Blinds schedule for Limit Stud home tournaments?

Zithal · July 2005

Hey all,

Just wondering if anyone has run a Limit Stud-type game (Stud, Stud8 or Razz) and can post a blind schedule / antes / bring-ins / starting chips, etc., etc. that they can share. I'm looking for a number of examples so that I can compare and use one in an upcoming tournament that I'm planning.

Thanks for your help!

AcidJoe · July 2005

I don't know whether this helps but here is what foxwoods does for their tourney's 1,500 starting chip count $5 antes $10 bring in with $25/$50 to start with 50 minute levels. You will probably want to modifiy that somewhat to shorten the rounds.

Use this link http://www.foxwoods.com/Gaming/Poker/Tournaments/NewEnglandPokerClassic.htm and look under tournament structures payouts etc. They run both limit stud and 8 or better. I couldn't get the pdf file to cut and paste right. I have friends who have run stud tourneys and will see what they did.

Zithal · July 2005

Thanks for the link! I've checked that along with a few other casinos to see what they're doing. Most seem to be very simiilar, so here's my first draft at a Limit Stud home tournament. Comments, thoughts, etc.

Starting chips: 2,000
Blinds: 20 minutes

(ante/bring in/lower limit/higher limit)

1. 5/10/25/50
2. 10/20/50/100
3. 15/30/75/150
4. 20/40/100/200

BREAK - colour up (5)

5. 25/50/150/300
6. 25/50/200/400
7. 50/100/300/600
8. 75/150/400/800

BREAK - colour up (25)

9. 100/200/500/1,000
10. 100/200/600/1,200
11. 100/200/800/1,600
12. 200/400/1,000/2,000
13. 200/400/1,200/2,400
14. 300/600/1,500/3,000
15. 400/800/2,000/4,000
16. 500/1,000/2,500/5,000

Although I have 16 levels, my feeling is that with 24 players and 48,000 chips in play the ending will come around level 12-ish, which makes for a 4-5 tournament. (pure guess on my part!)

Thoughts/comments? Any tweaking that you could see me doing? I'm thinking we may need to test this out with a tournament!!

AcidJoe · July 2005

count me in I'm back on July 26th from Thunder bay.

Zithal · July 2005

Look for the announcement soon, though it may be a little earlier than before you get back.

I'm beginning to doubt what I suspect will be the final blind level, though.

My gut says 2,000-4,000, but that seems right for a NL tournament. With Limit, play could continue back a forth for a very long while. Removing Level 9 might be a good idea.