ATLARGE TOC Tournament Structure

Initial chips: T5,000. Nine players to a table. Game rotation order: Seven Stud, Omaha/8, Holdem

Rounds: approximately 36 minutes during the limit games. No Limit rounds will be 20 minutes each.

During each round, two of the three games will be played. Holdem rounds will be 15 minutes, Seven Stud rounds will be 18 minutes, and Omaha Hi/Lo rounds will be 22 minutes.

Level       Limits           Blinds          Antes        Bring-in
1             30-60           15-30            5               10
2             50-100         25-50           10              15
3             75-150         50-75           15              25
Break for 10 minutes, Remove T5 chips.
4            150-300        75-150          25             50
5            200-400        100-200        25             75
6            300-600        150-300        50             100
Break for 10 minutes, Remove T25 chips.
7            600-1,200      300-600        100           200
8            1,000-2,000   500-1,000     200           300
9            1,500-3,000   800-1,500     300           500

Break for 10 minutes.
Switch to No Limit Holdem with 20 minute rounds:

Level                        Blinds                        Antes
10    No Limit            1,000-2,000                200
11    No Limit            1,500-3,000                300
Break for 5 minutes, Remove T100 chips.
12    No Limit            2,000-4,000                500
13    No Limit            3,000-6,000                500
14    No Limit            4,000-8,000                1,000
15    No Limit            5,000 10,000               1,500
16    No Limit            5,000 15,000               2,000
17    No Limit            10,000-20,000             5,000

At some point we allot 10 minutes to reorganize at the final table (9 handed). If the final table is reached during Level 9, proceed to play No Limit Holdem with the Level 10 structure for the remaining Level 9 time, then continue with level 10 (i.e., no further change until Level 11). Otherwise, start playing No Limit at Level 10 even if the final table has not been reached.

No Limit is scheduled to go into effect at level 10, not at the final table. Otherwise the tournament would probably run too long.

Minutiae

The placement of the button should be determined before play begins, even though stud is going to be the first game. During stud, the player who is to have the button in the forthcoming blind-game will hold the button. Should this player be moved the button remains in the spot, and will become a dead button. Should another player be moved into this spot, he/she will inherit the button. The chip-splitting rule is:

• High hand takes precedence over low hand.
• First-to-act takes precedence over last-to-act.
  

Note that it is possible to get quartered or sixthed out of the tournament.

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           25.00%
2nd          18.00%
3rd           13.00%
4th           10.00%
5th             8.00%
6th             6.00%
7th             4.00%
8th             2.75%
9th             2.00%
10th-12th   1.50%
13th-15th   1.25%
16th-18th   1.00%

* Note that the prize structure will be adjusted, depending on the total number of entries (which is expect to be right around 100).