Hello:
I have a couple of Tournament Director "How To" Questions. I suspect there is an easy way to accomplish what I need to do, but I am just not seeing it. First of all, some background on the event we run annually. This is copied from our site...
The last two years we have run this, it has been a very popular game. This is a chance to relive the glory of the 2012 WSOP November Nine and grind it out in an 8 hour game to earn top prize and top honours. We are pleased to offer up the third annual
WSOP November Nine Blind Bid Event2012 WSOP Blind Bid Event ----- Format -----This is the re-enactment of the November Nine final table 2012 WSOP Main Event and as such there will be different chip stacks in a certain order on the table. This will be the same format that I ran last year with a blind bid system in place for players to submit their bids in advance of the game. High bid gets high stack, and so on. I will publish the Bid Procedure as we get closer to the event. In the meantime, let's check out what this year's game looks like...
Here are the players and stacks for this year's event...
1. 43,875,000 - Jesse Sylvia - SEAT 6
2. 29,375,000 - Andras Koroknai - SEAT 8
3. 28,725,000 - Greg Merson - SEAT 5
4. 24,800,000 - Russell Thomas - SEAT 1
5. 16,860,000 - Steven Gee - SEAT 4
6. 16,260,000 - Michael Esposito - SEAT 9
7. 15,155,000 - Robert Salaburu - SEAT 7
8. 13,115,000 - Jacob Balsiger - SEAT 2
9. 09,805,000 - Jeremy Ausmus - SEAT 3
We are going to run with the 2011 WSOP Blind structure and starting levels. I have Tournament Director set up already for that. Levels are 45 minutes.
LVL - ANTE - BLINDS (Likely 45 Minute Levels)
36 - 50,000 - 250,000 / 500,000
37 - 75,000 - 300,000 / 600,000
38 - 100,000 - 400,000 / 800,000
39 - 150,000 - 500,000 / 1,000,000
Remove 25,000 Chips
40 - 200,000 - 600,000 / 1,200,000
41 - 200,000 - 800,000 / 1,600,000
42 - 300,000 - 1,000,000 / 2,000,000
43 - 300,000 - 1,200,000 / 2,400,000
44 - 400,000 - 1,500,000 / 3,000,000
45 - 500,000 - 2,000,000 / 4,000,000
46 - 500,000 - 2,500,000 / 5,000,000
47 - 1,000,000 - 3,000,000 / 6,000,000
Payouts will be top 3 spots and the payout percentages are as follows: 60%, 30%, & 10%. The actual payout amounts will not be known until we know what the top 9 bids are.
This year's game will be held on
Saturday, December 8th and will be an all day event, same as last year. It is potluck so bring a dish to share. We are doing Pulled Pork in the slow cooker again.
Remember. There are more than 9 people who wish to play in this game. When the bids are revealed, only the top 9 bids play. How bad do you want to play?
My questions are as such:(1) Is there a way I can input the starting chip stacks into Tournament Director for each player?
(2) Is there an easy way to assign names to seat number without having to use the randomly seat players and and hope we get the right seating assignment to mirror the tournament. (I randomized the seating until a player was in the proper seat and them locked that player and randomized the others until they were correct. That seems long and cumbersome and I bet there is a better way to do this).
Thanks in advance...