[Roc-A-Fella_1]

After perfecting my PNY tourney set, i can't decide on how long the blind levels should be. I am thinking 20 min is the standard but might take a little long as the group likes fast games no longer than 3 hrs each. 15 min levels are a possibility that i am gravitating towards, but what about 12 min levels? I have contemplated 10 min levels, but think that they are a bit too fast.
What do you guys recommend and use for your tourneys?

[Suicide King]

15 is good for a longer game. 20 will take forever but is good if thats what you want...Id go for 12 if your trying to get more games in. 10 is a whorehouse.

[abby99]

I like 15-minute blinds -- not too long, not too short. I'll use 12-minute blinds for the second tournament to shorten it up a bit.

[hachkc]

I'll be the dissenting voice that says 20mins is the MINIMUM length you should have blind levels IMHO. I prefer more like 30mins but then I don't much care for turbos in live play so that's just me. Also, I'd rather play 1 longer tournament rather then 2 shorter, turbos but that's just me.

I just find that with rounds less then 20mins, you tend to not even make a full orbit sometimes which seems to irritate me. I rather have longer rounds, shorter stacks and more aggressive blinds rather then more rounds, bigger stacks, slower blind progressions.

gl

[Roc-A-Fella_1]

If it makes a difference, it's a T2500 or T3000 (after the additional 10 $500s arrive) with this structure:

25/25
25/50
50/100
75/150
100/200
150/300
200/400
300/600
400/800
600/1200
800/1600
1000/2000

Do i need a 500/1000 level? Feel free to make other suggestions on my structure as well.

[BigKyle]

Play it as a T3000 with 25/50 as the first blinds and 20 minute levels. You do not need a 500-1000 level.

[Button Potato]

I agree with hachkc - 20 minutes would be the minimum and I would only consider it if you had a dedicated dealer.

[Jonah 99]

We shorten the time for blinds once it's down to three or heads up, plus we can have a dealer by that time, and another help with shuffle up the other deck.

[Roc-A-Fella_1]

After looking back at some old Tournament Structure threads, I thought about using different blind levels for my 2 tourney sets.

For my T3000 set, i will use 20 min blind levels and maybe drop the 25/25 level? So it's better to have longer, but less levels than shorter, but more levels?

And for my T5000 set, i will use the same structure, but 15 min blind levels.

What do you guys think?

[djexacto]

I agree, 20 absolute minimum. Just use less chips and a slightly more agressive schedule and you'll be fine