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Jason
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03-21-2005, 02:42 PM
Post subject: Changing out Tournament Chips
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Full House
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: TN
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Does anyone know how tournaments like the World Series of Poker handle removing lower value chips from circulation as the blinds increase? In my home tournament games, I like to change out chips so there aren’t so many to deal with, but it can sometimes be a problem if a person doesn’t have a nice round number of lower value chips.
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I've seen tournaments where they "round up." Like when they're changing $1's out for $5's, and a guy has three $1 chips, they just give him a $5 chip.
I think that is bunk, so I chip the guy out as best I can, but make him keep the remaining few chips.
It really doesn't make much difference in the long run, when bets are really huge. Does it really going to matter if a guy bets $35 or $33? No. But when I have a $600-700 pot at my house (or more), I just like for there to be the same amount of chips on the table as are in the pot.
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Khabbi
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Flush
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 381
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Home Poker Tourney explains the official chip color up rules: http://www.homepokertourney.com/colorup.htm
In our home games, we don't bother with the cards and all. We just allow anyone with an odd number of the lower denomination chips to chip up to one of the next level of chips.
For example:- Seat1 has 3 white chips (value of 5) and will get 1 blue chip (value of 25).
Seat2 has 1 white chip and will get 1 blue chip
Seat3 has 4 white chips and will get 1 blue chip
This increases the total chips in play, but it really doesn't bother us so much that we are going to worry about it. It seems easier when everyone is chipping up and has barely any impact as the tournament progresses.
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BeeJall
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Canada
Posts: 81
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Yea, that exactly what we do, just round up.. just easier and no one has a problem with it.
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Gatlin Dan
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Flush
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Wild Bill's Backyard
Posts: 504
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James McManus in the book 'Positively 5th Street" talks about it a little bit. His book is an account of the 2000 WSOP where he made the final table and that is what they did.
I know I'm reinforcing an answer already given, but more importantly, I'm plugging this entertaining read.
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FyrFytr998
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Full House
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Milford,Ct.
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There really is no wrong way to color up. Wether rounding up or down. Just be consistent with the practice. And make it known before the tourney starts what will be the cut off for either recieving or losing a chip.
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CCIE SOON
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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This is something ive had to deal with alot, mainly because of the quantity of chips i got at certain values (got WAY too many 1's/5's thinking id use my set for cash games, not enough big ones for tourneys). I end up swapping out like 2-3 times per tourney. What we have finally ended up doing is just swap out as much as possible at equal amounts, then everyone takes their leftover smaller amounts, combine them and round up to an even number, then throw that in the pot on the next hand.
For instance
Seat 1 is left with 4 1's
Seat 2 is left with 3 1's
Seat 3 is left with 1 1's.
We take them all, round up to a single 10 chip, and put it in the pot for hte next hand (as if it were a blind). Ive had players that want to just round their own up, but ive had alot more say they like doing it this way.
Just my 2 cents...
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