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Hello from Berwick, PA (1 Viewer)
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GOBLINxKING
Pair
Welcome! I’m originally from right up the river in Nanticoke! I live in Utah now, but always siked to see members from PA. @justincarothers has been doing the lords work and doing a group buy almost everything month so keep an eye out!
Nice! I know Nanticoke...I went to LCCC.
Oh my eyes are open!! I just have a feeling that there is gonna be a group buy on something I like, but then a couple months down the road there will be one that I really want! Lol
dmoney
Full House
Hello and welcome to PCF! I’m in Lewisburg, PA - I host occasionally and have played in some local games. I’ve also run two cards mold group buys.
We should talk!
We should talk!
merkong
Full House
Welcome from MN
Hello and welcome to PCF. And happy new year!!!!!
I saw you on another thread and went to respond but I don't have enough posts yet...trying to get that up!Hello and welcome to PCF! I’m in Lewisburg, PA - I host occasionally and have played in some local games. I’ve also run two cards mold group buys.
We should talk!
And yes we should. I host a tourn about every 3 months...next one is on the 14th....just saying
dmoney
Full House
What format/buy-in/how many players/all the questions
45 min rounds, 300x BB (3000 chips)to start. $110 buyin (10 goes to food and booze) $20 rebuys (1000 chips)till the dinner break, then 1 more after . Usually anywhere between 10-20..all depends. We did this years ago and consistently got high 20 to 40's...
Welcome to PCF!
Hello and welcome!
dmoney
Full House
Curious about your structure - and happy to help refine if it needed. Tournament structures/breakdowns were a HUGE learning for me when I first joined. Keep me posted on your game and send me a PM once you're able to ... I'm interested in possibly joining on the 14th!
We've had the same structure for roughly 20 years...albeit with a 6 year hiatus in there..however, once I get me new tourn set through a group buy I am looking to update. I've been working on it. I'll send you what we had and what I've been working on in the next day or so...damn night shift this week
Here's the current structure..lot of play in the beginning levels
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And here's my proposed new structure once I get my new set. The right colum is current structure, middle column is a wsop structure from a fee years past, and the left column is what I'm proposing that I think jives well...thoughts, comments, are welcome!
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dmoney
Full House
Assuming 10k starting stack?what’s the breakdown of your set? Desired tournament length and expected/average # of players?
Phish1321
Full House
Hello and welcome to PCF
dmoney
Full House
Well, right now I have a set of the composite Monte Carlo...I am waiting to get either an Aria tournament set or a wsop tribute set...or both. Lol
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Welcome
dmoney
Full House
My two thoughts would be:
(1) A big learning for me was to avoid where at all possible the straight doubling of blinds in tournaments that I want to be more skill-based - it cuts stacks in half quickly. If I want a "turbo" feel, or want the tournament done quickly (i.e. to start the cash game or something) then doubling from one level to the next is fine.
(2) I personally would never bother with antes in a home game setting. There are enough other things to manage that trying to explain it or get people to do it reliably can be avoided.
My structure is below. The "--" level is optional. Think of it as a training level for newbs, or "soft start" time. I play with the level times to get my desired tournament length e.g. 12min levels with 10 players and two rebuys will last about 3.5 hours
With this structure, 20-min levels, and 39 total buy ins of t15k, your game would end at about level 20 and last about 6:40 (I think)
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind |
| -- | 25 | 25 |
| 1 | 25 | 50 |
| 2 | 25 | 75 |
| 3 | 50 | 100 |
| 4 | 75 | 150 |
| 5 | 100 | 200 |
| 6 | 150 | 300 |
| Remove T25 | ||
| 7 | 200 | 400 |
| 8 | 300 | 600 |
| 9 | 400 | 800 |
| 10 | 600 | 1,200 |
| 11 | 800 | 1,600 |
| Remove T100 | ||
| 12 | 1,000 | 2,000 |
| 13 | 1,500 | 3,000 |
| 14 | 2,000 | 4,000 |
| 15 | 3,000 | 6,000 |
| Remove T500 | ||
| 16 | 4,000 | 8,000 |
| 17 | 6,000 | 12,000 |
| 18 | 8,000 | 16,000 |
| Remove T1,000 | ||
| 19 | 10,000 | 20,000 |
| 20 | 15,000 | 30,000 |
| 21 | 20,000 | 40,000 |
| 22 | 25,000 | 50,000 |
Couple things to throw back at ya...I agree with the antes, couple drinks and it could be a pain reminding people over and over..
I like the 45 minute rounds, lots of play at the lower levels
I do agree about when we double the blinds later on...it doesn't really affect the big stacks, but its really to keep the game moving
I think the highest we ever got to was level 12...I'm gonna take some of your info and what we currently have and mix em together..keep ya posted
Thanks for the advice/input!!!
I like the 45 minute rounds, lots of play at the lower levels
I do agree about when we double the blinds later on...it doesn't really affect the big stacks, but its really to keep the game moving
I think the highest we ever got to was level 12...I'm gonna take some of your info and what we currently have and mix em together..keep ya posted
Thanks for the advice/input!!!
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