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Re: What kind of tourney structure do you guys use?
I also recommend trying to convince them of going for a cash game. In an earlier thread I complained about not convincing my friends to play a cash game. I finally turned the tables by doing two things:
1. Picking on guys who busted out early from the tournament, reminding them if it was a cash game then they wouldnt have to wait an hour or more for another game. 2. Setting up the cash blinds to promote the same buy-in as a tournament. The key is that you play as long as you'd like, don't have to fool with timers, and even if your friends bust early, they are no worse off than a tournament. |
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Re: What kind of tourney structure do you guys use?
We use the WSOP Main Event structure with 25 minute levels and no antes. An 18-man tourney last about 5-6 hours.
Chips: 25-12 100-12 500-7 1000-5 http://www.homepokertourney.com/blinds-wsop.htm |
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Re: What kind of tourney structure do you guys use?
2 hours for a live game is way too short if you ask me- all in fest rather quickly.
we start at 50K in chips and have 100/200 blinds to start every 20-25 minutes (depending on # of people) we raise the blinds 100/200 200/400 300/600 400/800 500/1000 (break color/up) 1000/2000 2000/4000 3000/6000 4000/8000 5000/10K 10K/20K etc |
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Re: What kind of tourney structure do you guys use?
We follow the DIYpokertour.com model for 10000 starting chips ( http://www.diypokertour.com/pokertou...&tabid=120 )
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Re: What kind of tourney structure do you guys use?
We play once a month, and rotate through three different kinds of tourney once per quarter.
For the 1st month of a quarter, we play a NLHE rebuy event, the second month we play two turbo tournies (the second of which is an alternate game like PLO or Pineapple or something - different every quarter), and the third month we play a Deep stack NLHE freeze-out. Structures are shown below. We've honed it over the last couple of years and everyone seems to think it's OK. We start at 8PM usually finish up somewhere between 12:30-1:30 depending on how many show up (varies between 8-16 with two tables going if more than 10). Someone else commented about the big pots in a rebuy structure. I can vouch for that - we always get our biggest pots of the year during the $20 rebuy events. Much easier to get the players to shell out 60 or 80 one bill at a time, whereas they may not want to play "that big" if we did a 60 or 80 buy-in event. In December, we have our big Championship event, where we have a nice dinner and give the points leader after the event a trophy. In that we play an even deeper stack and slower structure for tons of play. Good Luck - Spike Rebuy Event $20 for T1000 $10 or $20 half or full rebuys for 1st 5 levels for T500 or T1000 (Must have less than T500 to rebuy) $10 or $20 half or full add-on for T600 or T1200 just before the start of Level 6 25 minute levels Turbo's $30 for T1500 15 minute levels (10 when down to 4 players) Deep Stack $40 for T3000 25 minute levels (15 when down to 5 players) December Championship Event $50 for T5000 30 minute levels (this one starts earlier) Levels 10/10 10/20 20/40 30/60 40/80 60/120 Break/Add-ons (rebuy event only) 80/160 100/200 150/300 200/400 250/500 300/600 400/800 - Tourneys are usually over around here. 500/1000 750/1500 |
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Re: What kind of tourney structure do you guys use?
[ QUOTE ]
2 hours for a live game is way too short if you ask me- all in fest rather quickly. we start at 50K in chips and have 100/200 blinds to start every 20-25 minutes (depending on # of people) we raise the blinds 100/200 200/400 300/600 400/800 500/1000 (break color/up) 1000/2000 2000/4000 3000/6000 4000/8000 5000/10K 10K/20K etc [/ QUOTE ] I must say that this is a pretty good game, and works well with anywhere from 10-30 players. When you get closer to 30 the final table basically becomes like a turbo SNG, so knowing how to play those really come in handy. |
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