BARGE No Limit Hold'em Tournament Structure

Initial Chips: T2000

All levels are 25 minutes.

Tables will be played 10 handed.

Level
Ante
Blinds
1
-
25
2
-
25-25
3
-
25-50
4
-
50-75
Break for 10 minutes.
5
-
50-100
6
-
75-150
7
-
100-200
8
25
100-200
Break for 5 minutes.
9
25
150-300
10
50
200-400
11
50
300-600
12
75
400-800
Break for 10 minutes, race off T25 chips.
13
100
600-1,200
14
100
1,000-2,000
15
200
1,500-3,000
Break for 5 minutes.
16
200
2,000-4,000
17
300
3,000-6,000
18
500
5,000-10,000
Break for 10 minutes, remove T100 chips.
19
500
7,500-15,000
20
1,000
10,000-20,000
21
1,500
15,000-30,000
22
2,000
20,000-40,000
Break for 5 minutes.
23
3,000
30,000-60,000
24
5,000
50,000-100,000
25
5,000
50,000-150,000

For All BARGE Poker Tournaments:

To facilitate table balancing and fairness, a player chosen to move to balance a table will be selected via position from button instead of from a random draw.

Chip Races

No one will be allowed to bust out because of the chip race. Anyone in such danger will receive one higher denomination chip.

Breaks

The tournament will break for dinner at 6:45 PM and resume play following the banquet.

There will be a five minute break and redraw of seats when "in the money" (18 places).

There will be a five minute break and redraw of seats for the final table (9 places).

Prize structure

Places 9 through 18 receive a fixed dollar amount. Places 1 through 8 receive a percentage of the remaining prize pool.

Place
1
25.0%
2
18.00%
3
13.00%
4
10.00%
5
8.00%
6
6.00%
7
4.00%
8
2.75%
9
2.00%
10-12
1.50%
13-15
1.25%
16-18
1.00%