Structures

The following structures could be used for both your home private games or the big tournaments on TV.

25-50
50-100
75-150
100-200
100-200 (25)
150-300 (50)
200-400 (50)

250-500 (50)
300-600 (75)
400-800 (100)
500-1000(100)
600-1200(200)
800-1600(200)
1000-2000(300)
1200-2400(400)
1500-3000(400)
2000-4000(500)

2500-5000(500)
3000-6000(1000)

4000-8000(1000)
5000-10000(1000)
6000-12000(2000)
8000-16000(2000)
10000-20000(3000)

For the major events this structure should be used with 30-90 minute levels. For fun little home games you can up the blinds every 15/20 minutes.

Antes and some levels may be deleted at the discretion of the host/tourney director.

starting chips between 3,000 – 10,000 depending on # of players, time restraints, starting level and if there are rebuys or add ons.|

Tournaments will usually end approximately when the SB + BB = 10% of the chips in play.

Example

10,000 starting chips  x 20 players = 200,000 chips 5% is 10,000 so the tourney will end at or before the 5000/10000 blind level.

If you want the shortcut method to ballpark the required blinds:

No Antes:
Big Blind = Sum of all chips in play / 20

Antes:
Big Blind = Sum of all chips in play / 20
Ante = 10% of Big Blind

Starting Stack Example

8 – Greens (25)

8 – Blacks (100)

4 – Purples (500)

x – Yellows (1000)

x – Pink (5000)

Payout Structure Top Heavy
	<9	10-20	21-30	31-40
1st	70%	60%	50%	45%
2nd	30%	30%	25%	25%
3rd	-	10%	15%	15%
4th	-	-	10%	10%
5th	-	-	-	5%

Payout Structure Flat
	<7	8-15	16-20	21-25
1st	60%	50%	40%	30%
2nd	40%	30%	30%	25%
3rd	-	20%	20%	20%
4th	-	-	10%	15%
5th	-	-	-	10%

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