Tourney Structure

[GlasgowBandit]

Guys following on from the thread on Live poker about what effectively became a treble chance freezeout organised by Glorious and officepoker.net I have tried my hand at coming up with a structure i think would be welcomed by most players who are likely to attend an event in the Stanley.  I have based this on a freezeout event with say a starting stack of 4 k, i would hope that for an event like this it would achieve 50 - 60 runners.

[Jinky04]

Any chance you could C+P this bandit, i've no got Excel on this lappy and I can't be arsed bootin up the other one 

[GlasgowBandit]

Any chance you could C+P this bandit, i've no got Excel on this lappy and I can't be arsed bootin up the other one 

Lazy fecker!!

I tried a copy and paste job it was all over the place and then i tried typing it up and that took for ever and never worked I will paste it again and you can have a look!!

Level   Small Blind   Big Blind   Duration   Ante
1   25   50   30 mins   0
2   50   100   30 mins   0
3   75   150   30 mins   0
   20 minute break         
4   100   200   20 mins   0
5   150   300   20 mins   0
6   200   400   20 mins   0
7   300   600   20 mins   50
8   400   800   20 mins   50
9   500   1000   20 mins   100
   10 minute break & Chip Up         
10   600   1200   20 mins   100
11   800   1600   20  mins   200
12   1000   2000   20 mins   200
13   1500   3000   20 mins   300
   10 minute break         
14   2000   4000   20 mins   300
15   2500   5000   20 mins   400
16   3000   6000   20 mins   400
            
Total time         6hrs  10 mins   

[Ironside]

dont like the clock reducing to 20 minutes when the play is more meaningfull it thus turns it into a crapshoot and therefore only good for the tv cameras and the spectators who want to watch alot of preflop all ins rather than skillfull flop play

start with a 25 minute clock and move to a 45 minute clock

[GlasgowBandit]

dont like the clock reducing to 20 minutes when the play is more meaningfull it thus turns it into a crapshoot and therefore only good for the tv cameras and the spectators who want to watch alot of preflop all ins rather than skillfull flop play

start with a 25 minute clock and move to a 45 minute clock

Point taken Ironside.

The only issue with this is that if the tourney is held again on a Saturday night like the one just passed it has to be wrapped up by 4 am, I think by increasing the clock this would certainly over run.

What about Starting on a 20 minute clock for the first 4 levels and then making it a 30 minute clock and reduce the 15 minute to 10 minute break?

[Jinky04]

I think it suits the purposes of a small buyin freezeout well. Antes in self dealt tourneys are a pain in the arse though, self deal can be slow enough without havin to prompt for and collect the antes but apart from that I like em.

[Ironside]

yeah antes are great but in a self dealt comp they just cause problems and fights

another solution to the time is start the comp 2 hours earlier

btw dont know why i am even commenting on this due to the lack of access for the disabled so ignore everything i said and make it 10 minute levels at the start and 5 minutes after the first hour