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Message: [QUOTE="OzExorcist, post: 900240, member: 23910"] FWIW... your problem here is that you've got competing goals. If you want the tournament to end by 4:00am, then you [I]need[/I] the blinds to get high at some point. If you succeed in your goal of getting the stacks larger relative to the blinds at that stage, then you'll fail in your goal of having the game finish around 4:00. There's some good suggestions above, what I'd suggest is: - [B]End the rebuy period earlier, or just don't have one at all.[/B] People will start getting knocked out earlier, and you should reach the final table when the blinds are lower. - [B]Slow down the levels[/B]. 15 minute levels is actually pretty quick for a live game, especially if the dealer(s) are inexperienced (if you're self-dealing, I'm assuming this is the case). Make them 20 minutes instead, and you'll probably reach the final table in about the same amount of time, but one or two levels earlier. - [B]Roll the blinds back one level for the final table.[/B] Everyone would have to agree to this, of course, and it's kind of a crude solution. But it's one commonly used by the likes of the WPT and other major tournaments to extend play time on their final tables, so there's no reason it shouldn't work for you. - [B]Change the structure slightly so that you can take the low denomination chips out of play.[/B] Sounds silly, but having to count up lots of small denomination chips can really slow the game down. If you've got 1600/3200 blinds it means you've still got 100 denomination chips in the game. Having to count up those chips every time someone makes a bet or goes all in takes time. Instead, adjust the structure so that you just don't need them when you get to, say, 500-1000. Change them out for 500 denomination chips and move on. Do the same when the 500's become redundant. You'll fit more actual hands in, because there'll be less time wasted counting big piles of small chips. [B]The other option is to consider changing from a tournament format to a cash game format.[/B] Things have gone much smoother since I changed my home games over to that - the blinds stay fixed all night, people can come and go as they please, rebuy as many times as they want to, and you don't have to worry about people getting bored because they got knocked out of a tournament. You can make the stakes as low as you like, or even have different stakes on different tables if that's what people want. [/QUOTE]

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