slisk250
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I just ran a 15 player hold em tournament to fund raise for a charity in Thailand. It was successful in terms of funds raised, but I've got some issues about play and rebuys.
Buy in was 500SR (126 bucks USD), unlimited rebuys until the second break (2 hours). We raked 50% after rebuys to the charity. T500 and blinds were not so steep. These players have money but there is quite a range among them. For some 500 was a stretch while others would easily pay 3000.
15 players and a total of 42 buy ins. I'm a bit worried about this group of 3 guys who might possibly be chip dumping to each other. Unfortunately, I was playing at the other table so I could not watch the play. Some other players were commenting to me later about never being able to see any cards for less than a shove after the break because one or two guys had big stacks (inflated by the huge amount of rebuys). Those stacks negated the mellow blind structure. I'm doing this again in November and want to make a few changes.
Buy in for same amount, limited 2 rebuys before the first break. Try to get 3 tables which will dilute the players. Top 3 from this tournament get auto separated next time.
To get them in and avoid the flake rate, all players who prebuy get charged 500 but the day of the tournament, the price is 600 (or 100 extra chips for prebuys) That should lock in a few more I hope.
Here is the blind schedule I plan to run. I'd like people to get to play for a couple hours before the blinds start forcing the action
Level Time Small/Big Running Time
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1 20 1 2 0:20
2 20 2 4 0:40
3 20 3 6 1:00
BREAK 15 min
4 20 5 10 1:15
5 20 10 20 1:35
6 20 15 30 1:55
BREAK 15 min
7 20 25 50 2:10
8 20 50 100 2:30
9 20 100 200 2:50
10 20 150 300 3:10
11 20 250 500 3:30
BREAK 15 min
12 20 300 600 3:45
13 20 400 800 4:05
14 20 1000 2000 4:25
15 20 2000 4000 4:45
16 20 4000 8000 5:05
Ok Dave, your turn
Buy in was 500SR (126 bucks USD), unlimited rebuys until the second break (2 hours). We raked 50% after rebuys to the charity. T500 and blinds were not so steep. These players have money but there is quite a range among them. For some 500 was a stretch while others would easily pay 3000.
15 players and a total of 42 buy ins. I'm a bit worried about this group of 3 guys who might possibly be chip dumping to each other. Unfortunately, I was playing at the other table so I could not watch the play. Some other players were commenting to me later about never being able to see any cards for less than a shove after the break because one or two guys had big stacks (inflated by the huge amount of rebuys). Those stacks negated the mellow blind structure. I'm doing this again in November and want to make a few changes.
Buy in for same amount, limited 2 rebuys before the first break. Try to get 3 tables which will dilute the players. Top 3 from this tournament get auto separated next time.
To get them in and avoid the flake rate, all players who prebuy get charged 500 but the day of the tournament, the price is 600 (or 100 extra chips for prebuys) That should lock in a few more I hope.
Here is the blind schedule I plan to run. I'd like people to get to play for a couple hours before the blinds start forcing the action
Level Time Small/Big Running Time
----------------------------------------------------
1 20 1 2 0:20
2 20 2 4 0:40
3 20 3 6 1:00
BREAK 15 min
4 20 5 10 1:15
5 20 10 20 1:35
6 20 15 30 1:55
BREAK 15 min
7 20 25 50 2:10
8 20 50 100 2:30
9 20 100 200 2:50
10 20 150 300 3:10
11 20 250 500 3:30
BREAK 15 min
12 20 300 600 3:45
13 20 400 800 4:05
14 20 1000 2000 4:25
15 20 2000 4000 4:45
16 20 4000 8000 5:05
Ok Dave, your turn
