They feel fine. The chips matter a lot less than we sometimes make them out to. If you want a slight upgrade, any from the Nexgen line are pretty good.

Get plastic cards, tho'. Copag and KEM are the leading brands. Don't forget a couple of dealer buttons and cut cards, too.

This will not be a problem if you use the .25 - $5 chips for the cash game, and the $25 - $1000 for the tournament. If you have enough $5 chips, you'll never need $25 chips in your cash game.

I don't think we've ever cut into a second rack of $5 chips, but I could be wrong. That's $500 worth of $5 chips, plus the $200 in $1 chips. You can do the math and estimate how big your cash game will be.

Well, if you're not using the same chips between the games, then they're not the same chips. I was thinking of folks who use the same chips, which is why my post was warning against using the same chips. You're right that if you're using different chips, it's not a problem.

ho, ho, you got me there!

Nailed it!

Ended up purchasing:

600 nextgen chips
6 chip racks
2 cut cards
1 dealer button

Total shipped: 95$

Woot! Hope you enjoy them.

Consider those plastic cards with the balance of your $150 budget imo.

Sarge

^ this. +1

Whoops, forgot to say I had gotten those from amazon a little while ago (+15) for Copagx2.

So total was 110 i guess

you have $40 left over for beer!

where's my invite?

Good deal, OP. Save up some of your winnings for the chip upgrade.

This is my juicy game

taking a minute to chime in that for a NEW game, .04 chips are about perfect. get the game going as cheaply as possible. Super Diamonds will work great as counters.

Someday, if your game thrives, and some cruel soul introduces you to the fine points of high-end chip appreciation, you might want something really nice and be willing to pay for it. At that point, you'll be happy you saved the $120 now to apply to those chips!

Get plastic cards, though, those are very cost-effective. see that other thread about table-toppers that are also a really cheap and easy way to have a highly functional poker surface to play on

awesome bro

Can't believe I'm going to say this, but .1/.25 isn't as bad as you might expect (well, you're probably drawing on personal experience, but what most might expect).

We recently moved my home game up to .1/.25 and against my urging, the host opted for both $.1 (I prefer $.05s) and $.25 chips. I thought for sure we'd be constantly bogged down by someone trying to figure out how to bet 40 cents or call an all-in of $5.55 but we really haven't encountered any problems at all.

The group I play with is hardly above avg. when it comes to skills like counting, so I can't really account for it with that, I just think most bets are done in multiples of .25 so you don't trip over too much. The 2/5 SB/BB structure is also nice for people that hate have their blinds raised as you can mention that it's not even half the BB and they usually will agree and be happy...

Yeah, I know dismalstudent also lauds this structure. But you touch upon a reason to shy away from it: the chips just aren't used. In a casino, they're used for tips and rake. In a home game, they become a bunch of useless chips. Inefficient.

But I do agree, it's not a huge deal. I'm just a fan of efficiency.