Tourney Help. Two hour turbo structure.. (1 Viewer)

[Trihonda]

Playing my neighborhood Donkfest tonight. Involves 3 two hour turbos. In the past, they've started with 5/10 blinds, but last game they complained about this. I offered this months host to come up with a better structure, starting with 25/50. Granted, playing a two hour tubo isn't ideal IMHO, but it's what they do. It's typically a single table.

aaaaang go!

 

[Trihonda]

Here's what I came up with... Pains me to create such drastic levels, but not sure how else to get it around 2 hours:

[TABLE="width: 471"]
[TR]
[TD]Level[/TD]
[TD]SB[/TD]
[TD]BB[/TD]
[TD]Time[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]25[/TD]
[TD]50[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Players[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]50[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Starting Stacks[/TD]
[TD]3000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[TD]200[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Chips In Play[/TD]
[TD]30000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]200[/TD]
[TD]400[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Starting BB[/TD]
[TD]60[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]400[/TD]
[TD]800[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Finish Time (hrs)[/TD]
[TD]2.17[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]600[/TD]
[TD]1000[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]800[/TD]
[TD]1600[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]1000[/TD]
[TD]2000[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]1500[/TD]
[TD]3000[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]2000[/TD]
[TD]4000[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD]<-----[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]should finish here[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]3000[/TD]
[TD]6000[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]4000[/TD]
[TD]8000[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Tournament Startup[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Denom[/TD]
[TD]Quantity[/TD]
[TD]Value[/TD]
[TD]# Chips[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]$25[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]$300[/TD]
[TD]120[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]$100[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]$1,200[/TD]
[TD]120[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]$500[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]$1,500[/TD]
[TD]30[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]$1,000[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]$0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]$5,000[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]$0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]$3,000.00[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

[Poker Zombie]

You are right, No matter how you slice it, 2 hours will require a great deal of luck. That said, it can still be fun.
Here is the Blind structure from Binions (Las Vegas) $60 daily tournament. It usually chops after 2.5 hours with T6000 starting stack. You could Start with T4000 and fit it into your 2 hour window. (15 minute levels)

[TABLE="width: 128"]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 64"]25[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]50[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]50[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, width: 64"]100[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]100[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]200[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]150[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, width: 64"]300[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]200[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]400[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]300[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, width: 64"]600[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]500[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]1000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]800[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, width: 64"]1600[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]1000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]2000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]1500[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, width: 64"]3000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]2000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]4000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]3000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, width: 64"]6000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]5000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]10000[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

[Trihonda]

You are right, No matter how you slice it, 2 hours will require a great deal of luck. That said, it can still be fun.
Here is the Blind structure from Binions (Las Vegas) $60 daily tournament. It usually chops after 2.5 hours with T6000 starting stack. You could Start with T4000 and fit it into your 2 hour window. (15 minute levels)

[TABLE="width: 128"]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 64"]25
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]50
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]50
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, width: 64"]100
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]100
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]200
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]150
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, width: 64"]300
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]200
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]400
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]300
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, width: 64"]600
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]500
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]1000
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]800
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, width: 64"]1600
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]1000
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]2000
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]1500
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, width: 64"]3000
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]2000
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]4000
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]3000
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl66, width: 64"]6000
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]5000
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]10000
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

I like this structure a little better than the one I suggested. Thanks! Ya, these games are luck fests... But your chances are better if you're a little aggressive up front... Give yourself a buffer for when the blinds ramp up.

However, last month, I was literally down to ONE T25 chip (with blinds at 100/200), and fought my way back for a 2-way chop... Once we got heads up, the other guy explained he was so scared of my run, he agreed to a even chop, despite his chip advantage. THAT run was luck... I had one play, "All in"", "All in", "All in"

 

[BGinGA]

Here are a couple of suggestions. Both use 13-minute blind levels and T5000 starting stacks, and should finish no later than L10 (2 hours).


T5000 starting stack
12 x T25
12 x T100
7 x T500
---
31 chips = T5000


Structure #1
rd sb bb
L1 50 100
L2 75 150
L3 100 200
L4 150 300
L5 200 400
L6 300 600
L7 400 800
L8 600 1200
L9 800 1600
L10 1200 2400 **
L11 1800 3600
L12 2500 5000
Players start with 50BB and all blind increases are between 33%-50%.

~OR~

Structure #2
rd sb bb
L1 25 50
L2 25 75
L3 50 100
L4 75 150
L5 125 250
L6 200 400
L7 300 600
L8 500 1000
L9 800 1600
L10 1200 2400 **
L11 2000 4000
L12 3000 6000
Players start with 100BB and all blind increases are between 50%-67%.