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Re: What kind of tourney structure do you guys use?
We just started a new structure at 1 of our home games. Have 8 regulars and we made this into a year long tourney where you accumulate points and the final tourney starts with your average times a certain amount(ex. 17 pt avg. x 20,000) since we do rebuys and add ons.
1st - 20 pts 2nd - 17 pts 3rd - 14 pts 4th - 12 pts 5th - 10 pts 6th - 8 pts 7th - 7 pts 8th - 6 pts and we also give 2 pts for HH. Buy in - $20 for 10k , HH - $5 Rebuys/Addons - $10 for 10k, allowed 1 rebuy when busted and another when under 5k in chips in the 1st 2 hours. with 15 minute levels and we use 2/3 decks so we are able to get around at least once at every level in the beginning. Structure 25/50 50/100 75/150 100/200 (clear 25 after) 150/300 200/400 300/600 300/600/50 (end of rebuy period) ---------------------------------- 400/800/50 (clear 50 after) 500/1000/100 600/1200/100 700/1400/200 800/1600/200 1000/2000/300 1200/2400/300 1500/3000/400 2000/4000/400 (clear 100 after) 2500/5000/500 3000/6000/500 3500/7000/500 4000/8000/500 4500/9000/500 (clear 500 after) 5000/10000/1000 6000/12000/1000 7000/14000/1000 8000/16000/1000 10000/20000/2000 Usually takes about 5 hours to play and very seldom get passed the 5000/10000 level After 2 weeks already we have over $200 in end of year tourney where top 3 players for the year will get some money and everyone will get money for the final tourney and we will have a nice feast of food for this event. Plan is to play 26 times for the year so should have over 2500 to pay out at the end. |
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Re: What kind of tourney structure do you guys use?
sorry also forgot to say how we get money into prize pool. $5 for tourney is paid every week you play for 20 weeks, half of our rebuys and add-ons go to the end of year, so we still end up playing for about 300-325 each week with another 100 going to end of year tourney.
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Re: What kind of tourney structure do you guys use?
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[ QUOTE ] I use the same blind structure, but with T10k starting chips and 20min periods [/ QUOTE ] I do as well when we want to play a deep stack tourney. How long does it take for you to play a 9 or 10 player tourney with that structure? Or do you play MTT? I would expect a 9 player tourney to last about 4 hours with that structure. [/ QUOTE ] Unfortunatly, we're usually only about 5-6 players as I have been forced to stop inviting a few obnoxious ppl I've gotten fed up with. It usually lasts 3-4 hours |
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Re: What kind of tourney structure do you guys use?
My league's tourneys last 1.5-2 hours with 8 players, and we use the same structure they use for the cheap tourneys at our local casino.
Starting Chips: T1500 15 minute blind levels: 25/25 25/50 50/100 100/200 300/600 400/800 500/1000 600/1200 1000/2000 Keep in mind that this will be a total crap-shoot and there will be very little skill involved. I use this structure because: 1. Most of the people in my league aren't willing to buy in to the more expensive tourneys at our casinos that have a better structure. 2. It gives players practice for the casino donkaments if they decide to play in them. As players in the league build their bankrolls, I'll change the structure to match an bigger buy in tourney at our local casino. |
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Re: What kind of tourney structure do you guys use?
Start with 8x 25, 8x 100, 3x 500 for
T2500 25/25 25/50 50/100 75/150 100/200 (run off 25s) 150/300 300/600 (run off 100s) 500/1000 Note: This is for usually a 4-8 player game. |
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Re: What kind of tourney structure do you guys use?
This is similar to the Thursday night donkaments I play with the guys from work. Depending on how fast everybody wants to play, we'll play either 5 minute blinds or 7 or 7.5 minute blinds. 5 minute blinds has the game run a little more than an hour at most. 7.5 minute blinds put it right at 90 minutes. That's about as long as most of them can tolerate. I deal to keep the action moving with the button shuffling the other deck for me.
Start with T2000 (20x5, 10x25, 5x50, 4x100, 1x1000), and rebuys available until the color-up (end of fourth level for the same amount of starting chips). Number of rebuys per player are usually decided by consensus before things start with one or two being typical. I once tried doing a second color-up to remove the 100s at the end of the eighth level, but it slowed things down too much for everyone, so we dropped it. Blinds: 5/10 10/20 25/50 50/100 Color-up 100/200 200/400 400/800 500/1000 1000/2000 2000/4000 4000/8000 5000/10000 |
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Re: What kind of tourney structure do you guys use?
12 Minute blinds - 1500 Starting Stack 10x5 10 x25 7x100 1x500
Takes 2 Hours Appx 5/10 10/20 15/30 Color-up 25/50 75/150 100/200 150/300 color up 200/400 300/600 400/800 The Following blinds are rarely seen 500/1000 800/1600 |
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Re: What kind of tourney structure do you guys use?
I like a slow deepstack tourney. I give everybody 10k stacks and have 25min blinds levels. The levels:
25-50 50-100 75-150 100-200 150-300 200-400 300-600 400-800 500-1000 600-1200 800-1600 1000-2000 1200-2400 1500-3000 2000-4000 2500-5000 3000-6000 4000-8000 5000-10000 6000-12000 8000-16000 10000-20000 We use 2 decks of cards per table. A Single table tournament lasts about 4,5 hours, and a tournament of 24 players lasts about 6 hours. I host these tournaments with 24 players max, so we can start at 3 tables of 8 players, move to 2 of 9 and finally 10 at the final table. This gives me some breathing room, and I can easily host these tournaments and play in them at the same time. About the structure: at first the blinds double every 2 levels, and when it's pretty much allin preflop the blinds double every 3 levels. I do this to not have the final table become a crapshoot. About the absence of antes: I think antes are great, but having antes and having everybody deal themselves doesn't combine that well in my opinion. |
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Re: What kind of tourney structure do you guys use?
SB BB Ante Time
1 50 100 0 20 2 100 200 0 20 3 150 300 50 20 4 200 400 50 20 Color Up 25 chips/15 Min Break 5 300 600 100 20 6 400 800 100 20 7 500 1000 200 20 8 600 1200 200 20 9 800 1600 300 20 10 1000 2000 300 20 Color Up 100 Chips/15 Min Break 11 1500 3000 500 20 12 2000 4000 500 20 13 3000 6000 1000 20 14 4000 8000 1000 20 15 5000 10000 1000 20 Start with 20k in chips, times can be 20-30 depending on when we want to start. Cody |
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Re: What kind of tourney structure do you guys use?
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want it to last around 2 hours (so we can get in at least 2 games for the night), but still have lots of play available. [/ QUOTE ] sounds like an oxymoron to me. Pick one goal or another, you can't really have both unless you enjoy pushfests at the end. |
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