The
following is rough guidance on how many poker
chips you may need for your own poker evenings,
followed by general advice on splits. You also
need to take into account the variation of poker
you will be playing and the betting tendencies
of your mates (are they aggressive bettors or
Yorkshiremen with scorpions in their pockets?):
| Number Playing |
Number of chips |
3-4
5-6
7-8
9 or more |
300
chips
400 chips
500 chips
1000 chips |
Most people go
for a 3:2:1 split on anything up to 400 chips.
That is to say a 300 chip set would contain
150 of one colour (lowest denomination), 100
of a second colour and just 50 of the third
colour (highest denomination). For example:
150 Red (3)
100 Blue or Green (2)
50 Black (1)
Please see which
denominations usually go with which colours.
Once you increase the number of chips over 400,
you could add in a fourth or fifth colour. Any
more than five colours and you may find it difficult
to keep track of bets unless the chips are printed
with a denomination. Generally, you want to
keep 60% to 70% of your chips in the lower and
middle denominations. A typical choice would
be:
150 White
150 Red
50 Green
50 Black
For 500 chips, this is the set we use for poker-chips.net
staff games:
150 White
150 Red
100 Blue
50 Green
50 Black
