NLH Tourney Help (1 Viewer)

[Gucko]

Hello all, I am having a small game at my house tonight. It will be a $40 buy in. Six people. Looking for tips on how to structure payout and starting chip counts etc. I do have a poker genie computer that will manage the blinds but looking for some input on how to structure. Thanks in advance.

Eric

 

[Eloe2000]

what denomination chips do you have? Or are they non-denominational?

 

[tabletalker7]

Need to know more about the tournament (denoms in play and starting stack size) for a structure. Payouts ............ 70% top 30% second. Rounding to make it easy, with 6 players at 40 a pop, pay 170 top and 70 to second.

 

[Gucko]

1’s
5’s
25’s
100’s

 

[Gucko]

I’m trying to figure out what the starting stack should be.

 

[tabletalker7]

No 500's might make this hard but you can try this - it is my old T2000 T5 base.

Starting stacks:
10 x T5
10 X T25
17 X T100

Color up 5's at Break 2.
You can color up 25's at Break 3 but you might be done by then.

 

[allforcharity]

Why not use a T1 base? Starting at 1/2 blinds, stack T400 or T500?
Don't know your breakdown of chips so I don't know what starting stack structure you can accommodate.

If you do a search in the Tournament and Cash section, you'll probably find all the structures you need.

 

[Gucko]

Thanks for the replies. I don’t know exactly what the T numbers mean...But I’m assuming it stands for tournament.

 

[Gucko]

So we ended up doing a $40 Buy in. The poker genie started us off with $400 in chips and the blinds at 4/8. 13 minute increases. By the time we were done it was 75/150 With a $10 ante (didn’t care for the ante).
We used four colors and six players. The only problem I have is the chip stacks seemed puny. Kind of underwhelming.

 

[allforcharity]

If you want bigger stacks at T400, try:
30 x $1
34 x $5
8 x $25
Rebuy with 25s and 100s
Not exactly chip efficient, lots to go around