Tourney Thinking of hosting a simple tournament (1 Viewer)

[BGinGA]

I copied this a while ago. Perhaps it's the right structure for a 4 hour game and that could work.

Tournament


T1000 stacks (250BB)

rd sb bb
L1 2 4
L2 3 6
L3 4 8
L4 6 12
L5 8 16
remove T1 chips
L6 10 20
L7 15 30
L8 20 40
L9 30 60
L10 40 80
remove T5 chips
L11 50 100
L12 75 150
L13 100 200
L14 150 300
remove T25 chips
L15 200 400
L16 300 600 ***
L17 400 800
L18 600 1200

With 15 minute levels, a single-table tournament should last no later than L16 (four hours plus breaks).

starting stacks:
10 x T1
8 x T5
10 x T25
7 x T100
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35 chips = T1000

chip set:
100 x T1
80 x T5
100 x T25
75 x T100 (includes 5x to color-up T1 and T5 chips)
5 x T500 (used to color-up T25 chips)
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360 chips

While your structure is workable, it's a better tournament if your blind increases are more consistent. Yours range from 25% to 50%. It's not horrible, but I'd try to keep it narrower if possible.

I copied the structure from someone on here about 6 months ago.

Yes, it was one of my posts in response to a request for a T1-base deep-stack single-table event lasting 4 hours. And it works great.

 

[BGinGA]

If my payout is 50/30/20, I assume I take the $200 off the top, to payout $20 bounties? So, $140 x 10= $1,400. Minus $200 for bounties= $1,200. Payouts of $600/$360/$240. $600= 3-4x the buyin, depending on whether you include theirs. (excluding food as well).

Nope, that only works if you plan on supplying the food for free.

Otherwise, take your $140 entry and clearly define where it all goes:
$10 for food/beverage, total = $100
$20 for knockout bounties, total = $200
$110 for tourney payouts, total = $1100
Payouts at 50%/30%/20% = $550/$330/$220.

Theoretically, if everybody pays using $20 and/or $100 bills, you will need exactly TWO $10 bills to create the payout envelopes.

 

[joseywales]

Nope, that only works if you plan on supplying the food for free.

Otherwise, take your $140 entry and clearly define where it all goes:
$10 for food/beverage, total = $100
$20 for knockout bounties, total = $200
$110 for tourney payouts, total = $1100
Payouts at 50%/30%/20% = $550/$330/$220.

Theoretically, if everybody pays using $20 and/or $100 bills, you will need exactly TWO $10 bills to create the payout envelopes.

To clarify, I’m saying $140 for the game, $150 total per player. So the $10 goes to food and $200 to bounties. I get what you’re saying that a $140 total eliminates the need for $10s to make change. Am I missing something?