Re: Advantages of denominations on chips
Without. No matter how constant your game is at the moment, your need for denominations may change in the future. Our game had $5 buy-ins for over a year. Today, the average is about 5 times that.
We do 16-player tourneys, 4-player mini-tourneys, and all sorts of ring games for different groups. I've got a big dry-erase board that has chip values, blinds, and special rules for whatever "event" is happening that particular night. It's visible to everyone in the room. It might not help "drunk Bob" much but, when you get right down to it, very little ever does.
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Besides I've never played in a casino where they hand you a red chip and say "These are $5's today".
- Fins
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True, but I've never played in a casino that doesn't take a rake (or time charge), lets you BYOB, provides a full ice chest for the beer you bring, lets you smoke cigars, lets you contribute your own music to the mix, lets you choose the game for the orbit, lets you vote on the stakes and structure for next weekend's game, and lets you deal the cards when you've got the button. C'est la vie.
When I'm trying to recreate the casino experience for my home game, chip values are pretty low on the list of priorities.
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