Good Tourny for Starter?

[Jmoose]

Here is what we are doing right now. yes this is small tournament format more like a sit-n-go as some may know.

$10 Buying T$2000
15 players
3 Tables of 5 Players
20 Minute Levels we use the DIY software.
For chips we do White $5x 20, Red $10x 20, Blue $25x 12, Green $50x 12, Black $100x8.
Total Chips: 72
Total Value: $2000

Payout
1st - $100
2nd - $30
3rd - $20

[links_slayer]

Originally Posted by Jmoose

For chips we do White $5x 20, Red $10x 20, Blue $25x 12, Green $50x 12, Black $100x8.

dear lord.......

[wafflestomper]

This could be a nice long tourney (hoping that is what you are looking for). I'm assuming you are starting at 5/10. I would drop the 10 chip and the 50 chip. I would add a 500 chip for coloring up. Do you have a blind schedule you are planning on following. One rule of thumb we use is that you really only want 3 colors on the table at a time. When you chip up one color, and new color comes into play. It helps with the newer players (that they don't have to keep track of a bunch of colors)...

[chipNAchair]

Originally Posted by Jmoose

For chips we do White $5x 20, Red $10x 20, Blue $25x 12, Green $50x 12, Black $100x8.

[tim722]

CT Chip calculator:
Poker Chips and Poker Chip Advice - ChipTalk.net - ChipTalk Poker Chip Breakdown Calculator

Result for your setup is (per player)

15 x $5
17 x $25
15 x $100
add
45 x $25
75 x $100
60 x $500 for color-ups

This is a starting point, and you can adjust where needed. I second losing the $10 and $50 chips. Too confusing and too many colors in play at one time. You may also consider going with two tables, and making one table when you get down to 9-10 players.
The game I play in has 12-18 people usually, and we have never needed 3 tables.

[Freelancer72]

try using standard casino colors....
$5 = red
$25 = green
$100 = black

[jldecarlo]

One of the games I play in uses dice chips:
$1-white
$5-red (OK so far . . . )
$10-blue
$25-black
$50-green

It works, but I'm trying to convince them of the errors of their ways.

L

PS: For the OP, standard colors are

Everywhere but California:
White/Blue $1
Red $5
Green $25
Black $100
Purple $500

California:
Blue $1
Yellow $5
Black $20
Purple $25
White $100

High and low denominations tend to be variable. Standard colors aren't absolutely necessary, but they avoid confusion which is always a good thing.
Having denomination that increase by 4x or 5x tends to be the most efficient - you don't need $10 and $50 chips most of the time.