Rymack10
Pair
Hey Everyone. Very new to the forum. I'd like to try and get some friends together to play poker a little more often. We've always used dice chips... at a friends house, but I think it could be fun to host and use some chips with denominations on them.
We are microstakes players and pretty casual. Normally we do $10 buy-ins and allow people to buy back in as many times as they want once they are out of chips. We usually have a range of people that won't buy back in at all and some they will buy back in 3 or 4 times.
Since we are using dice chips, we just give 50 chips for $10 buy in, this way we don't have to remember what value per color. A chip is just a chip. We start with 1/2 for blinds and up it as the night moves along. If someone does have to leave early they can get a buyout for each set of 50 chips they have for $10. If you have 180 chips, you get $30. The extra 30 chips just goes back to the bank and that extra $10 will go towards the person at the end. (I guess this is kind of a modified/tourney). A lot of times we'll get to the end and the remaining two players will agree to split the pot based on general chip amounts. This is why I think having a "Cash" set could be nice so people could leave after a few hours if needed.
Normally we can get between 6 to 10 players. My main questions is around a beginner set and what denominations to get. If I went with the normal 100BB scenario I'd get .5/.25/1/5 and play .5/.10. My question is would you go this route or get a set that is .25/1/5/25 and give everyone $100 in chips for a $10 buy in and play .50/1 for blinds?
It seems like the second option provides more opportunity for expansion or tournament play if we were to do that. I'll probably be looking to buy some metal slug or chinese ceramics from apache for this first set since we are very casual. Plan on ordering some samples soon. If I can get a reoccurring game going, I'd look to improve on those.
Thanks!
We are microstakes players and pretty casual. Normally we do $10 buy-ins and allow people to buy back in as many times as they want once they are out of chips. We usually have a range of people that won't buy back in at all and some they will buy back in 3 or 4 times.
Since we are using dice chips, we just give 50 chips for $10 buy in, this way we don't have to remember what value per color. A chip is just a chip. We start with 1/2 for blinds and up it as the night moves along. If someone does have to leave early they can get a buyout for each set of 50 chips they have for $10. If you have 180 chips, you get $30. The extra 30 chips just goes back to the bank and that extra $10 will go towards the person at the end. (I guess this is kind of a modified/tourney). A lot of times we'll get to the end and the remaining two players will agree to split the pot based on general chip amounts. This is why I think having a "Cash" set could be nice so people could leave after a few hours if needed.
Normally we can get between 6 to 10 players. My main questions is around a beginner set and what denominations to get. If I went with the normal 100BB scenario I'd get .5/.25/1/5 and play .5/.10. My question is would you go this route or get a set that is .25/1/5/25 and give everyone $100 in chips for a $10 buy in and play .50/1 for blinds?
It seems like the second option provides more opportunity for expansion or tournament play if we were to do that. I'll probably be looking to buy some metal slug or chinese ceramics from apache for this first set since we are very casual. Plan on ordering some samples soon. If I can get a reoccurring game going, I'd look to improve on those.
Thanks!