[Captn_All_In]

Okay so I bought a 300pc chip case so that I could carry a small cash game set to use in a side game. I run tournaments at cabins in the area and one of the guys who attends my Thursday night game asked me to run a game and asked if I would bring some cash chips for afterward.

The game would be .05¢/.10¢ NLHE or .05¢-$1 spread limit. Buy-in $5min-$15max. Usually 10 players or less (if more were coming and I knew about it I would take a 500pc case, this 300pc case is small, light, and easy to keep track of!)

So that got me to thinking about the breakdown....here is what I took.

.05¢ x 155 = $7.75
25¢ x 155 = $38.75
$1 x 40 = $40
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Total = $86.50

It worked well. I was the only one who bought in for $10, everyone else bought in for $5. There were 8 players and at the end of the night there was $60 in play.

Now my concern is what to do if more people rebuy or more players buy in for more than the min. (Which I think will happen as more of these guys play in cash games.)

So what would be the best thing to add on? I have room for 40 more chips. My first thought is $40 ones. But is that most efficient way to go? Should I look into adding a $2, a $2.50, or maybe a $5 (I have all of those for my non travelling cash set). Or should I look at evening the lower denoms out first then worry about the higher denoms?

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

[Matthew]

Originally Posted by Captn_All_In

.05¢ x 155 = $7.75
25¢ x 155 = $38.75
$1 x 40 = $40
---------
Total = $86.50

I have room for 40 more chips. My first thought is $40 ones.

So 390 chips total? You have 350 listed and have room for 40 more?

5c x 140 ($7)
25c x 160 ($40)
$1 x 80 ($80)
$5 x 10 ($50)

$177 total - should be good

[Captn_All_In]

390 is right....unless I start cutting the bottom of the case. I found I can squeeze 2 rows of 20 chips where both decks of cards should be kept. Then each I made each of the chip rows tight full with Sopranos.

I like that breakdown, never thought about lowering the nickels.

[Brewster]

You could even drop the number of $1 chips (on Matthew's breakdown) by 10 and add 10 more $5 chips to really bulk up the limits of the set. This has the added bonus of providing a few more high denoms if you ever wanted to run a impromtu tourney with that set.

[Captn_All_In]

Originally Posted by Brewster

You could even drop the number of $1 chips (on Matthew's breakdown) by 10 and add 10 more $5 chips to really bulk up the limits of the set. This has the added bonus of providing a few more high denoms if you ever wanted to run a impromtu tourney with that set.

No way these will be used as a tourney....the fauxs are my tournament babies!! VIVA!!!!

I actually modified Matthews suggestion a little and squeezed those fives in there. Then I emptied out a spare box in my TASK FORCE tournament case that had bounty, show em, and other misc chips to make room for 100 more cash chips. I haven't got it all perfected yet, still manuvering some things around checking the numbers and all....once I get it settled I will post back here!