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Home Tourney.......looking for ideas

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  1. Pyker7 Pyker7 is offline

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    Dec 7th, 2007 (12/7/2007 10:53pm)

    looking to have home tourney with around 40 players.Ideas for blind structure,starting chips and length of blinds. Want tourney to be 5-6 hours in length.
  2. TING TING is offline

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    Dec 7th, 2007 (12/7/2007 10:58pm) in reply to Pyker7

    i use the same as stars starting at 25-50 and make the levels 20 mins with 5k starting
  3. Pyker7 Pyker7 is offline

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    Dec 7th, 2007 (12/7/2007 11:07pm) in reply to TING

    how long do your tournies last usually TING
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  4. TING TING is offline

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    Dec 7th, 2007 (12/7/2007 11:35pm) in reply to Pyker7

    well if you do what i said and had 40 people theres 200k of chips in play. starting at 25-50 the 12th level is 1k/2k and at 20 minute levels that is the 4 hour mark. at that point you shouldnt be too far from the end. adjust the amount of starting chips and the time the levels go up to make it what you want.
  5. Pyker7 Pyker7 is offline

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    Dec 7th, 2007 (12/7/2007 11:38pm) in reply to Pyker7

    thanks TING
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  6. stsitron stsitron is offline

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    Dec 8th, 2007 (12/8/2007 1:18am) in reply to Pyker7

    30 minute levels 10k in starting chips blinds start at 5-10 and double every 2 levels with a break after every 4 levels.
     
  7. greggo430 greggo430 is offline

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    Dec 8th, 2007 (12/8/2007 1:23am) in reply to stsitron

    i dont like the idea of doubling the blinds unless you want it to be a crap shoot, one orbit you have a 12BB stack the next 6. booooo. use a structure that is already made, one from any online tourney will work or you could do a search and figure out a structure used in any good casino. personally i would go with the one the borgata uses for their wed tournies. gl.
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    Dec 8th, 2007 (12/8/2007 1:45am) in reply to greggo430

    here is the borgata one i was talking about, similar to stars

    http://www.theborgata.com/Main.cfm?C...1F0478F1254FE0
  9. stsitron stsitron is offline

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    Dec 8th, 2007 (12/8/2007 2:09am) in reply to Pyker7

    10k starting stacks...........

    blind levels 30min
    5-10
    10-20
    20-40
    40-80 break
    80-160
    160-320
    320-640 25 chip ante
    640-1280 break
    1280-2560 50 chip ante
    2560-5120 100 chip ante
    5120-10240 break 200 chip ante
    10240-20480 400 chip ante
    20480-40960 800 chip ante
    81840-16752 16000 chip ante
    day 1 over
     
  10. Lord Unique Lord Unique is offline

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    Dec 8th, 2007 (12/8/2007 2:11am) in reply to stsitron

    Now...I was with you until...

    81840-16752..

    Jeez...they call it "SMALL" blind for a reason.

    :-D
  11. stsitron stsitron is offline

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    Dec 8th, 2007 (12/8/2007 2:37am) in reply to Lord Unique

    sorry i mistyped was supposed to be 81820
     
  12. TING TING is offline

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    Dec 8th, 2007 (12/8/2007 3:15am) in reply to stsitron

    so level 14 there are still 1$ chips. do you ride the short bus stsitron??
  13. stsitron stsitron is offline

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    Dec 8th, 2007 (12/8/2007 3:16am) in reply to TING

    try it for one tourney man you will get great results ppl love having massive chip stacks and keeping the 1$ chips in play ensures this.......

    best structure ever.
     
  14. TING TING is offline

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    Dec 8th, 2007 (12/8/2007 3:46am) in reply to stsitron

    lol ill pass thats the worst idea ever
  15. Budda4 Budda4 is offline

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    Dec 8th, 2007 (12/8/2007 4:23am) in reply to TING

    check out homepokertourney.com pyker, there is LOTS of great info there for hosting your tournament.

    Follow the advice there about setting the bb to be around the amount of your starting stack size in the time frame you want your tourny to end.
    i.e. if your starting stack is T-5000 and you want your tourny to last around 6 hours, then your bb at the 6 hour mark should be at or around 5K. I would imagine with 40 players though you may want to slightly more aggressive.

    What part of the country you in :)
  16. TING TING is offline

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    Dec 8th, 2007 (12/8/2007 4:26am) in reply to Budda4

    im from new jersey. im not hosting a tourny some other kid asked i gave my thoughts. this other idiot with the 80216 blinds or whatever is just entertaining
  17. JD Roark JD Roark is offline

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    Dec 8th, 2007 (12/8/2007 7:41am) in reply to Pyker7

    I just made a post (http://www.pocketfives.com/13AAC173-...4E4515423.aspx
    ) with a link to a utility that I created:

    http://blindvalet.fr/

    I tried it for 40 players with 6 hours levels of 30 minutes and 200 starting chips (assuming you have chips of values 1, 5, 25, 100, etc) and it gives the following structure:
    <TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=2 width=500 bgColor=#01296f border=1><TBODY><TR><TD colSpan=3>Blind Structure
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>Level
    </TD><TD>Small Blind
    </TD><TD>Big Blind
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>1
    </TD><TD>1
    </TD><TD>2
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>2
    </TD><TD>2
    </TD><TD>4
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>3
    </TD><TD>4
    </TD><TD>8
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>4
    </TD><TD>6
    </TD><TD>12
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>5
    </TD><TD>10
    </TD><TD>20
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>6
    </TD><TD>20
    </TD><TD>40
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>7
    </TD><TD>30
    </TD><TD>60
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>8
    </TD><TD>50
    </TD><TD>100
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>9
    </TD><TD>75
    </TD><TD>150
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>10
    </TD><TD>100
    </TD><TD>200
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>11
    </TD><TD>150
    </TD><TD>300
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>12
    </TD><TD>250
    </TD><TD>500
    </TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=3>Level Time = 30 minutes
    </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
  18. JD Roark JD Roark is offline

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    Dec 8th, 2007 (12/8/2007 7:47am) in reply to JD Roark

    If you have chip values of 25,100,500,1000,5000,10000; and a starting stack of 5K, then it looks like this:
    <TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=2 width=500 bgColor=#01296f border=1><TBODY><TR><TD colSpan=3>Blind Structure
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>Level
    </TD><TD>Small Blind
    </TD><TD>Big Blind
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>1
    </TD><TD>25
    </TD><TD>50
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>2
    </TD><TD>50
    </TD><TD>100
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>3
    </TD><TD>100
    </TD><TD>200
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>4
    </TD><TD>150
    </TD><TD>300
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>5
    </TD><TD>250
    </TD><TD>500
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>6
    </TD><TD>400
    </TD><TD>800
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>7
    </TD><TD>600
    </TD><TD>1200
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>8
    </TD><TD>1000
    </TD><TD>2000
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>9
    </TD><TD>2000
    </TD><TD>4000
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>10
    </TD><TD>3000
    </TD><TD>6000
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>11
    </TD><TD>5000
    </TD><TD>10000
    </TD></TR><TR><TD>12
    </TD><TD>8000
    </TD><TD>16000
    </TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=3>Level Time = 30 minutes
    </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
  19. jcarr12 jcarr12 is offline

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    Dec 8th, 2007 (12/8/2007 8:44am) in reply to Pyker7

    The best thing that has ever happened to our home tourney is optional bounties. Sounds a little weird, but let me explain.

    Each person has the option to give a bounty for him/herself. The bounty can be up to one buyin. That person keeps the money in front of him. When one person that has a bounty out knocks out another person that has a bounty out you can win the amount that you have in front of you.

    ex. John has a $100 of bounty money in front of him. Jimmy has $250. John knocks Jimmy out and gets $100 bounty from Jimmy.

    Also, when a player wins a bounty he can take the amount that he's won off the table or let it ride.

    It adds another very interesting twist to the dynamics of the end of the tourney. As well as, adds a lot of value to the tourney for the better players.

    jcarr
  20. JD Roark JD Roark is offline

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    Dec 8th, 2007 (12/8/2007 9:07am) in reply to jcarr12

    Wow, I like that idea! In our home game most of the people want to keep the stakes low but there a few of us that are willing to play for higher stakes. This would allow us to add some bigger $$$ for some players while keeping the overall tournament buy-in low.

    Thanks!
  21. Pyker7 Pyker7 is offline

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    Dec 8th, 2007 (12/8/2007 9:16am) in reply to Pyker7

    all great ideas...thanks everyone
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  22. Pipes06 Pipes06 is offline

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    Dec 8th, 2007 (12/8/2007 6:54pm) in reply to Pyker7

    The optional bounties idea sounds really good. Gives the players willing to play for higher stakes a bigger incentive, without eliminating the players there mainly for enjoyment. I'm definitely going to give that a go next home game.
     
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