My question is why have break 4 be 40 min long when the others are just 8 min long. I can understand a longer break to a point, but I'd probably go more towards 20, 25 min personally. I think it's a decent structure otherwise, perhaps a little long on the blinds length, but then again, that's just my personal preference. Odds are, though, I think you'd have no issues with being done by 10.
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Sorry. I should have mentioned that the 40 minute break is for a buffet provided by the venue, where the game is being held.
The venue have been good enough to let me run it there, obviously they expect to make some money from drinks sales. So I want people to stay the distance. So i have tried to give a game where people will not be under pressure early on, and that's why I have given them 200 big blinds starting stack. There will be 1 table sit and go's for those who get eliminated early on.
One other concern is what effect, if any, having a bounty hunter will have on the tournament, Will it make it too fast?
Also I was going to withhold all the prizes until the end of the tournament and then have a presentation to the prize winners. Along with a couple of trophies. Is that a good idea? Or should i pay the bounties out as and when they occur?
Many thanks for the quick reply and the advice, much appreciated.