[R Deckard]

While trying to configure the lightest, simplest, and most efficient tournament chipset (using 10g faux clays) to fly cross-country with, I discovered that the annoyingly-oversized 26-chip rows of the 5StarDeal boxes could actually be put to good use! Using a 26-chip T2500 starting stack of $25 x 12, $100 x12, $500 x 2 allows me to completely fill one row with a starting stack. Dorking around with the math, I came up with this final breakdown, which uses only 5 boxes for 13 buy-ins, rebuys, and add-ons plus room for rebuy chips and bounty chips:

• $25 x 156
  $100 x 195
  $500 x 78
  $1000 x 65
  TOTAL: 494 (19 rows of 26 chips)

T2500 rebuys are $500 x1, $1000 x 2. T3000 add-ons are $1000 x 3.



The red chips are rebuy chips, the edge-striped chips are bounty chips (could only fit 12 of those, darn). Oh yeah, I'm using my whites for $1000s.

[KYBill]

Thats close to the same set up we use... we do a t2000 and usually have 20 + guys so starting everyone with 30+ chips each slows the game down way to much. we will do

5 *10
4* 25
5*50
6*100
2*500

22 * 24 = 520 then color ups with 100's and 500's

we have league events 2 times a month and this is the perfect chip size to keep the game moving. I hate going to someones house who gives everybody 40 chips to start it really really slows down the game.

[dad604]

Neat idea and setup!

[CaptLego]

Originally Posted by KYBill

Thats close to the same set up we use... we do a t2000 and usually have 20 + guys so starting everyone with 30+ chips each slows the game down way to much. we will do

5 *10
4* 25
5*50
6*100
2*500

22 * 24 = 520 then color ups with 100's and 500's

we have league events 2 times a month and this is the perfect chip size to keep the game moving. I hate going to someones house who gives everybody 40 chips to start it really really slows down the game.

That seems pretty unusual, starting each person with 5 denoms.
I'm curious how that works out to have a 10 and 25 chip (but no 5), since there's not an integer ratio in those values. With each person starting with relatively few of each denom, I'd think you'd need to make change often, but the 25/10 ratio means making chang is a bit harder.... you'd have to find somebody with 5 extra 10's and trade 2x25's?

Do you start the blinds out at 10/20?

What do you think about giving each person T2500, and starting the blinds at 25/25? That way, you wouldn't need the 10's.

[KYBill]

Originally Posted by CaptLego

That seems pretty unusual, starting each person with 5 denoms.
I'm curious how that works out to have a 10 and 25 chip (but no 5), since there's not an integer ratio in those values. With each person starting with relatively few of each denom, I'd think you'd need to make change often, but the 25/10 ratio means making chang is a bit harder.... you'd have to find somebody with 5 extra 10's and trade 2x25's?

Do you start the blinds out at 10/20?

What do you think about giving each person T2500, and starting the blinds at 25/25? That way, you wouldn't need the 10's.

We start at 10/20 and have multiple denoms to make it easier for new player. 10=$.10 50= $.50 ect. Its easier for a first time player to manage there chips when they buy in for $20 in chips and there failure with the value.

we do sometimes have to make change in the pot for the first couple blinds but once we color up its not a problem . To us its allot faster to swap a red for 5 whites real quick (while the dealer is shuffling)than to wait on some guy to count out a stack of 25 chips to make a call.

[Captn_All_In]

I am with you on this one Capt, but its his game and everybody does it different!!

KYBill, I used to do the same as you give out 5 denoms, but we started with 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, and 100. Again this is not what others do but it worked out for us!!

Now I give out T2000 with 25, 50, 100, 250, 500 (I know the 250 is a weird chip value, but it works)

[R Deckard]

Arrrgh! How did my neato "travelling tourney set" thread get hijacked into yet another "why do you use chip denoms not in 4x/5x increments" discussion?

[Captn_All_In]

Sorry Deckard!!! Really I am.....but, you should blame KYBill or Captlego...... I only just continued the discussion.......(this is where I would be pointing my fingers at those two guys!)

haha

Just kidding CaptLego and KYBill


Deckard you should know that your idea and set are very cool.

Good luck traveling with them!!!

[ky70]

Originally Posted by R Deckard

Arrrgh! How did my neato "travelling tourney set" thread get hijacked into yet another "why do you use chip denoms not in 4x/5x increments" discussion?

LOL!!

[CaptLego]

Originally Posted by R Deckard

Arrrgh! How did my neato "travelling tourney set" thread get hijacked into yet another "why do you use chip denoms not in 4x/5x increments" discussion?

Hey! I resent the accusation that I hijacked your thread for a "why do you use chip denoms not in a 4x/5x increments" discussion!

I hijacked your thread to start a "how can you play with chips in a 2.5x increment" discussion.

Besides, your traveling set is pretty spiffy, and there's not much to say about it. The denom discussion is much more interesting, so the thread is better off now.

Just because you're the OP, don't think that you can get this thread back on-topic. We've got your thread, and we're not giving it back!

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