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Old Jan 29,2009, 10:43 AM   #1
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Chips and Blinds

We are trying to play some home games , What would be
a good number of chip or dollar value in chip to start with?
our Chips that we are use to are
White $100.00
Black $200.00
Red $500.00
Blue $1000.00
Green $5000.00
What would be good blinds and starting money for 8-10 players
trying to make a couple hour game is there a formula for working this out
Seems we are starting with to much money everybody is calling everything We start with
White 10 $1,000.00
Black 10 $2,000.00
Red 10 $2,500.00
Blue 10 $10,000.00
Green 5 $25,000.00

Our Blinds are every 20 minutes
anybody help with this?
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Old Jan 29,2009, 11:19 AM   #3
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Are those $ amounts actually written on your chips? Because if not I'd recommend changing them to 25/100/500/1000/5000 or
100/500/1000/5000/25000 which is more standard and would make more efficient use of your chips.
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Are those $ amounts actually written on your chips? Because if not I'd recommend changing them to 25/100/500/1000/5000 or
100/500/1000/5000/25000 which is more standard and would make more efficient use of your chips.
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Check homepokertourney.com for some really good stuff on how to set up blinds and how many chips to use.
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Old Jan 30,2009, 06:06 AM   #5
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We are trying to play some home games , What would be
a good number of chip or dollar value in chip to start with?
our Chips that we are use to are
White $100.00
Black $200.00
Red $500.00
Blue $1000.00
Green $5000.00
What would be good blinds and starting money for 8-10 players
trying to make a couple hour game is there a formula for working this out
Seems we are starting with to much money everybody is calling everything We start with
White 10 $1,000.00
Black 10 $2,000.00
Red 10 $2,500.00
Blue 10 $10,000.00
Green 5 $25,000.00

Our Blinds are every 20 minutes
anybody help with this?
In casinos the convention of colours is

white 1
red 5
green 25
black 100
purple 500

If you run with standard colours you won't get screwed up when you go to a casino to play. People who come to your game will find it easier to fit in and it will make your game more popular for new players.

100x to 500x big blinds is a good amount to start with.

Why not start by playing cash games with .25/.50 blinds. Use blue chips for .25 and have everyone buy in for $50.
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