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I'm fixing to buy the Matsui Blue Sand Cash set and want some advice on the chips I need. I'm looking to play a one table cash game with 8-10 players 10-20$ buy-ins with unlimited rebuys. Realistically no one will be buying in more than 3-4 times. I'm wanting to use the 10cent and 50cent and 1$chips as mainstays but also have 5's and 20's dollar chips. I'm thinking of getting 600-800 chips. Does anybody out there have alot of experience running these type of games? Can you give me and idea how many .1, .5, 1,5,20 I could reasonable be expected to used in an evening of poker playing.
I'll take a stab at this. We mostly play $1/2 or $1/3 and sometimes $.25/.50, but the concepts work out the same.
You don't mention what game or blinds you're thinking of playing, but for $10 buy-in NLHE ring game, you're probably playing $.10/.20? Edit: You mentioned it in the subject of the post. Doh.
Starting stacks would be something like 20 x .10 ($2), 16 x .50($8.). For a 10 player game you'd need a minimum of 200 dimes and 160 .50s. You'd mostly do rebuys in bigger chips and make change at the table.
So a full set might work out to be something like:
350 x .10
250 x .50
100 x $1
50 x 5
50 x 20
That's 800 total chips and represents $1510 that can be in play. If all 10 players rebuy four times at $20 each, that'd be $800 on the table, so you have plenty of room (mostly with the $20 chips, though).
Thanks for the input that helps me but I'm thinking usually the second chip comprises most of the betting so I would have expected that you'd need more 50 cent chips that 10 cent chips. It makes sense to me to use less 1$ chips. So the 1,5, and 20 chip alotments fit but is there some way to get by with say less 10 cent chips and more 50 cent chips or am I seeing things wrong.
I'm used to having the second chip be the workhorse so the starting stack would have more of the second chip than the first and progressively less after that. Also, on most hands someone in the group will actually raise to 50-60cents and not just let everyone limp-in and most bets after that will be at least 50 cents or 1 dollar as the pot grows. I appreciate your input and you're probably right but I didn't expect so many 10 cent chips would be needed.
I would think you would use either 200 .10 chips or 300 .10 chips. For 10 people that would be either 20 chips to start with or 30 chips to start with. With 200 or 300 chips on the table I would think that would be plenty of change. My recommendations would be
I would think you would use either 200 .10 chips or 300 .10 chips. For 10 people that would be either 20 chips to start with or 30 chips to start with. With 200 or 300 chips on the table I would think that would be plenty of change. My recommendations would be
200-.10
300-.50
160-1
80-5
60-20
800 chips
1930 chip value.
So I'm thinking 10$ starting stack would be 10-.1, 12-.5 and 3-1$ and starting stacks for 20$ would be 20-.1 24-.5 and 6-1's. Leaving 60-.5 100-1's and 80-5's and 60-20's for rebuys. I can see how you might need more 10 cents chips so people wouldn't have to make change but thats about how I was thinking.
So I'm thinking 10$ starting stack would be 10-.1, 12-.5 and 3-1$ and starting stacks for 20$ would be 20-.1 24-.5 and 6-1's. Leaving 60-.5 100-1's and 80-5's and 60-20's for rebuys. I can see how you might need more 10 cents chips so people wouldn't have to make change but thats about how I was thinking.
IMHO 20 of the lowest chips is plenty to start with and even for your $10 tourney you could use 20-.10 and either leave out 2-.5 or 1-$1
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