[WolfieW]

I'm working on a set of customs that will be multi-functional. My kids will use them to play lower limit cash games than I will with play with my friends. We haven't played tournaments but want the set to be versatile enough to go there in the future.

I was thinking of a 1,000 chip set but the price in BCC or even the cheaper ASM's is a bit much so I'm considering scaling back to a 500-600 chip set.

By having a dual denomination for each chip I can satisfy both my cash game needs and the needs of teenagers. I'll have the dollar sign on the chip in a traditional casino progression of $5, $25, $100, $500, $1000, $5000. The kids can think of them as Cents rather than dollars. For instance:

$5 chip (5 cents)
$25 (25 cents)
$100 ($1.00)
etc.

By having 6 different chip denominations from $5 to $5000 I'm covered for both low limit games (The $ sign becomes a Cent sign) and higher limit games as a versatile cash set. This is more than I actually need for a cash game, I know. But I also want them to double as a tourney set. So...

That same 6 different chip denominations should cover me for future tournament games also.

I am thinking of a 10 player game for ease of calculation. I usually have fewer than that.

My original breakdown for a 1,000 chip set was:

$5 = 200 chips
$25 = 200
$100 = 200
$500 = 200
$1000 = 100
$5000 = 50
NCV = 50 (can double as a $2.50 chip for occasional Blackjack play or $10,000 chip for tourney play or whatever)

I know that breakdown is overkill for all cash games. However, are the $1000, $5,000 chips in sufficient quantity to support a 10 player tournament set of T25? I'm guessing a T100 game would require more high denom chips than listed here.

Never having played tourneys, I'm not sure I have enough of the higher denom chips to support tournament play.

Also, could I lower the breakdown to a 500-600 chip set and still have the same functionality that I desire for both cash and tourney games? I really would like to lower my total chip order to save some money if I can.

If I lowered the chip order I would probably just knock all of the 200 chip denoms in the 1,000 chip set to 100 chips so the breakdown would look like this. Will this work?

600 chip set:

$5 = 100 chips
$25 = 100
$100 = 100
$500 = 100
$1000 = 100
$5000 = 50
NCV = 50

Thanks for all help,

Wolfie