4 - 8 Player Tournament - What Tournament Structure To Use ?

[projectaero]

Hello.
I have a 500 chip set which is of the following:

$1 - 100
$5 - 100
$25 - 100
$100 - 100
$500 - 50
$1000 - 50

What i am wanting to know is.
If i have a 4-8 player poker game.

What is the best tournament structure for me to follow.
Should i start at 25/50 or should i incorporate the $5 chips

I am wanting the tournament to be about 1 hour - 2 hours long.
With maybe 1 - 2 breaks in between.

What do you think ?
Thanks.

[Humble Pie]

I think you should start smaller, like 5/10. I'm assuming it's a no-limit tourney, so it should move along pretty quickly anyway. (I'm also assuming each player is starting with $1000 in chips.)

[PantsOnFire]

The two common scenarios for your chipset are as follows:

1. 5/10 starting blinds, 1000 or 1500 starting chips

5 - 10
25 - 10
100 - 7
500 - 1 (optional)

2. 25/50, 5000 or 10000 starting chips

25 - 12
100 - 12
500 - 7
1000 - 5 (optional)

For an 8 man tourney, 1-2 hours is fairly short so you will need quick levels, the lower end of starting chips and an aggressive structure like:

15 min levels, 1000 chips

5/10
10/20
25/50
50/100
break (get rid of 5 and 25 chips)
100/200
200/400
300/600
500/1000
Should end before here.

[stevea]

See this:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...age=0&vc=1