Tourney Please review my T5-, T25-, T100-, and T500-base blind schedules (1 Viewer)

[dmoney]

I'd like to set and print these schedules permanently, then just have them ready for whichever format/chipset we put in play. Depending on the game, I may remove the first level, and play with the length of levels to get to the desired tourney length.

T5 base T2000 stacks (max 16 players)

Small Blind​	Big Blind
5	5
5	10
5	15
10	20
15	30
20	40
30	60
40	80 (remove T5)
50	100
75	150
100	200
150	300 (remove T25)
200	400
300	600
400	800
600	1,200
800	1,600 (remove T100 if needed)
1,000	2,000
1,500	3,000 (likely end)
2,000	4,000
3,000	6,000​

T25 base up to T25k stacks (max 20 players)

Small Blind	Big Blind
25	25
25	50
25	75
50	100
75	150
100	200
150	300 (remove T25)
200	400
300	600
400	800
600	1,200
800	1,600
1,200	2,400 (remove T100)
1,500	3,000
2,000	4,000
2,500	5,000 (remove T500)
3,000	6,000
4,000	8,000
6,000	12,000
8,000	16,000
10,000	20,000 (remove T1000 if needed)
15,000	30,000 (likely end)
20,000	40,000
25,000	50,000

T100 base up to T30k stacks (max 15 players)

Small Blind	Big Blind
100	100
100	200
100	300
200	400
300	600
400	800
600	1,200
800	1,600
1,000	2,000
1,500	3,000 (remove T100 & T500)
2,000	4,000
3,000	6,000
4,000	8,000
6,000	12,000
8,000	16,000
10,000	20,000
15,000	30,000 (likely end)
20,000	40,000
25,000	50,000

T500 base up to T300k stacks (max 10 players)

Small Blind	Big Blind
500	500
500	1,000
500	1,500
1,000	2,000
1,500	3,000 (remove T500)
2,000	4,000
3,000	6,000
4,000	8,000
6,000	12,000
8,000	16,000 (remove T1000)
10,000	20,000
15,000	30,000
20,000	40,000
25,000	50,000
35,000	70,000
50,000	100,000
75,000	150,000 (likely end)
100,000	200,000
150,000	300,000

 

[Santa123]

I dont like the 2.5k/5k level in the T25 blind schedule.
I prefer 3k to 4k to 6k. All your schedukes aim to double the blinds every second level.

 

[BGinGA]

I tend to agree with ^^. Very few of my blind schedules use 250/500 or 2500/5000 levels, unless other levels with smaller than 25% increases are also in play. Similar reasons that 500/1000 and 5000/10000 aren't used often, either.

Otherwise, they look fine. A few additional notes:

• T25 base - T1000 removal occurs after 8000/16000
• T100 base - T1000 removal occurs after 8000/16000
• T500 base - replacing 35k/70k with 25k/75k retains progression and allows T5000 removal after 20k/40k (otherwise, T5000 removal after 35k/70k)

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

I don't like 2500-5000 except if you used the intermediate levels 125-250, 250-500, 500-1000, 1200-2400.

In the T5 structure, I prefer like you did :
40-80
50-100
75-150
100-200

Over
40-80
60-120
80-160
100-200

In order to color-up the T5 a little bit earlier and because posting blinds like 160 requires a lot of chips and bets would require less chips too.

Good catch !

 

[Mr Winberg]

In the 25 base:
You have BBs 1600->2400->3000, which means the increase is lowered from 800 to 600. I like each increase to be equal to or greater than the previous one, so I'd change to 1600->2000->3000.

 

[dmoney]

Thank you @BGinGA @Santa123 @Kid_Eastwood @Mr Winberg! I have made these changes and can now lock in my structures. That will make it so much easier!

 

[Rbonus012]

I like what I am seeing!

 

[Mr Winberg]

Thank you @BGinGA @Santa123 @Kid_Eastwood @Mr Winberg! I have made these changes and can now lock in my structures. That will make it so much easier!

No worries! But let's see the updated structures

 

[dmoney]

I think I covered all the feedback - I did leave the early level where the bb is the same as the sb for all tournaments to allow for doubling starting stack depth as an option.

I also modified the T100 structure to remove the T100 and T500 at the same time after Level 9. The T100 is supposed to be removed after L7 800/1600, but I left it in and opted to color up both denoms two levels later. In practice, I'd probably get a heard start coloring those up during play, but for listing the structure I opted to leave them in and "formally" remove them both later.

TOURNAMENT BLIND STRUCTURE (T5)
Max 16 players, 2k stacks, unlimited rebuys

Level	Small Blind	Big Blind
--	5	5
1	5	10
2	5	15
3	10	20
4	15	30
5	20	40
6	30	60
7	40	80
Remove T5
8	50	100
9	75	150
10	100	200
11	150	300
Remove T25
12	200	400
13	300	600
14	400	800
15	600	1,200
16	800	1,600
17	1,000	2,000
Remove T100
18	1,500	3,000
19	2,000	4,000
20	3,000	6,000

TOURNAMENT BLIND STRUCTURE (T25)
Max 20 players, 25k stack freezeout
-Fewer players or shorter stacks allow rebuys

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
16	3,000	6,000
Remove T500
17	4,000	8,000
18	6,000	12,000
19	8,000	16,000
Remove T1,000
20	10,000	20,000
21	15,000	30,000
22	20,000	40,000
23	25,000	50,000

TOURNAMENT BLIND STRUCTURE (T100)
Max 15 players, 25k stack freezeout

Level	Small Blind	Big Blind
--	100	100
1	100	200
2	100	300
3	200	400
4	300	600
5	400	800
6	600	1,200
7	800	1,600
8	1,000	2,000
9	1,500	3,000
Remove T100 & T500
10	2,000	4,000
11	3,000	6,000
12	4,000	8,000
13	6,000	12,000
14	8,000	16,000
Remove T1,000
15	10,000	20,000
16	15,000	30,000
17	20,000	40,000
18	25,000	50,000

TOURNAMENT BLIND STRUCTURE (T500)
Max 10 players, 300k freezeout

Level	Small Blind	Big Blind
--	500	500
1	500	1,000
2	500	1,500
3	1,000	2,000
4	1,500	3,000
Remove T500
5	2,000	4,000
6	3,000	6,000
7	4,000	8,000
8	6,000	12,000
9	8,000	16,000
Remove T1,000
10	10,000	20,000
11	15,000	30,000
12	20,000	40,000
Remove T5,000
13	25,000	50,000
14	25,000	75,000
15	50,000	100,000
16	75,000	150,000
17	100,000	200,000
18	150,000	300,000

 

[Kid_Eastwood]

Well done !
Nicely presented.

 

[JustinInMN]

I like about 95% of what you have. But I agree with these points brought up, I just have different suggestions on how to correct.

I dont like the 2.5k/5k level in the T25 blind schedule.

Agreed and it looks like you took that out of your second iteration in the T25 structure. However I would consider combining the T100 and T500 color up in this structure (as you did in the Base T100 structure) to follow level 13. (Instead of separate color ups that follow levels 11 & 15.)

If you do this you also could adjust levels 12 and 13 to take advantage to of the T100 chips remaining in play and use 1200-2400 and 1600-3200 instead of 1000-2000, 1500-3000. This way (from 800-1600) you get three BB increases of 400 instead of one of 200 followed by two of 500. But either is workable.

Another alternative is to keep it the way it is and combine the T500 color up with the T1000 color up later.

500 base - replacing 35k/70k with 25k/75k retains progression and allows T5000

In the T500 base I would instead suggest replacing (in the original iteration) 25k-50k with 30k-60k and 35k-70k with 40k-80k and do the T5k color up after that.

But again, I think these quibbles are minor and a matter of taste. Personally I am a proponent of the 2-4,3-6,4-8,6-12,8-16 progression of every chip in play. (With optional 1-1, 1-2, and 1-3 levels at the start which you already include, and also optional 12-24 or 16-32 levels as well as you did in the T100 structure and I am proposing for the T25 structure as well.). So my suggestions are designed to maintain that progression.

Good work and this is a good idea to have at the ready.

Well done.