Appreciate it.
No rebuys. If we go 2 1/2 hours, that's fine. Just really want to get to the juicy cash game with a bunch of electricians.
I think a double-up tourney would be a better warm-up for a cash game than a regular tourney anyway. Get the degens hyped, then get right to the action ASAP instead of sitting around waiting.
As a tournament lover, smoke is starting to pour out of my ears. We’re already making it a crapshoot turbo by doing it in two hours. If we have to further water it down by paying half the table, why even bother?How about just a double-up sit-and-go instead? 8 players buy in, last 4 cash out. That will go faster. All for playing faster if the payoff is a good cash game after .
So what are your thoughts on an All-in or Fold Tournament?As a tournament lover, smoke is starting to pour out of my ears. We’re already making it a crapshoot turbo by doing it in two hours. If we have to further water it down by paying half the table, why even bother?
If everybody views the tournament as just an appetizer for the cash game, then just play a damn cash game. But if people are there to play a tournament, give them a real tournament and get over it.
Because cash is better.As a tournament lover, smoke is starting to pour out of my ears. We’re already making it a crapshoot turbo by doing it in two hours. If we have to further water it down by paying half the table, why even bother?
My assumption was that the goal is to trick tournament players into playing cash.If everybody views the tournament as just an appetizer for the cash game, then just play a damn cash game. But if people are there to play a tournament, give them a real tournament and get over it.
I'm hoping to give electricians a warm up before a juicy cash game. A bunch of gamblers with money.My assumption was that the goal is to trick tournament players into playing cash.
I primarily use this for T25 and it works good. Ends around level 15 or 16 with 10k starting stack @ 20min levels. Could use something similar with half stacks
Yup, I'll run this blind structure without level 2. 15min rounds and 7500 starting stacks. This should hopefully get us under 3 hours.I primarily use this for T25 and it works good. Ends around level 15 or 16 with 10k starting stack @ 20min levels. Could use something similar with half stacks and or shorter times. Maybe take out level 2 as well.View attachment 684374
Good to know my friend, thanksthat's the trick here. Half-stacks only reduces two levels, because the tournament ends on the level where the BB is half as much as in a full stack tournament.
This is pretty much a perfect structure otherwise.
But to fit the timeframe, halving the starting stack moves the ending from L16 to L14, and then dropping the first two levels effectively means still playing 12 levels in 120 minutes in the original parameters.
A 59% blind increase structure (ranging from 50% to 66%) usually finishes in around two hours for a single table. We use it for a lot of the Main Event satellites at meet-ups. It's a fast turbo format, but doesn't feel like a shove-fest.I know that the answer is already in here somewhere, but I don't have time to search. Maybe @BGinGA has a quick (even smart-ass) answer for me.
Looking for a structure for around 2 hours for 9 players, T25 base.
Blind structure? How long should rounds last?
Thanks.
The 2-3-5-8-12 type of structure?A 59% blind increase structure (ranging from 50% to 66%) usually finishes in around two hours for a single table. We use it for a lot of the Main Event satellites at meet-ups. It's a fast turbo format, but doesn't feel like a shove-fest.
I'll post the schedule in a bit.
Do betterPlaying now. 16/16/3/4 starting stacks for 7500. 15min rounds. Can’t catch a hand.
Only 8 of us. And these guys aren’t experienced making change.Do better
All seriousness, good luck! Interesting starting stacks. Why so heavy on the 25s and hundos?
Gotcha, say no more. Take it downOnly 8 of us. And these guys aren’t experienced making change.