Proper chips/blinds for a 3 hour tournament

[UATrewqaz]

In a few weeks I'm having a home tourney, 2 tables (20 players max).

Some company is coming out to put it on (dealers, tables, chips, etc.) I won it as a door prize at a casino night my company had put on.

There is a semi-strict time frame of 9:00 pm to 12:00 am (3 hours)

What would be good starting chip stacks / blinds in order to have the tournament probably end around 11:45'ish?

I was thinking giving everyone 10,000 in chips (nice round number) with starting blinds at 100/200

Blind schedule

100/200
200/400
500/1000
1000/2000
2000/4000
5000/10000

Thoughts?

[Precept2]

I'd suggest something a bit less aggressive. You can raise the blinds every 15 minutes.

100-200
200-400
400-800
600-1200

800-1600
1000-2000
1500-3000
2000-4000

3000-6000
4000-8000
6000-12000
8000-16000

[Lottery Larry]

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I'd suggest something a bit less aggressive. You can raise the blinds every 15 minutes.

100-200
200-400
400-800
600-1200

800-1600
1000-2000
1500-3000
2000-4000

3000-6000
4000-8000
6000-12000
8000-16000

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And I'd expect it to end around the 3/6 or 4/8k level

[philr]

Check out DIY Poker Tour's section on running a home tournament http://www.diypokertour.com/pokertou...&tabid=120 it has some variations on blind strucutre and timing etc. Precept2 definately has the right idea on structure. The key to getting done in a timely fashion is to be strict on raising blinds on time. Smoke breaks can also kill your schedule

[Gonso]

Put in a couple breaks