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I'm going to host a $500 buy in, 20 player, 15,000 chip starting stack, 30 minute blinds, no rebuy tournament. This is way more than most of my group, me included, normally buy in for. The reason we are buying in for so much is because 1st place will win a seat in The 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event. 2nd place will get a 20% vesting share of the winners profits, if any, and 3rd place will get a 10% vesting share of the winners profits, if any. I'm expecting this tournament to last maybe 8-10ish hours?? but am not as concerned about this one since we will be starting at noon.
Since the buy in is more than we are used to, I am also hosting 3 $100 Satellite Tournaments to get into the above tournament. Each satellite will be ran on separate days but the starting time will be 7pm. I want these tournaments to last maybe 5-6 hours. These will have 12ish-20(max) players each, 20 minute blinds, 7,500 chip starting stacks, and no rebuy. I'm planning on using this blind structure for each.
25/50
50/100
75/150
100/200
100/200/200 (big blind ante)
150/300/300
200/400/400
250/500/500
300/600/600
400/800/800
500/1000/1000
600/1200/1200
800/1600/1600
1000/2000/2000
1200/2400/2400
1500/3000/3000
2000/4000/4000
2500/5000/5000
3000/6000/6000
4000/8000/8000
5000/1000/1000
Is there a way to know about how long the tournaments will last? There will be a few maybe 15 minute breaks in each and a dinner break for the main tournament. Should I be doing the same blind levels for both? I play in house tournaments but don't host them alot, usually just a cash game. Any help or thoughts would be much appreciated.
Since the buy in is more than we are used to, I am also hosting 3 $100 Satellite Tournaments to get into the above tournament. Each satellite will be ran on separate days but the starting time will be 7pm. I want these tournaments to last maybe 5-6 hours. These will have 12ish-20(max) players each, 20 minute blinds, 7,500 chip starting stacks, and no rebuy. I'm planning on using this blind structure for each.
25/50
50/100
75/150
100/200
100/200/200 (big blind ante)
150/300/300
200/400/400
250/500/500
300/600/600
400/800/800
500/1000/1000
600/1200/1200
800/1600/1600
1000/2000/2000
1200/2400/2400
1500/3000/3000
2000/4000/4000
2500/5000/5000
3000/6000/6000
4000/8000/8000
5000/1000/1000
Is there a way to know about how long the tournaments will last? There will be a few maybe 15 minute breaks in each and a dinner break for the main tournament. Should I be doing the same blind levels for both? I play in house tournaments but don't host them alot, usually just a cash game. Any help or thoughts would be much appreciated.