| How To Host a Texas Holdem Tournament Part I - Getting Started |
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Monday, 09 February 2004 GETTING STARTED
The first step is to determine how many people will be playing in your Texas Holdem tournament. If you have more than 10 players (the maximum number of players that can typically fit at a Texas Holdem table), try to ensure that there is the same number of players at every table. This way, each table will begin with the same total chip value. For example, each player can begin the Texas Holdem tournament with $10,000 in chips. The chips can be divided as follows: 20 - $50 chips totaling $1,000 40 - $100 chips totaling $4,000 10 - $500 chips totaling $5,000 If each table begins with 10 players, then there is a total of $100,000 in chips available. However, if one table begins with 10 players and one with 9, the table with 10 players will bring more money in chips to the final table if you play until each table has 5 players. Typically, the length of the Texas Holdem tables that will be used for a tournament will be longer than they are wide. When this occurs, it is easier for one person sitting in a central location to be the card dealer for all of the hands. Before the game begins, each player should draw a card (Ace through 10 if there are 10 players) to determine their position at the table. The person who will be the card dealer should sit in the center and the remaining players should sit according to their number. For example, if the card dealer is holding a 6, then the person with the 5 should sit to his right and so forth. Since there will be only one card dealer, a round disc, known as a "dealer button" will mark which player is sitting in the dealer position for that hand. The dealer button will move clockwise from player to player with each hand. For the first hand, the person holding the Ace will act as the dealer and be given the dealer button. (From this point forward the dealer will refer to the person with the dealer button.) If a player is eliminated from the "big blind" position at any time during the Texas Holdem Tournament, the dealer button should remain in the same position for the next deal. Before each hand begins, the two players to the left of the dealer put a predetermined amount of money into the pot. This is called "posting the blinds." The "small blind," the player to the left of the dealer, puts up half the minimum bet, and the "big blind" puts up the full minimum bet. To keep the pace of the game moving, you will need to increase the blinds as the game progresses. As the blinds increase, players with lesser amounts of chips will be forced to play a hand in an attempt to gain more chips. Otherwise, the ever increasing blinds could put them out of the game. The following is an example of blinds that can be used for a 20-player Texas Holdem Tournament. If you have less than 20 players, compare the percentage of the blinds to total chip totals and adjust them accordingly. For example in a 10-player Texas Holdem Tournament, the blinds at 10:00 PM could be $300/$600 - exactly half of that used for a 20-player tournament.
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