[Slagar]

I am thinking about getting a cash game set. It will be for .25/.50 limit for a max of 8 people, buyins: min $10, max $20 plus rebuys. I have never played in a live cash game so I have no idea what kind of breakdown I should get. I would like if it were just .25 and $1 chips. I know that the small blind at this level on PP is .10 but I think having both blinds being .25 is ok.

[dad604]

160-240 x $.25 chip
80-160 x $1 chip
would work very well for your game. For a limit game, 240 quarter chip would be better. You don't need to set a upper limit for the buyin, just set the minimum buyin. You only need to set max if you have a NL game. Having both blinds at 25 cents would be ok.

I play 3/6 limit all the time and I find that 20 $1 chip per player is ok but not quite enough, 30 $1 chip/player works much better.

[Matthew]

Originally Posted by dad604

160-240 x $.25 chip
80-160 x $1 chip
would work very well for your game. For a limit game, 240 quarter chip would be better. You don't need to set a upper limit for the buyin, just set the minimum buyin. You only need to set max if you have a NL game. Having both blinds at 25 cents would be ok.

I play 3/6 limit all the time and I find that 20 $1 chip per player is ok but not quite enough, 30 $1 chip/player works much better.

I agree - and the only thing to add would be get some $5 chips just in case - probably don't need a lot - but 40 chips would give an extra $200 in cash - just in case.

Stick to $0.25 - $1 and $5's

Matthew

[Slagar]

Thanks for the help.
The reason I am/was thinking about an upper limit is just so no one loses too much in one night since it would be a game of poor college students.

[tri-lam]

My input is to only use 2 denoms on the table to start. More than 2 serves no purpose. If people re-buy and you run out of your first 2 denoms, then you will want to have a third denom ($5) in reserve for that.

[Hannibal]

Originally Posted by tri-lam

My input is to only use 2 denoms on the table to start. More that 2 serves no purpose. If people re-buy and you run out of your first 2 denoms, then you will want to have a third denom ($5) in reserve for that.

Here, here well put. Three denoms tops.

[MTUCache]

Originally Posted by Slagar

Thanks for the help.
The reason I am/was thinking about an upper limit is just so no one loses too much in one night since it would be a game of poor college students.

Common misconception about the difference between "limit" and "no-limit"... changing games isn't going to stop people from losing a lot of money during the evening. In fact, with so few people familiar with Limit Hold'Em, I'd say you might actually have more people busted. In .25/.50 LHE, you can still lose a $10 stack in two hands (rather than just one in NLHE) if you don't know what you're doing. I've seen people lose big money in Limit quicker than I've seen them lose it in No-Limit, simply because chasing is more encouraged... with a group of loose-weak players, the pots can get HUGE, as you'll have so many people in the pots, priced into their draws all the way to the river.

I'd say that if you're looking to keep the losses at a minimum, play No Limit Hold'Em at a lower buy-in. That way people are playing a game that they're familiar with, and if they lose three or four buy-ins, they're not writing a check at the end of the night. If people are comfortable with the idea of losing $50 in a night, and you want to make sure that everybody can have at least four buy-ins if they need them, then go for a game that has a $10 max buy-in, and play .05/.10 NLHE.

Either way, if you're stuck on doing the .25/.25 Limit, you're going to want to split your chip set how other people have recommended it (mostly quarters and dollars, with a few 5s to cover the later buy-ins). Figure the most you'll have on the table is 25x$25 buy-ins (that would be a LONG night), and you'll need $600+ in chips.

I'd go with a 250x(.25) - 200x(1) - 50x(5) chipset, for a total value of $500, and then let a handful of $20 bills stay on the table once you ran out of chips. Otherwise, 200/200/100 would give you more than enough. (225/200/75 would be better, if you can split it like that.)

I still contend that nickel/dime No Limit would be better than quarter Limit...

(PS, chip set for that could be 200x(.05) - 200x(.25) - 75x(1) - 25x(5), for a total value of $260, and again let twenties play when you run out of chips....)