Huge tourny in Oshawa

noplayer10

My name is Chris, I am the head coach of the Durham Chiefs Baseball Club. We are hosting a large tournament on March 31st, beginning at 1:00pm in Oshawa (email for location).
We are hoping for 128+ players, and have room for up to 200. This is a NL Hold’em Tourny, it has a $50 buy in, with a 1 time only re-buy (only if you are out of chips) for either ½ or full amount of original chip count (eg: $25 gets you 1000 chip value and $50 gets you 2000 chip value).
Last year we held this at Jack Astor’s in Whitby, we had 75 players. We decided to make it bigger and hopefully better this time, hope to see you there, feel free to bring as many players as you want.
Alcohol and Pizza will be sold at the event. You must be at least 19 yrs old to attend.
Please email me and let me know if you are interested or would like more details.
Thank you
CHRIS
noplayer10@yahoo.com:as

noplayer10

Update:
We have 96 players confirmed now!!

actyper

Are you setting a cap to this? I'll most likely play, just haven't confirmed yet.

g2

noplayer10 wrote: »

We are hoping for 128+ players, and have room for up to 200.

Looks to be capped at 200 players.

/g2

noplayer10

Well the hall wont accomodate over 200 players, so that would be the cap.

mcewen

Is there a time limit on the rebuy?

13CARDS

Structure?

warbie_011

I'm in Guelph. How far is Oshawa from here??

compuease

warbie_011 wrote: »

I'm in Guelph. How far is Oshawa from here??

Mapquest is your friend, 4000 miles...

actyper

I think theres a short cut if you head the other direction.

QueenNine

http://maps.google.com/

Guelph, On to Oshawa, On
139 km (about 1 hour 39 mins)

noplayer10

The rebuys (you must go broke) MUST be done before 1st break. After the 1st break is done, no more rebuys. Also, Guelph to Oshawa is about 1.5 hrs.
The blind structure is as follows:
SMALL BIG ANTE
25 50
50 100
75 150
100 200
Re-buys Ended
150 300 25
200 400 25
300 600 25
400 800 50
Colour Up $25 Chips
500 1000 100
600 1200 100
800 1600 200
1000 2000 200
Colour Up $100
1500 3000 500
2000 4000 500
3000 6000 500
4000 8000 500
Colour Up $500
6000 12000 1000
8000 16000 1000
10000 20000 1000
15000 30000 1000

If anyone else has any questions, please email me:
noplayer10@yahoo.com
CHRIS

g2

noplayer10 wrote: »

100 200
..
150 300 25

Ouch, my tourney director ears! Introducing antes at the same time as increasing the blinds can get a guy banned in these parts Other than that, nice structure!

/g2

noplayer10

I sent my old structure....
Other than a few changes in the antes its all the same....
The second level stays $25 all the way and the 3rd level is $100 across

Thanks for noticing....
Are you coming??

RAM_Eh

One more question. How much of the prize pool will be left for the payers?

g2

noplayer10 wrote: »

Are you coming??

Sorry, I live only 2 letters away from you [Ottawa], but unfortunately that translates to 400km.

/g2

noplayer10

We are keeping 20% to pay for the hall, liquor license, more chips, insurance, etc.
So 80% of money paid into (including rebuys) is paid back.
Thanks for asking.

noplayer10

I have a couple of friends coming in from Ottawa, one of them runs Pub 101

pkrfce9

warbie_011 wrote: »

I'm in Guelph. How far is Oshawa from here??

i want THIS guy at all my tournies!

best of luck with your tourney.

noplayer10

LOL!!
Nice....!
Are you coming Pkrfce??

pkrfce9

i think i'll still be busy running through the logic on the 'running it x times' concept.

but i wish you well.

Unknown

hi Chris, the blind structure looks good, but the starting chip count of 2000 seems kinda low with 25-50 starting blinds for the "skill" factor to really play a big part in the tourny. It looks as though you will NEED to get lucky and catch big hands within the first 3 blind levels in order to survive past the 1st break, or else get withered away by the blinds. Even to play any pots, the average pot size by the 50-100 blind level (assuming a normal (3x) raise and bet on flop) will have you investing 30-40% of your stack. I just think a large tourny like this should really promote the players who can PLAY poker, and not just get lucky. A starting chip count of 5000 will allow for more play and increase the skill factor. Or a restructuring of the blind structure to be 10-20, 20-40, 30-60, 50-100 before the 1st break. Just wondering what you think about this?

noplayer10

HI, I appreciate the help!! I kindof have to do it this way for a couple of reasons. 1- I want to try to get some rebuys as they will increase the pot and 2- It worked well last year and everyone seemed to like it (if not broke why fix it?) 3- I only have a certain amount of chips available (we have our team's logo on the chips to prevent people bringing in chips).....
Thanks again!!

mcewen

how many players do you have currently?

noplayer10

We have 127 players confirmed by me. The other players on my team dont know nearly as many people who play poker, so I expect them to bring in around 25-40 players more. We can seat up to 200 players.

dragondeath

will you take walk ins ? not sure i can play that day or not.

noplayer10

Well, I am taking the first 200 players that come. So if you can come, get there early, lets play some poker:)

mcewen

are the dealers going to be provided or do we have to deal ourselves?

I am an "organized tournament" virgin, and don't really know what to expect.

noplayer10

Hey bud,
The dealers are the players themselves, until we get to the final 2 tables, then dealers are going to be provided.

I am deleting this thread now.....
CHRIS

g2

noplayer10 wrote: »

I am deleting this thread now.....

If you can figure out how to do that (other than getting the mods to do it)... let me know. Thanks.

/g2