Poker Tournament Blinds Schedules

Live Poker Tournament Blinds Schedules

Akwesanse Mohawk Casino (WPT)
Bay 101 Shooting Star WPT (2005)
Foxwoods NEPC 2005
Foxwoods NEPC 2004 Single Table Satellite
Foxwoods March 2006 Schedules
Foxwoods Tuesday No-limit
Horseshoe Tunica
Monte Carlo Millions
Orleans Hotel & Casino (click on a day)

Online Poker Tournament Blinds Schedules

Remember that these are online games so if you adapt these blinds schedules for a live tournament, make sure to double or triple the length of the blinds (at least!).

Absolute Poker
BoDog
Empire Poker
Full Tilt (Sit & Go) (Multi-table) (Heads-up)
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UltimateBet Multi-table Sit & Go - No Limit & Pot limit, Limit, Seven Card Stud

Blinds Schedules Submitted by HPT Readers

H.O.R.S.E. Tournament Structure in a zipped MS Word format by Rick Smith

Here are several blinds schedules. Use 20, 30, 45 or 60 minute levels, depending on how long you want your tourney to last. Your tourney will probably end a level or two before the big blind equals the buyin chip amount.

Limit Schedule

Start with 2500 chips.
One rebuy and one add-on by end of round 2.

Hour 1  [15 minute levels]
1. blinds   5/10 limit 10/20
2. blinds 10/15 limit 15/30
3. blinds 10/20 limit 20/40
4. blinds 15/25 limit 25/50

Hour 2  [20 minute levels]
5. blinds 20/40 limit 40/80
6. blinds 25/50 limit 50/100
7. blinds 25/75 limit 75/150

Hour 3  [30 minute levels]
8. blinds 50/100 limit 100/200
9. blinds 75/150 limit 150/300

Hour 4  [30 minute levels]
10. blinds 100/200 limit 200/400
11. blinds 150/300 limit 300/600

Hour 5
12. blinds 200/400 limit 400/800

Thereafter ...
Increase by 50/100 and 100/200 every 30 minutes.

Multiple Rebuy Tourney

This format features a low buyin with multiple rebuys and a hefty add-on. The result should be a wild game with lots of risk-taking. This schedule uses timed blinds for the first three rounds and then the blinds increase each time a player is eliminated.

BUYIN: $10 buys 1000 chips

REBUYS: $10
Player must have less than 500 in chips to rebuy.
Rebuys will be progressive for the first three rounds.
No rebuys after round 3.
Round 1: $10 for 1000 chips
Round 2: $10 for 1250 chips
Round 3: $10 for 1500 chips

ADD-ON: $10 for 1500 chips
At conclusion of round 3 only.
All players may add-on for 1500 chips.
Regardless of player chip stack size.

BLIND STRUCTURE (30 MINUTE ROUNDS)

Round 1: 25- 25
Round 2: 25-50
Round 3: 50-100
Break 15 Minutes (Color Up, Rebuys and Add-On's)

After Round 3, the blinds will change as players are eliminated.

9 Players: 100/200
8 Players: 200/400
7 Players: 300/600
6 Players: 400/800
5 Players: 500/1000
4 Players: 600/1200
3:Players: 700/1400
2 Players: 800/1600

Once the players are heads up, the blinds increase 100/200 every 30 minutes.

Poker After Dark blinds schedule

HPT Forums thread about the PAD blinds schedule

BUYIN: $20,000 buys 20,000 chips
20 x T25, 40 x T100, 11 x T500, two straps of $5,000 each
35 minute blinds levels?

100/200
150/300
200/400
300/600
400/800
600/1200
800/1600
1000/2000
1500/3000
2000/4000
3000/6000