Chip Value Question...

[TurboNegro]

I have 150 white, 150 red, 100 blue, 50 green, and 50 black. What can be the value of each chip color and how many of each color should each player get? I want to be able to have 8 people playing. What is a good way to balance the amount of chips going out to the value of every chip?

[StevieG]

The Web site Home Poker Tournament has info on blinds.

In your case, you could give everyone
15 whites worth 1
15 red worth 5
11 blue worth 10
4 green worth 25
5 black worth 100

That gives everyone $800 in tournament chips to start

This even lets you do some coloring up after you reach blinds that no longer need the whites. For instance you will have $120 whites in circulation to start, and 30 reds left ($150 worth) to change for them.

It's going to be tough or impossible for you to "color up" from there, but at least when you hit 25/50 and so on there will not be stacks of white representing one green wasting your time.

[Galilee]

Usually we just use $25 and $100 chips for our $1000 chip tourneys, but last night we played to some new guy's rules (just to give them a chance) - and he had us starting with 3 different colours of chip, adding $50s to the game, and this turned out to be really confusing! It simply got far too difficult to count stacks or work out how much you needed to put in for a call, especially with 'unusual' blinds like $75/$150. It's easy when you know that 4 greens equal 1 black ... add more colours and it's a headache.

So if you have 8 players, just give out 8 $25s and 8 $100s for $1000 each and you'll be fine!

[TN_POKER_MAN]

Confussed with 3 chip colors. Really?
I guess its all about personal preferences. We start with 3 colors and color up to a 4th color when appropriate (usually when first player busts out).

Use the smallest number of chips in your set to cover the small blind. This will free up some of your chips for higher denominations, especially since the small blind chip is only used by the player in the small blind when he folds. If he plays, he can always make his bet and remove his small blind chip.

In our .10/.20 game we play:

# Value Total
Green 4 $0.10 $0.40
Red 18 $0.20 $3.60
Blue 6 $1.00 $6.00
Black 0 $5.00 $0.00
28
Grand Total $10.00

[jojobinks]

i have the same set.

i do:
15 reds X T10=150
10 blues XT25=250
6 Greens X T50=300
3 Blacks X T100=300
Total chips to start: 1000

if you have more players, you can count whites as 10 as well, and if you are flexible with how many of each color each person has, you can accomodate 12 or 13.

the colors don't exactly match to classic denominations, but it works.

[flipflop1970]

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[CreatureX]

I would give each person:

16 whites - $25
11 reds - $100
3 blues - $500
30 chips = $3000

Then you can use one of the other colors as $1000 to color up later in the tourney. The blinds could be something like:

25-50
50-100
75-150
100-200 (25 ante)
150-300 (50)
200-400 (50)
300-600 (75)
400-800 (100)
500-1000 (100)
600-1200 (200)
800-1600 (200)
1000-2000 (300)
1500-3000 (400)
2000-4000 (500)

[Precept2]

Obviously, more colors make it more confusing. Also, more chips make it more difficult when the blinds get higher. Two colors are plenty. Go with whites ($25) and reds ($100).

If you want to start with $1000, go with 8 whites (25 each for 200) and 8 reds (100 for 800).

If you want to start with $1500, go with 12 whites (300) and 12 reds (1200).

To repeat, 2 COLORS ARE PLENTY.

If you want to color up later, throw another color in there as $500s.

[Lottery Larry]

150 white- $1
150 red- $5
50 green- $25
50 black- $100
100 blue- $500

Unless you need to color up, I'd go per person:

15-20 whites ($15-20)
12-11 red ($60-55)
5 green ($125)
3 black ($300)
and then as many blues as you want to make the total stack, up to
11 blue ($5500)

That gives you a max stack of $T6K and 10 green, 26 blacks and 12 blues (or more) to color up with, or to substitute into the stacks above to give more chips to make change with during play.

If you don't need $1 (and I would suggest that you don't), then change the other colors around, or just make whites T1000 (there's a lot of whites, however)

Rebuy tournaments are an issue, but if you just rebuy for big chips and have the table make change, you might be okay.


You really have to decide what starting stack amount you want and then adjust the chip values based on making those stacks. Whether rebuys are in your future, or more players, is another consideration.

Whatever you decide, set the values in stone. Changing the values causes too much confusion.