How many Chips are needed in 3 player game?

Poker314 · Jul 11, 2013

I bought a $10 poker chip stacks. It contains 4 different colors, 25 of each so it is 100 total chips to play with.

If playing Hold 'em, Omah and 5 Flush, are 100 Chipsenough with 3 or 4 players?

Also is there some formula or online calculator to find chips needed based on persons in a game?

Thank you for reading my question and for your time! :cheers:

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Abedin120 · Jul 11, 2013

It would be better if you had another chips like those, but for three or four players maybe it would be enough. You can split those like in the sit&goes 1.000 or 1.500 chips per player.
For example is you had white, green, black and brown chips and you start with 1.500 chips, than you can make the following:

white - to be $25
green - to be $50
black - to be $100 and
brown - to be $500

So if you play four players, you will need following chips per player: 6 white chips, 5 green chips, 6 black chips and 1 brown chip.
And also you will need the blind to be in 5 minutes.

I hope that this will help you.

WVHillbilly · Jul 11, 2013

Abedin120 said:
white - to be $25
green - to be $50
black - to be $100 and
brown - to be $500

If you have a $25, you do not need a $50. Good rule of thumb is 4 or 5 times the the last denom. Like 25, 100, 500, 2000.

AugustWest · Jul 11, 2013

Nice link WV, thanks!

Chemist · Jul 12, 2013

yup the trick is not to use them as matchsticks but take advantage of the different colours, to assign different values for each colour.
WV's rule of thumb for 4 times the last denomination is good.
Then you will have plenty of chips to play with,
(effectively 2,125 or 2,625 matchsticks instead of just 100).

maingain · Jul 12, 2013

Poker314 said:
I bought a $10 poker chip stacks. It contains 4 different colors, 25 of each so it is 100 total chips to play with.

If playing Hold 'em, Omah and 5 Flush, are 100 Chipsenough with 3 or 4 players?

Also is there some formula or online calculator to find poker chips needed based on persons in a game?

Thank you for reading my question and for your time! :cheers:

With 3 people, its enough. Any more, you probably need more chips. For 3 players, give everyone 8 (25 denomination), 8 (100 denomination), and then decide how many 500 and 1000 you want. Maybe 4 (500 demonation) and 2 (1000 denomination). This equals 5k so you can start blinds at 25/50, then 50/100, 75/150, 100/200, 150/300, 200/400, etc...

WVHillbilly said:
Also http://www.homepokertourney.com/

If you have a $25, you do not need a $50. Good rule of thumb is 4 or 5 times the the last denom. Like 25, 100, 500, 2000.

Standard is 25, 100, 500, 1000. I doubt anyone ever uses 2000.

WVHillbilly · Jul 12, 2013

maingain said:
With 3 people, its enough. Any more, you probably need more chips. For 3 players, give everyone 8 (25 denomination), 8 (100 denomination), and then decide how many 500 and 1000 you want. Maybe 4 (500 demonation) and 2 (1000 denomination). This equals 5k so you can start blinds at 25/50, then 50/100, 75/150, 100/200, 150/300, 200/400, etc...

Standard is 25, 100, 500, 1000. I doubt anyone ever uses 2000.

A T2000 chip can be very useful for a 1000/2000, 2000/4000, 4000/6000, etc. blind escalation. I've used 2000 and 2500. I've also run games where the 500's get pulled when the blinds reach a certain point and a 1000 chip gets introduced. I don't think I'd ever run a tourney where 500s and 1000s were in play at the same time.

Poker314 · Jul 15, 2013

maingain said:
With 3 people, its enough. Any more, you probably need more chips. For 3 players, give everyone 8 (25 denomination), 8 (100 denomination), and then decide how many 500 and 1000 you want. Maybe 4 (500 demonation) and 2 (1000 denomination). This equals 5k so you can start blinds at 25/50, then 50/100, 75/150, 100/200, 150/300, 200/400, etc...

Standard is 25, 100, 500, 1000. I doubt anyone ever uses 2000.

OMG, not a joke here but can you re-post that in laymen terms?

italiano · Jul 15, 2013

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Poker314 · Jul 15, 2013

italiano said:
First of all congratulations on your new poker chips! Then would not know to tell you if any internet calculator maybe you should look out for in the are or may be also some program that the math! success with your search

Hold old Mate!

Check at my uploaded attachment png image, I'm new at attaching these.

I have 100 chips, 4 colors 25 each, so I'm asking would the denominations be 10 cent quarter 50 cent dollar, in that order? Understand it's a friendly game with maybe a $10 pot being 10% of all hands..

Help, were my denominations good, dumb? Any? Anyone else?

WVHillbilly · Jul 15, 2013

You don't need a .50 chip.

What are the planned blinds for these games?

WVHillbilly · Jul 15, 2013

Michael Paler said:
Wow. An entire site dedicated to just poker chips? Not poker, poker chips! LOL. That is pretty interesting.

Caution: Poker chips are just as addictive as poker and quite a bit more expensive (assuming you're a winning player).

Chemist · Jul 17, 2013

Looking at the png image just made me think why bother buying expensive chips?
Why not just go to the bank and get a couple of rolls of dimes, quarters and nickels,
Sacagawea and some presidential dollar coins.

terminaex · Jul 18, 2013

Chemist said:
Looking at the png image just made me think why bother buying expensive chips?
Why not just go to the bank and get a couple of rolls of dimes, quarters and nickels,
Sacagawea and some presidential dollar coins.

I've tried it before. All I can say is have fun counting and stacking, It takes forever to count out a pot or stack.

Plus you can't do all those awesome chip tricks.

This is what I use for my 6-handed home games:

20 white (10c)
20 red (50c)
10 black ($1)
5 blue ($5)

Seems to work fine. But this is the bare minimum, if you only want to buy a 300 chip set for a cash game

Poker314 · Aug 1, 2013

Chemist said:
Looking at the png image just made me think why bother buying expensive chips?
Why not just go to the bank and get a couple of rolls of dimes, quarters and nickels,
Sacagawea and some presidential dollar coins.

All I asked was for representative amounts for each of the FOUR color chips or 25 of the color, knowing there is 100 total chips with four x 25 chips.

I couldn't get a bite so I decided to show an example with real would values. I feel said that I didn't remember that people snipe first.

Thanks, I guess.:musicus:

Poker314 · Aug 1, 2013

terminaex said:
This is what I use for my 6-handed home games:

20 white (10c)
20 red (50c)
10 black ($1)
5 blue ($5)

THANK YOU for a direct answer, thank you sir!!.

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