[sham]

Guys.
A friend of mine is planning a 18 player T5000 tournament and he is asking me if we could use my chips for this event. Otherwise they use their dice chips... Playing other than a T5000 is not an option for these guys.

I have 540 chips wich I bought for a 10 player T5000.
I know that for this event it could be a bit on the short side but here is the breakdown.

160 x $25
210 x $100
120 x 500
50 x $1000

Total Value is 135.000. Requierment is 90.000

I have figured that starting stacks of 22 chips is the optimal with my set.
Pr player:
8 x $25
8 x $100
4 x $500
2 x $1000
Total 5000
Then I would have enough 100's to color up the 25s.

Is this doable or is it too short amount pr player?
I'm a bit afraid that starting stacks will be a little to short in the beginning levels.

[BPTDirector]

I have run and played tournaments with the setup you mention, and it works fine. A lot of people like to have a bunch of chips in front of them, but this breakdown will work as long as folks don't mind making change once in awhile.

Good luck;
BPT

[sham]

Thanks.
It would probably not be a problem after the 2nd or 3rd level or so when people have gone out and there are more average chips pr player.

[NoFear]

I play T5000 once a week almost. Your stack size is good. I would not lead out no more than 8 25's person. You are good to go my friend.....

I like to play T5000 or T10K, any thing less is a crap shoot.

[Mike Sears]

Good work. You will not have a problem. $90,000 for the tourney and you have $110,000 in high values. You will be able to color-up the $100s without a hitch. Enjoy.

[sham]

Learning something new everyday .

Thanks for all answers!

[noelsarchs]

I would reduce your $1000 Chips and add more of the lower denom chips to start. More chips in front of you early is just more fun. The $1000's are not needed until later.

Hmmm, then again, I don't think you have enough chips to do this. So you are probably ok as shown.

[Double Eagle]

IMO, starting with any more than eight $25's just creates a lot more work when you color up. Since the $25's come off the table relatively quickly, it is less work for you as TD to have a low number of $25's in the starting stacks. Eight works very well for the tourneys I run.

Looks to me like you are good to go.

[tomb1]

Yes, excellent advice all around. And you've set up a good tourney based on your chip set. No reason to have more than 8 x $25 to start, or 12 at most if you have extra chips that you just want to use!

If you had more $100s or only 16 players, it would be fun to start with 8/13/3/2 or 8/13/5/1 (like Noelsarchs said), because the $100s are your workhorse betting chip for the first few rounds.

Starting with 22 chips is OK. Most people prefer more but with your set that's what you have to start with. And like Sham said, after a few bustouts everything will be fine.

Have fun!

[sham]

The tournament went really great. 22 chips in the starting stack was no problem at all. We raced off the 25's after 150/ 300 blinds. The rest of the tournament we used the 100, 500 and 1000's. Only heads up the 100's was finally raced off but that was after 4 hours of play.
Like Tomb1 said having more 100's would be preferable and thats what i plan to add to my set.
The players was actually used to start with even less (dice)chips so they were very happy with both the chips and the amount .