Best chips to use for home game ?

[OnlinePro]

Best chips to use for home game with 40 people ?

[pfapfap]

The best you can afford, of course.

Lots of people are fans of the Nexgen, which are the nicest budget chip around. I was using the standard "dice" cheapo chip until a couple of weeks ago when I upgraded to Nexgen, and most everyone went "oooh". They look, feel, and sound pretty good for the price.

[nowags]

The nexgen samples i have seen are really nice. Snag those if the price is ok for you.

If you need a REALLY cheap option there is the "Las Vegas Pro Clay". Type that in the search on ebay. you can get 1000 for about $50. They're cheap plastic, but they stack really nice, have a decent feel, and i actually like them better than a bunch of chips that are more expensive.

[stevea]

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Best chips to use for home game with 40 people ?

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You really need to set a budget, decide how many chips you need, which denominations, account for rebuys, etc..

Try this: http://www.homepokertour.com/chip_calculator.php

If it were me, I'd buy a cheap tournament set. Probably some custom (for security) hot stamped super diamonds. I'd go with T1500 in starting stacks, no rebuys, and 25, 100, 500, and 1000 denominations (just like my local casino).

[PantsOnFire]

I am going to assume a tourney here. One your main problems will be getting the denominations right so you can run a 40 man tourney. 1000 chips might not be enough.

Here is an example:

Starting with t1,000

100-7 x40=280
25-11 x40=440
5-15 x40=600

That looks like a 1500 chip set with the following content:

100-300
25-550
5-650

You should have enough to chip up the 5s as well. This is really a minimum case scenario with a 100BB starting stack with 5/10 starting blinds. You could add a 5/5 blind level to make is slightly deeper.

Personally, I would get some less expensive chips first. Then, after some experience you can alter the denominations and then go for a nice set. Although you could go for a nice set right off the bat if you accept that you will likely have to buy some more to account for potential cash games or rebuy tourneys, etc.

I think my main point is that you shouldn't just buy a big set of chips and accept whatever denominations it comes with. You really should go through an exercise like I did above.

[Lottery Larry]

If this is a cash game, good clay ones that can't easily be counterfeited/brought into the game.

[Death Valley]

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[popesc]

To everybody:

What are your favorite online chip suppliers?

[nowags]

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To everybody:

What are your favorite online chip suppliers?

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www.5stardeal.com

www.ebay.com

I've only bought 2 sets over a few years. 5 star was really good. ebay was ebay.

[allpots]

I picked up a chip set at http://www.chipcustomizer.com since they had a customizable poker chip set that you do at home. Makes pretty sweet chips where you can put your face on them and stuff. That's the one I would recommend.