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casacubana:
hi guys,

i am hosting a event of 5 days 3000$ buy-in(day1a-day1b-day1c-day2-day3 final table) 450 players/30,000 starting chip stack +5,000 chips add-on dealer.
i want to reach 30% of the field for each day1 and bring back 140-150 players for day 2 and 10 players for day3(final table) but i am not sure if my structure will allow me to do so!is my structure slow enough/fast enough?also what if i get only 300 players? can you please give me hand,here's the structure:

$3000 Main Event Blind Structure                     
                     
LEVEL         ANTE         BLINDS   
LEVEL 1                  25-50   
LEVEL 2                  50-100   
LEVEL 3                  75-150   
         10 Min Break            
LEVEL 4                   100-200   
LEVEL 5         25         150-300   
         10 Min Break            
LEVEL 6         50         200-400   
LEVEL 7         50         300-600   
         30 Min Dinner Break/Chip Up            
LEVEL 8         100         400-800   
LEVEL 9         100         500-1000   
LEVEL 10         100         600-1200   
         10 Min Break            
LEVEL 11         200         800-1600   
LEVEL 12         200         1000-2000   
LEVEL 13         300         1200-2400   
         10 Min Break            
LEVEL 14         300         1500-3000   
LEVEL 15         400         2000-4000   
LEVEL 16         500         3000-6000   
         10 Min Break            
LEVEL 17         1000         4000-8000   
LEVEL 18         1000         5000-10,000   
LEVEL 19         2000         6000-12,000   
         10 Min Break            
LEVEL 20         2000         8000-16,000   
LEVEL 21         3000         10,000-20,000   
LEVEL 22         4000         15,000-30,000   
         10 Min Break            
LEVEL 23         5000         20,000-40,000   
LEVEL 24         5000         30,000-60,000   
LEVEL 25         10,000         40,000-80,000   
LEVEL 26         10,000         50,000-100,000

thank you very much
laura   

MikeB:
Hi Laura: Without going through the calculations to see if you reach your goals for numbers of players (please refer to numerous prior posts on how to calculate blinds to reach a target number of players)....  I would make the following suggestions:

A) a 5-day tournament is quite prestigious and will be an arduous challenge for your players. Given that, I would highly recommend against "dramatic" blind increases such as you have in levels: 5, 7, 16, 22 and 24.  Your scheduled increases on those levels are at least 50%. That's too steep for a blind increase at a prestigious tournament, IMO.

B) Your starting stack of 35,000 tourney chips is 700 times the first BB of 50.  It's not necessary to start out with such a disparity. You could easily start out with your 50-100 level (which is 1 / 350th of your starting stack).

By making the adjustments in your blind increases, you can smooth out the increases so that they are never more than 20-25% per level. Even 25% is steep for a 5-day event. Your players will appreciate the slower increases as this permits them to play their best poker.... and perhaps most important, greatly increases the likelihood they will return for your next event!  Good luck and let us know how it turns out.

casacubana:
the calculations of how to reach 30% of the field for each day 1 is my main problem!don't seem to know how to use the formula of 5% on multipule days(nb of players x starting stack x 5%=bb of the last level)please more help will be greatly appreciad
regards
laura

MikeB:
Laura please advise as to whether you have a time limit for each day. For example, do you have to be out of the building by midnight each day, or can you play until you reach your approximate target number of players each night?

Thanks!

casacubana:
hi mike,
no i don't have to be out of the building!i can play untill the target number is reached!
regards
laura

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