[PantsOnFire]

Here is my suggestion:

You may have to adjust the actual dollar amounts so consider my suggestions as relative.

Start: Either $10 for 500 chips or $20 for 1000 chips.
Re-buys (unlimited to first break): Same option as start when you go bust.
Add-on: Either $10 for 1000 chips or $20 for 2000 chips

Blind structure:

round 1 5/10
round 2 10/20
round 3 30/60
round 4 40/80
round 5 50/100

Break (end of rebuy, add-on now, chip up 5s now)

round 6 75/150
round 7 100/200
rount 8 150/300
round 9 200/400
round 10 300/600

Break

round 11 400/800
round 12 500/1000
round 13 750/1500
round 14 1000/2000
round 15 1500/3000
round 16 3000/6000
round 17 5000/10000

I would use 15 minute levels for 1-5. At that point, you can figure the number of chips in play. Then you can go to 10 minute levels for 6-10. After that break, you are in for about 2.5 hours.

I would estimate that for 30 (generous) players, there would be around 90,000 chips in play. So you might want to have several versions of blinds for the last stage of play if you want to come really close to predicted end time.

Sounds like you'll need a good whack of chips. Good luck.


Note: This is assuming you have red chips. If you start with greens as your lowest chip I would adjust the buyin levels to 1000 (or even 1500) and start with blinds of 25/25.

Note 2: Perhaps you could organize an SnG for players who buts out early? You should have a free table and hopefully enough chips.