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Originally Posted by ericmalone  What I don't like with this breakdown is how quickly the $5 chips become obsolete. Basically after three rounds they aren't needed anymore. |
Don't feel bad about that, most everyone goes through that phase. You see so many chipsets on eBay with huge numbers of the smallest denomination. It's much better to buy fewer of the smallest chip and more in the middle/higher, so you get more "bank" for your buck.
Now that you've gotten past the beginner phase, I like what jmc said -- you really don't need more than 10 x $5 chips to start (or fewer). If you like having $10 chips, then you definitely could get by with only 5 x $5s. You don't really need $10s, but what the heck....
How about something like 5/10/15/5 ($5/$10/$25/$100) for your $1,000? This is a decent-sized stack of 35 chips. Or 5/10/19/4 (38 chips) or 5/15/17/4 (41).
