[donut]

Morning all -

I am building a cash set for NL.
10-20 players $.50/$1 ($40 min. Buy-In) or $1/$2 NL ($100 min Buy-In).
I will have a combination of Skulls and Sands (thanks to PSO and Trades/Buys from Members here )

What I will have when all arrive -
200 - $.25
200 - $.50
250 - $1
200 - $5
50 - $25

I have a $75 coupon to spend at Discount Casino Gear where Skulls/Sands are about $.61 each.

I am thinking I need to add 100 - $.50 (and just keep the $.25 out of play unless we want to do a beginner's $.25/$.50 NL ($20 Buy-In) night) and another 50 - $1.

Does the extra 150 chips make sense to round out the set?
Or what should I consider please?
I want to try and maximize my coupon and shipping from Discount and buy the right amount in one order.

Thanks a bunch in advance!

[jojobinks]

more $1's. with only 250, in a 20 man game, each player has very few. standard preflop raises will be $3, and that'll be a third of your 1s.

i'd go straight $1's with that extra 150

[jojobinks]

ps...what's teh point of more .50's? they're effectively small blinds, and so effectively out of play. you only need about 10 of these per player. and that's at the high end.

[donut]

Thanks jojo

So is 150 enough $1s ?
I can buy more than 150 if needed.

thank you, thank you

[PocketRocket]

Either use 25 or 50¢ chips, you don't need both. The 25¢ denomination will afford you the most flexibility for both your .50/$1 game and lower denomination games.

[MeridianFC]

Assuming a usual ten man table with buy ins at the $40/$100 level as above ($1000 cash in play in initial buy in)

200 x .25
400 X $1
300 X $5
100 X $25

$4,450.00 total bank (a little more than 4 buyins for a full table). You could maybe lower the $25 and up the $1 or $5. The .25 are realistically only going to be used for blinds, I'm willing to bet (ha!) most action is going to be at the $1+ level.

[warewulf]

Yup, buy more $1 and $5.

Since you already have plenty of .25 and .50 chips (more than you need already)

I have a cash set:
70 .25 (no .50 chips)
300 $1
200 $5

My set is plenty for 10 people. My blinds are usually .25/.50. Nobody EVER bets .50 cents, someone would definitely raise them. Raises are usually $1-$3 pre flop.

[JM]

Get some good plastic cards too!!

[flapgreen]

Got any $5, $25, or $500 you won't use? I just completed the pokersource deal and have a 100 $1 chips that I'll never use.

[bromius13]

Originally Posted by jojobinks

more $1's. with only 250, in a 20 man game, each player has very few. standard preflop raises will be $3, and that'll be a third of your 1s.

i'd go straight $1's with that extra 150

I agree with the above.

With blinds starting at $0.50/$1.00, the typical bet will be $3.00, and it will be $1.00 to call. You already have far too many $0.50 chips and will probably never use the $0.25 chips. So $1.00 chips should be the smallest denomination to consider.

In a 20 man game, you're going to want to have at least 20 of your most commonly used denomination available to each player. In your case, that will be the $1.00 chip. Therefore, you will need 400 x $1.00 chips. Since you only have 250 of them right now, all of the new chips should be $1.00 chips.

jw