| Re: 12 player Tournamnet help
We play a T5000, starting stack of (12) 25's, (12) 100's, (5) 500's and (1) 1000. The guys in my game prefer a lot of chips (they refuse to color up).
Our blinds are: 25/25, 50/100, 75/150, 100/200, 200/400, 300/600, 400/800, 500/1000, 750/1500, 1000/2000, 1500/3000.
We play 12 minute blinds and average 12-14 people per tournament. Our game lasts 2-21/2 hours. If you play 15 minute blinds, or even 20 minute blinds for the first hour and 15 minutes after that, it should last around 3 hours.
I make my blind increments increase dramatically after round 8. By that time everyone's had plenty of play and the people knocked out are sick of sitting around.
One question--you're not going to wait till you're down to six players to combine tables? We combine at 8 or 9. It makes for comfortable seating around the table, and lets the knocked out players start a cash game.
GL--Bee | 
