Joined: Aug '07
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For freerolls, what do you consider the best tournament structure? With starting chip stack, blind levels, etc?
If the amount is important, it will be in the $/€ 100-200 range, so not a huge prize though. But if the tournament structure is good, maybe it will work for $500-$1500 freerolls as well?
Let's find out what the ultimate tournament structure is
Joined: Oct '08
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hmmm just because it's a freeroll doesn't mean it should be any different from a standard tourny. 1500 starting chips, 10 minute blinds tends to be the standard.
Joined: May '08
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Like Ongame's MAD TILT ALL IN tourneys. Start with 10/20 blinds and a stack of 60. Winner takes it all. Length of the blindlevels should not be a factor.
Joined: Mar '08
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It would depend on who its for, new players or not and how big a field would be involved. If new players pay out 3 ppl per table, so 100players = 30 payouts. (10 man tables) If already depositing players 2 places per table. 2 hrs is plenty of time, 5 min breaks 40 mins 2000 starting chips, blinds up every 7 mins level SB BB Time (with around 100 players) 1 5 10 +0:00 2 10 20 +0:07 3 15 30 +0:14 4 20 40 +0:21 5 30 60 +0:28 6 50 100 +0:35 7 75 150 +0:42 break 8 100 200 +0:49 9 150 300 +0:56 10 200 400 +1:03 11 400 800 +1:10 12 600 1200 +1:17 13 1000 2000 +1:24 14 1500 3000 +1:31 break 15 2000 4000 +1:38 16 3000 6000 +1:45 17 5000 10000 +1:52 18 8000 16000 +1:59 19 10000 20000 +2:06 20 20000 40000 +2:13 21 30000 60000 +2:20
I'd say 1500 stacks and 10 min blinds increase or 8 but 5 is fking turbo and i hate seeing people with fking large stacks just go all in all the time at the end
Joined: Mar '08
Location: Denmark
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I like the PokerStars structure with 1500 stack, 10 minute blinds starting at 10/20.
At my local pokerclub we play with 5000 in chips, blinds starting at 25/50 30 minute blinds in the first 2 levels, 20 after that. i like that stucture for live games, but for internet games it might be a bit dull.
Joined: Sep '08
Location: Malta
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Posted by Administrator: So it seems that 1500 starting chips and maybe 8 minute blind structure is okay?
Agree with the 8 minute blinds (5 min would be good too). But if registration is not restricted to under 500, i'd like to see 1000 starting chips.
Then again if we're talking about $1500 freeroll, even $1500 with 10 min blinds sounds good. (free money is always good though, just have to have the patience to play for it)
that's all 
