Free Tool

Chip Distribution Calculator

  1. 1
    Enter your game's buy-in and player count.
    Blinds are automatically suggested but you can set them manually if you want.
  2. 2Enter the chip inventory in your poker set.
  3. 3Get a breakdown of how many of each chip to give every player.

The URL stores the full config so you can pull it up next session or send it to players as a chip-value reference for unmarked chips (great for beginners).

Start Setting Up

Cash Game Chip Setup

Set your buy-in, enter your chips, review the distribution.

Reset
Set buy-in, blinds, and player count
Buy-in
$
Blinds
100 BB deep at $0.25/$0.50
$ / $
Players
Unmarked chips Denominations on chips
The Problem

The same setup questions come up every game night

🎨

Which values go on which colors?

Most chip sets don't have denominations printed on them. Hosts end up guessing values, and the result is usually an overcomplicated ladder that causes problems during play.

📦

The chip set doesn't match the game

Retail sets tend to include too many high-denomination chips and not enough low ones. A 300-piece set might cover 8 players on paper, but there's no room left for rebuys or making change.

🔢

Blinds don't fit any chip in the set

If the blinds are decided before chip values, you can end up with no chip small enough to post the small blind. Every hand turns into a change-making exercise.

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Setup eats into play time

First-time hosts often spend 20 minutes debating chip values at the table before anyone plays a hand. There's no standard template, so everyone starts from scratch.

What's Built In
✓ Auto blinds: suggests SB/BB that keeps depth in the 50-150 BB range
✓ Denomination mapping: assigns dollar values to each chip color
✓ Setup warnings: flags blind mismatches and insufficient counts
✓ Config in URL: saves your setup for reuse, or as a chip-value reference for the table
✓ Marked chip mode: for sets that already have values printed on them
✓ Cash games only: built for home cash games, not tournament structures