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04-20-2016 , 03:34 PM

the pleasure

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Anyone got a good a good chip denomination count for a good horse structure?

wether its .25/.50 or .50/1.00

Wish I remember PS/FTPs structure and bring ins and what not. felt theirs was solid

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04-20-2016 , 04:39 PM

keshaldra

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Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,090

Ante as 10% of the big bet is a good rule of thumb.

So in a .25/.50 game, you can use .05 as the ante and bring-in on stud games.

.10 in a .50/1.00, and so on.

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04-20-2016 , 05:59 PM

BadgerMike

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Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 502

We play HORSE every couple of months.

$2/$4 limit with 50c ante for stud games, $1 bring in for low card (high in razz), and $1 and $2 blinds.

This structure works well after several trials.

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04-20-2016 , 06:01 PM

The Big K

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Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,371

We always go with a dealer ante equal to the big bet/BB. Bring-in, for the stud games only, is usually half the small bet. You'd be better off with 0.50/1.00 (1/2 would be better). Use mainly quarters and $1 chips with some $5 chips.

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04-20-2016 , 06:28 PM

Jimulacrum

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Originally Posted by The Big K

This is how I'd do it. Keep it simple, as few denominations on the table as possible. Dealer antes somewhere between one small bet and one big bet, depending on what kind of influence you want it to have on the game (bigger ante means bigger variance, smaller ante favors tight play).

If you're doing $0.25/$0.50 or $0.50/$1 limits, you might want to keep it to $0.25 and $5 chips, if your quarters can support it. Get all the quarters out there and when you run out, do rebuys with $5 chips—which is conveniently one stack of quarters.

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04-20-2016 , 06:52 PM

The Big K

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Originally Posted by Jimulacrum

This is how I'd do it. Keep it simple, as few denominations on the table as possible. Dealer antes somewhere between one small bet and one big bet, depending on what kind of influence you want it to have on the game (bigger ante means bigger variance, smaller ante favors tight play).

If you're doing $0.25/$0.50 or $0.50/$1 limits, you might want to keep it to $0.25 and $5 chips, if your quarters can support it. Get all the quarters out there and when you run out, do rebuys with $5 chips—which is conveniently one stack of quarters.

Instead of chips, they can use actual quarters if necessary.

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04-21-2016 , 08:07 PM

the pleasure

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Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 6,093

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Originally Posted by keshaldra

Ante as 10% of the big bet is a good rule of thumb.

So in a .25/.50 game, you can use .05 as the ante and bring-in on stud games.

.10 in a .50/1.00, and so on.

I like this thank you.

thanks for the replies.

lets say people buy in, is there a rul eof thumb how much of each chip to give them? so lets say they buy in for 25BBs? anyone got a general rule on how to spread the chips? I assume every needs tons of ante/bring in chips

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04-22-2016 , 09:54 AM

wewa925

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We play .50/1 dealer's choice everything no limit. .50 antes for the occasional stud variation. You can check your option or open for any amount.

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04-24-2016 , 07:00 PM

keshaldra

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Originally Posted by the pleasure

You usually want to have one chip be your "workhorse" chip...so you'll probably have a lot of one chip (somewhere near whatever your small blind is), and then a few of the larger chip for rebuys and a few of the smaller chip for antes.

Using the .25/.50 limit structure as an example, you'd have a lot of .25 chips, some .05 chips, and some $1 chips.

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04-26-2016 , 05:04 PM

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eneely

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Alternatively, you could have .50/.50 blinds, and a dealer ante of .50. Put a bunch of .50 chips on the table, like 200 or 300, and then have a few $5 chips. One chip for all bets, and the $5 for those who are well ahead.

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05-26-2016 , 02:30 PM

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BoisePokerPlayer

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Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 149

I like the idea of .05 ante with .10 bring-in for a .25/.50 game. Nobody wants to see .025 or .01 denomination chips. The aggressive ante structure should also make players more willing to gamble.

I used to hate the low-limit 1-5 spread limit 7-card stud games that were popular in casinos 20 years ago. Total "Rock" games. Nobody but crotchety old men played them. Then stud just died.

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05-26-2016 , 02:37 PM

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BoisePokerPlayer

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Originally Posted by keshaldra

In my .25/.50 game I make the 0.05 the "workhorse" with .25 running second place. This gives a $10 buy-in a little over four stacks of chips, and I make sure I'm the one putting in bets and raises with large stacks of .05 chips to normalize the structure. This makes huge pots!

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