hello all,, im new to the tournament director, i am holding a deep stack tournament in a few weeks, 40 players 100$ buy in.. , and i am having a hard time calculating chips and blind structures, i want to start the tournament with anywhere from 20k to 35k in chips, 25 minute rounds with a break after every 3 rounds, and chip ups.. my chip count is as follows incliding the values i am thinking,,, but if you have any other suggestions on values ,, i am all ears!
red 650-t25
white 600-t100
green 350-t500
black 200-t1000
orange 200-t5000
yellow 200-t10,000
a chip calculator that i used on the internet, i calculated
16 t25
11 t100
5 t500
1 t 1000
1 t5000
1 t10,000
giving me a total of 20k in chips to start each player
i am thinking of starting blinds at 25/100 with chip ups and slowly getting aggressive about 3 hours in, does anyone have a good template to use for my blind structure? i want the tournament to last at least 4 hours, so if a run a 6-7 hour structure it should come out about 4-5 hours total, the tournament director suggestion, is way too aggressive even with it on relaxed, giving me 25/50 first round 1500/3000 second round......
any help would be greatly appreciated!!