Hosting your hold'em home game

Here's some info on getting started hosting your home hold'em tournament...

Standard Chip Set Starting Chip Count = $1710 10 White ($1 each) 10 Red ($5 each) 10 Green ($25 each) 14 Black ($100 each) Generalized hold'em tournament structure Level Ante Small Blind Big Blind Time Max when 1 - 1 2 8 Min 2 - 2 4 8 Min 3 - 5 10 8 Min 4 - 10 20 8 Min 5 5 25 50 8 Min 6 10 50 100 10 Min 7 25 100 200 10 Min <4 in Tournament 5 Min Break 8 50 200 400 10 Min 4-6 in Tournament 9 75 300 600 15 Min 7-9 in Tournament 10 100 400 800 15 Min 10-12 in Tournament 11 125 500 1000 20 Min 13-15 in Tournament 5 Min Break 12 125 600 1200 20 Min 16-18 in Tournament 13 150 700 1400 25 Min 19-21 in Tournament 14 150 800 1600 25 Min 22-24 in Tournament 5 Min Break 15 200 900 1800 30 Min 25-27 in Tournament 16 200 1000 2000 30 Min 28-30 in Tournament Standard 4-6 Player 2 hour hold'em tournament Pays 2 places 1st 60% 2nd 40% Level Ante Small Blind Big Blind Time 1 - 1 2 8 Min 2 - 2 4 8 Min 3 - 5 10 11 Min 4 - 10 20 13 Min 5 5 25 50 17 Min 6 10 50 100 19 Min 7 10 100 200 21 Min 8 25 200 400 23 Min Standard 7-9 Player 2 hour hold'em tournament Pays top 3 places 1st 50% 2nd 30% 3rd 20% Level Ante Small Blind Big Blind Time 1 - 1 2 8 Min 2 - 2 4 8 Min 3 - 5 10 8 Min 4 - 10 20 10 Min 5 5 25 50 12 Min 6 10 50 100 14 Min 7 10 100 200 20 Min 8 25 200 400 20 Min 9 25 200 400 20 Min Standard 10-12 Player 2 hour hold'em tournament Pays top 3 places 1st 50% 2nd 30% 3rd 20% Level Ante Small Blind Big Blind Time 1 - 1 2 8 Min 2 - 2 4 8 Min 3 - 5 10 8 Min 4 - 10 20 8 Min 5 5 25 50 8 Min 6 10 50 100 10 Min 7 10 100 200 15 Min 8 25 200 400 15 Min 9 25 300 600 20 Min 10 50 400 800 20 Min Standard 13-15 Player 2 hour hold'em tournament Pays top 4 places 1st 45% 2nd 28% 3rd 17% 4th 10% Level Ante Small Blind Big Blind Time 1 - 1 2 8 Min 2 - 2 4 8 Min 3 - 5 10 8 Min 4 - 10 20 8 Min 5 5 25 50 9 Min 6 10 50 100 10 Min 7 10 100 200 12 Min 8 25 200 400 12 Min 9 25 300 600 15 Min 10 50 400 800 15 Min 11 50 500 1000 15 Min Standard 16-18 Player 2 hour hold'em tournament Pays top 4 places 1st 45% 2nd 28% 3rd 17% 4th 10% Level Ante Small Blind Big Blind Time 1 - 1 2 6 Min 2 - 2 4 6 Min 3 - 5 10 6 Min 4 - 10 20 6 Min 5 5 25 50 8 Min 6 10 50 100 8 Min 7 10 100 200 10 Min 8 25 200 400 10 Min 9 25 300 600 15 Min 10 50 400 800 15 Min 11 50 500 1000 15 Min 12 50 600 1000 15 Min Standard 19-21 Player 2 hour hold'em tournament Pays top 5 places 1st 42% 2nd 27% 3rd 16% 4th 10% 5th 5% Level Ante Small Blind Big Blind Time 1 - 1 2 4 Min 2 - 2 4 4 Min 3 - 5 10 4 Min 4 - 10 20 5 Min 5 5 25 50 7 Min 6 10 50 100 8 Min 7 10 100 200 4 Min 8 25 100 200 4 Min 9 25 200 400 10 Min 10 25 300 600 10 Min 11 50 300 600 10 Min 12 50 400 800 20 Min 13 50 500 1000 10 Min 14 100 500 1000 10 Min 15 100 600 1000 10 Min Tournament Clock files for ddpoker2 04-06players.dat 07-09players.dat 10-12players.dat 13-15players.dat 16-18players.dat 19-21players.dat

This should get you started with a tried and true tournament format.

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