[rimmerryan]

i know i posted this earlier, but now i am in a spot.
i was originally going to have the following denoms in my tourney set:

$5 - $25 - $100 - $500 - $1000 - $5000

however, the $5 and $25 chips i wanted, i can't get.

do i need a $5 chip ???

if not, then i think the set will look like this:


if i do need a $5 chip, then i need to pick a different $25, because the $5 treasure chip does not go at all with the rest of these.

let me know what you think.
Thanks.


R.

[Wylecoyo]

The "need" for a $5 chips is entirely up to you and should depend upon your normal stakes and structure. It is entirely possible to get by without the $5 unless of course you want to play $5/$10 or such. I personally don't normally use more than 3 or 4 denominations at a time, although I generally have five or six denominations in my chip sets. This allows for colorups, cash and tournament simultaneously, and for me to be a crazy chip junky.

Sorry, this may or may not help, but the real answer can only be determined by you.

[tastic]

I think the set as posted is great as is. Pretty freakin' hot actually.

I personally wouldn't add a $5 as I would want those $1000s and $5000s in play in numbers.

Nice job Ryan! This along with your sweet cash set you brought this weekend to the LSR and you have yourself a sick one-two cash-tourney punch.

[rimmerryan]

Originally Posted by Wylecoyo

Sorry, this may or may not help, but the real answer can only be determined by you.

This would strictly be for a tournament...
and I guess I am asking more for the sake of getting opinions as to whether or not the $25 chip being the only one from that particular casino looks odd with a $100 and $500 from the same location, and the $1000 and $5000 being from the same.

Does that make any sense ???


R.

[HarrysAllOut]

I'd say no $5 chip needed unless you want to make this a versatile set. I guess it all depends on what your usual starting stacks are.

[develvjd-]

Run a T10,000 like the WSOP and start 25/50. No $5!

[osumike11379]

Boot the $5 - never used in tournaments never will - too small for the blind structures of a T5000 or T10k imho

[AlbinoDragon]

Drop the five like a bad date and stick with what you have in the pic in the O.P.. That setup is gorgeous, and the only reason I can ever think you'd want or need a 5 is for a stud tourney (for the antes) and even then, only early on.

On occasion I run a H.O.P.S. tourney (Hold em, Omaha, Pineapple and Stud) and I stick the stud round as the 4th round so by that point, the ante would be 25. No problems, and no need to deal with 5s.

[DrJohn]

No §5 - that's my vote, too!

[abby99]

Originally Posted by AlbinoDragon

Drop the five like a bad date and stick with what you have in the pic in the O.P.. That setup is gorgeous, and the only reason I can ever think you'd want or need a 5 is for a stud tourney (for the antes) and even then, only early on.

On occasion I run a H.O.P.S. tourney (Hold em, Omaha, Pineapple and Stud) and I stick the stud round as the 4th round so by that point, the ante would be 25. No problems, and no need to deal with 5s.

Another way to avoid needing T5's for antes is to have the button post the ante for the table in the earliest rounds. They've done this in the WSOP and probably elsewhere.