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GripHoldOn
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Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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Location: Boston, MA
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| RUDY those structures are fun to play with friends as they create tons of action, but they promote getting involved early with or without big hands. After 30 minutes the starting stack is already 15 BB. You have to make a move in the first 30 minutes or the blinds will eat you up. |
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UrbanMeyer1
Royal Flush
Joined: 25 Jun 2005
Posts: 720
Location: Gainesville, FL (The Swamp)
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| Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I think using the Full Tilt SNG structure is nice just make the levels 15 minutes each instead of 5. |
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GripHoldOn
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Location: Boston, MA
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| Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:14 am Post subject: |
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| I think that the FTP structure is a little fast. Perhaps start everyone with 3000 in chips instead of 1500? |
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JS13_TPS
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Joined: 20 Jul 2005
Posts: 445
Location: Georgia
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| Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:11 am Post subject: |
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We play $20 buy in and you get T$500 in chips. 20x$5, 20x$10, 10x$20.
Blinds go up every 15 minutes.
5-10
10-20
15-30
20-40
30-60
50-100
100-200
200-400
300-600
400-800
500-1000
etc.
Personally I want to make the starting BB 20, and double it every 15 min. Might cut down on some of the 8 way pots early on. And no rebuys. I hate rebuys. Am going to have to work on it, or take my chips and go home, it's a terrible game and doesn't help me poker wise at all.
Actual quote from last night's home game.
"I had to call, i'm on a straight flush draw."
This is preflop holding Th,6h. That just blew my mind. |
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akoonastom
Full House
Joined: 27 Jul 2005
Posts: 247
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 2:52 am Post subject: |
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Hi everybody,
I play in a weekly game among friends - how does this grab you:
Always 5-8 players
$10 dollar buy in
5 or 6 players, winner takes all
7 or above, $60 to winner, balance to 2nd place
T300 in chips: 6x25, 10x10, 10x5
5 / 10 blinds first round
Blinds double every 7 minutes (if 7 players or more, every 8 minutes.
This usually lasts 50 to 75 minutes!
The guys I play with like to get in three of these per get together.
Anyone think this is crazy? |
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UrbanMeyer1
Royal Flush
Joined: 25 Jun 2005
Posts: 720
Location: Gainesville, FL (The Swamp)
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:31 am Post subject: Re: |
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| GripHoldOn wrote: |
| I think that the FTP structure is a little fast. Perhaps start everyone with 3000 in chips instead of 1500? |
That's why I said make the blinds 15 minutes? How are you going to give 9-10 people 3000 chips in a home game yet have one of the blinds be 15/30? |
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UrbanMeyer1
Royal Flush
Joined: 25 Jun 2005
Posts: 720
Location: Gainesville, FL (The Swamp)
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:46 am Post subject: Re: Home tourney formats |
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| PlayingTheBoard wrote: |
The one my friends and I often use is loosely based on the PokerStars system:
20 minute levels, start with $1,500:
Red = $5 x 20 chips = $100
Green = $25 x 16 chips = $400
Black = $100 x 10 chips = $1,000
Level 1 - 10/20 Level 2 - 15/30 Level 3 - 20/40
Level 4 - 25/50 Level 5 - 40/80 Level 6 - 50/100 (Color up reds)
Level 7 - 75/150 Level 8 - 100/200 Level 9 - 100/200, 25 ante
Level 10 - 150/300, 50 ante Level 11 - 200/400, 75 ante
Level 12 - 300/600, 100 ante
We usually have 6 players (+/- 1) so play is quite measured during the first hour, then begins to pick up the pace thereafter, with the tournament almost always ending during the fourth hour (levels 10 - 12).
For people who like a little deeper stacks and a bit slower pace, you can start with $2,000 rather than $1,500 and just give everyone 5 more black chips, which also works pretty well and seems satisfactory to most of our regulars. Then you start with 100 BB rather than 75; the BB at level 4 is 1/40 of your starting stack rather than 1/30; and the BB at level 7 is 7.5% of your starting stack rather than 10%. |
This is good |
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JS13_TPS
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Joined: 20 Jul 2005
Posts: 445
Location: Georgia
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:20 am Post subject: |
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one thing i insist on is a payout structure like there is online, 50/30/20. or close to it.
Did I mention I hate rebuys? LOL. I think if they have the ability to rebuy, they don't play poker, they play tv poker, all in all the time. Sometimes you get lucky, most times, if your facing 3 all in bets, one of them will suck out on you. |
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Jaconda78
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Yeah, but your prize pool ends up being much bigger  |
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PlayingTheBoard
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Joined: 14 Jul 2005
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Location: Nashville, TN
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Thanks for the endorsement Urban. 
We've found through trial-and-error that the format we use allows for players to mix up their play and make some moves in the earlier levels without destroying their stacks if something goes amiss, but by the later levels there is a premium on having built a stack and accumulated some chips, else the blinds will be seriously pressuring your stack at that point. The slower pace in the early levels allows weaker players to still feel as though they've seen a respectable amount of hands, seen a fair number of flops, and generally gotten their money's worth...but by the later levels the pace picks up and the play has opened up to the point where the tournament won't drag on for 3 days. |
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UrbanMeyer1
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Joined: 25 Jun 2005
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Location: Gainesville, FL (The Swamp)
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:05 am Post subject: Re: |
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| PlayingTheBoard wrote: |
Thanks for the endorsement Urban.
We've found through trial-and-error that the format we use allows for players to mix up their play and make some moves in the earlier levels without destroying their stacks if something goes amiss, but by the later levels there is a premium on having built a stack and accumulated some chips, else the blinds will be seriously pressuring your stack at that point. The slower pace in the early levels allows weaker players to still feel as though they've seen a respectable amount of hands, seen a fair number of flops, and generally gotten their money's worth...but by the later levels the pace picks up and the play has opened up to the point where the tournament won't drag on for 3 days. |
No problem, do you mind if I steal it? I plan on trying these and the home poker example this year at school. |
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PlayingTheBoard
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Joined: 14 Jul 2005
Posts: 241
Location: Nashville, TN
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| Not at all, I borrowed liberally from PokerStars, with some modifications. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, or so it's been said. |
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spammy1234
Two Pair
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Posts: 69
Location: Wilbraham, MA
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Howard Lederer's DVD(sorry to plug here) gives a great tournament level structure including when to take out certian chips etc, it is really good and has improved my home game dramatically. My friend has it. otherwise I would give you the details. But to me it is the best. |
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