[Manu]

You're right. Could someone please move the thread to the tourney structure forum

Thank you for your fast replies.

Of course 30 (or more) player real multitable is the perfect solution for a poker tourney. But for me it's not an option to start with. I would need a large number of chips, at least three tables and the same number of dealers plus someone experienced enough to manage the tourney. So I'm looking for an option to start simple and gain experience (and money) to get there in a few months.

Furthermore the locations which showed interest in such events so far are mainly bowling and billiard centers. I think they like the idea because poker would bring many people in their centers and make them stay there a long time especially when they have to wait for the final table.

It's very important that my main intention is to show the people the fascination of the game rather then exploit them. There is a German poker association which does the exploiting part very well. There the people pay a lot of money for not even a good time.

That's why I would like to provide rebuys. I don't want a first time player who was drawing dead all-in to stand up and say "I'm not lucky enough, I never gonna play poker again". And with a cheap buy-in of 10€ (about $12) many people would give it a try and don't have to stand up just when they start to like it. Besides the rebuys increase the money that I can invest in the improvement of the tourneys. And with short blind levels the rebuys wouldn’t matter that much.

The amount of chips is a similar topic. The people should experience poker and should have fun stacking and counting there chips and win big pots. As someone else on this board wrote: “big stacks are fun”

I played a very bad organized tourney in Munich a few months ago where everyone got a stack of 10x10, 10x20 and 7x100. The effect was that the dealer was busier making change than dealing. And if you play a very fast tourney this can be really annoying.

I hope you can see my point. I’m starting out of nothing. I can’t just rent 3 tables and pay 3 people who deal home games twice a week. There’s absolute no base for poker here…