Tourney a little help from the experts re: our tournament (1 Viewer)

[bonesnjnts]

thanks in advance

our yearly tournament which takes place monthly for 8 months is as follows

1700 starting stack
1 rebuy in first hour
1 add-on of 500 if not rebought

usually have 10-18 players and they start at 815 and want to be done by midnight

love to hear your recommendations..

 

[RowdyRawhide]

Why penalize the already shortstacked rebuys by not letting them add on

 

[bonesnjnts]

Why penalize the already shortstacked rebuys by not letting them add on

why refuse to use nice cards, nice chips--oh wait...let me ask them...

i agree---they kid me because i constantly want to get more money in the bank

 

[justsomedude]

What is your level/blind structure?

 

[bonesnjnts]

 

[MacGrad]

T1700 seems like a strange starting stack but, as per @justsomedude , it would depend on your blind structure and time per level (image link is broken -- can't see it). I also think it depends on the chip denominations you want to use.

My thoughts:

Using your buy-in rules, the maximum value of chips on the table would be T61200 (18 players * T1700 * one rebuy each). The final 2 would have an average of T30600 (if the chips were split evenly). The final level of blinds you'll likely hit is 2000/4000 (in very rare occasions, extremely conservative players would get to 4000/8000 but that would mean 20% of the chips were in play just from the blinds before antes were taken into account). So... work backwards from there. Make sure the 2000/4000 level occurs right before midnight, and adjust your blinds / time from there.

Note this is is the most extreme case -- if you have fewer players, and rebuys can't get the add-on, the total value of chips will be much lower, and your tournament would be done much faster.