Weeknight Tournament format suggestions
I was thinking about having a small $20 tournament, and Tuesday night happens to work best for me since my wife will be out of town
So I am looking for suggestions on the number of chips at the start and the blind and payout schedule.
I plan on having two tables so min 14 players, max 20.
I have tonnes of chips, so chip counts and colouring up won't be an issue.
And since it is a weeknight, I want to be done in about 4 hours (so my friends aren't in trouble with their wives).
Thanks!
So I am looking for suggestions on the number of chips at the start and the blind and payout schedule.
I plan on having two tables so min 14 players, max 20.
I have tonnes of chips, so chip counts and colouring up won't be an issue.
And since it is a weeknight, I want to be done in about 4 hours (so my friends aren't in trouble with their wives).
Thanks!
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Post here. Thanks
Send me some details pokercave@gmail.com
If you want suggestions for blinds etc ask away, you
can also look up www.homepokertourneys.com
Patience grasshopper ... I don't think I am up to WPC standards yet (although I haven't made it there in person to date).
I think I need a couple practice tourney with the boys from work just to figure out what it takes to host successfully. I also don't think that my work buddies are at your (speaking metaphorically towards all of the wonderful posters on this forum) level of play yet. Terms like EV, pot-odds and even "fold" are above most of these players. We have been playing $2 games at lunch to make sure everyone at least knows the game rules and how to post blinds.
You mentioned tournament director in another post, I was wondering if you had a link for it, I was getting job postings for softball tournament directors in the states when I ran it through google
Thanks for all of the interest! Actaully, response rate is a little slow, so check back Tuesday morning, I might make this a public tournament.
Here's the link:
http://www.homepokertourney.com/downloads.htm
There is tonnes of info there,
As for blinds, it kinda depends on the chips you have. If you enough, I would suggest you go 20 minutes each blind to make it a 4 hour tourney. If you don't use the software then go ahead and use a microwave otr a kitchen timer.
Here's a blind sched that I use, and without rebuys it ends up being about 4 1/2 hours for 32 players.
10/20, 20/40, 25/50
40/80, 50/100, 75/150
100/200, 150/300, 200/400
300/600, 400/800, 500/1000
750/1500, 1000/2000 and double every twenty minutes from there.
I would imagine that this tourney would be over by 3 hours, (it takes alot of folding and patience to get to 4 hours )
Email if you have any questions
BTW, thanks for this. Im sure alot of people would say we have NO standards!