[jldecarlo]

Originally Posted by jmda

For my tournaments I use green for $25, black for $100, purple for $500 and yellow for $1000. I make a T2000 blind schedule and give each player either 8 green, 8 black and 2 purple or 12 green, 12 black and 1 purple. With 800 chips you would have enough to host 40 people (320 green, 400 black and 80 purple) thought you really need a few more chips for chipping up to higher denoms other wise there would be 400 black and 80 purple at the final table. For 20 people you can figure it out, but 800 is really over-kill (and expensive to ship I might add). You need a min of 160 green, 200 black, 40 purple - but more purple and some yellow for chipping up, or rebuys or for if you run a T5000.

What you describe will work, but 18-25 starting chips is light IMO. I would rather have each person start with closer to 50 chips. It makes a lot of chips on the table, but what's wrong with that. Part of the fun is having big stacks at the end.


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