What does T5000, T1000 etc. mean? (1 Viewer)

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I have a simple question. When tournament chips are discussed I see sets described as T1000, T5000 or some other number after the T. What does this designation refer to?
 
"Tournament" chips. Mainly in that they have no cash value. Generally speaking you aren't going to play a tournament for 1:1 cash.


Often, you will see a tournament starting stack being represented by "Tnnnn" where, nnnn is the starting number of chips give to a player.
 
The T designation can refer to:
  • The value of the chip, i.e. a T25 chip or a T1000 chip
  • The base value of a tournament, i.e. a T25 base or a T100 base, meaning that the lowest-valued chip in play at the start of the tournament is a T25 or a T100
  • The value of a starting stack for a tournament, i.e. a T10k or T20k tournament has starting stacks that total 10,000 or 20,000
So, for example, a T25-base T20k tournament might have starting stacks of 12/12/5/6/2, meaning 12x T25 chips, 12x T100 chips, 5x T500 chips, 6x T1000 chips, and 2x T5000 chips, for a total value of 20,000 in each starting stack. If the first level blinds are 100/100 then each starting stack will have 200 big blinds.
 
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