SPT Grand Final Structure

SPT

In response to requests, here it is

10,000 starting chips

45 minute clock

2 days

LEVEL	SMALL BLIND	BIG BLIND	ANTE
1	25	50
2	50	100
3	75	150
4	100	200
5	100	200	25
6	150	300	25
7	200	400	50
8	300	600	50
9	400	800	100
10	600	1200	100
11	800	1600	200
12	1000	2000	200
13	1200	2400	300
14	1500	3000	300
15	2000	4000	400
16	3000	6000	600
17	4000	8000	800
18	5000	10000	1000
19	6000	12000	1000
20	8000	16000	1500
21	10000	20000	2000
22	12000	24000	2500
23	15000	30000	3000
24	20000	40000	4000
25	25000	50000	5000
26	30000	60000	6000
27	40000	80000	8000
28	50000	100000	10000
29	60000	120000	12000
30	75000	150000	15000

BrownnDog

Nice structure

MaundyD1

is there a certain amount of levels that will be played on day 1 or will it be played down to a certain amount of players?

FlashFlush

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Nice structure
Posted by BrownnDog

+1

 WD Rich, cant wait

Gavinxxxx

Great Job !

Hope i qualify

SwansFC

Curious as to why this structure couldn't of been used in previous spt's through the year but is for this one?

FlashFlush

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Curious as to why this structure couldn't of been used in previous spt's through the year but is for this one?
Posted by SwansFC

Final is a 2 day event...

Machka

Great structure, all pointy like pylons, I bet Tikay approves.

SwansFC

Then why couldn't they make the other spt's 2 day events? Most people stayed till the sunday anyway

mr_mbro

Hi Swans
As i see it, the main reason is cost.
Most people would have to stay in a hotel for a second night or face a long travel back home, from some of the venues.
Also the cost of the venues, to Sky Poker.
I can and have played most of the venues in the Spt(except Swansea for various reasons), but i would not wish to waste my holiday entitlement on travelling back from an event. Before you question why i am play the final then, i am on holiday for the week after the tourney. Plus the cost of stopping a second night would run to about £100(hotel, drink, food)any other tourney costs.
A lot of players, who are knocked out on day1, stick around for the day2 and will play sit n gos, then play the Sunday night tourney.

I for one think the SPT final should remain as the only 2 day(grown up) event, but i would also like to see, for next year,(if it goes ahead), the structure change to allow a bit more play in the earlier stages.
I say this as i believe it was a bit like a turbo tourney in the early stages and then slowed down. Ithink you could remove levels from the middle of the tourney, to achieve the same desired finishing time, but give all players the value of lasting longer than this year. 

col

SPT

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is there a certain amount of levels that will be played on day 1 or will it be played down to a certain amount of players?
Posted by MaundyD1

It will play a number of levels, 9 or 10 from memory..to around 50 players remaining

MP33

how many players altogetor?

Gavinxxxx

Not sure if im right here, but if the tourny fills, will that make it £40,000 ? and if it does fill how many places get paid from 200 runners ?

mr_mbro

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Not sure if im right here, but if the tourny fills, will that make it £40,000 ? and if it does fill how many places get paid from 200 runners ?
Posted by Gavinxxxx

Hi Gavin,
Yes, every £200 fee goes into the prize pool. The guarantee is £25k, so if only 100 players turn up that is paid out, but if the £25k figure is not reached Sky will look into whether they can sustain the tourney or move it to a quieter time of the year, although when they originally put it on the calendar that weekend was clear(not the case now). Last year the final prize pool was about £56,000 and i think the top 10% get paid.

You have to look at it from a buisness perspective, if Sky Poker made the guarantee £40k(with the cap at 200 players) and only 100 players attend, that would be £15k overlay(not good), so the guarantee is at a level they know can and will be reached and if more turn up then it is added value to the tourney.

I know the min number of players will be reached and with 5 weeks to go the prize pool will be bigger than £25k.

col

FlashFlush

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Not sure if im right here, but if the tourny fills, will that make it £40,000 ? and if it does fill how many places get paid from 200 runners ?
Posted by Gavinxxxx

As Col said, I believe its about 10%. Last year we had 250max, and we were over filled so actually had alternates and ended with over that figure if I am correct?? My prediction is it will be about 3-4 hours into Day2 before the bubble bursts.
From memory top prize was 17k, so worth winning

TheBouncer

I've bitten the bullet and spent most of my work bonus money to enter this as my first live SPT event and am looking to enjoy the experience without any expectation of how well or badly I do!! I'm pretty comfortable playing live with my friends and managing chips, but I am curious to know how the 10,000 will be represented as a stack of chips (looking at the ante - up to level 8 before a change?). Can anyone advise so I can get some practice in, albeit quicker clock, for the next poker evening I organise. I am guessing perhaps:
20x25 = 500
40x100 = 4000
11x500 = 5500
Thanks

tennispair

thats a pretty nice structure for a 2 day event. real shame i cant play

Gavinxxxx

I was wondering what the chip stacks would be aswell, i.e how many 100 chips etc

mr_mbro

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I've bitten the bullet and spent most of my work bonus money to enter this as my first live SPT event and am looking to enjoy the experience without any expectation of how well or badly I do!! I'm pretty comfortable playing live with my friends and managing chips, but I am curious to know how the 10,000 will be represented as a stack of chips (looking at the ante - up to level 8 before a change?). Can anyone advise so I can get some practice in, albeit quicker clock, for the next poker evening I organise. I am guessing perhaps: 20x25 = 500 40x100 = 4000 11x500 = 5500 Thanks
Posted by TheBouncer

Hi

If can remember from last year, i think there was a 5000 chip, a couple of 1000 chips, a few 500 chips then the rest made up of 100s, 50, 25s.


col

TheBouncer

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In Response to Re: SPT Grand Final Structure : Hi If can remember from last year, i think there was a 5000 chip, a couple of 1000 chips, a few 500 chips then the rest made up of 100s, 50, 25s. col
Posted by mr_mbro

Thanks Col. If that's the case, what is the etiquette for asking if I could break the 5000 into smaller denominations......at least for the first hour. :-)  I guess having fewer chips on the table encourages people to bet bigger and knock people out quicker....

Unknown

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I was wondering what the chip stacks would be aswell, i.e how many 100 chips etc
Posted by Gavinxxxx

A 10,000 start stack normally consists of;

4 x 25
4 x 100
5 x 500
7 x 1000


Mix and match depending on how many chips the club has of each denomination