Poker Tournament Quick Start

T1000 Tournament Setup

Issue each player 1,000 poker chips using one of these T1,000 poker chip distributions …

T1000 Distribution #1
Players	1	10	20	100
T5	20	200	400	2000
T25	16	160	320	1600
T100	5	50	100	500
Chips	41	410	820	4100

T1000 Distribution #2
Players	1	10	20	100
T5	15	150	300	1500
T25	13	130	260	1300
T100	6	60	120	600
Chips	34	340	680	3400

T1000 Distribution #3
Players	1	10	20	100
T5	10	100	200	1000
T25	10	100	200	1000
T100	7	70	140	700
Chips	27	270	540	2700

Use this blinds schedule …

HomePokerTourney T1000 Blinds
Level	Small	Big
1	10	20
2	15	30
3	20	40
4	25	50
5	50	100
6	75	150
7	100	200
8	150	300
9	200	400
10	300	600
11	400	800
12	500	1000
13	600	1200
14	800	1600
15	1000	2000
1000 or 1500 Chips 20 min levels = 3-4 hours 30 min levels = 5-6 hours

T10,000 Tournament Setup

Issue each player 10,000 poker chips using one of these T10,000 poker chip distributions …

T10,000 Distribution #1
Players	1	10	20	100
T25	20	200	400	2000
T100	15	150	300	1500
T500	6	60	120	600
T1000	5	50	100	500
Chips	46	460	920	4700

T10,000 Distribution #2
Players	1	10	20	100
T25
T100	15	150	300	1500
T500	11	110	220	1100
T1000	3	30	60	300
Chips	29	290	580	2900

T10,000 Distribution #3
Players	1	10	20	100
T25	8	80	160	800
T100	8	80	160	800
T500	8	80	160	800
T1000	5	50	100	500
Chips	29	290	580	2900

Use this blinds schedule ...

HomePokerTourney T10,000 Blinds
Level	Small	Big
1	100	200
2	200	400
3	300	600
4	400	800
5	500	1000
6	600	1200
7	800	1600
8	1000	2000
9	1500	3000
10	2000	4000
11	3000	6000
12	4000	8000
13	5000	10000
14	6000	12000
15	8000	16000
10,000 chips 20 min levels = 3-4 hours 30 min levels = 5-6 hours

Buyin $ Amount

As much money as your guests would feel comfortable losing in a night of poker … $5, $25, $100 or $1000!

Rebuy $ Amount

The rebuy amount is usually the same number of chips and the same dollar amount as the buyin.

Rebuy Length

Limit rebuys to one, or allow unlimited rebuys during the first 3 or 4 levels, or during the first hour of play.

Payout

Use a poker payout similar to this ...

Poker Payout

Players 1-10 11-20 21-30

1st 50% 50% 40%

2nd 30% 25% 25%

3rd 20% 15% 20%

4th - 10% 10%

5th - - 5%

Poker Rule Book

Print a poker rule book (with a Dealer Errors Chart included on the back cover) and keep it near your table …

Poker Blinds Schedule

Create and print a poker blinds schedule to hang on the wall near your table. The HomePokerTourney Create-a-Blind wall poster displays a blinds schedule, a poker chip value chart, a starting chips chart, and a payout chart …

More Create-a-Blind posters are available on the Create-a-Blind page.

How To Shuffle For Poker Video

Watch this HowToShuffle.com video on how to shuffle a deck of cards for playing poker …

Standard Poker Shuffle

Watch more poker shuffling videos at HowToShuffle.com