Tourney New Tourney CPC set in the works - Need help with with stacks and blinds (1 Viewer)

[rebels9999]

I've been hosting a regular cash game with a custom CPC set and it has been going great. I'm now looking to build a Tourney set and I have read hundreds of threads and every single time I think I have figured it out, I find something that seems better. I've spent a good deal reading the entire encyclopedia that @BGinGA has posted in answer to hundreds of other questions and I can't seem to find enough confidence to pull the trigger and buy my new set.

This will be a custom set, so I can do anything in any amounts, but am looking for the flexibility to host a 20 person tournament (likely will normally be just 9-10 people and I'd like to offer a bounty structure and allow Re-Entries for up to 10 people. I was originally designing a T25 base tournament with an 8/8/6/6 structure, but I think I have been converted to do a T100 base instead for easier math and color ups. I'm open, but was leaning towards 100/500/1000/5000 and if needed 25000 chips.

What is the best way to break out my starting stack to have a normal game 4(ish) hours for 10 players with the flexibility to go up to 20 players for a 5-6 hour game?

I'm looking for chips that I should purchase (qty) and blind structure (that gives me the best options for color ups).

If you were designing a new CPC chips from scratch, what would you do?

 

[BGinGA]

What is the best way to break out my starting stack to have a normal game 4(ish) hours for 10 players with the flexibility to go up to 20 players for a 5-6 hour game?

T25-base (20k stacks = 200bb 50/100)
up to 13 players: 12/12/5/6/2
14 to 20 players: 8/8/4/7/2

160 x T25
160 x T100
80 x T500
150 x T1000
90 x T5000
10 x T25000
‐-------
650 chips, includes color-ups and 10 re-buys


T100-base (40k stacks = 200bb, 100/200)
up to 13 players: 15/5/11/5
14 to 20 players: 10/4/7/6

200 x T100
80 x T500
150 x T1000
210 x T5000
10 × T25000
---------
650 chips, includes color-ups and 10 re-buys

If you were designing a new CPC chips from scratch, what would you do?

200 x T25
200 x T100
100 x T500
200 x T1000
200 x T5000
100 x T25000
‐‐-----------
1000 chips

Allows T25-, T100-, and T500-base events. And it looks real pretty, too.

 

[rebels9999]

Thank you so much @BGinGA ! This is most helpful.


What blind structure have you found that works the best for a T100-base game for 8-12 players if you wanted to be done in 4(ish) hours? I've seen several you have posted in the past, but most of those seemed to be geared for larger games. I'm sure you've posted it before, but I am getting lost in all of the threads.

 

[BGinGA]

What blind structure have you found that works the best for a T100-base game for 8-12 players if you wanted to be done in 4(ish) hours? I've seen several you have posted in the past, but most of those seemed to be geared for larger games. I'm sure you've posted it before, but I am getting lost in all of the threads.

40k stacks (15/5/11/5)
100/200 opening blinds (200bb)
15-minute blind levels

L1 100/200
L2 100/300
L3 200/400
L4 300/600
L5 400/800
break
L6 600/1200
L7 800/1600
L8 1100/2200
L9 1500/3000
break, remove T100/T500 chips
L10 2000/4000
L11 3000/6000
L12 4000/8000
L13 6000/12000
L14 8000/16000 *eot for 8 players
L15 12000/24000 *eot for 12 players
L16 20000/40000

With two breaks (10-minutes, and 15-minutes for color-up), you have 215 remaining minutes for play time to complete the event in 4 hours. Using 15-minute blind levels will accomplish this for 8-12 players.

 

[rebels9999]

40k stacks (15/5/11/5)
100/200 opening blinds (200bb)
15-minute blind levels

L1 100/200
L2 100/300
L3 200/400
L4 300/600
L5 400/800
break
L6 600/1200
L7 800/1600
L8 1100/2200
L9 1500/3000
break, remove T100/T500 chips
L10 2000/4000
L11 3000/6000
L12 4000/8000
L13 6000/12000
L14 8000/16000 *eot for 8 players
L15 12000/24000 *eot for 12 players
L16 20000/40000

With two breaks (10-minutes, and 15-minutes for color-up), you have 215 remaining minutes for play time to complete the event in 4 hours. Using 15-minute blind levels will accomplish this for 8-12 players.

Perfect. Thank you for making this so easy!

 

[digirati]

T25-base (20k stacks = 200bb 50/100)
up to 13 players: 12/12/5/6/2
14 to 20 players: 8/8/4/7/2

160 x T25
160 x T100
80 x T500
150 x T1000
90 x T5000
10 x T25000
‐-------
650 chips, includes color-ups and 10 re-buys


T100-base (40k stacks = 200bb, 100/200)
up to 13 players: 15/5/11/5
14 to 20 players: 10/4/7/6

200 x T100
80 x T500
150 x T1000
210 x T5000
10 × T25000
---------
650 chips, includes color-ups and 10 re-buys



200 x T25
200 x T100
100 x T500
200 x T1000
200 x T5000
100 x T25000
‐‐-----------
1000 chips

Allows T25-, T100-, and T500-base events. And it looks real pretty, too.

Hi @BGinGA , this is helpful in determining what chips I need to buy for a T100 tournament, but I'm confused about the following that you mentioned:

T100-base (40k stacks = 200bb, 100/200)
up to 13 players: 15/5/11/5
14 to 20 players: 10/4/7/6

This suggests $20k stacks for up to 13 players, and $40k stacks for 14-20 players. Why would the stacks only be $20k for up to 13 players? That would be only 100BB and I thought the target was usually 200BB. Thanks in advance for your help.

UPDATE: I screwed up the math in my head. Ignore my comment.

 

[Szczesnk]

(15×100)+(5×500)+(11×1000)+(5×5000)=40,000

 

[digirati]

(15×100)+(5×500)+(11×1000)+(5×5000)=40,000

Yep, I goofed and used T1000 chips for the 5x5000. I’d been looking at so many posts I got confused when trying to calculate things in my head. Thank you for clarifying!

 

[digirati]

I have read hundreds of threads and every single time I think I have figured it out, I find something that seems better.

LOL, that describes the past three days for me! I think I'm close though...

 

[digirati]

200 x T25
200 x T100
100 x T500
200 x T1000
200 x T5000
100 x T25000
‐‐-----------
1000 chips

Allows T25-, T100-, and T500-base events. And it looks real pretty, too.

This is compelling. Might just be the ticket.

 

[rebels9999]

This is compelling. Might just be the ticket.

This is exactly what I ordered. I decided if it’s good enough for BG it is more than good enough for me. Now I buy once and cry once for my custom tourney set.