[MarkC79]

I'm thinking of getting a tourney set of 600 chips (possibly up to 800) but would like to get only what I might need with no extra waste. I'd like to be able to use 25, 100, 500, 1000, and possibly but really not necessary 5000. I don't really how to structure it as t5000 or t10000 but I would obviously want the blinds to start at 25-50. I'm looking for a set that can accomodate up to 10 people and possibly a few more if there are any extras but don't really need to count on the extra chips. Any suggestions on the breakdown?

Thanks!

[BigKyle]

For a T5000 tourney

12xT25 chips
12xT100 chips
7xT500 chips

120, 150, 100 of each of those when you factor in color ups. Add 5 T1000 chips for a T10,000 tourney, and to be on the safe side I would go 160xT25, 200xT100, 120xT500, 120xT1000.

As for blinds, it all depends on how long you want the tourney to last and how much play you want to have. For a T5000, something like this with 25-minute levels will give you a tournament that lasts about 4.5 hours:

25-50
50-100
100-200
150-300
200-400
300-600
400-800
600-1200
800-1600
1000-2000
1500-3000
2000-4000

[miandsh2000]

Originally Posted by MarkC79

... but would like to get only what I might need with no extra waste. I'd like to be able to use 25, 100, 500, 1000, and possibly but really not necessary 5000 ... set that can accomodate up to 10 people and possibly a few more if there are any extras but don't really need to count on the extra chips. Any suggestions on the breakdown?

here is another option:

80x25
100x100
100x500
50x1000

330 total

lets you give each player 8/8/8 for T5K or 8/8/8/5 for a T10K. enough extra to color up all the 25 and 100's.

[jldecarlo]

For a 600 piece set I would get:

150 x 25
150 x 100
130 x 500
150 x 1000
20 x 5000

starting at 8 x 25, 8 x 100, 6 x 500, 6 x 1000 (for T10K - for T5K you obvioulsy decrease the T1000 chips by 5/player), you have enough for 18 players with enough 5Ks for re-buys and color ups. You don't have enough T5K chips to play with them only, but you will always need a mixture of 1K and 5K chips with a two table T10,000 tourney.

I would comment that after running a 25 man tournament for 2 years, I have a different felling about color-ups than most people. When I color up, I just jump to the 1K or 5K chips. I grab a few and go to the big stack and color-up all his 25s and add enough other chips to reach 1K/5K. Then I use these chips to color-up the remaining players. This works well and is quicker and more economical of chips and time. So I don't buy enough T100 or T500 chips to do color ups - just T1K or T5K.

L

[tastic]

I agree 100%! No second opinion needed with this Doc!

Originally Posted by jldecarlo

When I color up, I just jump to the 1K or 5K chips. I grab a few and go to the big stack and color-up all his 25s and add enough other chips to reach 1K/5K. Then I use these chips to color-up the remaining players. This works well and is quicker and more economical of chips and time. So I don't buy enough T100 or T500 chips to do color ups - just T1K or T5K.

L

[mike33]

In my recent ASM order I did the following;

160 - T25
160 - T100
120 - T500
120 - T1000
40 - T5000

** I ordered 10 extra of each, but they're just for backups and, possibly, trades.

I built this so I could comfortably host up to 12 players with a 12 / 12 / 7 / 5 breakdown or be able to just barely stretch to 20 players with an 8 / 8 / 6 / 6 breakdown for T10,000 tourney's. The T5000 chips will be for rebuys and/or color-ups.

The 20 player breakdown uses all of the first 4 denom's, but I really doubt it will ever come to that. If I get close to this many players, I'll just add-on to my order and get more chips

If you're interested, my blinds are as follows;

25/50
50/100
100/200
150/300
200/400
300/600
400/800
600/1200
800/1600
1K/2K - This is about as far as we usually get, if not less
1500/3K
2K/4K
2500/5K

Usually 20 minute blinds with breaks whenever we get to them.

Hope that helps you out.

**EDIT** jldecarlo, I love your take on color-ups. I'm definitely trying that!

[BigKyle]

It is personal preference, but I do not think there is a need for T5000 chips unless you have upwards of 200,000 in chips in play. Now of course it depends on your structure and, to a certain extent, skill level (more experienced players have an easier time handling chips), but with a ten-player, T10,000 tournament, you will only have 100 chips in play using all 1000s. There is really no need for anything bigger.

[MCsuited]

I just received my 600 ASM tourney chip set last thursday, and been thinking about this alot. After many hours of deliberation, this is what i came up with and it seems to work perfectly.

200 - 25's
200 - 100's
100 - 500's
60 - 1000's
40 - 5000's

Did this for a few reasons.
One, i keep all my chips in chip racks, and this makes it nice and simple.
Two, This is enough for a 10 man tourney, with 40 starting chips on a T5000 & also enough for up to a 25 man tourney, with 22 starting chips on a T5000.

10 man, T5000-
20 - 25's
15 - 100's
4 - 500's
1 - 1000

Rebuys are done with no 25's (if you have em). Color ups with 500 and bigger.

But you can also do a larger 25 man tourney at a T5000
8 - 25's
8 - 100's
4 - 500's
2 - 1000's

I love the size of my set. And it fits nice in my 600 pc. acryllic case

[MarkC79]

Wow...lots of great info here. I'm trying to analyze all of it. Thanks to everyone for your help!

Right now I'm leaning toward something like this: (I may possibly lower the 100s to 180 or 160 to allow for some more of the larger denoms).

25 - 160
100 - 200
500 - 120
1000 - 100
5000 - 20

Does this seem good?

[Roc-A-Fella_1]

Originally Posted by miandsh2000

here is another option:

80x25
100x100
100x500
50x1000

330 total

lets you give each player 8/8/8 for T5K or 8/8/8/5 for a T10K. enough extra to color up all the 25 and 100's.

Loves it. Will keep it in the back of my head when i purchase my next tourney set. Unfortunately, i cannot afford to buy 50 x PNY $1000s, Primary or Secondary...If i could i would.