Tourney URGENT HELP NEEDED blind structure help T25 running too long (25 Viewers)

[MrE]

Hey Guys,
Urgent help needed for game in 2 days...

I had run a game for over a year and had my structure pretty dialed in for what i was looking for but not long ago my computer crashed and I lost it... I played the structure below but it ran longer than I'd like so I'm looking for suggestions please. We play mainly 2 tables about 11-18 players, T25, 10,000 starting. We start at 5pm, take one dinner break about 30 min and then 2 quick other breaks to color-up maybe 5-10 min ea. With the structure below, our last game ran from 5:00pm to 12:30am. I'd prefer to try to end around 11:30ish including breaks.

Any suggestions to change/modify the structure below to accommodate (we like the 20min levels at least early on)? Open to all suggestions. Thanks in advance everyone!

25/50 20min
25/75 20 min
50/100 20min
75/150 20 min
100/200 20 min
Dinner break 30 min +-
100/200 (25 ante) 20 min
150/300 (25) 20 min
200/400 (50) 20 min
300/600 (75) 20 min
400/800 (100) 20 min
600/1200 (150) 20 min
Color up 10 min +-
800/1600 (200) 20min
1200/2400 (300) 20 min
1600/3200 (400) 20 min
Color up 10min +-
2000/4000 (500) 20 min
3000/6000 (500) 20 min
4000/8000 (1000) 20 min
6000/12000 (1500) 20 min
80000/16000 (2000) 20 min
12000/24000 (4000) 20 min

 

[allforcharity]

Limit rebuys.

I prefer 20min levels, but you can try 17-18 minutes.

Or bring down to 15min levels once half the players eliminated.

 

[AlbinoDragon]

Limit rebuys for sure.

You say you like the first two levels, but losing them will save 40 minutes of game time. If dropping (or limiting rebuys) doesn't help, lose the first level at least. That's 20 minutes right there.


Here's another question... how strict are you with level end times? If you aren't militant strict with that, a 20 minute level can quickly become 23 or 24 as "oh, but we already placed the blinds" or "did Steve restart the clock" and those add up to a level or more worth of "play" with those slips. A break that leaks beyond the scheduled time because "Alan and Joe aren't done with their smokes yet" or "Dave's still taking a piss" add on time in a sneaky way.

20 minutes level is 20 minutes. 10 minute breaks are TEN MINUTES. Keeping those as planned and "on time" can easily save a lot of time that you think you might otherwise be OK on.

 

[Muschen]

Hey maybe you can try this:

25/50 20min
25/75 20 min <- remove this level
50/100 20min
75/150 20 min
100/200 20 min <- raise the level to 150/300
Dinner break 30 min +-
100/200 (25 ante) 20 min <- remove
150/300 (25) 20 min <- remove
200/400 (50) 20 min <- start here after dinner
300/600 (75) 20 min
400/800 (100) 20 min
600/1200 (150) 20 min
Color up 10 min +-
800/1600 (200) 20min
1200/2400 (300) 20 min
1600/3200 (400) 20 min
Color up 10min +-
2000/4000 (500) 20 min
3000/6000 (500) 20 min
4000/8000 (1000) 20 min
6000/12000 (1500) 20 min
80000/16000 (2000) 20 min
12000/24000 (4000) 20 min

This should not feel like any turbo or something but it should speed up your tournament, I removed 60min total which was your goal and you have a little bit more aggresive blinds early on which might knockout a player or two quicker if their early game is bad.