey than Tigers.

 

[Nitterdonker]

Or, buy something less pricey than Tigers.

 

[Bacon Dad]

HEY! Are those interlocking?!?!?

I wonder if a Tina ceramic hybrid chip could be made with an interlocking mold.

 

[Nitterdonker]

HEY! Are those interlocking?!?!?

I wonder if a Tina ceramic hybrid chip could be made with an interlocking mold.

Quite the feature, only seen in the rarest of gaming tokens

 

[JustinInMN]

Honestly, if the difference between 375 and 500 chips or even 750 chips is going to break you, you probably shouldn't be ordering/collecting custom chips (yet).

I love when the newbies come on here and say "I need a set that can cover 25¢-50¢ up to 5-10 and my budget is $150."

You can get a decent set of 600 custom ceramics for a rounding error in a 5-10 game.

 

[warewulf]

People, please stop trying to create sets with the fewest number of chips possible. Get a comfortable amount, ideally with room to grow.

The marginal difference in cost is not worth (a) the machinations before ordering, (b) the annoying increase in change-making during games, (c) the un-fun nature of playing with the smallest possible stacks, and (d) the headache of later realizing “dammit, I should have gotten a few more, now I have to reorder/scrounge around for matches.”

Honestly, if the difference between 375 and 500 chips or even 750 chips is going to break you, you probably shouldn't be ordering/collecting custom chips (yet).

This is MENSA nerd shit—an interesting intellectual exercise, but not something a host should really stress over in practice. I’m not saying you should order/collect a stupid excess; just that it’s not worth worrying so much about getting the absolute minimum.

Agree with this 100%. Also adjust for inflation if it might be a 'forever' set. I made this mistake a few times. I have a set that I built around 15 years ago with only 200 $5's. I ran the group buy for it, could've easily afforded a couple more racks of $5's. The set worked back then.

Now with inflation, I'm kicking myself for not keeping more $5's. It's Nevada mold set which is rare, and has custom hotstamp dies which were lost when BCC sold to GPI. So have been chasing a way to add on.

If you need 2 racks now, buy 3 or 4. Otherwise, you might end up having to buy a different set or pay inflated prices to add on. Post a wanted ad and people start licking their lips. The chips they were going to list for $1 each are now $2 because you need them.

 

[NoNamePokerGuy]

I love when the newbies come on here and say "I need a set that can cover 25¢-50¢ up to 5-10 and my budget is $150."

You can get a decent set of 600 custom ceramics for a rounding error in a 5-10 game.

5-10 game with a budget of 150$ is always comical. I'd like to play a in a game where my buy in, much less than the table or the night, is less than the entire value of the game in play. Because, I to, play my buy in as 1000% of my bankroll, :lol:

 

[Taghkanic]

Wrong thread nemmind