Re: Another structure question - why does this work?
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What does it say about my home NL STT's that this structure (Antes/SB/BB):
Level 4: 0/75/150
Level 5: 50/100/200
Level 6: 50/150/300
Level 7: 100/200/400
Level 8: 100/300/600
generally ends around level 5-6 (these are 60 minute levels)? We start with T2000, and up to the end of L1 allow one re-buy of T1000, and add-ons of 500 up to a maximum of T2000.
Any thoughts?
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As I've generally experienced, STTs end when the blinds are about 5-10% of the starting stacks. If you have 8-10 players, you're talking about T40-50K in total chips, so I'm a bit surprised it's ending so early.
However, as the others have pointed out, your antes are a bit high. Even at your lowest ante ratio- Level 6: 50/150/300- means that you have 950 or more in the pot before anyone has to taken any action, getting over 3:1 on a call. That means a lot of hands can play and a lot more can get sucked in after the first caller.
Even a raise gives a cold-caller almost 3:1, with pretty large pot odds on the flop to draw to.
Plus, I'm not sure the blinds can fold, even to a raise (300 or 450 to get 1550?) so you can add those implied odds to any consideration of calling a raise.
I'm guessing you have a lot of aggressive, multi-player pots- and it seems correct to do so? Or are people getting bored?
Are you looking to extend the tourney? Lessen the antes and maybe slow down the blinds a little. You can start at 10/20 instead and maybe slow down the higher levels?
Let us know
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