[SheaJ]

I just bout a set of 300 Caesars at sea tournament chips.
$5 x 150
$25 x 75
$100 x 50
$500 x 25

I planned this set up but i want to see what other people think:
everyone starts out with
5 x 20 for $100
25 x 12 for $300
100 x 8 for $800
500 x 3 for $1500
total of $2700
$16200 on table

then color up to all $100 and $500 when needed for 23 $500 and 47 $100 on the table

wanted to be able to get up to the 100 & 500 which is why i started with so much.

figure start the blinds at either 15/30 or 20/40

what do you think?

[ontheuptick]

I would never recommend starting a tourney where each player has such a random amount of chips (T2700 in your case). I'd pick a round number, probably 2,000, and start the blinds at 10/20.

Originally Posted by SheaJ

I just bout a set of 300 Caesars at sea tournament chips.
$5 x 150
$25 x 75
$100 x 50
$500 x 25

I planned this set up but i want to see what other people think:
everyone starts out with
5 x 20 for $100
25 x 12 for $300
100 x 8 for $800
500 x 3 for $1500
total of $2700
$16200 on table

then color up to all $100 and $500 when needed for 23 $500 and 47 $100 on the table

wanted to be able to get up to the 100 & 500 which is why i started with so much.

figure start the blinds at either 15/30 or 20/40

what do you think?

[BigBrando]

As configured, your starting stacks are 270 times the big blind (a bit much, I think). Based on your breakdown, should I assume you have a 6-person game?

My advice would be to trade 30 $5's and 5 $500's for the following: 25 $25's and 10 $100's. That will give you the following:

$5 x 120
$25 x 100
$100 x 60
$500 x 20
300 chips (total value = $19,100)

For 6 players you could do a T1500 with the following starting stacks:

$5 x 20: 120 in play (0 remaining)
$25 x 12: 72 in play (28 remaining - 24 for color-ups)
$100 x 6: 36 in play (24 remaining - 24 for color-ups)
$500 x 1: 6 in play (14 remaining - 18 for color-ups)

There's probably too many $5's, but this involves the least amount of trading.

My best advice is to wait for Matthew to chime in with the ideal configuration

Originally Posted by SheaJ

I just bout a set of 300 Caesars at sea tournament chips.
$5 x 150
$25 x 75
$100 x 50
$500 x 25

I planned this set up but i want to see what other people think:
everyone starts out with
5 x 20 for $100
25 x 12 for $300
100 x 8 for $800
500 x 3 for $1500
total of $2700
$16200 on table

then color up to all $100 and $500 when needed for 23 $500 and 47 $100 on the table

wanted to be able to get up to the 100 & 500 which is why i started with so much.

figure start the blinds at either 15/30 or 20/40

what do you think?

[SheaJ]

i ordered them as a set on special so i cant get less of one and more of another. i may buy another 100 chips after christmas and make it a 400 chip set. then i would add some 25s

its just hard to do with a 300 chip set right now and still get up to where we have alot of 100 and 500 on the table.

its more fun with alot of chips, especially when they are going to be this nice