superchromix
Full House
Can someone suggest a blind schedule for an eight player tournament, lasting ~3 hours, using chip denoms 5, 25, 100, 500?
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T2000 starting stacks:
10 x T5
10 x T25
12 x T100
1 x T500
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33 chips = T2000
Normally I would agree, but you're going to need more T500s in play in the second half of the event than mere color-ups will provide. Using nothing but T100 chips for bets/raises starting at L6+ will prove to be quite cumbersome.That way, you don't have four colors in play at once. I hate having four colors in play at the same time.
Holy crap. At what blind level did the tournament end? I only supplied levels totaling 3:45 worth of play time.Lasted way longer than expected, (~5hr) but perhaps we took it slow.
There is no 500/1000 level in that structure. : In any case, that should only be about 3.5 hours, including two 10-minute breaks.The blinds went up to 500-1000, but I suspect the person in charge of the blinds wasn't re-starting the timer immediately after it went off, but rather waiting for the current hand to end. Do you use a timer for each blind, or just go according to the clock?
There is no 500/1000 level in that structure. : In any case, that should only be about 3.5 hours, including two 10-minute breaks.
Regardless, the tournament clock never stops. Blinds always increase for the next hand after time expires for the current level, but the clock keeps running. I advise downloading a free blinds timer and use it on your phone or laptop.
If future events also run long, you might try switching to the structure below - it is much more aggressive (average 59% blind increases vs only 40%), and combined with longer levels, should promote more action (and bust-outs).
T2000 structure (100bb, 20-minute levels)
lvl sb bb
L1 10 20
L2 15 30
L3 25 50
L4 40 80
L5 60 120
remove T5 chips
L6 100 200
L7 150 300
L8 250 500
remove T25 chips
L9 400 800 ***
L10 600 1200
L11 1000 2000
L12 1500 3000
Tournament should rarely last past L9 (three hours plus breaks). There are only a total of 13 big blinds in play at L10.
Also note that this structure doesn't have a 500/1000 level, either.
Normally I would agree, but you're going to need more T500s in play in the second half of the event than mere color-ups will provide. Using nothing but T100 chips for bets/raises starting at L6+ will prove to be quite cumbersome.