[Brewster]

I just dropped this info in another post (see thread below this one) and I decided the info could help you out too. So here it is:

When building my current single table set (TR Kings) I wanted to cover both cash game considerations and tournaments for up to eight players. My chips are nondenominational so I have total flexibility with the set.

This is the breakdown I finally ordered (in tournament/cash format):
T25/25¢ x 96
T100/$1 x 156
T500/$5 x 56
T1000/$20 x 16
This comes to 324 chips but will easilly fit into a 300 chip case with room for more. I ordered the 16 T1000 chips to be used as either colour ups / rebuys / or bounty chips in a tournament or as the BIG chip in a cash game.

Starting stacks for a T5000 (for 8 players):
T25 x 12 = 300 (no chips left over)
T100 x 17 = 1700 (20 chips left over to colour up most of the T25s)
T500 x 6 = 3000 (8 chips left to colour up remaining T25s and a few T100s)
This gives everyone a nice juicy stack to start with and makes excellent use of your entire chipset.

By altering the starting stacks to 8xT25 , 12xT100, 4xT500, and 1xT1000 you could accomodate up to 12 players with a T4500 tourny. Add some more T500 and T1000 chips to bring your set up to 400 chips and you will not have any problems. Good luck.