Posted Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:08 am GMT by Tamek
Hi,
i recently bought a chip bag ranging from 1 to 10.000.
Now it happens that most of the time we have 4 players.
We used to play Texas Hold'em like this:
Starting amount: 250€
It s 20/40 so the Blinds start at 5 for SB and 10 for BB increasing for the double amount each 2 - 3 rounds.
Pre-flop and flop there s the 20€ max bid .... and it's the starting bid plus 3 raises, turn and river there s 40€ max bid.
I wanted to ask if this system seems balanced to you, or if it needs some corrections? And where do we stop raising the Blinds if we double them each time?
Thanks for your suggestions 
greetings from Vienne
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Posted Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:21 am GMT by MasterShake
Are you playing a tournament? Is this limit?
If it's a tournament, you should start with a minimum of 25 times the first big blind to make it fair, and I like to start with 50 or more.
One option would be to start with 1000 in chips and do
5/10
10/20
15/30
25/50
50/100
75/150
100/200
150/300
200/400
300/600
400/800
500/1000
Chances are you won't even make it to that last blind level and this tourney should last a while if it's No Limit. If it's limit, then you might want to start with less chips, say maybe 500. This way the tourney won't last quite as long, but you still have plenty of chips to make it fun and fair.
Posted Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:36 am GMT by Tamek
thanks for the answer.
yes it is limit since the max bet values are 20 and 40
and the played rounds are not connected. the winner get s a small pot and after that a new round is started, so i guess that s not a tournament 
i think 500€ sounds good, then this blindsystem probably could work, still with the 20/40 bet max
5/10
10/20
15/30
25/50
50/100
75/150
100/200
150/300
200/400
300/600
Posted Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:27 am GMT by MasterShake
I'm still a little confused. Can players cash out their chips and leave or do you play until one person has all the chips?
Posted Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:32 am GMT by Tamek
Until one person has got all the chips, sry for explaining it not exactly.
Posted Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:02 pm GMT by MasterShake
| Tamek wrote: | | Until one person has got all the chips, sry for explaining it not exactly. |
Your 20/40 is what's throwing me off. It sounds like you're playing spread limit. But your spread would have to change in relation to the blinds. So if you're doing 5/10 blinds you could have a bet of anything from 10-20 pre-flop and on the flop and then 10-40 on the turn and river, but then when the blinds increase to 10/20 you'd want to change the spreads up to 20-40 or something.
I've never played a spread limit tourney before so there might be a lot of trial and error to get it how you want it. Have you guys considered playing No Limit, Pot limit or Fixed Limit?
Posted Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:19 pm GMT by Tamek
Hmmm well seems like we re playing spread limit
Okay so if the blinds are increased we have to increase the 2 limits in relation to that, thanks.
No limit we haven t considered, but for sure will be worth a try once.
Pot limit to me seems too much of always calculating what amount already is in 
Fixed limit would mean for example: instead of the lower limit in the flop, pre flop, there s the maximum amount through all 4 rounds.
If our blinds start at 5/10, then the 1st max raise would be 20 .. and so on,
always raising it the double amount of the BB?
Posted Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:37 pm GMT by MasterShake
| Tamek wrote: | Pot limit to me seems too much of always calculating what amount already is in
Fixed limit would mean for example: instead of the lower limit in the flop, pre flop, there s the maximum amount through all 4 rounds.
If our blinds start at 5/10, then the 1st max raise would be 20 .. and so on,
always raising it the double amount of the BB? |
Yeah, I would avoid Pot Limit. Fixed limit would be something like the blinds are 5/10 and the bet can only be 10 before and on the flop and it can only be 20 on the turn and on the river. No more and no less. THere can be a total of four bets on any one round.
Yes the way you're doing things, if the blinds are 5/10, then you could make the 1st max raise 20 (or more if you like) for pre-flop and on the flop, and then 40 on the turn and river.
This website has TONS of info on how to setup a fun tournament.
http://www.homepokertourney.com
Posted Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:56 pm GMT by Tamek
| Quote: | | Fixed limit would be something like the blinds are 5/10 and the bet can only be 10 before and on the flop and it can only be 20 on the turn and on the river. |
You say that s Fix Limit, but isn t that split limit? oO
Posted Mon Oct 16, 2006 2:33 pm GMT by MasterShake
| Tamek wrote: | | Quote: | | Fixed limit would be something like the blinds are 5/10 and the bet can only be 10 before and on the flop and it can only be 20 on the turn and on the river. |
You say that s Fix Limit, but isn t that split limit? oO |
I've never heard of split limit.
Posted Mon Oct 16, 2006 2:49 pm GMT by Tamek
Spread limit, sry ... i m already a bit confused
Posted Mon Oct 16, 2006 5:14 pm GMT by MasterShake
| Tamek wrote: | | Spread limit, sry ... i m already a bit confused |
TH-P has a whole page dedicated to the various limit styles.
http://www.texasholdem-poker.com/limits.php
Posted Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:33 am GMT by Tamek
Okay, thanks alot MasterShake!
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