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connie147 wrote: »

I'm not speaking for the Kings Card club, just making a point. Other casino's or pub games might give out bigger starting stacks which in your opinion gives "more play", but the reality is that it does the opposite. The places that give out the big stacks skip blind levels and the tourney becomes a crapshoot much sooner than a properly structured one with a smaller starting stack.

Example

GAME A GAME B

Starting stack 6k 10k

Level 1--25-50 50-100
Level 2--50-100 100-200
Level 3--75-150 200-400
Level 4-100-200 300-600
Level 5-150-300 400-800
Level 6-200-400 500-1000
Level 7-300-600 800-1500
Level 8-400-800 1000-2000
Level 9-500-1000 2000-4000
Level 10-800-1500 3000-6000
Level 11-1000-2000 4000-8000
Level 12-1500-3000 5000-10000

Now, we'll presume both tourneys have 20 min blind levels (although you'll mostly find the games that give out big starting stacks give shorter blind levels)

If for instance, we say a player just has his stating stack still:

After just 4 levels, the player in game A has 30 bb's while the corrosponding player in game B has 16.5 bb's.

After 9 levels, the player in game A has 6bb's while the player in game B has 2.5bb's.

So even though game A has a lot smaller starting stack, there will be much more play in game A rather than game B.

We here in the Cue Club give a 6,000 stack for F/O's with game A structure, and a game with 20something players in it takes about 4.5hrs to 5hrs to finish.

Next time your playing a relatively small buy-in game with a very big starting stack, take note of how long the blind levels are and how many blind levels are missing.

Connie