Wow Ledge, I'm honored someone would think that.
Beaker, time is really not on your side here. I like the deep stack (200 BB), but it looks like you wouldn't even get through round 11 with the time you have. The more casual players, the less likely you are average 2 minutes a hand. My calculations are based on that, but if the time per hand stretches, it throws off the calculations somewhat.
As a tournament, it's going to be pretty choppy with blind increases from 1.33x to 2x. You might be fairly likely to be finished after round 10 with only 12 players, but not certainly, and that's without a rebuy. I'd consider not doing the rebuy for the time you've got. So here are some possible things you could try.
- If you went to 18 minute blinds, and no rebuy, I think you would be done by round 12, but that would be more certain if you made that blind at least 8,000 instead of 6,000. Just when you near the end, your structure slows down, which might mean you aren't done.
- If you went to 16 minute blinds, you should be done without rebuys, and most likely with rebuys. The quality of the tournament is likely to suffer though if you have 15-16 players.
Here is a structure I'd consider, and it's 18 minute blinds, no rebuys. Instead of coloring up after round 3, you go to round 4. Your next color up would come after round 9. It should be done by the end of round 12, but just in case, you still have time for round 13, where it would end amost every time. After round 2, blind increases average 58.1%, and run from 50-67%, so it should be a fairly smooth tournament.
| Small Blind | Big Blind |
1 | 25 | 50 |
2 | 50 | 100 |
3 | 75 | 150 |
4 | 125 | 250 |
5 | 200 | 400 |
6 | 300 | 600 |
7 | 500 | 1,000 |
8 | 800 | 1,600 |
9 | 1,200 | 2,400 |
10 | 2,000 | 4,000 |
11 | 3,000 | 6,000 |
12 | 5,000 | 10,000 |
13 | 8,000 | 16,000 |
14 | 12,000 | 24,000 |
If you really wanted rebuys, you could use this structure but start with only 5,000, and use 20 minute blinds. It's not deep stacked and has an aggressive blind schedule. I think 10K start, 18 min blinds would be a better tournament, but it would give you a chance to do 20 minute blinds and rebuys.
I'd love to see what
@BGinGA suggests.
