BARGE Seven-Card Stud Shootout Structure

Play starts with 13 tables (assuming 98 players), each table playing until there is one winner. The winner from each table advances to a second round, restarting with T1000. The runner up (2nd place) from each of the starting tables gets their entry fee back.

Initial chips: T1000

First 6 levels are 20 minute rounds.
Level 7 to completion are 25 minute rounds.

Rounds: 20 Minutes at start

Level	Ante	Bring-in	Bets
1	15*	5	10-20
2	20*	5	15-30
3	5	10	25-50
Break for 10 minutes.
4	5	15	35-70
5	10	15	50-100
6	15	25	75-150
Break for 10 minutes, race off T5 chips. Rounds: 25 minutes.
7	25	50	100-200
8	50	50	150-300
9	75	75	200-400
Break for 10 minutes, race off T25 chips.
10	100	100	300-600
11	200	200	500-1,000

*The first two rounds will have a single ante on the button.

Play should end in round 10 or in one of the first hands of round 11, that is, in about four hours.

For the second round, use the same structure, starting the remaining players with T1000 chips again.

Chip Races

No one will be allowed to bust out because of the chip race. Anyone in such danger will receive one higher denomination chip.

Prize structure

Note that places 9-26 receive a fixed dollar amount. Places 1-8 receive a percentage of the remaining prize pool.

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