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bobmarlon

07-13-2005, 08:06 PM Post subject: Setting up a tournement need advice

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I am going to set up a tournement for my friends and I and was looking for some critisism, heres how I am going to do it.

-18 seats
-20 or 40 dollar buy in
-each player would start with 2000 in chips starting with 1/2 blinds
- 3 tables of 6 and each time 6 players are eliminated a table is dropped and seats are randomized.

I am thinking for blinds I would do a knock out system where each time a player is knocked out the blinds raise.

and I am going to pay the top 3 seats.

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Les_Worm

07-13-2005, 08:50 PM

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Do the blind levels timed. Other then that it should work out fine.

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thepokerdude

07-13-2005, 08:51 PM

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i can tell right away that if you play with blinds like that you might finish sometime this winter. blinds need to be somewhat aggressive in a tournament style game, but not so much that luck is the only factor. I play a similarly built home game, same amount of players roughly, same starting stack, we pay the top three as well, but I have come up with a very structured blind schedule.

the blinds are not that different from the example found on homepokertourney.com, there are stickies about it at the top of the home game page. It's a great site and tells you everything you need to know about runing a home game. my blinds start at 10/20, 20/40, 25/50, 50/100/10(ante), 75/150/15, 100/200/20...etc. each round last 20 mins. and there is a rebuy for the first three rounds. i know that to a new player they might sound a bit aggressive, but it makes for good exciting play that also requires skill, not just luck.

we have been playing our home game for about two years and when we started, the blinds we similar to what you are talking about, they started low and only went up when a player was eliminated. but believe me, that gets to be very old and boring. after two years of tweaking and other changes in the game, i think we have come up with the best all around blind schedule, if you want a copy i can email it to you. anyway, that's the way i see it, good luck with your home game and check out that website, got a lot of stuff you might not even think of: http://www.homepokertourney.com/

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bobmarlon

07-13-2005, 11:19 PM

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thank you very much

how long do your tournements usually last. I would like ours to last fairly long because we all just like playing and we arnt in it souly for the money. I like your blinds tables I might stratch out the rounds because are games usually dont run perfectly smooth.

[edit] Hmm I actually am goign to use your exact blind stratagy it seams like it would work best.

For chip color we have white, red, green, black, and blue what would you suggest each to be valued at.

FyrFytr998

07-14-2005, 04:53 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bobmarlon

Actually with 2000 to start. It'd be better to start at a 25/50 blind and work from there. I play with that starting count also and even still the games get long with only a 15 minute blind level.

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thepokerdude

07-14-2005, 07:10 AM

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for chip denomination, here is what i use.

red: 5
green: 25
blue: 50
black: 100

i do have whites, but i only use those in ring games. i've found that i don't need them for ones($1) in my tournament. you could use them for 500's later in your tourney after a color up. i have a supply of yellows that i use, but white should work just as well.

one other piece of advice. i use two decks per table in my home game. i use one red deck and one blue deck of identical(other than the back colors) kem casino clubs. as one deck is being used for the hand, the player behind the dealer is responsible for shufflin the last deck used. this provides for much smoother play and less "down" time. the only thing you have to keep and eye on is any attempt to cheat. make sure someone other than the shuffler cuts the deck before it is used for the next hand. and always try to use a cut card to cover the card on the bottom of the deck. anything else, just ask, i'm sure someone will have some great advice, that's what this website is great for.

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TN_POKER_MAN

07-15-2005, 01:37 AM

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Whatever you decide on chips and their value, keep this in mind.....try not to have more than 3 different colored chips in play at a time....4 max.

You might also want to encourage/allow the losers to start up a ring game.

bobmarlon

07-15-2005, 09:27 AM

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Thanks for all your advice, We held our first tournement today and it went as smooth as butter.

we ended up with 2 tables of 7, each player started with 1225 in chips. Everyone had fun even the losers and we are having another tourney in the next couple days. The 20 minute blind intervals worked perfectly aswell. The best part though was I worked up a commanding chip lead that just looked rediculous and ended up winning.

For the number of players at each table should we move players around and keep them even or just wait till theres the amount of players left who sit at the final table.

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