[BIGTIMECRUSHERS]

Tournament Details:
NO LIMIT HOLD 'EM TOURNEY - 2 TABLES, 20 PLAYERS MAX. EACH PLAYER WILL RECEIVE 10,000 IN CHIPS TO BEGIN AND WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD ON OR TO RE-BUY FOR $20 BEFORE THE SECOND BREAK. (IF YOU RE-BUY, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO AN ADDITIONAL ADD ON) YOU WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 CHIPS FOR THE RE-BUY OR ADD ON.

THE BLIND SCHEDULE IS BELOW AND EACH ROUND IS 15 MINUTES IN LENGTH:

L1 25 / 50
L2 50 / 100
L3 100 / 200
L4 200 / 400
L5 --BREAK--
L6 300 / 600
L7 400 / 800
L8 500 / 1,000
L9 1,000 / 2,000
L10 --BREAK--
L11 2,000 / 4,000
L12 4,000 / 8,000
L13 5,000 / 10,000
L14 10,000 / 20,000

BLINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DOUBLE UNTIL THE END OF THE TOURNAMENT.

[jdunford]

I'D RECOMMEND LOOKING AT THE wsop TOURNEY STRUCTURE:

http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/ev...?eventid=36507

[Strange]

what's The Question?

[tmpa2001]

Originally Posted by jdunford

I'D RECOMMEND LOOKING AT THE wsop TOURNEY STRUCTURE:

http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/events/eventinfo.sps?eventid=36507

broken link.

but i like the idea of 2 hr levels

[BIGTIMECRUSHERS]

Strange,

Since I posted this information under the "Tournament structure" tread, I though it was pretty clear what I was asking. But if you need clarifiaction I'm asking about the blind structure.

[UsIreland]

Originally Posted by BIGTIMECRUSHERS

Tournament Details:
THE BLIND SCHEDULE IS BELOW AND EACH ROUND IS 15 MINUTES IN LENGTH:

L1 25 / 50
L2 50 / 100
L3 100 / 200
L4 200 / 400
L5 --BREAK--
L6 300 / 600
L7 400 / 800
L8 500 / 1,000
L9 1,000 / 2,000
L10 --BREAK--
L11 2,000 / 4,000
L12 4,000 / 8,000
L13 5,000 / 10,000
L14 10,000 / 20,000

No offence but horrible structure. You have tiny jump all the way along and then bang, 500-1000 goes to 1000-2000. And then you just keep doubling from there. That makes for bad play.

Here would be my suggestion for the tournament:
25-50
50-100
100-200
150-300 (remove 25's)
200-400
300-600
400-800
600-1200
800-1600
1000-2000
1500-3000(remove 100's and 500's)
2000-4000
3000-6000
4000-8000
6000-12000
8000-16000(remove 1000's)
10000-20000
15000-30000(remove 5000's)
20000-40000

Yes there are more levels but all the jumps are more balanced. This gives more play in the blind schedule.

Cheers
Ian

[tomb1]

Here's a suggestion of a schedule we use with a $10,000 starting stack. It's a farily slow start, but then goes up faster after while.

You'd only need the highest levels for a very large tourney. With one table, the end is usually around level 12-13. With 2 tables, it's a little later, maybe 14-15. Depending on the number of players and how the time is going, we'll sometimes skips levels, like levels 6, 14, and/or 17.

Lvl...SB.......BB
1.....25.......50
2.....50.......100
3.....100......200
4.....150......300
5.....200......400
6.....300......600
7.....500......1000
8.....800......1600
9.....1000.....2000
10....1500.....3000
11....2000.....4000
12....3000.....6000
13....4000.....8000
14....5000.....10000
15....8000.....16000
16....10000....20000
17....12000....24000
18....15000....30000
19....20000....40000
20....30000....60000
21....40000....80000
22....50000....100000
23....80000....160000
24....100000...200000
25....150000...300000
26....200000...400000
27....250000...500000

[jdunford]

Originally Posted by tmpa2001

broken link.

Thanks. Fixed link in post #2. From there, you can check out the T10,000 structure used for the WSOP main event. Like others, I agree that I prefer a slower progression once the blinds get comparable to starting stack. However, if you want to double the blinds each level, I'd recommend making the blinds truly double every round (i.e. remove the 300-600 level, etc.), but make the levels MUCH longer (at least 30 minutes each). Otherwise, it'll be a total crap-shoot.

That's assuming this is for a live tournament. If you're playing online, 15 minute levels are plenty long enough, since shuffling/dealing and calculating stack/pot sizes takes no time at all.

[BIGTIMECRUSHERS]

Thanks for all the good advice. I'm going to increase the time of each level to 20 minutes and use the below listed blind schedule. With 10,000 starting stacks and one rebuy or add on for an additional 10,000 there could be a potential 400,000 chips in play.

Thanks again....

2006

EVENT 39
$10,000 NO-LIMIT TEXAS HOLD'EM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
FRIDAY, JULY 28 - THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2006

Schedule of Play
LEVEL ANTE BLINDS 1 - $25-$50 2 - $50-$100 3 - $100-$200 4 $25 $100-$200 5 $25 $150-$300 6 $75$200-$400 END OF DAYS 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1 D 7 $50 $250-$500 8 $75 $300-$600 Remove $25 Chips 9 $100 $400-$800 10 $200 $500-$1,000 11 $200 $600-$1,200 12 $200 $800-$1,600 13 $300 $1,000-$2,000 14 $300 $1,200-$2,400 15 $400 $1,500-$3,000 Remove $100 Chips 16 $500 $2,000-$4,000 17 $500 $2,500-$5,000 Remove $500 Chips 18 $1,000 $3,000-$6,000 19 $1,000 $4,000-$8,000 20 $1,000 $5,000-$10,000 21 $2,000 $6,000-$12,000 22 $2,000 $8,000-$16,000 23 $3,000 $10,000-$20,000 24 $4,000 $12,000-$24,000 Remove $1,000 Chips 25 $5,000 $15,000-$30,000 26 $5,000 $20,000-$40,000 27 $5,000 $25,000-$50,000 28 $10,000 $30,000-$60,000 29 $10,000 $40,000-$80,000 30 $10,000 $50,000-$100,000 31 $20,000 $60,000-$120,000 32 $20,000 $80,000-$160,000 33 $30,000 $100,000-$200,000 34 $40,000 $120,000-$240,000 35 $50,000 $150,000-$300,000 36 $50,000 $200,000-$400,000 37 $50,000 $250,000-$500,000 38 $100,000 $300,000-$600,000 39 $100,000 $400,000-$800,000 40 $100,000 $500,000-$1,000,000 41 $200,000 $600,000-$1,200,000

[BCR_9er]

I like UsIreland's blinds.

If you want antes, I would use the following blinds.


BTW, you said you were useing 15 minute levels, that is too fast IMO. I would do at least 20 minutes, if not 30 minutes.