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Old 02-17-2006, 07:44 PM     Post subject: Home tourney - Times, blinds etc? #1 (permalink)  
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I've downloaded the "Check n Raise Tournament Director's Poker Clock"...

Seems very good, but the problem is how to set it up for the best tourney-results...

50 SEK and we get a 500 chipstack... (50 SEK is about $6,5)
8 players...

How should we set up the time between the increasing blind?
10 mins, 15 mins, more???
Should you shorten the time between the blinds-reaise at the end of the tourney? If you're the first one out it's a shitty wait before you can play again...

Blind-levels?
5/10
10/20
20/40
50/100
100/200
150/300
200/400
500/1000
Is this good? Or do you have any other experiences?

Thnx!
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Old 02-17-2006, 08:00 PM #2 (permalink)  
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With short chipstacks, I would go 10 min blind levels.

I would do 25/50 instead of 20/40, but 20/40 is good too. Otherwise it looks good.

You could do one rebuy to keep people from having to wait so long if they bust out within the first few minutes, but I personally HATE rebuys with a passion. Turns a tourney into an all-in fest. Especially if it is unlimited.....

Once you get down to two or three guys, the others may start a side game anyway. 8 person tourney probably wouldn't really take that long, though.
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Old 02-17-2006, 08:04 PM #3 (permalink)  
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 Ten minute blind levels are insane for live play. Twenty minutes MINIMUM. I does depend on the stacks and the actually blinds being posted (e.g. if the initial blinds are 1/50 to 1/100 of the initial stack, then the time needs to be at least twenty min.). With smaller blinds initially, you can have a faster increase.
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You're probably right, 10 min is too short. But I have played a lot of live tourneys with 15 minutes and that seems to work okay.
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Old 02-17-2006, 09:23 PM #5 (permalink)  
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You're probably right, 10 min is too short. But I have played a lot of live tourneys with 15 minutes and that seems to work okay.
If you use really short blinds, your tourney will be more about luck and less about poker.

You should check out this site: homepokertourney.com
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Old 02-18-2006, 01:16 AM #6 (permalink)  
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However, if it's just for fun, and you want your friends to keep playing, short blind levels isn't a bad idea.

A different approach that I use is to do blind levels by a set number of orbits (assuming it's a single table tourny)
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Old 02-22-2006, 08:53 PM     Post subject: blind levels #7 (permalink)  

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At my home games, we raise the blinds on every orbit which seems to work well. We play 1 hour SnG's. Chip leader at the end of the hour wins. With 8 players we almost always are down to 1 or 2 in the hour.
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