BARGE 7-Card Stud Shootout Tournament Structure

Play starts with 10 tables or so, each table plying until there is a single winner. The winner from each table advances to a second round, restarting with T1500. Second place from each table gets their money back.

Initial chips: T1500

Eight players to a table.

Rounds: All levels are 20 minutes.

Level
Ante
Bring-In
Limits
1
20* 5 15-30
2
5 10 25-50
3**
5 15 35-70
4
10 15 50-100
5
15 25 75-150
10 minute break. Race off T5 chips.
6
25 25 100-200
7
25 50 150-300
8
50 75 200-400
9
50 100 300-600
Break for 10 minutes, Remove T25 chips.
10
100 200 500-1,000
11
200 300 1,000-2,000
12
300 500 1,500-3,000

* The first level will have a single ante on the button.

** The second round (with all the first round winners) will start at level 3.

Play should end in round 9 or in one of the first hands of round 10, that is, in less than four hours. For the second round, use the same structure, starting the remaining players with T1500 chips again.

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.

Prize structure

1st
24.5%
2nd
17.0%
3rd
13.0%
4th
10.0%
5th
8.0%
6th
6.0%
7th
4.0%
8th
2.0%
9th-10th
1.5%
11th-20th
$75