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Tournament Poker Chips
4/1/2022by admin
With so many fantastic poker chip sets out there it is hard to say what the best Tournament Poker Set is. Notice I said Tournament, not Cash. There is no way I would even attempt to pick the best cash set.
Additionally, you can buy a readymade poker chip collection that typically give you 300 chips. For the average poker game with 5+ players, anywhere from 500 to 1,000 chips should be a sufficient. Starting stack of our Nevada Jack Skulls poker chips. Total number of physical poker chips to start with: 21 X 20 = 420 poker chips At some point during the tournament the “25” chips will be useless since the blinds will be in even “100’s”. Loose Poker Chips Poker chips are sold in rolls of 25. Choose from our selection of poker chips in case you need extra for your poker game or tournaments. Our chips are high quality 11.5g - 13.5g poker chips.
Heavy clay composite chips have the look and feel of authentic casino chips, making them great for poker enthusiasts. Composite chips made of heavy compressed plastic have a more slippery feel and make a harder clicking sound compared to clay composite chips. Carry cases designed with sponge linings help to protect poker chips.
To help narrow things down I came up with this criteria: appearance, casino, condition, & rarity. In all honesty, nothing is more important than appearance, so that factor will be the most highest rated.
I narrowed it down to the following three sets: Aztar, Stardust, & Wynn.
Casino Aztar
Aztar chips are the best hot stamped chip out there. The main problem with this set is they are hot stamped. A lot of people either love or hate hot stamps. I personally love them. Just something about the way they shuffle and sound really makes them special.
Stardust Mansion
The Stardust chips are one of the only chip sets I know of that features a T25,000 chip. That alone makes this set rank very high. This is one attractive set, but it does have a big problem: they are from the wrong Stardust! This set was used at the Stardust Poker Mansion in Canada not Las Vegas.
Wynn Casino
Collectors were blown away last month when the Wynn chips surfaced on eBay. I was in awe myself when I saw them and could not believe the seller did not know their value and sold them as low as 29⊄ each. One very luck guy snatched them all up and showed them off on the Pokerchipforum.
I finally saw the chips and was shocked at how nice they are. Nothing is more important than appearance and this is the best looking set I have seen. The T500 almost looks good enough to eat. The chips are very rare and are in brand new condition. Not only are these chips from Las Vegas but they are from the Wynn Casino. The Wynn is one of the best casinos in the world and you are looking at the best Tournament chips ever made.
The Wynn chips are my choice and reflect what I find important in a chip set. A playable Las Vegas casino chip set is very hard to come by. Collectors and poker players both have an interest in these chips which makes them in high demand. There are some great sets out there but in my opinion the Wynn chips are the best.
Being a supplier of poker chips we are often asked what a good breakdown is for a poker game. Our immediate response is normally, “it depends”. Is it a cash game or tournament? How many chips do your players like to have in front of them? Do you ever see your stakes rising in the future? How deep do your players get by the end of the night?
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There are many factors to consider when figuring out a breakdown of chips for your poker game. Make sure to consider them all. Take some time and work out your breakdown in writing so you can visualize the chips being used.
Let’s consider a poker game that is only a tournament. This is the most common type of game that is being played in home games.
Try to not think about just how many “chips” that a player starts with. You can have a player start with 100,000 chips but if the blinds are 1000/2000 in the first level they will have shorter stacks compared to a player that starts with 5000 chips with the first blinds being 25/50. In the first situation the player starts with 50 big blinds while in the second situation the player starts with 100 big blinds. That is a big difference!
So, try to think about how many big blinds (BB) you want each player to start with. A good rule of thumb is that most tournaments start with 50-100 BBs but some players prefer deep-stack tournaments that start with 100+ BBs.
Now, consider how many actual physical chips you want each player to start with. Most players like to have a HUGE stack in front of them, but you have to realize that players need to start with a smaller stack or else you will have to purchase a very large number of chips. In a normal home game tournament players will start with 20-30 chips.
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Finally, consider how many players you will have in your tournaments and how long the tournament will normally last. If there are a lot of players (20+ players) it will mean that there will be a lot of initial chips on the tables. There will be so many chips that you will have to “color up” the lower denomination chips at some point during the tournament. So, you will need to have higher denomination chips than the initial starting poker chips.
Let’s look at an example set up:
Total players: 20
Starting blinds: 25/50
Starting stack: 5000 (100 BB)
Number of poker chips to start with: 21
Initial chips that each player has in front of them:
- 4 – “25” chips = 100
- 9 – “100” chips = 900
- 8 – “500” chips = 4000
Starting stack of our Nevada Jack Skulls poker chips.
Total number of physical poker chips to start with: 21 X 20 = 420 poker chipsAt some point during the tournament the “25” chips will be useless since the blinds will be in even “100’s”. At that point you can “color up” the “25” chips. So, you will need more “100” and possibly more “500” chips. So, it is suggested that another 20 “100” chips be added.
Extra “100” chips for coloring up during the tournament:
- 20 – “100” chips
This brings the total chips needed for this game to 440 poker chips. At this point it is suggested that extra chips are added for a few reasons. Maybe you will have a game where 22 people show up. Some chips may get lost over time, etc.
Extra chips for special circumstances:
- 30 – “25” chips
- 20 – “100” chips
- 10 – “500” chips
This brings the total count of chips to:
- 110 – “25” chips
- 220 – “100” chips
- 170 – “500” chips
- 500 total poker chips
That is a general overview of how to figure out what poker chips to get for a tournament. Let’s discuss a cash game since this will be a bit different.
Cash Game
It is understood that cash games can vary drastically in stakes. Therefore, let’s not focus on the actual value of the chips but think in terms of big blinds (BB’s). I will discuss a $1/2 NL Holdemgame, but will mention BB’s.
The difference with a cash game is that players are often able to rebuy many times. Also, in many games the buy-in is not capped so a player can typically buy-in for 50 BB’s, 100 BB’s, 200 BB’s, or sometimes much higher. So, by the end of a game the value of chips can far exceed what you start with. However, home cash games generally do not involve more than 10 players.
Let’s consider an uncapped $1/2 NL Holdem game that has unlimited rebuys.
On average, the initial buy-in may be 100 BB’s per player ($200). So, let’s figure out the starting chips for each player:
- 15 - $1 chips = $15
- 17 - $5 chips = $85
- 4 - $25 chips = $100
- Total – 36 chips = $200
This brings the total number of chips starting out on the table to 360 poker chips (36 X 10 players).
As mentioned, players will often rebuy (sometimes many times) and players may be allowed to buy-in for more than 100 BB’s. This means we have to consider the extra poker chips needed for the game.
The starting value of the chips on the table is $2000 (10 players X $200).
During a typical game, the total value chips at the end of the game will be 2-3X the starting value. So, let’s figure out the extra chips needed if the value is up to 3X the starting value:
- 100 - $5 chips = $500
- 20 - $25 chips = $500
- 10 - $100 chips = $1000
This brings the total chips needed to (490 = 360 + 130).
As with the tournament, it is best to add extra chips for the situations where the game gets very deep. You also may want to prepare for if the game grows into a higher stakes game such as $2/5.
Here is a suggestion for extra chips that will cover deep games and slightly higher stakes:
- 80 - $25 chips = $2000
- 30 - $100 chips = $3000
Chipco Tournament Poker Chips
Also, consider adding extra poker chips for the occasional lost chip:
Poker Tournament Chips Amount
- 50 - $1 chips
- 50 - $5 chips
As you can see, with the cash game there are more poker chips to purchase. This is often the case, but you are also prepared for a deep game and for future games when the stakes move up. For this situation the total poker chips suggested is (490 + 120 + 100 = 700).
There are no rules regarding the poker chips needed for a game. You may find that your games don’t need as many poker chips or you prefer to have more. The most important thing is to write out what chips you think you need. Try to break down your game like the examples above. It is much better to be prepared before your game starts than to find out that you do not have the poker chips you need to run the game.
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