Help with my protege chip breakdown

on tilt · #1 (**permalink**) 08-12-2006, 06:46 AM

I am lucky enough to qualify for the protege pre-buy and would like some help working out what I should order.

Moneywise I think I can only justify about 500 chips. I want the punched inlays so that leaves out the 25 cent and $1 chips (otherwise I would get a cash set for sure). I am not a huge fan of NCV chips either so am not after any of them. I like all of the chips but my favourite chip is the $1,000.

I want to explore using this chipset for something a bit different but am not sure what. I had orginally thought to get a heads up set but the chips are so nice I want more than just 2 or 3 denominations.

I currently have a set of 650 Pharaoh's which get used most often in a 10 to 12 person T1500. The blind structure is such that the tournaments last between 2.5 and 3 hours. We play 2 of these quick tournaments on our regular poker night.

I have also ordered enough Bellagio Replicas for a 30 person T50,000. This is to be used for all day tournaments.

I also have over a 1000 President Casino New Yorkers too but I just like to look at them.

Does anyone have any suggestions for me? Any help is greatly apreciated.

Thanks in advance

tomb1 · #2 (**permalink**) 08-12-2006, 08:17 AM

Jeez, trying to fit in the middle of all your other chip sets is a little tricky. You have quite a problem there!

Between your T1500 and T50000 I'd suggest a T$25,000 that looks like this:

Denom...Start stack...Buy
$25..........8...........100
$100........13..........180
$500.........7..........100
$1000.......5............70
$5000.......3............50
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Total........36.........500

You can get 12 players with this set. If you have more players at some point, you can move down to a smaller starting stack.

And I suppose you could buy a few of each of the smaller denoms just to have the complete set...that's my approach!

rowlin · #3 (**permalink**) 08-12-2006, 03:49 PM

Here is another thread where people have discussed breakdowns for this set - link.

I feel differently than you about the 1000 & NCV chips, but would otherwise suggest the set I outlined in that thread. It would give you enough for 10,000 in tournament chips for up to 20 entrants, whether you go with T-10,000 starting stacks, or T-5,000 with rebuys. Since you don't want to use the cash game chips, and already have sets for T-1,500 and T-50,000, a T-5,000 or T-10,000 set may be a good fit.

jdunford · #4 (**permalink**) 08-13-2006, 02:03 PM

I'm not purchasing any Proteges, but I'd be happy to provide the breakdown of my Samurais:

Cash set:
150 X $0.25
100 X $1.00
50 X $5.00
in a 300 chip wood case with clear acrylic lid, from straightflush.ca

Tournament set:
150 X $5
150 X $25
150 X $100
150 X $500
80 X $1000
75 X $5000
in a 750 chip mahogany case (and can borrow another 50 $5 from the cash set for 200 X $5)

The reason for owning 150 of so many different tournament value chips follows:
- My most common tournaments are a fairly standard T1000 tourney, with 10 X $5, 10 X $25, 7 X $100 (up to 15 players) or 15 X $5, 13 X $25, 6 X $100 starting chips (up to 11 players) or 20 X $5, 12 X $25, 6 X $100 (up to 10 players) or 20 X $5, 16 X $25, 5 X $100 (up to 9 players)...
- I personally really enjoy a T50000 tourney, with 10 X $100, 12 X $500, 8 X $1000, 7 X $5000 or 15 X $100, 13 X $500, 7 X $1000, 7 X $5000 (depending on blind structure). This tournament (with chips for 10, but usually play with 7-8 leaving plenty of chips for colour-ups) generally has antes at ~ 20% of the big blind. The blind structure I use is:

T50,000:
----------
200-500-1000
300-700-1500
400-1000-2000
600-1500-3000
800-2000-4000
* break * (colour-up 100s)
1000-2500-5000
1500-3500-7000
2000-5000-10000
3000-7500-15000
* break * (colour-up 500s)
4k-10k-20k
6k-15k-30k
8k-20k-40k
10k-25k-50k
15k-40k-80k
20k-50k-100k
(hopefully over before the big blind passes 50k)

This is probably my favourite tournament. Blinds double every 2 rounds (approximately). With 10 players (or equivalent from rebuys), you've got half-a-million in chips on the table, which gives you that "final table" feeling, especially when it's heads up with huge stacks of $1000s and $5000s.

See:
http://www.chiptalk.net/forum/group-...-plan-buy.html
for other breakdowns from people planning to buy (or already having ordered) Proteges.