EPT Tournament Structures

The game is No Limit Texas Hold Em, the time is right throughout the 2007/2008 annual poker season and the place varies from centre to centre, covering huge distances from the elite Victoria Casino in London to the glitz and glamour of the Paradise Island Resort and Casino in the Bahamas. It is the European Poker Tour, so head for the online poker rooms to qualify – at least for one of the eleven scheduled events!

The structure of the majority of the tournaments has been regulated and all but the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and the Grand Final in Monaco have the structure below.

Regular Structure

Level	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante	Minutes
1	25	50		60
2	50	100		60
3	75	150		60
4	100	200		60
5	150	300		60
6	150	300	25	60
7	200	400	50	60
8	300	600	75	60 Chip Race 25
9	400	800	100	60
10	500	1000	100	60
11	600	1200	100	60
12	800	1600	200	60
13	1000	2000	200	60
14	1200	2400	300	60
15	1500	3000	300	60
16	2000	4000	400	60 Chip Race 100
17	2500	5000	500	60
18	3000	6000	500	60 Chip Race 500
19	4000	8000	1000	60
20	5000	10 000	1000	60
21	6000	12 000	1000	60
22	8000	16 000	2000	60
23	10 000	20 000	2000	60
24	15 000	30 000	3000	60
25	20 000	40 000	4000	60
26	25 000	50 000	5000	60

Schedule of Play

Day 1A & 1B – Levels 1 – 8

Day 2 – Levels 9 – 16

Day 3 – Levels down to Final Table

Day 4 – Final Table

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Structure

Level	Blinds in $	Ante in $	Minutes
1	50/100		75
2	100/200		75
3	100/200	25	75
4	200/400	50	75
5	300/600	75	75
6	400/800	100	75
7	500/1000	100	75
8	600/1200	150	75
Remove $25 Chips
9	800/1600	200	75
10	1000/2000	300	75
11	1200/2400	300	75
12	1500/3000	400	75
13	2000/4000	400	75
Remove $100 Chips
14	2500/5000	500	75
15	3000/6000	500	75
Remove $500 Chips
16	4000/8000	1000	75
17	5000/10 000	1000	75
18	6000/12 000	2000	75
19	8000/16 000	2000	75
20	10 000/20 000	3000	75
21	12 000/24 000	3000	75
22	15 000/30 000	4000	75
23	20 000/40 000	4000	75
Remove $1000 Chips
24	25 000/50 000	5000	75
25	30 000/60 000	5000	75
26	40 000/80 000	10 000	75
27	60 000/120 000	15 000	75
Remove $5000 chips
28+	*

* Blinds, Ante and Times are at the discretion of the Tournament Director

Schedule of Play

Day 1A – A minimum of six levels to be played and play is scheduled to end at 20h45, but play will continue until the filed is reduced to 290 players.

Day 1B – As above

Day 2 – Six Levels and play concludes at 20h45

Day 3 – Play down to 36 players

Day 4 – Play down to 8 players

Day 5 – The Final Table

Grand Final Structure

Level	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante	Minutes
Start of Day 1A & 1B
1	50	100		90
2	75	150		90
3	100	200		90
4	150	300		90
5	150	300	25	90
6	200	400	50	90
7	300	600	75	90 CR25
Start of Day 2
8	400	800	100	90
9	500	1000	100	90
10	600	1200	100	90
11	800	1600	200	90
12	1000	2000	200	90
13	1200	2400	300	90
14	1500	3000	300	90
Start of Day 3
15	2000	4000	400	90
16	2500	5000	500	90
17	3000	6000	600	90
18	4000	8000	800	90 CR100 & 500
19	5000	10 000	1000	90
20	6000	12 000	1000	90
Start of Day 4
21	8000	16 000	2000	90
22	10 000	20 000	2000	90
23	15 000	30 000	3000	90
24	20 000	40 000	4000	90
25	25 000	50 000	5000	90
26	30 000	60 000	6000	90
27	40 000	80 000	8000	90
28	50 000	100 000	10 000	90

Players start with 15 000 chips

Schedule of Play

Day 1 – Level 1-7

Day 2 – Level 8 – 14

Day 3 – Level 15 – 20

Day 4 – down to Final Table

Day 5 – Final Table

EPT Tournament Structures

Regular Structure

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Structure

Grand Final Structure

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