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200+(210-225 is good so you have extras) of each chip (besides 1000, that chip is near useless, unless you play a t5000+ game with 20 players) is the best choice. You will almost always have the right amount no matter what tournament /cash game or how many players (up to 20) The more chips the merrier. No one wants to play a game with like 10 starting chips. Shoot for 40, settle for 25. You want a lot of lower level chips out there and only a few of the higher ones. People will value the chips more when they have only a couple of a higher denomination.

I personally plan to always keep my game to around 10 people because that's what my table can handle. Every once in a while i'll offer up a 16-20 man tournament.


$25($20) .25/.50 cash game with 10 people?
20 $.25 = 200
20 $1 =200
40 chips per player (cpp)

16 people?
12 $.25 =192
12 .$1 =192
2 $5 =32
26 cpp


24 (20 too) people?

8 .25 =192
8 $1 =192
3 $5 =192
19 cpp (short handed)

plenty of $5 chips for rebuys.

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my suggestion? if you play 24 person games then buy more then 200 chips.



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$100 1/2 cash game with 10 people ?
20 $1 =200
16 $5 =160
36 cpp

16 people?
10 $1 =160
13 $5 = 208*(get a few more $5 chips for this)
1 $25 = 16
24 cpp

20 people
10 $1 =200
8 $5 = 160
2 $25 = 20
20 cpp

rebuy with $25's

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Tournament is however you like it.

T1000(T500-T1500) 5/10 with 10 players
20 $5 = 200
20 $25 =200
4 $100 = 40
44 cpp

with 20 players

10 $5 = 200
10 $25 = 200
7 $100 = 140
27 cpp

with plenty of 100 and 500 chips for rebuys and color-ups.


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for T5000(T2000-T5000) 25/50 starting with 10 people?
20 $25 = 200
20 $100 =200
5 $500 = 50
45 cpp

16 people?
12 $25
12 $100
7 $500
31 cpp

20 people?
8 $25 =160
8 $100 =160
8 $500 =160
24 cpp


More $500, and maybe a handful of $1000 chips for rebuys and chipups.

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only get 200 of the higher denominations if you just plan on playing tournaments. If you want to play cash, get the lower ones. IF you plan on playing both (like me) and you want to have chips that will always be useful to you(no matter the game) then get all of them.

200 of each is great for 8-16 people, and an occasional 20 person game.

If you plan on playing a majority of 20-24(too many for me) person games then i say get at least 50 more of each chip.