[triplc]

A couple of suggestions...

Stay away from antes if this is your first crack at a home tourney. They often just add confusion and delay the play. And you should tailor the time of the blind raises depending upon how long you want the tourney to last. For example, I have played in some after work tourneys that raised the blinds very quickly so that we would guarantee that we'd finish by 10 p.m. This means that the end turns into an all-in fest, but at least we know we'll be done. If time is not a factor, consider the long times that CrisBrown suggested, because that lends itself to more strategic play right to the end.

Also, have you thought about "coloring up". To keep things simple, we often start at 25/50 so we don't need $5 chips.

Hope it goes well.

CCC