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Starting Chips
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 5:29 pm
I would like the option to have your starting stack in tournaments higher than 25000. I know it's strictly human nature and structure could be changed but sometimes would be way easier just to start the tournament with 50000 chips.
Thanks
Bill
Re: Starting Chips
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 4:35 pm
by michaelmlevin
I would like to second this request. In light of the new features for penalties for late registration and bonus chips on a per player basis, it would be extremely desirable to bump the maximum starting chips, perhaps to 50,000???
Re: Starting Chips
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2020 10:04 am
by jshark
I have to third this request.. it makes no sense to me why this is capped at all. It is a big issue for my end of year league play where we have bonus's that create stacks that easily eclipse 25,000.
Re: Starting Chips
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2020 10:29 am
by Kent Briggs
jshark wrote:it makes no sense to me why this is capped at all.
For multiple reasons. The tournament code uses 32-bit integer math in the 32-bit editions and the cap prevents an overflow possibility. Chips are represented graphically on the table as a stack of images that have to fit in an allotted space. Manually typed-in bets with large numbers creates mistakes. At the time, the main event at the WSOP started with 25K chips so that made a reasonable limit. Chips stacks only matter in how they are scaled against the blinds.