Tourney Transferring to chips with denominations. (1 Viewer)

Monsterchops

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Hey all, just wanting some help transferring to a set of chips that has denoms for a tourney league we play fortnightly.

Obviously that means at the moment we are using non-denomination dice chips and this is the way it's always been played going back to before I joined a couple years ago. There's between 7-10 players (any less we play cash) and it's unlimited rebuys for the first 2.5 hours, then add ons.

We start at 6 and like to finish around 10-10.30

Sorry for the pain this is going to cause some of you after reading threads here for a couple months (not adhering to the 4x/5x rule, colours of denoms not aligning to Vegas or California, using dice chips in the first place!)

$20 Starting stacks are 2780:

6 x white (10)
6 x red (20)
6 x green (50)
6 x blue (100)
6 x black (200)
1 x yellow (500)

$20 Rebuy stacks 2500 (most we've had is 19)
$20 Add on stacks 2500 (70-80% of players add on)

So anywhere between 24-34 starting stacks on the table after the Rebuy/Add on period ends.

Our blind schedule is:

10-20: 30mins
20-40: 30mins
40-80: 20mins
50-100: 20mins
100-200: 20mins
150-300: 30mins
Break/Rebuy/addon
200-400: 20mins
300-600: 20mins
400-800: 20mins
500-1000: 20mins
1000-2000: until ends, usually players chop if it gets to late and play one face up hand for the points.

Would a set with 25,100,500,1000,5000 denominations work? Everybody loves this game as quirky as it may be but it's just time to elevate the game a little.

I guess what I'm asking is, can someone sort this mess out!


Cheers!
 
Since your group had been playing T10 2780 starting stack at 10/20 blind

A T100 25k set will suit your group much better than a T25 set

Starting stack is 10/6/11/2 100/500/1k/5k for 25k

Additional 10 1k and 6 5k will used for colouring up, and 94 x 5k chips remaining enough for 18 more 25k rebuy

You can get more 5000 if you think your group will rebuy a lot more

Attached is the breakdown and blind
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Wouldn’t disagree with anything in @LeLe ‘s suggestion. A clever idea to do T100.

This might take it further from the current game (which should be done with caution), but my preference would be to add some 25K chips to the set if you have ~30 buy ins by the end. In that case, final BB would be in the region of 25K x 30 x 0.05 = 37.5K. Well before then I’d want a bigger chip than 5K on the table. Maybe do the add ons with a single 25K? And/or some of the later rebuys? An oversized chip or a plaque could add to the desirability of the big denom but that adds $$ to getting the set.
 
Of course, it's possible! In your current game you start with 139 big blinds and at the end of the rebuy period, a 25K stack nets you just over 6 big blinds. If you are happy with the current game structure, you'd need the following starting stacks:

T25
  • 7K starting stack (if starting with 25/50 blinds), call it 7,500
  • Level after the rebuy would need to be 500/1000 (7.5 big blinds)
T100
  • 14K starting stack (if starting with 100/100 blinds), call it 15,000
  • Level after the rebuy period would need to be 1000/2000 (7.5 big blinds)
In both breakdowns, you'll start with 150 big blinds similar to your current game. It does seem a little shallow, hence probably why you see so many rebuys, but who am I to judge if the game works for you!?

Pick a T25 or T100 stack and we can help you with individual chip breakdowns and blind structure.
 
Thanks for the quick replies, wrote this up before bed and forgot a few things:

- Whites (10) come back on the table as 1000 once the yellows (500) run out for rebuys so one more higher denom would be good.

- I'd like to be able to fit 14 players 2 tables of 7, as a few players are no longer playing regularly so we are recruiting more and could have more than 10.

The reason for multiple rebuys is definitely a mix of short stack issues plus players who love to gamble. It's pretty loose but we do try to adhere to the rules and penalize people who mess up (misdealing, folding out of turn, talking about the hand).

Thanks again for the help, I'll take a look at what you've provided and whatever I go with will be an improvement! When I started they didn't even time the blinds just collectively decided when it was time and what to put it up to! So they are up for change.
 
Take a look at the logic in your blind structure too once you finalize the decision on chips. You start off with back to back doubling of blinds, then a small increase from 80 to 100, then right back to another double. Should be a lot smoother than that. Add a couple levels and make it 20 minutes for each one. The game will play a lot better.
 
Hey all, just wanting some help transferring to a set of chips that has denoms for a tourney league we play fortnightly.

Obviously that means at the moment we are using non-denomination dice chips and this is the way it's always been played going back to before I joined a couple years ago. There's between 7-10 players (any less we play cash) and it's unlimited rebuys for the first 2.5 hours, then add ons.

We start at 6 and like to finish around 10-10.30

Sorry for the pain this is going to cause some of you after reading threads here for a couple months (not adhering to the 4x/5x rule, colours of denoms not aligning to Vegas or California, using dice chips in the first place!)

$20 Starting stacks are 2780:

6 x white (10)
6 x red (20)
6 x green (50)
6 x blue (100)
6 x black (200)
1 x yellow (500)

$20 Rebuy stacks 2500 (most we've had is 19)
$20 Add on stacks 2500 (70-80% of players add on)

So anywhere between 24-34 starting stacks on the table after the Rebuy/Add on period ends.

Our blind schedule is:

10-20: 30mins
20-40: 30mins
40-80: 20mins
50-100: 20mins
100-200: 20mins
150-300: 30mins
Break/Rebuy/addon
200-400: 20mins
300-600: 20mins
400-800: 20mins
500-1000: 20mins
1000-2000: until ends, usually players chop if it gets to late and play one face up hand for the points.

Would a set with 25,100,500,1000,5000 denominations work? Everybody loves this game as quirky as it may be but it's just time to elevate the game a little.

I guess what I'm asking is, can someone sort this mess out!


Cheers!
I like the T25 structure best. For rebuy tournaments I recommend btw 3000 to 5000 for starting stacks is also allowing an add-on.
Stacks generally start
8 or 12x 25
8 or 12x100
Xx500
Xx1000 (Xdepends on initially number of 25/100's and the set I use)
Dispense rebuys with 100+ value chips, dispense add-ons with 500/1000 chips
Ensure you have some 5k chips for colouring up late game or rebuys/addons as needed.

Order your 25 and 100 chips in multiples of 8, 240 allows for 3 tables of 8 initial chios while also allowing 2 tables of 12 initial chips....thus 80/160/240/320 are the most functional in my personal experience.
Ensure you have enough chips for every expected player to add-on if using this variant and only you know how many rebuys will happen but I suggest expect at least 1x per player for chip bank insurance purposes though realistically you could expect 40-60% to rebuy.
If you go by these numbers you will also have a set that allows for 10k freeze outs also.

Next you need to consider what chips you will buy. Good Luck
 

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