In Manchester league, we already play something like this:
25-50
50-100
75-150 - ( this increment doesnt exist )
100-200 -1 Hour
150-300 - ( this increment doesnt always exist )
200-400
300-600
500-1000-2 Hour ( This is the problem - the jump from 600 to 1000 to great )
1000-2000
1500-3000
2000-4000
3000-6000-3 Hour
4000-8000
5000-10000
The second proposal looks better to me. the introduction of 2 extra smaller level blinds seems pointless, its the big shift from 600 to 1000 that causes the disruption to game flow.
All that said, there seems to be no changes made to our venues. Is this happening up here ?
Whatever the answer to the blinds, I would think that the introduction of an ante at the right point is the answer to making the blind system suit at venues with larger fields. This ensures that all venues use the same blinds, and at the pit boss discretion an ante is introduced to speed the game up without putting lots of pressure on the short stacks and causing a lottery in 3 rounds. I cant cant foresee a single blind system that will suit a field of 12 and a filed of 45. An alternative to the ante, is to adjust starting stacks, hoever this would be a headache for pit boss as stacks can only be set at 19:30 sharp, (see lateness thread!!).
So for me its the second proposed system with an ante introduced at pit boss discretion to venues with 25+, (say ?). I am sure it will take a few weeks to get the ante timing correct, but at least it is a variable influence and therefore helps to correct the timing of the game, on a venue by venue basis.
|