Charity tournament
Ok..we are putting together a charity tourney..and I know some of you have this kind of experience...what I am looking for is a blind structure and time frame..
I am looking at 30-40 players, and a 4-5 hour time frame. Can anyone help out here?
I am looking at 30-40 players, and a 4-5 hour time frame. Can anyone help out here?
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18:30 50 25
19:00 100 50
19:30 200 100
20:00 400 200
21:30 800 400
22:00 1000 500
22:30 1500 750
23:00 2000 1000
23:30 3000 1500
24:00 5000 2500
24:30 7000 3500
What kind of starting chip count should we run? Time frame is a factor here..as it will likely get started about 7:30..not 6:30..but we can try..lol
Skill level is novice to intermediate..,.maybe a couple of *decent* players...if that makes a difference
7:30 50 25
7:50 100 50
8:10 200 100
8:30 400 200
8:50 800 400
9:10 1000 500
9:30 break 10 min for color ups
9:40 1400 700
10:00 2000 1000
10:20 3000 1500
10:40 5000 2500
11:00 7000 3500
4 chip sets/4 colors
$25 -20 500
$100 -11 1100
$200 -7 1400
$500 -0
At break time take all the 25's off the tables..make them 1000's (if needed). color up to the 500's
Thoughts anyone??
I think your blind structure needs a bit of tweaking, because the increases start out steep then slow down a bit oddly. For instance the jump between 200/400 and 400/800 is big, but the next jump to 500/1000 is small. You might put in a 300/600 level to smooth it out. If you add blind levels you can make them all only 20 minutes long to leave the tourney the same length.
Also you won't want to have T25 chips left in the game at level 7 - I would make that 1500/800 instead
I would recommend going with 5000 chips to start (100 bb stacks). If you are very concerned about going too long, you could make that 3000.
7:30 50 25
7:50 100 50
8:10 200 100
8:30 400 200
8:50 600 300
9:10 800 400
9:30 break 10 min
9:40 1000 500
10:00 1400 700
10:20 2000 1000
10:40 3000 1500
11:00 5000 2500
11:20 7000 3500
Good to know...this whole thing just kind of got thrown at me today for Saturday night..the local Rotary is doing their annual casino night.. I won this tourney last year (750 buck travel voucher) and had phoned to ask about starting times this year..then they said they didn't know what they were doing and asked if I could help..
I think for a 4 hour tourney you should have at least 2 breaks. Make your first one after the 100/200 level (thats 1 or 1.5 hrs depending blind length) and color up the T25 then.
I for one don't much like taking the 25s and making them 1000's later. If people know you're going to do this I think it's too tempting to pocket one or two 25's for later use. Don't have a T200, use that color for T1000. T200 is (to me) redundant, two 100's do the same thing.
For starting breakdown, for T3000 I would use
T25 - 8
T100 - 13 or 18
T500 - 3 or 2
T25's are really only used for blinds in the first couple levels, starting out with less makes chipstacks more manageable and colouring up much easier. The T100 is the real workhorse chip for a tournament like this.
Here is the blind schedule I use for my charity tournaments. I start with T5000 in chips (8/13/3/2 breakdown) and 20 minute blinds. Start time is 7pm and it's done by midnight with about 25-30 players.
[FONT="]25/50[/FONT]
[FONT="]50/100[/FONT]
[FONT="]100/200 - BREAK and color up 25s
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[FONT="]200/400[/FONT]
[FONT="]300/600[/FONT]
[FONT="]400/800[/FONT]
[FONT="]500/1000 - BREAK
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[FONT="]600/1200[/FONT]
[FONT="]800/1600[/FONT]
[FONT="]1000/2000 - BREAK and color up 100s[/FONT]
[FONT="]1500/3000[/FONT]
[FONT="]2000/4000[/FONT]
[FONT="]3000/6000[/FONT]
[FONT="]4000/8000[/FONT]
[FONT="]5000/10000[/FONT]
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The T200 thought makes perfect sense, as does the 25-1000 change.
T25 - 8
T100 - 18
T500 - 2
Thanks Mike!!
Are you actually running the tourney, or just advising and playing? I find it too difficult to play and run a tourney unless it's only three tables or less. I mean, it's doable, but I'm basically just giving away my buyin if it's any bigger.