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What does everyone use for their starting chip amounts and blind structures for a 9-10 player NL tourney home game?
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First, you have to determine how many chips you have in relation to the number of players you're expecting and work out either a starting stack of 100 chips, 1000 chips or whatever you believe will work best for your group.
Once you figure all of that out, you start with the first big blind that is 1/50th of your starting stack. Then determine when you want the tourney to end (3 hours, 4 hours, etc.) and make the big blind equal the average starting stack at that time. Then fill in the gap with smooth increasing blinds.
Check this out from
http://www.homepokertourney.com/blinds.htm
Example: 1000 chip buyin tournament lasting four hours
1. Make the first big blind = 20 (1/50 of the starting chip amount).
2. Make the big blind = 1000 (the starting chip amount) at the four hour mark.
3. Gradually increase your big blinds from 20 to 1000.
4. Add a couple levels above the 1000 big blind to be on the safe side.