Poker chip calculator
Your chips, the buy-in and your player count in; the starting stack, what to hand each player and a chart to print.
Your chips
| Value | Color | How many | Remove |
|---|---|---|---|
Starting stack
12,000
A $20 buy-in gets 12,000 in chips, for each of 8 players. Your set covers 9 full stacks, so 1 more for late arrivals or rebuys.
Hand each player
- 6 × 1,000yellow
- 10 × 500purple
- 8 × 100black
- 8 × 25green
Chip values
- green25
- black100
- purple500
- yellow1,000
Questions
- How many chips does each player need?
- Enough to play about 100 big blinds at the first level, made of chips that can post the blinds and make change. For a typical 300-chip set and eight players, that is 10,000 to 12,000 each.
- What should the chip values be?
- Use four or five values, each two to five times the one below: 25, 100, 500 and 1,000 is the most common set. The smallest chip should be able to post the first small blind.
- What if my chips can't make the stack exactly?
- The calculator gets as close as your chips allow and says so. Adding a few of the smallest chip usually fixes it.
- How many chips are left for late arrivals?
- The calculator shows how many full stacks your set covers. Anything above your player count is spare, for late arrivals or rebuys.
- Does the buy-in change the chips?
- No. Chips are tournament chips, not money: a $20 game and a $100 game can both start with 10,000. The buy-in only labels the chart.