Poker Chip Distributions
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Standard Poker Chip Colors
Poker Chip Colors & Values White/Blue 1 Pink 2.50 Red 5 Blue 10 Green 25 Black 100 Purple/Lavender 500 Yellow/Orange 1000 Grey 5000
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T1000 Distributions
T1000 Distribution #1 Players 1 10 20 100 T5 20 200 400 2000 T25 16 160 320 1600 T100 5 50 100 500 Chips 41 410 820 4100 T1000 Distribution #2 Players 1 10 20 100 T5 15 150 300 1500 T25 13 130 260 1300 T100 6 60 120 600 Chips 34 340 680 3400 T1000 Distribution #3 Players 1 10 20 100 T5 10 100 200 1000 T25 10 100 200 1000 T100 7 70 140 700 Chips 27 270 540 2700 T1000 Distribution #4 Players 1 10 20 100 T5 T25 8 80 160 800 T100 8 80 160 800 Chips 16 160 320 1600 Distribution #1 issues a total of 41 chips to each player - 20x5 + 16x25 + 5x100 = 1000 chips. This is a good chip distribution and your players will seldom have to make change. This chip distribution requires a total of 410 poker chips to host a tournament of 10 players, 820 chips for 20 players, and 4100 chips for 100 players. You will also need some T500 chips for a color-up and to allow players to rebuy - so make sure to add at least fifty T500 (Purple) chips to your poker chip set. This will also allow you to issue each player additional T500 chips to create a T1500 or T2000 chip buyin. Distributions #1 and #2 are both fine chip distributions for a home poker tournament and will allow you to accommodate up to 10 players with 500 chips and 20 players with 1000 chips.
Distribution #2 issues 34 chips to each player and is almost as good as #1 but might result in players needing to occasionally making change from each other. This is the chip distribution that I use for my own home tournaments.
Distribution #3 is just barely acceptable for a home poker tournament.
Distribution #4 should only be used for large tournaments, or if you have a severely limited number of chips available. Players will need to make change frequently. This chip distribution requires a total of only 1600 poker chips to host a poker tournament of up to 100 players. You will also require some T500 (and T1000) chips for a color-up and to allow players to rebuy - add another 150-T100, 100-T500, and 50-T1000 chips to round out your poker chip set to 2000 chips in total. Please note that there are no T5 chips in this chip distribution - this means that you cannot use a blinds schedule that requires T5 chips (blinds levels of 5/10 or 15/30 cannot be used).
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T10,000 Distributions
T10,000 Distribution #1 Players 1 10 20 100 T25 20 200 400 2000 T100 15 150 300 1500 T500 6 60 120 600 T1000 5 50 100 500 Chips 46 460 920 4700 T10,000 Distribution #2 Players 1 10 20 100 T25 T100 15 150 300 1500 T500 11 110 220 1100 T1000 3 30 60 300 Chips 29 290 580 2900 T10,000 Distribution #3 Players 1 10 20 100 T25 8 80 160 800 T100 8 80 160 800 T500 8 80 160 800 T1000 5 50 100 500 Chips 29 290 580 2900 WSOP T10,000 Distribution Players 1 10 20 100 T25 12 120 240 1200 T100 7 70 140 700 T500 2 20 40 200 T1000 3 30 60 300 T5000 1 10 20 100 Chips 25 250 500 2500 Distribution #1 issues a total of 46 chips to each player - 20x25 + 15x100 + 6x500 + 5x1000 = 10,000 chips. This is a good chip distribution and your players will seldom have to make change. This chip distribution requires a total of 460 poker chips to host a tournament of 10 players, 920 chips for 20 players, and 4700 chips for 100 players. This chip distribution includes T25 chips which can be used for both blinds and antes. You will also need some T5000 chips for a color-up and to allow players to rebuy - so make sure to add at least fifty T5000 (Gray) chips to your poker chip set.
Distribution #2 is similar to #1 except that it does not use T25 chips. This means that you cannot use a blinds schedule that includes antes or blinds levels in amounts of 25, 50, etc..
Distribution #3 will result in players needing to occasionally making change from each other.
Distribution #4 is the chip distribution used at the 2005 WSOP.
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Purchasing 500 Poker Chips
T1000 Recommended Chip Set Chips Color Value Total Value 200 Red 5 1,000 150 Green 25 3,750 100 Black 100 10,000 50 Purple 500 25,000 500 Total 39,750 T10,000 Recommended Chip Set Chips Color Value Total Value 200 Black 100 20,000 150 Purple 500 75,000 100 Yellow 1000 100,000 50 Grey 5000 250,000 500 Total 445,000
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Purchasing 1000 Poker Chips
T1000 Recommended Chip Set Chips Color Value Total Value 400 Red 5 2,000 300 Green 25 7,500 200 Black 100 20,000 100 Purple 500 50,000 1000 Total 79,500 T10,000 Recommended Chip Set Chips Color Value Total Value 400 Black 100 40,000 300 Purple 500 150,000 200 Yellow 1000 200,000 100 Grey 5000 500,000 1000 Total 890,000