[Boomaholic]

I currently use a 500 piece set where i have
x140 T25s,
x100 T100s,
x100 T500s
x100 T1000s
x60 T5000s
with this chip breakdown we normally start out with
T25x4
T100x9
T500x4
T1000x2
T5000x1
trying to get about 18-20 players would this breakdown work? or should i stay with the same one?
x80/120 T25s
x200/160 T100s

x100/120 T500s
x80/60 T1000s

x40 T5000s

I'm debating whether i should go with x80 T25s and x200 T100s or x120 and x160.... same with the T500 and T1000s thoughts?

[NoFear]

Go with this one x80 T25s and x200 T100s

Since you only start with 4T25

[Roc-A-Fella_1]

For 20 players, a 500 chip set probably won't cut it. People would be making change almost every hand.

[Boomaholic]

well our average game is about 10 players... but on those super rare occasion that everyones day off coencides with eachother we have only hit a single 20player game other than that our highest has been 14.

I have a 500 set now and we were able to make it work by changing our 8,8,4,2,1 to 4,4,5,2,1. Yeah we were making change alot but our super loose players went out really fast so we were able to make change easier, and less often

[EasilyFound]

IMHO, 8 is the minimum number of T25 chips you can start with. I've played tourneys with 4 T25 chips and it is absurd. You are constantly running out of those chips and making change from whoever won the last pot with all of the T25 chips. I don't think you can do this with just 500 chips. 600 is doable, but not 500.

Starting stacks of 8/8/6/6 = 28 chips x 10 players = 280 chips x 2 = 560 chips. Then you have 40 chips for coloring up. Generally, you will need to color up the T25s and T100s, which equals 1000 chips per player, which means you will need up to 20 more T1000 chips. Then you could make the other 20 another color for a T5000 chip or just add another 20 T1000 chips. Or make all 40 T5000, which will allow you to do some T20,000 tourneys (although not with 20 people as you won't have enough chips to color up the T25s an T100s, but you could play an 18 player tourney for T20000).

Other option is 8/8/4/2/1 = 23 chips x 20 = 460 with 40 chips left over for color up. I've used this breakdown before, and it works. My preferece is for 8/8/6/6. But if you're budget is limited and you can't go more than 500, then this will work for you.

[Boomaholic]

Originally Posted by EasilyFound

Other option is 8/8/4/2/1 = 23 chips x 20 = 460 with 40 chips left over for color up. I've used this breakdown before, and it works. My preferece is for 8/8/6/6. But if you're budget is limited and you can't go more than 500, then this will work for you.

8/8/4/2/1 is what our normal game consists of and most of the time our game holds about 10 players on the occasional 12+, maybe every couple of months. We've only hit 20 once and that time we used 4/4/5/2/1 because my friend was too lazy to get his 600 dice set and add that into play also. i figure should the need arrive for more than 10 players We'll just bring out the two dice sets until i have the money to add on or get a second set. of my order. safest/smartest thing to do.