Home Tournament Structure

[BallySC 0]

Hey Guys,Just looking for some feedback....I've played in alot of home tournaments where people are always fighting over the structure/starting chip amounts.I am hosting one this Saturday and would appreciate it if someone could put forth their best structures they've seen/used for the below type of game.Its a No Limit holdem freezeout. 10 people. Would like to start with about 2500 chips. I have a set of 500.Let me know, Thanks! :-)

[lips24 0]

Go to homepokertourney dot com. They have everything you need to know and have printout sheet to help you with the structure, chip value, etc. Hope this helps.

[ShakeZuma 585]

http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/poker-foru...opic.php?t=4578here you go

[BallySC 0]

Thanks, but i've tried that and they only have structures for 1000 starting chips...looking to use around 2.5K.

[BallySC 0]

Ya Thanks...I've tried that site and they seem to only have structures for 1000 starting chips...Im looking to use 2.5K or would like to.

[ForKeeps 0]

Tell them if they don't like it, they can leave. There shouldn't be any arguing at a tourney you host; you set the limits and the time they go up.2500 chips is a lot to start a 10-seater with. I think you'd do fine with just printing out any reputable poker site's blind table and using it. I play in a weekly home tournament that uses only 200 chips, but we start blinds at 1-2, go up consecutively every 20 mins until we get to 6-12, go up to 8-16 for 20, and then do 10-20 and go up by 5 chips every rise, but extend the period an extra 10 mins. Hope that helps~

[MikeJohnson724 0]

Thanks, but i've tried that and they only have structures for 1000 starting chips...looking to use around 2.5K.

Here is the blind structure I use at my house. Everyone likes it and you get plenty of play. I change the binds every 20 to 30 minutes depending on how much everyone wants to play. Blinds:25/5050/10075/150100/200125/250150/300200/400250/500300/600400/800500/1000600/1200700/1400etc. You can make them stop wherever you feel is right I hope this helps. We also start with 2500 in chips.

[leebs12 0]

Thanks, but i've tried that and they only have structures for 1000 starting chips...looking to use around 2.5K.

Here is the blind structure I use at my house. Everyone likes it and you get plenty of play. I change the binds every 20 to 30 minutes depending on how much everyone wants to play. Blinds:25/5050/10075/150100/200125/250150/300200/400250/500300/600400/800500/1000600/1200700/1400etc. You can make them stop wherever you feel is right I hope this helps. We also start with 2500 in chips.

We use a simmilar structure in our my home games, it works well

[Harpo1952 0]

Quite apart from the blind structure and other information available from the sites mentioned - you may want to get clear with the group how many tournaments you want to play and also find something for the losers to do if you're playing more than one tournament.We usually play threee or four sit and go's in an evening (just $10 buy-in, as much for the social time as hard core poker). We start with about 200 chips with blinds of 1/2, 2/4, 3/6, 5/10, 15/30, 20/40, 25/50, 50/100, 150/200 - going up every 15 or 20 minutes. Usually a bit sooner when it gets heads-up. The tourney's usually take an hour to an hour and a half.I have a pool table, so we've created a "loser's lounge" that keep those who have been eliminated from hassling those still in the game (to "go all in" and "get this over with"). We've also had a separate ring/cash table for those knocked out.I think it depends on the goal of the evening - pure poker, or a bunch of boneheads having fun, drinking rum and trash-talking.Have fun.PS. We've also found it helpful to have a print-out of the rules (when two people are eliminated on the same hand, what to do when the button or blinds would be moving to someone who was just eliminated, etc.) Or to have someone who's most knowledgeable as the designated "director".

[Harpo1952 0]

Quite apart from the blind structure and other information available from the sites mentioned - you may want to get clear with the group how many tournaments you want to play and also find something for the losers to do if you're playing more than one tournament.We usually play threee or four sit and go's in an evening (just $10 buy-in, as much for the social time as hard core poker). We start with about 200 chips with blinds of 1/2, 2/4, 3/6, 5/10, 15/30, 20/40, 25/50, 50/100, 150/200 - going up every 15 or 20 minutes. Usually a bit sooner when it gets heads-up. The tourney's usually take an hour to an hour and a half.I have a pool table, so we've created a "loser's lounge" that keep those who have been eliminated from hassling those still in the game (to "go all in" and "get this over with"). We've also had a separate ring/cash table for those knocked out.I think it depends on the goal of the evening - pure poker, or a bunch of boneheads having fun, drinking rum and trash-talking.Have fun.PS. We've also found it helpful to have a print-out of the rules (when two people are eliminated on the same hand, what to do when the button or blinds would be moving to someone who was just eliminated, etc.) Or to have someone who's most knowledgeable as the designated "director".