Ante Blinds Time
$25-50 25 min.
$50-100 25 min.
$75-150 25 min.
$100-200 25 min.
$25 $100-200 25 min.
$25 $150-300 25 min.
10-minute break
$50 $200-400 25 min.
$50 $250-500 25 min.
$100 $300-600 25 min.
$100 $400-800 25 min.
$200 $500-1,000 25 min.
$200 $600-1,200 25 min.
10-minute break
$300 $700-1,400 25 min.
$300 $800-1,600 25 min.
$400 $1,000-2,000 25 min.
$500 $1,200-2,400 25 min.
$500 $1,500-3,000 25 min.
$500 $2,000-4,000 25 min.
There will be approximately $158,000 in chips at play and I
will begin with $8,000. The most a
player can have is $11,000 and there will be about six people with the maximum
amount. Last year I finished the tournament
in third and had only $9,000 to start, but the cap was set at $10,000 in
chips. I could pay $80 to have an
additional $2,000 in chips, but I don’t think with this blind structure there
is an urgent need for the additional amount.
If I were at $4,000 or $5,000 I might consider it.
I don’t know an exact amount of players who will be in the
tournament yet, but I expect it to be about 18.
My strategy going into the tournament is to play tight but aggressive in
the first four rounds when antes are not a factor. However, once the antes are implemented and
there is more at stake before the cards are ever dealt, I will become much more
aggressive with my standards for a starting hand. Obviously this plan could change drastically
depending on how the cards are falling.
Should I take a big hit early on, I may have to go into
lockdown mode until I get a good enough hand to start pushing. Yet, if I get a rush of good cards in the
beginning I could start pushing people around with my chip stack, no matter
what the size of the pot pre-flop.
Once I have a clearer idea of how many players will be
involved and what the exact starting chip stacks will be I can formulate a more
concrete approach.
