[frankx99x]

I'm going to be getting a 500 NJ and I want it to be available for both cash and tournament play. What would be the beat breakdown.

I was contemplating getting
100 .50 or .25
100 1
100 5
100 25
100 100

thank you in advance.

[hachkc]

It would help if you posted some add'l info like average number of players and some details of your cash and tournament structures. With only 500 chips, it may be tough to get a separate set for cash games and tournaments.

On the surface though, your numbers look wrong.

[jamby]

More information regarding number of players and stakes is necessary. However, it's generally a a mistake to just get even amounts of all denoms. Your set isn't really optimized when you do that. I'd probably go with something more like:

100 1
250 5
100 25
50 100

Read Matthew's excellent article here: http://chiptalk.net/forum/showthread.php?t=11258 where he explains all you'll ever need to know on chip colors/denominations and breakdowns. In particular, he addresses designing a set for both tourney and ring game play in mind.

[Colquhoun]

Originally Posted by hachkc

On the surface though, your numbers look wrong.

I agree. I cannot think of any situation in which I would pick the numbers of denominations that you propose. Please provide what cash limits you plan on playing with the number of players, and the starting chip stacks for players of a tournament.

[frankx99x]

I was thinking of playing a .50 1 blinds cash and tournament with 10 people.

[jamby]

You should definitely read Matthew's article that I referenced previously.

[Colquhoun]

www.homepokertourney recommends the folllowing denoms for a T1000 10 person tourney:
$5 - 200
$25 - 200
$100 - 50
$500 - 50

Why not use the same chips for a cash .50/1 game, just use the $25 as .25 and use $100 as $1.00?

[Brewster]

I just ordered a set that will perform double duty as both a tournament and a cash set. My 500 chip break down is as follows:

150 green (T25 or $.25)
200 black (T100 or $1)
100 purple (500 or $5)
50 orange (1000 or $.10)

I run a T5000 tournament and this set can accomodate 12 player quite comfortably and up to 16 with some smaller stacks. For our cash game we use $.10 SB and $.25 BB (not too rich but good for a $20 buy in). You could use the T1000 chip as a $10 chip to increase the versatility of your set though.