[Madkickz]

Hello, everyone Im just starting to get into home tournys and im about to buy around 500-1000 chips. We usually get around 6-10 people and occasionally 15 max. My question is when i order my chips how many colors should i buy and how many of each color here is the site im looking to get my chips from.

http://www.5stardeal.com/deals/10Exp...ctCode=10-1600

Thanks

~Shane

[SpaceMonkey]

Well, it depends on how you structue your tournaments, but you wouldn't need more than four colors really.

Personally, I'd suggest a Foxwoods type blind structure. I don't like starting off with red (T5) chips, because you just have to color them up after 3 rounds. So you could do:

200 Green (T25)
200 Black (T100)
100 Purple (T500)
60 Orange (T1000)

You can do T2000 tournaments with 20 Green, 15 Black per person for up to 10 people. Or change the starting chips around to use 8 Green, 8 Black, 2 Purple for up to 25 people. Plenty of chips for color ups and rebuys.

This lets you also do T5000 tournaments with 8 green, 8 black, 4 purple and 2 orange per person (also up to 25). For less than 20 people, you still have plenty of chips for coloring up.

Good choice of chips BTW. As far as inexpensive chips go, those 9.5 gram dice chips are my favorite.

[Matthew]

I have some samples of these chips and if I didn't have so many suited 11.5 metal slug chips - these are what I would buy for my tournamants - good choice!

The colors they have there are "classic" casino tournament colors - but it will vary - and when it comes down to it do what you like and what works for you.

White = 1
Red = 5
Blue = 1 or 10 or 50
Green = 25
Black = 100
Purple = 500
Yellow = 1000
Orange and Grey = 5000 or 25000

Your starting chips and blinds will determine how many of each you need.

For 500 chips and looking at your max of 15 people and 5000 in starting chips starting blinds at 25/25 or 25/50

8 green, 18 black, 6 purple = 5000
total chips needed is 120 green, 270 black, 90 purple = 480
add 20 yellow in there to color up the green when the 25 chip isn't needed.

If you want to start blinds at 5/10 add a red chip.

for 1000 chips something like:

300 green (25) / 400 black (100) / 200 purple (500) / 100 yellow (1000) in 4 colors you like should work.

They can also be used for $.25 / $1 / $5 / $10 in ring games.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,

Matt

[Madkickz]

Anyone else got any opinions on how many of each chip i should order along with colors?

~Shane

[psy]

200+(210-225 is good so you have extras) of each chip (besides 1000, that chip is near useless, unless you play a t5000+ game with 20 players) is the best choice. You will almost always have the right amount no matter what tournament /cash game or how many players (up to 20) The more chips the merrier. No one wants to play a game with like 10 starting chips. Shoot for 40, settle for 25. You want a lot of lower level chips out there and only a few of the higher ones. People will value the chips more when they have only a couple of a higher denomination.

I personally plan to always keep my game to around 10 people because that's what my table can handle. Every once in a while i'll offer up a 16-20 man tournament.


$25($20) .25/.50 cash game with 10 people?
20 $.25 = 200
20 $1 =200
40 chips per player (cpp)

16 people?
12 $.25 =192
12 .$1 =192
2 $5 =32
26 cpp


24 (20 too) people?

8 .25 =192
8 $1 =192
3 $5 =192
19 cpp (short handed)

plenty of $5 chips for rebuys.

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my suggestion? if you play 24 person games then buy more then 200 chips.



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$100 1/2 cash game with 10 people ?
20 $1 =200
16 $5 =160
36 cpp

16 people?
10 $1 =160
13 $5 = 208*(get a few more $5 chips for this)
1 $25 = 16
24 cpp

20 people
10 $1 =200
8 $5 = 160
2 $25 = 20
20 cpp

rebuy with $25's

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Tournament is however you like it.

T1000(T500-T1500) 5/10 with 10 players
20 $5 = 200
20 $25 =200
4 $100 = 40
44 cpp

with 20 players

10 $5 = 200
10 $25 = 200
7 $100 = 140
27 cpp

with plenty of 100 and 500 chips for rebuys and color-ups.


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for T5000(T2000-T5000) 25/50 starting with 10 people?
20 $25 = 200
20 $100 =200
5 $500 = 50
45 cpp

16 people?
12 $25
12 $100
7 $500
31 cpp

20 people?
8 $25 =160
8 $100 =160
8 $500 =160
24 cpp


More $500, and maybe a handful of $1000 chips for rebuys and chipups.

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only get 200 of the higher denominations if you just plan on playing tournaments. If you want to play cash, get the lower ones. IF you plan on playing both (like me) and you want to have chips that will always be useful to you(no matter the game) then get all of them.

200 of each is great for 8-16 people, and an occasional 20 person game.

If you plan on playing a majority of 20-24(too many for me) person games then i say get at least 50 more of each chip.