[smitty007]

I know that it is a T20,000, but I was not sure what the starting chip stack breakdown was. Anyone?

[JM]

Just started a marathon on ESPN2. To me it looks like:
12 - 25
12 - 100
9 or 11 - 500
14 or 13 - 1000

If its 9 500s then it must be 14 1000s, 11 500s means 13 1000s.

Colors look like light green, maroon, blue and blaze orange in that order.

[BigWoody]

Originally Posted by JM

Just started a marathon on ESPN2. To me it looks like:
12 - 25
12 - 100
9 or 11 - 500
14 or 13 - 1000

If its 9 500s then it must be 14 1000s, 11 500s means 13 1000s.

Colors look like light green, maroon, blue and blaze orange in that order.

That's such a GREAT breakdown... God I wanna play that tournament soooo bad when I'm old enough.

[JM]

Oops, I missed the 5000 chip sitting under the stack of 1000s. Its a sort of metallic color.

Based on that, I'd have to correct the breakdown. It didn't look like there were that many 500s & 1000s in the stack, but it was the only way it worked. So I'd say its more like:
12 - 25
12 - 100
7 - 500
10 - 1000
1 - 5000

99% certainty on this.

[jamby]

That's a very cool starting stack size. I think that would work with my new customs very well.

Anybody know the USPC blind schedule?

Originally Posted by JM

So I'd say its more like:
12 - 25
12 - 100
7 - 500
10 - 1000
1 - 5000

99% certainty on this.

[JM]

Well turn on ESPN2 and keep a chart! Looks like they started at 50/100.

[jamby]

Ah, make it hard huh? I'll have to see if googling helps.

Originally Posted by JM

Well turn on ESPN2 and keep a chart!

[jamby]

Got it at CardPlayer. Too hard to get by watching anyway since we don't know what's been edited out. As evidence, it actually began as 25/50, but appeared to be 50/100.

Here was last year's blind schedule:

ROUND
BLINDS
ANTE

1
$25 / $50





2
$50 / $100





3
$75 / $150





4
$100 / $200





5
$150 / $300





6
$200 / $400





7
$200 / $500





8
$300 / $600
$100




9
$400 / $800
$100




10
$500 / $1,000
$200




11
$600 / $1,200
$200




12
$800 / $1,600
$300




13
$1,000 / $2,000
$300




14
$1,200 / $2,400
$400




15
$1,500 / $3,000
$500




16
$2,000 / $4,000
$500




17
$2,500 / $5,000
$500




18
$3,000 / $6,000
$1,000




19
$4,000 / $8,000
$1,000




20
$5,000 / $10,000
$1,000




21
$6,000 / $12,000
$2,000




22
$8,000 / $16,000
$2,000




23
$10,000 / $20,000
$3,000




24
$12,000 / $24,000
$4,000




25
$15,000 / $30,000
$5,000




26
$20,000 / $40,000
$5,000

[BigWoody]

This tournament gives so much play it isn't even funny. I don't think it's debatable that this tournament gives the most play of any tournament out there (even the 25k WPT Championship). I've never seen a tourament that waited until the 300-600 level to start antes, but it works in a great way that I've never thought of:
1) You can color up the ever annoying (IMO) T25's after Level 5
2) You get a TON more play early on, because there are no antes until Level 8!

This schedule would be beyond GREAT for a T10,000 - its kinda hard to imagine that you start with T20,000... OMG I wanna play this tournament so bad! You could literally not show up (not that you would do that) until Level 8 and you'd still be okay... amazing.
Here:
1 $25 / $50
2 $50 / $100
3 $75 / $150
4 $100 / $200
5 $150 / $300
6 $200 / $400
7 $200 / $500
8 $300 / $600 $100
9 $400 / $800 $100
10 $500 / $1,000 $200
11 $600 / $1,200 $200
12 $800 / $1,600 $300
13 $1,000 / $2,000 $300
14 $1,200 / $2,400 $400
15 $1,500 / $3,000 $500
16 $2,000 / $4,000 $500
17 $2,500 / $5,000 $500
18 $3,000 / $6,000 $1,000
19 $4,000 / $8,000 $1,000
20 $5,000 / $10,000 $1,000
21 $6,000 / $12,000 $2,000
22 $8,000 / $16,000 $2,000
23 $10,000 / $20,000 $3,000
24 $12,000 / $24,000 $4,000
25 $15,000 / $30,000 $5,000
26 $20,000 / $40,000 $5,000

[BigWoody]

I've decided that I'm gonna use this schedule for my T10,000 from now on. I have been using a standard T10,000 schedule (ie. ME, etc.). I only removed a few levels, and I plan on using 30 mintue levels all the way until Level 11 at which point the levels will drop to 20 minutes for the duration of the tournament.

T10,000 (8-T25, 8-T100, 6-T500 , 6-1000):
Color-up after Levels 3 and 13...

LEVELfficeffice" />>>	BLINDS>>	ANTE>>
1>>	25-50>>	->>
2>>	50-100>>	->>
3>>	75-150>>	->>
4>>	100-200>>	->>
5>>	200-400>>	->>
6>>	200-500>>	->>
7>>	300-600>>	100>>
8>>	400-800>>	100>>
9>>	500-1,000>>	200>>
10>>	600-1,200>>	200>>
11>>	800-1,600>>	300>>
12>>	1,000-2,000>>	300>>
13>>	1,200-2,400>>	400>>
14>>	1,500-3,000>>	500>>
15>>	2,000-4,000>>	500>>
16>>	3,000-6,000>>	1,000>>
17>>	4,000-8,000>>	1,000>>
18>>