Best structure for a home game with 8-10 people, about 2 hours
 

Note that 2 hours is not the absolute limit, just the amount of time I'm aiming for the finish, actually about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. 8-10 people, fairly loose table starting with 100 chips. I was thinking of the structure below, anyone see any problems?

20 minute levels
1/2
2/4
3/6
5/10
10/20
15/30
20/40 (should be finishing around this level)

or should I got from 10/20 to 20/40 to 40/80 if needed?

Also is 20 minute level good, or would you go 15?

Re: Best structure for a home game with 8-10 people, about 2 hours
 

I use the "standard" T1000 schedule on HomePokerTourney.com
with rebuys during the first 3 levels and 15 minute blinds and tourneys last 2.5-3 hours with some as short as 2 hours depending on how loose the players are.

If you eliminate rebuys and use 15 minute blinds you should be around 2 hours with your schedule. You can also incorporate an aggressive ante schedule that may/will be used in later rounds to speed things up as well depending on how the tournament is going.

Re: Best structure for a home game with 8-10 people, about 2 hours
 

I use this same exact structure. 20 minute blinds is a must because usually you will not even get around the table once in 20 minutes.

1/2
2/4
3/6
5/10
10/20
15/30
20/40
30/60
40/80
50/100
double
double
double...

I usually only have about 6 players and we start with 240ish chips. This leads to 2.5-3 hour game.

If you use that other structure from the homepokertourney website, you have to color up, which you don't have to do with this structure if you value your chips properly. We use strange chip values 1,2,4,8,16.

Re: Best structure for a home game with 8-10 people, about 2 hours
 

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Note that 2 hours is not the absolute limit, just the amount of time I'm aiming for the finish, actually about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. 8-10 people, fairly loose table starting with 100 chips. I was thinking of the structure below, anyone see any problems?

20 minute levels
1/2
2/4
3/6
5/10
10/20
15/30
20/40 (should be finishing around this level)

or should I got from 10/20 to 20/40 to 40/80 if needed?

Also is 20 minute level good, or would you go 15?

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Based on your blind scheduele, starting chips and expected number of players, your game would genearlly end at the next level after 20/40 (40/80?). That would put you in the 2:00 - 2:20 minutes range (not including breaks). If you want the game to end closer to 2 hours, you should remove the 15/30 level and definitely add in a 40/80 level and even a level after that just in case.

Re: Best structure for a home game with 8-10 people, about 2 hours
 

Check this link out. This is a post I put together a little while ago. I would first use the SEARCH feature. THere has been a ton of post on this.

The wrong question to ask

Re: Best structure for a home game with 8-10 people, about 2 hours
 

We run the HPT T1000 structure also w/ 20 minute periods. With 12-15 we usually take 4.5-6 hrs with 8-10 people 3.5=5 hrs. Are we slow are what?