Happy New Year PCFers. I am relatively new to PCF and I have some basic (probably stupid) questions to most on here. My son plays baseball (senior in HS, but half his friends are home from college for the holiday break} and have been playing travel ball with most of the same kids since he was 9yrs old. A few times a year we get all the families together just to hang out and have fun. We have anywhere from 25-30 people come. In the process of hosting the gathering this past week, we realized that all the boys disappeared to my poker room to play Hold 'Em for fun. Of course some of us parents decided we wanted to get in on the action, so we set up a parent/kid tournament format game for this Monday with prizes for top finishers.
Here's my dilemma, I thought we might get 4 sets of families (8 players) but as of right now, I have 11, possibly 12 that want to play. I have no clue if I should limit to 1 table and 10 people, or allow more people and try to split into two tables. If we split, I have searched for best ways to play 12 people at 2 tables but have been stumped on when and how to combine the 2 tables. Should we put the kids at 1 table first, the adults at the other table, and then start combining after chip stacks change? When would this be done?
Here is the tournament format that I was thinking would work best:
I only have 1/5/25/100 chip set that I just got from TCR in the BFS - 1000 chips total so yes, I know it's a cash set vs. tourney set, but that's what I'm working with for now. LOL.
10 PLAYERS (Possibly 12): (No colluding at the table. They may be our kids, but they are all 18+and this is war, to the victors go the spoils!!)
BUY-IN: $20 pp (Parents are covering for the kids.)
FORMAT: T1000 Texas Hold ‘em Tournament
BLINDS: $5/$10 and will double every 25-30 minutes, but can change if we need to speed up the night.
RE-BUY: 1 time within the first hour.
POT LIMIT: No limit
PRIZE POOL TOTAL: $180 (Re-buys will be added to prize pool and possibly create a 4th Place prize. Top winners may choose to split pot if agreed upon. )
1st Place: $100 prize value
2nd Place: $70 prize value
3rd Place: $30 prize value
BOUNTIES: Was possibly thinking about reducing prize pool and creating bounties for some of us parents that play more than the kids.
START TIME: 6:00pm
Any feedback or advice would be great. I am sure I am missing something with all of this. Thanks again.
Correction - Prize pool total is $200 split.
Here's my dilemma, I thought we might get 4 sets of families (8 players) but as of right now, I have 11, possibly 12 that want to play. I have no clue if I should limit to 1 table and 10 people, or allow more people and try to split into two tables. If we split, I have searched for best ways to play 12 people at 2 tables but have been stumped on when and how to combine the 2 tables. Should we put the kids at 1 table first, the adults at the other table, and then start combining after chip stacks change? When would this be done?
Here is the tournament format that I was thinking would work best:
I only have 1/5/25/100 chip set that I just got from TCR in the BFS - 1000 chips total so yes, I know it's a cash set vs. tourney set, but that's what I'm working with for now. LOL.
10 PLAYERS (Possibly 12): (No colluding at the table. They may be our kids, but they are all 18+and this is war, to the victors go the spoils!!)
BUY-IN: $20 pp (Parents are covering for the kids.)
FORMAT: T1000 Texas Hold ‘em Tournament
BLINDS: $5/$10 and will double every 25-30 minutes, but can change if we need to speed up the night.
RE-BUY: 1 time within the first hour.
POT LIMIT: No limit
PRIZE POOL TOTAL: $180 (Re-buys will be added to prize pool and possibly create a 4th Place prize. Top winners may choose to split pot if agreed upon. )
1st Place: $100 prize value
2nd Place: $70 prize value
3rd Place: $30 prize value
BOUNTIES: Was possibly thinking about reducing prize pool and creating bounties for some of us parents that play more than the kids.
START TIME: 6:00pm
Any feedback or advice would be great. I am sure I am missing something with all of this. Thanks again.
Correction - Prize pool total is $200 split.