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The buy in doesn't go directly into the prize pool. We're getting like $300 in prizes donated that are going to be paid out regardless. What's the best way to get the most money? At the moment I'm making it $10 buy in. But do you think I can make it "If you get knocked out, you can get back in for $10"? Or does that just look bad?
If you are trying to keep it simple. Consider allowing players to take a an add-on at the start for additional chips this is easier to administer than rebuys.
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It would be tremendously easier to make it a shootout tournament, with each table playing down to 2, then the final 10 forming the final table. This would avoid having to explain to people why they have to break up tables when people get knocked out. But will this piss too many people off?
Shootouts are nice and easy, but they carry one drawback. Players who win the first round fast are forced to sit around doing nothing waiting for the last table to finish. Some people don't like that.
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I made the blind structure to have no antes since that seems unnecessarily complex. Also, I'm not coloring up chips until the final table.
NOOOO!! color up as soon as you don't need a smaller denomination. Otherwise its a mess. And smaller chips need more time for counting and cause players to bet smaller amounts dragging out a tournament.
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I'm speeding up the blinds once we get to the final table. Since, with 100 people, half the tournament would be at the final table, which would be a pain in the ass. So I'm going to make the blinds go twice as fast at the final table (not time wise, but I'm going to skip half the levels).
The players will love that nonsense. Most players would rather it be faster earlier and slow down when deeper in.