OK, reading about the upcoming televising of the national head's up tourney, my interest in doing this is renewed. (I started a new thread on this so we viewers could get right to the meat - there is a whole other discussion on this topic in another thread.)
The Plan:
$40 Buy-In
16 players (if we get swarmed with interest, we'll try to shoot for 32)
One Day event. We'll start at noon with 2 tables. We'll play 2 matches on each table, so we can get 4 matches in at once.
With sixteen players, there will be 8 Round A matches, so there will need to be 2 first round sessions.
It's really hard to estimate how long each match will take. An hour to an hour and a half would be my best guess (though it could be 30 seconds).
To make the timing as fair as possible for everyone, everyone will be required to show up at noon. The non playing players will deal and shuffle for the players; the roles will be reversed for the second session. Translation: if you sign up for this tournament, you're commited to hanging around for the first two rounds win or lose. (Just so none of the second session players decides to be convienently late, we'll draw the brackets just before the tourney - you won't know if you'll be in the sfirst or second seating until you get here.) Plan to arrive by no later than 11:45)
We'll take a 15 minute break between the first and second rounds. At this point we'll need to see if we have enough volunteeers to deal and shuffle. We may need to self deal the second round, hopefully we'll at least have volunteer shufflers.
After the second round, we'll see if a longer break (enough time to eat) is in order. If any one of the semifinalists wants a break we take it. If we don't take it at that point then we'll take it before the finals.
Game Structure:
NL Texas Holdem
Each player recieves 200 chips. (they all have the same value)
Blinds: 1/2, 2/4, 4/8, 8/16 etc.... every 20 minutes.
My thoughts behind this structure:
The first round is pretty light blinds for the starting chips. It gives the players a chance to get settled ino the format rythm without bleeding all of their chips away.
The second round is a good blind level for the starting chips - if you stayed fairly even in the first round, it's time to start playing.
By the third round, you really need to be in the game or else you'll just get eaten up by the blinds.
If we made it to the 4th round, it's time to get things over with - if you happen to be dead even at this point, you have about 8 hands worth of binds left. I don't see this thing lasting more than 4 rounds.
We'll allow a bathroom break between each round if needed.
All players will be placed randomly in the brackets.
Each player will start with 200 chips of a unique color which will make it real easy to set the table for the next match.
Payouts:
Winner: $320
Runner up: $160
Semifinalists: $80 ea.
Bottom line: You have to win 2 matches to get into the money
Projected schedule:
Noon: First session, Round A (8 active players, 16 players total)
1:45: Second session, Round A (8 active players)
3:30 Round B (8 players)
5:15 Round C (4 players)
8:00 Finals (2 players)
Done by 10:00
After Round B we would have a table open for a cash game if there is interest.
So this is my plan, If anyone sees any major oversights, please pipe up early.
If you sign up for this tourney it is critical that you honor your commitment. One player short really fouls up the works. I will accept players on a backup list, but it would be real nice if we don't need to go there.
At this time I'm scheduling it for June 4.
I'm giving BYOC players first crack, but will start allowing guests in a couple of weeks, if we're not full.
If somehow mange to get to 32 players we'll have to either do it over 2 days or start earlier and get 4 tables in play either here or at 2 sites. We'll cross that bridge when we need to......
Evites are forth coming.
The Plan:
$40 Buy-In
16 players (if we get swarmed with interest, we'll try to shoot for 32)
One Day event. We'll start at noon with 2 tables. We'll play 2 matches on each table, so we can get 4 matches in at once.
With sixteen players, there will be 8 Round A matches, so there will need to be 2 first round sessions.
It's really hard to estimate how long each match will take. An hour to an hour and a half would be my best guess (though it could be 30 seconds).
To make the timing as fair as possible for everyone, everyone will be required to show up at noon. The non playing players will deal and shuffle for the players; the roles will be reversed for the second session. Translation: if you sign up for this tournament, you're commited to hanging around for the first two rounds win or lose. (Just so none of the second session players decides to be convienently late, we'll draw the brackets just before the tourney - you won't know if you'll be in the sfirst or second seating until you get here.) Plan to arrive by no later than 11:45)
We'll take a 15 minute break between the first and second rounds. At this point we'll need to see if we have enough volunteeers to deal and shuffle. We may need to self deal the second round, hopefully we'll at least have volunteer shufflers.
After the second round, we'll see if a longer break (enough time to eat) is in order. If any one of the semifinalists wants a break we take it. If we don't take it at that point then we'll take it before the finals.
Game Structure:
NL Texas Holdem
Each player recieves 200 chips. (they all have the same value)
Blinds: 1/2, 2/4, 4/8, 8/16 etc.... every 20 minutes.
My thoughts behind this structure:
The first round is pretty light blinds for the starting chips. It gives the players a chance to get settled ino the format rythm without bleeding all of their chips away.
The second round is a good blind level for the starting chips - if you stayed fairly even in the first round, it's time to start playing.
By the third round, you really need to be in the game or else you'll just get eaten up by the blinds.
If we made it to the 4th round, it's time to get things over with - if you happen to be dead even at this point, you have about 8 hands worth of binds left. I don't see this thing lasting more than 4 rounds.
We'll allow a bathroom break between each round if needed.
All players will be placed randomly in the brackets.
Each player will start with 200 chips of a unique color which will make it real easy to set the table for the next match.
Payouts:
Winner: $320
Runner up: $160
Semifinalists: $80 ea.
Bottom line: You have to win 2 matches to get into the money
Projected schedule:
Noon: First session, Round A (8 active players, 16 players total)
1:45: Second session, Round A (8 active players)
3:30 Round B (8 players)
5:15 Round C (4 players)
8:00 Finals (2 players)
Done by 10:00
After Round B we would have a table open for a cash game if there is interest.
So this is my plan, If anyone sees any major oversights, please pipe up early.
If you sign up for this tourney it is critical that you honor your commitment. One player short really fouls up the works. I will accept players on a backup list, but it would be real nice if we don't need to go there.
At this time I'm scheduling it for June 4.
I'm giving BYOC players first crack, but will start allowing guests in a couple of weeks, if we're not full.
If somehow mange to get to 32 players we'll have to either do it over 2 days or start earlier and get 4 tables in play either here or at 2 sites. We'll cross that bridge when we need to......
Evites are forth coming.
, but I'm counting on Dodger to bring his table as Table 2 at this point )
