[Hopin2Steal]

I just figured out I bought *way* too many PNYs. I need to figure out what to keep and sell off the rest.

I'd like to be able do a 10 man tourney with rebuys. How many 5s, 25, 100, and 500s do I need to keep? I also have 20 $1000s if that matters. I haven't determined what T-level to use although I know I'd like to start everyone off with a medium stack of chips (~30 +/- 5).

[Matthew]

If you want to use the 5s - the 1st blinds can be 5/10 - so you would want at least 200x times the BB for starting chips - minimum T2000 - but T2500 would work. T5000 is pushing it (it would be really slow)

Just using the 25s and up. Blinds of 25/25 or 25/50 would be ok for T5000 - T10000.

Here is bare minimum with 35 chip starting stacks:
Say T2000 with 5-25-100-500
10 players = 20,000 in play (plus re-buys)
T5 x 10 = 50 (need 100 chips)
T25 x 10 = 250 (need 100 chips)
T100 x 15 = 1500 (need 150 chips)
Use T500s for rebuys and color ups (need at least 80 chips)

Say T10000 with 25-100-500-1000
10 players = 100,000 in play (plus rebuys)
T25 x 12 = 300 (need 120 chips)
T100 x 22 = 2200 (need 220 chips)
T500 x 15 = 7500 (need 150 chips)
Use T500s and T1000s for rebuys and color up (need 20 T1000s and 10 T500s to cover color ups and 200 T500's for rebuys)
You could use a T5000 chip here to make it easier......

[poislb]

Originally Posted by Hopin2Steal

I just figured out I bought *way* too many PNYs. I need to figure out what to keep and sell off the rest.

I'd like to be able do a 10 man tourney with rebuys. How many 5s, 25, 100, and 500s do I need to keep? I also have 20 $1000s if that matters. I haven't determined what T-level to use although I know I'd like to start everyone off with a medium stack of chips (~30 +/- 5).

Too many New Yorkers? Is that even possible

[Hopin2Steal]

Originally Posted by poislb

Too many New Yorkers? Is that even possible

I bought in bulk to get better per chip prices and sell what I don't need. (Of course, I think I need them all!) Ultimately, what was a good price per chip at the time now seems expensive. I may not recoup my expenditures now. Was thinking I could hold onto them as an investment but cash flow is dictating differently. But yeah, I'd say I have too many....

I'm actually too embarassed to say.

EDIT: Look at the member-to-member sales forum...

[Hopin2Steal]

Originally Posted by Matthew

If you want to use the 5s - the 1st blinds can be 5/10 - so you would want at least 200x times the BB for starting chips - minimum T2000 - but T2500 would work. T5000 is pushing it (it would be really slow)

Just using the 25s and up. Blinds of 25/25 or 25/50 would be ok for T5000 - T10000.

Here is bare minimum with 35 chip starting stacks:
Say T2000 with 5-25-100-500
10 players = 20,000 in play (plus re-buys)
T5 x 10 = 50 (need 100 chips)
T25 x 10 = 250 (need 100 chips)
T100 x 15 = 1500 (need 150 chips)
Use T500s for rebuys and color ups (need at least 80 chips)

Say T10000 with 25-100-500-1000
10 players = 100,000 in play (plus rebuys)
T25 x 12 = 300 (need 120 chips)
T100 x 22 = 2200 (need 220 chips)
T500 x 15 = 7500 (need 150 chips)
Use T500s and T1000s for rebuys and color up (need 20 T1000s and 10 T500s to cover color ups and 200 T500's for rebuys)
You could use a T5000 chip here to make it easier......

Which is why I'd like to do a NCV chip.

Thanks Matthew. Looks like T2000 is the way to go. As I think about this though.....you think the guys would mind playing with the $500s in air-tites?

[Hopin2Steal]

What about going with T1500? What's the recommended breakdown then? Just fleshing out my options...(and trying to avoid any need for more 500s)

EDIT: oh boy..is it really as simple as giving everyone starting stacks of 10 $5, 10 $25, 10 $100? lol FURTHER EDIT: Wait, I just reduce the 100 stack to 12 chips from 15, correct?

[SandmanDC]

Yep that adds up to a T1300

[tomb1]

Ddollevoet runs a great tourney with T$2,000 and the starting stack of 29 chips, as shown below. It works very, very well (except when I get sucked out on!). You can vary the length by adjusting the blind levels, depending on the number of players. Stack is 200 x BB, so lots of early action during the rebuy period.

10 x $5
10 x $25
7 x $100
2 x $500

You can easily support 20 setups (10 players and 10 rebuys) with a moderate set of 700 chips, or even a little less if you want to be frugal:

200 x $5
240 x $25
200 x $100
60 x $500

[Hopin2Steal]

Thanks for all of your comments. Do you all think this number of chips will work for a T1500 set-up for a max of 10 players + 1 re-buy?:

150 x $5
150 x $25
140 X $100
60 x $500
30 x $1000

I figure that most people are not going to rebuy during the 10/20, 15/30 rounds, so I don't need to have 200 $5s. Same with the $25s to some extent but there's more rounds that use them. I can squeeze in up to 30 $5, $25, or $100 chips if people see a need for them. $25s maybe?

[Rosencrantz1]

I'm actually working on a new set myself with 5/25/100/500 and was leaning towards this:

100x5
120x25
50x100
30x500

300 chips/10-max tourney/T1000

Starting stacks (T1000) would be:
10x5 = 50
10x25 = 250
2 x 100 = 200
1 x 500 = 500
for T1000 total/23 chips per starter

This set would allow for colorups of the 5s to 25s (there would be 2 extra 25s per person) and then colorups of the 25s to 100s (there would be 3 extra 100s per person). If necessary, there would be enough 500s to colorup as well, but I don't expect the tourney to go long enough to need that.

We've been playing with rebuys, but I am leaning towards doing more freezeouts (there have been some rumblings in my game that people would prefer this).

Blind levels:

5/10
10/20
15/30
20/40
25/50 (colorup to 25s)
50/100
75/150
100/200 (colorup to 100s)
200/400
300/600
400/800
etc.

25 minute levels (only because we have a lot of talkers and especially during the first few levels, things are SLOW).

I like the idea of a 300 chip set that can cover this game. It's easier to lug around than a 500 chip set and, since I am on a bit of a budget chip-wise, I can get the nice cermaics I've been eyeing at a price I can afford.

just my .02