Too many fracs?!? (1 Viewer)

[Lil Tuna]

 

[OfficerLovejoy]

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Okay, can't have too many of those on the table. I retract my previous statement.

 

[RadicusScout]

We play 5c/10c at our game so we're a bit frac heavy.

I have 1 rack of nickles and 2 racks of quarters and our crew uses 'em.

MOAR CHIPS IS MOAR GOODS

 

[allforcharity]

We play 5c/10c at our game so we're a bit frac heavy.

I have 1 rack of nickles and 2 racks of quarters and our crew uses 'em.

Yes, but this makes actual sense, since your quarters are your 1st workhorse.

 

[RadicusScout]

Yes, but this makes actual sense, since your quarters are your 1st workhorse.

So... you're saying I need an extra rack of nickels?

 

[JustinInMN]

We play 5c/10c at our game so we're a bit frac heavy.

I have 1 rack of nickles and 2 racks of quarters and our crew uses 'em.

Yes, but this makes actual sense, since your quarters are your 1st workhorse.

The debate is REALLY more about how many "blind chips" vs "workhorse chips," but "blind chips" and "fracs" get used interchangeably on PCF because they mean the same thing when the blinds are in multiples of quarters, which are probably the most common stakes played among PCFers.

However, if your blinds are smaller than that (and for that matter if they are bigger than that as well, 1-2 would have no fracs and singles as the "blind chip") the argument is over how many blind chips are enough/too many.

(but yes of course if you are playing for stakes smaller than quarter blinds, you will have multiple "frac" denoms in play.)

 

[elemeno]

I LOOOOOVVVVEEEE FRACS!! However, 1 rack is the perfect amount no matter how large ypur set is. We typically play .50/$1 and 1 rack of fracs is more than enough for 1 tor 3 tables. I bought 2 racks of fracs once thinking I needed them for 2 or 3 table, but found it to be a waste of time and money. Half way through the night I started pulling fracs off the table.

Why is 1 rack of fracs more than enough for a varying number of players? IMHO, it's because they are not workhorse chips.

What if you play $0.25/$0.50?

 

[KHarp1]

Thanks @Lil Tuna You can put as many of those fracs on the table as you want, heck, we can use nothing but those!

 

[TheRealTeddyKGB]

+1 for Team Fracs

 

[Darson]

If you’re horse racing with 25c units then you need at least two racks of fracs.

 

[upNdown]

What if you play $0.25/$0.50?

Right. If you play .50/1 with .50 fracs and the whole table of 9 limped in, you’d need 2 fracs.
Doing that with quarters at a .25/.50 table, you’d need 18 fracs. There’s a huge difference.
I play .25/.50, typicallly 7-8 handed and I say a rack is fine. I feel pretty strongly that 12 quarters per player is enough and I usually just give a full barrel to the first 5 guys who buy in and let people make change after that.
I wouldn’t argue with people who think 120 is a better number, but two racks is too much, in my experience. Again, those chips have to be counted down for every all-in and every cash out. Keep that number low.

 

[Seeking Alpha Social Club]

What if you play $0.25/$0.50?

As mister @Lil Tuna says....

.50/$1 is as little as we get.

 

[BGinGA]

Do as I say; not as I do

Man, if I had a dollar for every time I heard that growing up, I could have retired before I even entered the work force.