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 |
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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 |
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14 |
2500/5000 |
500 |
75 |
15 |
3000/6000 |
500 |
75 |
Remove $500 Chips |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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