[Dissolved]

OK, im trying to make a good 1,000 set of chips for .25/.50 cash games. Up to around 18 people or $800 worth of bank. (our cash games usualy get up to 300-600 easy with 8-12 people) and Also a T1500 Tournament for 10 players.

Cash games i would need at least 100 .25 and/or .50 chips. Tournaments i dont need to use $5, but i figure i could use 100 for cash games or tournament.

One thing is i will not Be running Both a tournament and a cash game at the same time. so I can use the $5 in the tournaments.

Thanks for any help.

[BigKyle]

I cant figure out if you mean you want to have both .25 and .50 chips in the set, I wouldn't unless I was planning to run some .50/$1 games as well. However, this is the breakdown I would use with .25, $1, $5, $25, and $100 chips.

For cash games
220 x .25 chips = $55
220 x $1 chips = $220
150 x $5 chips = $750
TOTAL VALUE = $1,025

Starting stacks: 12 .25 chip, 12 $1 chips, and 1 $5 chip = $20
Use the rest of the fives for rebuys

For Tourneys
180 $5 chips
220 $25 chips
180 $100 chips
80 $500 chips

Starting stacks: 10 x $5, 10 x $25, 7 x $100, 1 x $500
Use $500 for rebuys/addons

So TOTAL SET
220 .25
220 $1
180 $5
220 $25
180 $100
80 $500

That's 1100 chips You could maybe go with a few less .25 and $1 chips and a few more $5 to squeeze under 1000 chips.

[rowlin]

Originally Posted by Dissolved

OK, im trying to make a good 1,000 set of chips for .25/.50 cash games. Up to around 18 people or $800 worth of bank. (our cash games usualy get up to 300-600 easy with 8-12 people) and Also a T1500 Tournament for 10 players.

Cash games i would need at least 100 .25 and .50 chips. Tournaments i dont need to use $5, but i figure i could use 100 for cash games or tournament.

One thing is i will not Be running Both a tournament and a cash game at the same time. so I can use the $5 in the tournaments.

Thanks for any help.

I have a 1000 chip, mixed-use set, but its breakdown is based in part on the available denominations in the set (.50/1/5/25/100/500/1000) and the ability to use the $25 chip as 25 cents in a cash game. Some people go as far as to use the $100 as a dollar chip in a cash game, though I do not, as I have some of each denomination - for better or worse, because I like the looks of all the chips in the set.

I have a few questions before I start throwing numbers around, as my setup is geared toward tourneys of T-5000 or T-10000 for up to 20 or 16 people.

(1) In running a T1500 tourney without a 5 chip, are you starting the blinds at 25/25?

(2) Do you have a particular chip set in mind? If so, does it have both a .25 and .50 chip - or are you okay with using the $25 chip as 25 cents - and/or having a mess of .25 chips instead of both .25 and .50?

(3) Similarly, are you interested in having a separate $1 chip, or using $100 as dollar chips in the cash game?

(4) Is the number of chips in each person's starting stack important to you (i.e. is 20 chips too small of a starting stack for your tournament)?

There are also a couple really good threads about chip set breakdowns and tournament structures. The "Post your chip set breakdown" sticky is here. If you do a "Search this Thread" for "T1500," a few hits come up.

The tournament structure sticky may also be helpful to determine your starting stack requirements and reverse-engineer your set breakdown from those. Member Strange makes a good point in one of these threads - that the lower denom chips dictate the number of chips each person receives.

I also found a few good leads by doing a normal search of the forums for "T1500" or "T1500 cash" or "T1500 stack."

It sounds like 1000 chips are plenty for what you are aiming to do.