[difiCa]

I'll order my 1000 tourney set of Fauxs that contains denominations $5, $25, $100 and $500, but now i need to put together a cash set that contains 500 chips of denominations 25c and $1.

We play $.50/$1 and $1/$2 limit games and sometimes $.25/$.25 no limit or pot limit games. For NL i may need a lot of .25 chips, also for limit these are useful, so the set should be focused in .25, but we also need $1's so they don't run out in even a full ring game, altough we in big rings would probably give the players some $5 chips to change to $1's from others.

How should i make the set?

[Guma]

How many people are sitting in your games?
What is the initial buyin?

[SingleMaltFan]

i would think in NL you'd need more $1 chips than 25c's...once the raises go up they wil be in the dollar ranges no?

1malt

[99%evil]

We play .25/.50 and .50/1.00 nl ring games and I only need about 100 .25 chips. The raises are usually a buck or more and only the blinds require the small chips and 8 .25 per person is more htan enough, people make quick change between hands if they are out. Even with a .50/1.00 game I only give each person 10-12$1 chips as well.

I just ordered a new cash set and got the following:

100 ncv (for either.25 or .50 depending on what wer'e doing)
140 $1 chips,
140 $5 chips,
20 $20 for rebuys and to keep control of stacks if someone is really building stacks.(a $20 chip is convenient for typical $20 rebuys)

Typical buy in is $20 and eachperson gets (.25/.50 blinds) 8-ncv, 13-$1, and 1-$5 (.50/1.00 blinds) 8-ncv, 11-$1, and 1-$5

When someone rebuys we usually give 4-$5 chips that they make change from the big stacks, we don't add small chips to the table, they aren't needed. When you make change you grab a couple small chips for blinds.
This breakdown gives me plenty of chips for an 8 person ring game and is over $1,250 in chips, we rarely get over $400-$500 on the table.

[Guma]

Originally Posted by SingleMaltFan

i would think in NL you'd need more $1 chips than 25c's...once the raises go up they wil be in the dollar ranges no?

1malt

I was thinking the same thing when I read this...Maybe there are a lot of min raises or $1.50 type raises. I know when we start playing NL cash games with $.50 chips. The betting naturally goes in $1 incriments.

A starting suggestion might be...

$.25 x 150 (with 10 people sitting in you could give them 12 a piece with some leftover for rebuys)
$1 x 300 (This is your workhorse chip)
$5 x 50

If you want more $.25 chips then...

$.25 x 200 (10 people get 16 with leftovers for rebuys)
$1 x 250
$5 x 50

[SingleMaltFan]

Originally Posted by Guma

I was thinking the same thing when I read this...Maybe there are a lot of min raises or $1.50 type raises. I know when we start playing NL cash games with $.50 chips. The betting naturally goes in $1 incriments.

A starting suggestion might be...

$.25 x 150 (with 10 people sitting in you could give them 12 a piece with some leftover for rebuys)
$1 x 300 (This is your workhorse chip)
$5 x 50

If you want more $.25 chips then...

$.25 x 200 (10 people get 16 with leftovers for rebuys)
$1 x 250
$5 x 50

both those suggestions sound perfect guma!

its very similar to what we use..just increase the $1's if you are going to play more limit, i would think, but then you may need a bigger set, unless you play 6 max..