Use for $2 chip? (1 Viewer)

[TonyZur]

Hello All,

I am hoping to get a Key West cash set soon, for .5/.10 or .25/.25 games.

I really like the look of the $2 chip. Is there any logical use for it in a cash set? If not when are they typically used? I know it is an unnecessary denomination between $1 and $5.

Should I just forget convention and get the chips because I like them and would rather look at light blue $2s than red $5s, or will the small jump be annoying?

I’ve only hosted a handful of cash games.

Thanks!

 

[krafticus]

They’re primarily used for fixed limit games, not your NLHE or PL type games

 

[Moxie Mike]

They’re primarily used for fixed limit games, not your NLHE or PL type games.

+1. They're especially useful when it comes to split pots games, like double-board Courchevel hi-lo, or Scrotum8 to name a couple.

 

[Taghkanic]

For a 25¢/25¢ game, an argument could be made for using a $2 chip as the next denom up (instead of a $1). You’d just probably need more quarters than if using $1s instead.

 

[allforcharity]

Get, like, 2000 of them in order to play 4/8 or 6/12 limit!

 

[allforcharity]

For a 25¢/25¢ game, an argument could be made for using a $2 chip as the next denom up (instead of a $1). You’d just probably need more quarters than if using $1s instead.

A better argument if it's a 0.50/1 game where the fracs are 0.50 (or a 0.10/0.20 game with both 0.10 and 0.50 fracs).

 

[Organista1]

I wanted to know the exact same thing. Lmk how it goes

Post in thread 'Tiger Palace Showcase Thread!'
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/tiger-palace-showcase-thread.99173/post-2314905

 

[Taghkanic]

A better argument if it's a 0.50/1 game where the fracs are 0.50 (or a 0.10/0.20 game with both 0.10 and 0.50 fracs).

Yeah. But still doable if he really prefers the $2 chip.

Or if it was .25/.50, also reasonable. Unconventional, but not outlandish imho.

 

[springbox]

$2 makes the most sense in 2 places. Limit games like 4/8, or NLH games where the frac is a 50c chip and you skip the dollar

 

[TonyZur]

A better argument if it's a 0.50/1 game where the fracs are 0.50 (or a 0.10/0.20 game with both 0.10 and 0.50 fracs).

Thanks for all the great advice! Yeah I thought of a cool .10/.50/2 set then realized Keywest has no .10 or .50.

Might end up just getting myself a shuffle stack of $2s…but a rack would be cooler.

 

[DZPoker]

It doesn’t have to ‘make sense’ to those of us on the interweb.

If it’d be fun for you…do it!!!

 

[inca911]

Why $2 chips you ask? Huge 8/16 limit chip stacks and $40 specialty chips! Nuff said

 

[chipinla]

 

[17und4]

No use, just liked the color..

But want to put them into play, since we play extremely low stakes and wanted to have some more colors on the table

PS: and no way I build a limit set on these unless I win the lottery. And I don't play the lottery..

 

[cpiaaq]

.10 - .50 - $2 works

 

[Natskule]

What a great thread. Love the .50/2/10/50 sets.

 

[Anthrax]

No use, just liked the color..

But want to put them into play, since we play extremely low stakes and wanted to have some more colors on the table

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PS: and no way I build a limit set on these unless I win the lottery. And I don't play the lottery..

in €urope a 2€/$ denom can actually be very usefull

 

[17und4]

in €urope a 2€/$ denom can actually be very usefull

True that. It seems hard to get anyone into 25c/25c blinds or so. Losing 1€ or more is a big deal here already. Can't go higher than that ^^

But yea, in Germany we don't have the income after taxes like you guys in the US

 

[Anthrax]

But yea, in Germany we don't have the income after taxes like you guys in the US

I doubt that. My poker buddies are nearly all in an academic professions, or in higher positions in their company. Money is not the problem, but we don´t get over 25c/25c either and hardly play cash game. Seems to be a big deal to potentially loose money. Investing 20€ for Tournament and rebuy on the other hand is no problem

 

[mns99]

There are $2, $3, $4... chips, do I have to play the fixed limit game to get them?
I'm interested in chips with unusual denominations.

 

[Seeking Alpha Social Club]

Hello All,

I am hoping to get a Key West cash set soon, for .5/.10 or .25/.25 games.

I really like the look of the $2 chip. Is there any logical use for it in a cash set? If not when are they typically used? I know it is an unnecessary denomination between $1 and $5.

Should I just forget convention and get the chips because I like them and would rather look at light blue $2s than red $5s, or will the small jump be annoying?

I’ve only hosted a handful of cash games.

Thanks!

Good morning,

First and foremost, MORE CHIPS IS MORE BETTER!! If you are following conventional wisdom, then....

....oh hell, who am I kidding, there is nothing conventional about poker chip collecting. Paying hundreds or thousands of dollars for fractional chips?? That's insanity!! But that's how we roll at PCF!!

I have sets that make zero sense, and I love the hell out of them!! Aces Casinos with .50, $1, $2, $3, $25, and $100s???? An Avalon Club set with black $1s, pink $2s, green $3s yellow $5s, blue $20, and an array of NCV colors.

Do my peeps complain? Yes, 1 or 2 piss and moan for a couple of minutes. My response is simple...

Spoiler: ...

...Maybe poker's just not your game Ike. If you don't know that $2 + $3 is $5, then maybe we should have a spelling contest instead.

You do you!! Good luck!!

 

[pltrgyst]

I have sets that make zero sense, and I love the hell out of them!! Aces Casinos with .50, $1, $2, $3, $25, and $100s???? An Avalon Club set with black $1s, pink $2s, green $3s yellow $5s, blue $20, and an array of NCV colors.


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Same here -- can't resist the beauty of a bunch of racks of Aces $2s and $3s!

 

[DMack]

Who the heck cares what people think?! Get some and get them in play!!

 

[grandmeme]

Who the heck cares what people think?! Get some and get them in play!!

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The peach fracs are just awesome every time I look at them. Too bad I don't use fracs.

 

[17und4]

The peach fracs are just awesome every time I look at them. Too bad I don't use fracs.

Yes!! It's so hard to capture it on pictures though. Especially uploading them here don't do them justice.

In daylight these peach fracs are awesome!!

But yea, not too much use for them, but still want to keep them for sure

 

[TonyZur]

Thanks for all the advice and nice photos…now yet another custom set idea in the works, .10/.50/2/10…

 

[Jimulacrum]

No sense in 2x denominations.

Best thing you can do with a $2 chip is remove the inlay, replace it with a $1 inlay, and just put them all in play together.

No one should be bothered by this.

No one.