Thursday, September 13, 2012

PSP TOURNAMENT BLIND STRUCTURES & BUY-INS

PSP MONTHLY TOURNAMENTS. UPDATED FOR 2025

All tournaments, except Fix Limit tournaments (see below) have up to two optional re-entries before the 1st break.  Players may re-enter when felted, or if they prefer they may surrender their stack for re-entry as well. 

All players on a short stack also have an option to surrender their stack during the 1st break and re-enter, regardless of number of previous re-entries.

If a player busts twice BEFORE the break, they may stick around but not play until the first break, at which point they may re-enter for a third time and join the tournament when play resumes.

Fix Limit Tournaments have unlimited re-entries through the 2nd break.


BUY-IN

$60 for 20K in chips.  NO BOUNTY - Unless it's specifically a Bounty tournament.

$40 to re-enter for 20K in chips.

2K early/on-time bonus.

Fix Limit Tournaments have an entirely optional $20 Last Longer Bet.

TOC is a Free-Roll.  Main Event is $100 with $60 re-entry.



NEW STRUCTURE FOR 2025 (for Saturday Monthly NLHE)


Saturday Monthly Tournaments start promptly at 530PM (see exception below)

NEW FOR 2025 - HOT WEATHER POLICY
  • Forecast for a high of 88° or more - play on the patio on time OR start time moved to 7pm
  • Forecast for a high of 94° or more - we play on the patio on time.

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NO-LIMIT HOLD-EM --- ALL LEVELS ARE 20 Minutes - STARTING STACK IS 20K

CHIPS -  T25, T100, T500, T1K, T5K  -  8/8/4/7/2. (25K chips used later)

2K on time bonus.

25/50
50/100
75/150
100/200
150/300

12 MINUTE BREAK - COLOR UP 25s - BIG BLIND ANTE NOW IN PLAY

200/400/400
300/600/600
500/1000/500
800/1600/1600

12 MINUTE BREAK - COLOR UP 100s & 500s 

1000/2000/2000
1000/3000/3000
2000/4000/4000
3000/6000/6000
5000/10000/10000
8000/16000/16000

10 MINUTE BREAK - COLOR UP 1Ks

10K/20K/20K
15K/30K/30K
20K/40K/40K


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NO-LIMIT HOLD-EM - MAIN EVENT & TOC --- ALL LEVELS ARE 25 Minutes ---  1PM START

STARTING STACK IS 40K (35K for invitees)  - T100, T500, T1000, T5000  10/4/7/4(3)

Extra 5K for each tournament won beyond the first.

100/100
100/200
100/200/200
100/300/300
200/400/400

12 MINUTE BREAK

300/600/600
400/800/800
500/1000/1000
600/1200/1200
800/1600/1600

12 MINUTE BREAK - Color Up 100s

1000/2000/2000
1500/3000/3000
2000/4000/4000
2500/5000/5000

10 MINUTE BREAK - Color Up 500s

3000/6000/6000
4000/8000/8000
5000/10000/10000
6000/12000/12000
8000/16000/16000

10 MINUTE BREAK - Color Up 1000s

10000/20000/20000
15000/30000/30000
20000/20000/40000
30000/60000/60000
40000/80000/80000
50000/100000/100000

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POT LIMIT MIX GAMES --- ALL LEVELS ARE 20 Minutes - STARTING STACK IS 20K

CHIPS -  T100, T500, T1K, T5K  -  10/4/7/2. (25K chips used later)

Big Blind Ante does not count for POT pre-flop.    2K on time bonus.

100/100
100/200
100/200/200
100/300/300
200/400/400

12 MINUTE BREAK

300/600/600
400/800/800
500/1000/1000
600/1200/1200
800/1600/1600

12 MINUTE BREAK - Color Up 100s

1000/2000/2000
1500/3000/3000
2000/4000/4000
2500/5000/5000

10 MINUTE BREAK - Color Up 500s

3000/6000/6000
4000/8000/8000
5000/10000/10000
6000/12000/12000
8000/16000/16000

10 MINUTE BREAK - Color Up 1000s

10000/20000/20000
15000/30000/30000

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FIXED LIMIT TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE 

Players Start with 20000 Chips - x20 T25s x20 T100s x5 T500s x6 T1Ks. x2 T5Ks 

Rounds are 20 Minutes

In H.O.R.S.E. - 8 Hands for each game.  Games are...
  • Hold-Em
  • Omaha/8
  • Razz
  • Seven Stud
  • Eight or Better Seven Stud

Ante/Bring-In/Complete    Small Blind/Big Blind              Small Bet/Big Bet

25/50/100                              50/100                                    100/200
50/75/150                              75/150                                    150/300
75/100/200                            100/200                                  200/400
100/150/300                          150/300                                  300/600
100/200/400                          200/400                                  400/800

10 MIN BREAK - Color up 25s

100/300/600                          300/600                                    600/1200 
200/500/1000                        500/1000                                  800/1600    
300/600/1200                        600/1200                                  1200/2400
500/1000/2000                      1000/2000                                2000/4000
800/1500/3000                      1500/3000                                3000/6000

10 MIN BREAK - Color Up 100s & 500s

1000/2000/4000                      2000/4000                                4000/8000
1000/3000/6000                      3000/6000                                6000/12000
2000/4000/8000                      4000/8000                                8000/16000
3000/6000/10000                    6000/12000                              12000/24000
4000/8000/16000                    8000/16000                              16000/32000

10 MIN BREAK - Color Up 1000s

5K/10K/20K                            10K/20K                                  20K/40K
5K/15K/30K                            15K/30K                                  30K/60K
10K/20K/40K                          20K/40K                                  40K/80K
15K/30K/60K                          30K/60K                                  60K/120K

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MIXED BET AND LEGACY HOF DEALER'S CHOICE TOURNAMENTS -

$80 BUY-IN

40K Starting Stack -   x20 T25,  x20 T100, x5 T500, x15 T1000,  x4 T5000

Same re-entries as NLHE tournaments.

8 Game Mix - 8 Hands Each game
  • No-Limit Hold-Em
  • Limit 2-7 Triple Draw
  • Limit Seven Stud High
  • Limit Omaha/8
  • Limit Razz
  • Pot-Limit Omaha High Only
  • Limit Seven Stud/8
  • Badugi (A-5)
Half Hour Levels

Ante/Bring-In/Complete    Small Blind/Big Blind              Small Bet/Big Bet

25/50/100                              50/100                                    100/200
50/75/150                              75/150                                    150/300
75/100/200                            100/200                                  200/400
100/150/300                          150/300                                  300/600

10 MIN BREAK -

100/200/400                          200/400                                    400/800
150/300/600                          300/600                                    600/1200
200/400/800                          400/800                                    800/1600    
250/500/1000                        500/1000                                  1000/2000

25 MIN DINNER BREAK - Color up 25s

300/600/1200                        600/1200                                   1200/2400
400/800/1600                        800/1600                                   1600/3200
600/1200/2400                      1200/2400                                 2400/4800
800/1600/3200                      1600/3200                                 3200/6400

 10 MIN BREAK- Color Up 100s

1000/2000/4000                      2000/4000                                4000/8000
1500/3000/6000                      3000/6000                                6000/12000
2000/4000/8000                      4000/8000                                8000/16000
2500/5000/10000                    5000/10000                              10000/20000

10 MIN BREAK - Color Up 500s

3000/6000/12000                    6000/12000                              12000/24000
4000/8000/16000                    8000/16000                              16000/32000
6000/12000/24000                  12000/24000                            24000/48000
8000/16000-32000                  16000/32000                            32000/64000

10 MIN BREAK - Color Up 1000s

10K/20K/40K                         20K/40K                                    40K/80K
15K/30K/60K                         30K/60K                                    60K/120K
20K/40K/80K                         40K/80K                                    80K/160K


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Monthly tournaments are capped at 27 players (with 3 extra seats reserved for last minute out of town guests, family members or Legacy players, for 30 total if need be).

The PSP Main Event has no player cap. 

10% or $100 (whichever number is smaller) of each prize pool is set aside for the Tournament of Champions.

There’s absolutely no rake ever at PSP, all money in all prize pools is returned to the players.



PAY OUTS - ROUNDED TO AN EVEN AMOUNT,

1st gets approximately 35%, scaling down flat (not steep) after that. All payouts are rounded to $20 increments.

Last cash position is typically double the initial buy-in.

Players                     Paid Spots

41+                             9 (Final Table)

35-40                          7

28-34                          6

21-27                          5

16-20                          4

11-15                          3

< 10                            3






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BOMB POT SPECTACULAR - RETIRED -  Archived TOURNAMENT RULES

Tournament is No-Limit Hold-Em with all the same rules and same blind structure as our regular events with the following exceptions -

Periodically we play a "Bomb Pot" -  Everyone puts in a big blind - cards are dealt and we go straight to the flop. Play proceeds as normal from that point, starting with the player left of the button.

  •  At the start of the tournament every player has a Bomb Pot Chip (BPC) in their stack.

  • Whenever a player wants to play a bomb pot, they can throw their BPC into the middle of the table when they are on the button and before the hand is dealt - that hand is now a Bomb Pot. 
  • Button moves as normal, it does not freeze or alter because a Bomb Pot is being played.
  • Once a BPC is used it is no longer in play.
  • After the first break, every player who has used a BPC gets a new one.
  • Players have the option to use or not use their BPC, but after the second break all BPCs are removed from play.
  • After the second break, there is a random timer set to have a Bomb Pot at all tables every 18-22 minutes.  Timer is set and operated by the Tournament Director (that would be me).
  • The tournament as per usual is played with a big blind ante, but that does not apply to Bomb Pots.
  • Bomb Pots Heads-Up - once play is Heads-Up, every hand becomes a single big blind Bomb Pot with no big blind ante.  Both players put in one big blind, cards are dealt and we go straight to the flop.  
  • Button is used to determine who acts first, action always starts away from the button.







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