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q's on hosting a NL holdum tourney, ice, 29. May 2003 20:16
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im planning on hosting a 50$+5 tourney, and have a few questions on blinds/payout. im hoping to get 16 people playin(two tables of 8)... planning on paying the top three or so. but first, blinds...

sm big
$.50/$1 0-30min
$1/$2 30-60min
$3/$6 60-90min
$4/$8 90-120min
$5/$10 120-150min
$8/$16 150-180min
$10/$20 180-210min
$15/$30 210-240min
$20/$40 240-270min
$25/$50 270->min

i want to keep the game moving... but i dont want to blind out all the players immidiately, what is a good balance between blind increases, and time? i dont want it to be a huge luck factor, whoever gets the best cards for the first hour wins.. but again, i dont want the table running for 6 hours.

now payout... i want to pay the top three, but i think others would prefer if you made the final table, you got a slice(last three at the initial tables would move to final).... i was thinking this for payout.
option 1
First $500
Second $200
Third $100
Or possibly
option 2
First $350
Second $200
Third $100
Forth $75
Fifth $50
Sixth $25

questions, comments, suggestions on hosting a tourney, do i have these legistics worked out alright? i want it to be clean, and everything to be clear... no arguments. i hope everything ends up running smoothly

thanks in advance
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Re: q's on hosting a NL holdum tourney, stdioh, 30. May 2003 07:41
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> $.50/$1 0-30min
> $1/$2 30-60min
> $3/$6 60-90min
> $4/$8 90-120min
> $5/$10 120-150min
> $8/$16 150-180min
> $10/$20 180-210min
> $15/$30 210-240min
> $20/$40 240-270min
> $25/$50 270->min

Ditch 4/8, but add 2/4.
Ditch 8/16.

Possibly you should try:
1-2
2-4
3-6
Colour up
5-10
10-20
15-30
Colour up
25-50
50-100
75-150
...
> now payout... i want to pay the top three, but i think others would prefer if
> you made the final table, you got a slice(last three at the initial tables would
> move to final).... i was thinking this for payout.
> option 1

Pay only the top 3. If you extend the payout that much nobody will be happy. What is the point of giving 6th place half his money back? A good way to do this is a 50-30-20 split between first second and third.
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Re: q's on hosting a NL holdum tourney, Chicken Scratch, 30. May 2003 13:05
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You don't say how much money in chips the buy-in gets you!! That's the first thing anyone should look at when determining if your blind structure is worth a crap.

(unless I missed it as I ran through it)

on 29. May 2003 20:16 ice wrote:
> im planning on hosting a 50$+5 tourney, and have a few questions on
> blinds/payout. im hoping to get 16 people playin(two tables of 8)... planning on
> paying the top three or so. but first, blinds...
>
> sm big
> $.50/$1 0-30min
> $1/$2 30-60min
> $3/$6 60-90min
> $4/$8 90-120min
> $5/$10 120-150min
> $8/$16 150-180min
> $10/$20 180-210min
> $15/$30 210-240min
> $20/$40 240-270min
> $25/$50 270->min
>
> i want to keep the game moving... but i dont want to blind out all the players
> immidiately, what is a good balance between blind increases, and time? i dont
> want it to be a huge luck factor, whoever gets the best cards for the first hour
> wins.. but again, i dont want the table running for 6 hours.
>
> now payout... i want to pay the top three, but i think others would prefer if
> you made the final table, you got a slice(last three at the initial tables would
> move to final).... i was thinking this for payout.
> option 1
> First $500
> Second $200
> Third $100
> Or possibly
> option 2
> First $350
> Second $200
> Third $100
> Forth $75
> Fifth $50
> Sixth $25
>
> questions, comments, suggestions on hosting a tourney, do i have these
> legistics worked out alright? i want it to be clean, and everything to be
> clear... no arguments. i hope everything ends up running smoothly
>
> thanks in advance
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Re: q's on hosting a NL holdum tourney, TKarrde, 30. May 2003 13:29
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Damn good point!

So what kinda chips you using Ice? Please don't tell me those plastic pieces of poo!!

TK
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Re: q's on hosting a NL holdum tourney, ice, 2. Jun 2003 22:05
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good point, forgot to mention the $ amount of chips they would recieve. actually, sadly, i have been playing with the plasic peices of poo, but im goign to get 1000 of the clay "suited" chips, you probably know the ones, they are a little lighter than other chips, but should do the trick for me. i was just planning on giving everyone 50$ worth of chips, but whats the fun in that? so since im getting these new checks, ill probably give everyone 500$ in chips, and adjust my blind structure accordingly.... thanks for the input everyone

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