Tournament Question: Chip counts

[GarageBounty]

I would sincerely appreciate the feedback of a poker enthusist who has run a home poker tournament.

I'm hosting a NLHE tournament for 24 people.
$50 gets you $1000 in tournament chips
$50 add-on gets you $1500 in tournament chips

I have 500 chips (150 white/200 red/100 green/50 black).

-How much should each colored chip be worth given the number of players, buy-in amount, and one ad-on option?
-Do I need more chips or can I make it work with 500?

[happyjaypee]

I host home tourney myself. I can try to help you on this.

Yes I do belive you are a little short on chips but lets check if we can come up whit something.

24 plrs whit T1000 each = T24,000
From past experiences, I belive you will have around 20 re-buys at T1500 each = T30,000

Ok, so we now have a estimated T54,000 in play.
Making blacks worth T1,000 will ensure you cover that

Now the stacks.

Whites = T25
Reds = T100
Greens = T500
Blacks = T1000

To make this work you are going to have to give some players stacks whit different denominations.

11 players get stack "A":
4 whites (T25) = T100
4 reds (T100) = T400
1 green = T500

13 players get stack "B":
8 whites (T25) = T200
3 reds (T100) = T300
1 green = T500


Whit those stacks, you got 148 whites in play out of 150. Make sure you mix player whit type A and type B stacks so they can make change to each other when needed.

reds: 44 in play, 156 left
greens: 24 in play, 76 left
blacks: 0 in play, 50 left

The reds left will serve you for color up when the T25 won't be needed and 1 black + 1 green will serve for rebuys.

Now whit T25 being the smallest denomination, the obvious 1st level would be 25/50. If you prefer to slow things down, I suggest you use the following as 1st three level:

Lv.1: 25/x
Lv.2: 25/25
Lv.3: 25/50



Hope it helps and good luck!! /forums/images/icons/cool.gif


-Happy /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

[happyjaypee]

When I said 20 rebuys I forgot the "1 rebuy max" rule. You probably are going to get less then 20 for sure, witch is ok. My guess would be more like 12 rebuys


-Happy /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

[GarageBounty]

Thank you for your breakdown of the chip amounts for each player. It will certainly further help organize my tournament. I'll let you know how it goes!