[Hairball]

I recommend cutting out "between" denominations. For example, there is no need for nickle, dime, quarter, fifty-cent, and one dollar chips. Cut it down to nickles, quarters, and dollars. When someone buys in give them enough of a low denomintation to buy about two chips of the next highest denomination. For example, in a $5 buy-in game give every player 8 $.05 chips, 7 $.25 chips and 3 $1 chips. This keeps the number of chips at the table manageable. This is especially useful in tourney-style games where there will be a lot of all-ins as it reduces the amount of time it takes for a player to count his stack.