The bankroll is all set, you’ve plunked down your tournament buy-in, and ready to roll. You’re seated at your table 🍋 and given your weapons, a stack of chips to, hopefully, build throughout the tournament. That initial stack will vary from 🍋 tournament to tournament and casino to casino, but those colours and chip values are essential to any tournament, and hopefully, 🍋 you’ll have a massive stack by the end of the tourney.

The starting stack and chip distribution, as well as tournament 🍋 level times and the blind progression, determine a lot about a tournament such as how long an event may last, 🍋 the amount of time you have to make a move, and other variables.

Don’t follow Kenny Rogers’ advice – it’s always 🍋 important to know how many chips you have at the tables.

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Poker Tournament Chip Distribution In a typical tournament, 🍋 players get a particular number of certain-valued poker chips. That chip stack usually includes a few larger values, some of 🍋 a medium denomination, and several lower values for the early stages when blinds and antes are low.