How to setup a home tourney

[specialk28]

My buddy and I are setting up a home tourney with quite a few players, around 100, and i was wondering if anyone knew of any kind of website or place that would have like blind structures and payout schedules, how many chips are a good idea, things like that.

[rosko23]

www.homepokertourney.com

[memphis_aces]

My Tip:
Keep denominations to a minimum!!!!
I'd suggest 25/100/1000 with some 5,000 chips on the side to color up late in the game. By limiting your denominations, you minimize having to stop the tourney and color up every two blind levels. THAT will be one of your biggest hassles in a tourney of this size.

I play in bar tourneys with 70-80 people regularly and T2000 in chips is a good starting value with 25-50 blinds. No reason to get fancy. We usually start with:
• 8 Green chips (25)
• 8 Black chips (100
• 1 Red chip (1000)

This system works very well as people at the tables tend to color each other up/down as needed. These tourneys have 30min blind levels and they typically end in 3-4 hours.

25-50
50-100
100-200
200-400
400-800
800-1600
1500-3000
3000-6000 (capped usually)
5000-10,000 (might want to add this level with 100 people)

With 30 min blinds (good slow number) you're looking at a 4hr to 5hr tourney with 100 people... that's a pretty good mix... quick enough so it doesn't take all night..but slow enough that people have time to play properly.

I'd also highly suggest opening up side games for people who are getting knocked out. Perhaps start single table tourneys as players come out.

[Slacker]

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I play in bar tourneys with 70-80 people regularly and T2000 in chips is a good starting value with 25-50 blinds.

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Wow, you start out with 40BB? Is this no limit? Is that fairly typical in a tourney like that? That seems like a really small stack to start with. You don't have much wiggle room for a bad run of cards, do you?

[memphis_aces]

This is a bar game and yes, that's a pretty standard starting level. Most casino tourneys I've started with more chips, but the blind levels were 15-20 mins. WIth 30 minute blinds I feel it gives you PLENTY of time to move. Out of 8 tables I make the final table about 30-40% of the time and "win" (top 2 places) about 1 in 10.

HPT advises 50x BB so 40xBB isn't exactly THAT far off....especially with 30min blinds

[nolanfan34]

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I play in bar tourneys with 70-80 people regularly and T2000 in chips is a good starting value with 25-50 blinds.

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Wow, you start out with 40BB? Is this no limit? Is that fairly typical in a tourney like that? That seems like a really small stack to start with. You don't have much wiggle room for a bad run of cards, do you?

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Yeah, the funny thing is that's a great structure compared to some of the tournaments I've seen before. There are a couple of local tournaments that get about 40 people or so, that start with 1000 in chips, and the blinds go up every 15 min, or something crazy like that. Total crapshoot.

[drexah]

you start with 40 bb's? seems a little low to me. Starting the blinds at 10/25 wouldnt be such a bad idea for your tourney imo

[memphis_aces]

Everyone is knocking the 40BB, but honestly, you're talking about long blind levels here. I'd rather start with a little fewer chips and have 30 min blinds than start with 50BB and have 15 or 20 min blinds. Within an hour and a half the former becomes a better option.. plus going 10./25 forces you to add another denomination of chip that's worthless (and therefore has to be colored up) after 15 minutes. Not too bright if you're drying to run a 100 person tourney.

Blinds after 2 hours under each plan:
10/25 doubling every :15 = 3000/6000
25/50 doublling every :30 = 400/800

I'd rather have the slower blind progression and slightly lower stack.

If you guys are really dead set on the 50BB marker then move starting stacks to 2500 and keep 25/50 as starting blinds. I just hate having 4-5 different denominations in chips when one or two are gone in the first blind level or two. Big hassle to keep coloring up and racing off. 25s, 100s, and 1000s are the way to go......adding in a 5k chip for larger tourneys if needed.

[smoore]

A starting level of 25/25 is a possibility too.

[Lottery Larry]

And to think my group whines about 100:1 when they're still at 50:1 after 39 minutes...