Denominations or Denominationless?

[MeridianFC]

I gotta say I prefer denominated chips. I have a set of hot stamped Pualsons with my initial and I can't tell you how many times new folks at the game have ask what a chip is worth. While early on it was nice to change the values for ring games and tournament play, I'm now not a big fan of using the same chips for each type of play. The idea of someone taking a chip out of a tournament and bringing it in to the cash game send shivers up my spine. Also in my cash game we've been playing with the same values for 7 years so I don't expect to change anytime sooon. Also if you have chips in standard casino colors and you change the values it really fucks things up. It drives me crazy to have a red chip, with out printed denoms, be something other than $5, becuase that's what it always is when I play in the casino and the vast majority of other home games.

[AZnuts]

I too prefer the denominations and find that my set with $25, $100, $500 are perfect for tourney's with blinds starting at $25-$50, but easily convert to cash games as .$25, $1.00, $5.00 without too many mental hurdles.

However, a 1000 chip set makes that easier to pull off.

[TwinTowers]

I like denomonations. One of the arugements I read about D-less, is inflation will make the set useless in 15-20 years.

Home touneys are pretty hot these days, and I think a T1000 tourney today is going to use the same denoms as a T1000 tourney 20 years from now.

Inflation wont make a $5 or $25 chip outdated.

I play at a game where the cash game is a $25 or $50 buy-in which gets you 1000 chips. Each chip is worth 2.5 or 5 cents respectivly.

[shejk]

I voted no denominations - but after reading I've changed my mind. With denominations would be better, especially if I made sure to get 500 more. The idea someone posted about having one color denominationless was brilliant by the way.

[Mojo Tooth]

I will agree that, given an infinite (or at least WAY WAY more than I would ever need of every color) sized chip set, I would use denominations. But I have 1000 chips and even so I've had to be sorta shifty with my denoms from game to game. Sometimes my home game is dime-bet, sometimes quarter. And sometimes it's five people, sometimes 25. I just don't have enough denoms and enough chips to always have enough for every situation. So, no denoms is better for me.

For limit games, I usually take the trouble to write up a small table tent with the color assignments on them. For my tourneys, the TD software has the ability to show the color assignments on the timer screen. So that helps too.

[tubalkain]

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I too prefer the denominations and find that my set with $25, $100, $500 are perfect for tourney's with blinds starting at $25-$50, but easily convert to cash games as .$25, $1.00, $5.00 without too many mental hurdles.

However, a 1000 chip set makes that easier to pull off.

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What mix of denoms would you use for a set of 1000 for maximum flex? My possible uses would be T1000 and/or T1500 tourneys for 10-20 players and cash games ranging from 0.05/0.1 NL to $5/10 limit. The highest denom in this chipset is a $1k orange. Lowest is a $1 white, this particular set doesn't have a 0.25 denom chip.

[smoore]

Put a number but not a currency symbol on them. the "5" chips are nickels and the "25" chips are quarters. Everyone gets to use sexy blacks for $1. Your "1000" chips will make fine $10 reload chips.

Or, just do what I do and run a tournament with $25 initial stack. Blinds usually start at 0.25/0.50. We play with a buy-in of anywhere from $10 to $25 (small time, baybee!)

[ncskiier]

I want the set W/DENOMS. I've always thought it just looked better, more authentic. I wouldn't be against a set w/o currency symbols, but I can't imagine one that would look right, not to say it never could.

I've always been really annoyed by games that use reds, greens and blacks for any value other than 5,25,100. That being the case they may as well have those values on them because I would never even consider giving them any other values.

I am however, all for having a chip w/o a denom or with a wild symbol that can fill whatever gap you need. I usually use my blues for this. 50cent small blind for .50/1 nl cash games and $50 for tourneys if I'm short on 25s or 100s.

By the way I always use whites for $500 in tourneys so if I went w/ denoms I would definitely need a $500 or $1000.

So, do I win the set?

[TheBull]

Well, I only have 1000 chips, so I want maximum flexibility.

I run two tournaments a week. Before each one, I bag up the starting chips with a little strip of paper stating what the colors mean. Moves things along OK.

[ky70]

I like the denoms without the dollar sign....just looks cleaner to me