[silentrob]

Me and my roommate play in two other home games where its either a .50-1 or 1-2 blind game. We have a pretty good house to hold a home game so we're looking to start one up. We'd like to do a 1-2 game with a 60 min - 200 max buy in game. Wondering what kinda of chip break down we'd need. I'm thinking of starting off with around 500 chips and working from there. 1-5-25 chip break down.

[tomb1]

For a 1/2 NL game obviously the smallest chip you need is $1. I would buy about 10 x $1 chips per person, but maybe more if you think people would rather bet stacks of $1s instead of some $5s. I've seen it both ways.

How many players . . . just one table?

I think you'd have more than enough chips if you start with 200 x $1, 200 x $5, and 100 x $25. Maybe only 40-50 x $25 and add to your smaller chips.

[asam2006]

I just bought a 600 chip set for 1/2 NLHE and I got 200-1's, 360-5's, 30-25's and 10-100's. Most people will be using the 1's for blind each round so 10-20 1's per person will be plenty. The betting is really with the 5's and rebuys can be with the 25's and 100's and people can make change once all the 5's are inplay.

[hachkc]

Originally Posted by asam2006

The betting is really with the 5's and rebuys can be with the 25's and 100's and people can make change once all the 5's are inplay.

I'd agree with this but its also a factor of the "personality" of your game. In most casino's where I've played 1/2 NL, most bets outside the blinds are usually in increments of $5 probably because that's what casino's mostly give out (bigger action, bigger rakes). For home games, this tends to very more. If its a looser crowd, go heavier on the $5 chips for a tigher crowd, maybe a few more $1 chips. Also, if you give out more $1 chips, folks will bet more of them. Give out more $5 chips and they'll bet more of them.

My personal preference would be at least 10x$1 but no more than 20x$1 per player and the rest in $5 chips. For 10 players with a $200 buyin each:

10 x $1 = $10
28 x $5 = $140
2 x $25 = $50
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40 chips = $200

That equals 100 x $1, 280 x $5, 20 x $25 for 400 total chips (no rebuys, yet)

For a full set for 10 players, go with this.

100 x $1 = $100
300 x $5 = $1500
100 x $25 = $2500
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500 chips = $4100