Here's the latest incarnation of the blind structure.
Tweaked it yet again because lately tournaments have been concluding at 130am. Even worse, the money bubble has been bursting at about midnight. My goal is to get us back to where the bubble breaks at 11 and the whole thing wraps at 12:30.
20,000 in chips. 20 minute levels. No antes.
1 25-50
2 50-100
3 75-150
4 100-200
5 150-300
BREAK 10 minutes COLOR UP 25s
6 200-400
7 300-600
8 500-1000
9 800-1600
BREAK 10 minutes COLOR UP 100s
10 1000-2000
11 1500-3000
12 2000-4000
13 3000-6000
14 5000-10000
BREAK 5-10 minutes COLOR UP 500s
15 8000-16000
16 10000-20000
17 15000-30000
18 20000-40000
This is still a very good structure, better than the Aria's which it is based on - there are no antes which allows for more play (and less of a hassle to remember) and we also add the 75/150 and the 150/300, which Aria does not have.
The big difference is that we remove the 2/3/4/6/8 progression, both in the hundreds and the thousands - and replace it with a 2/3/5/8 progression, for a grand total removal of two levels. But there is still also absolutely no doubling of blinds except for the first two levels.
I'm hoping the tournament will now still conclude with around 30 bigs on the table total, only instead of nearly 2am it should be just after midnight.
We will see.
