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BARGE TOC-Style Tournament Structure

Initial chips: T3000. Nine players to a table.
Game rotation order: Seven Stud, Omaha/8, Hold'em

Rounds: approximately 36 minutes during the structured limit games.
No Limit rounds will be 20 minutes each.

During each round, two of the three games will be played. Hold 'em rounds will be 15 minutes, Seven Stud rounds will be 18 minutes, and Omaha Hi/Lo rounds will be 22 minutes.

Level	Structure	Blinds	Antes	Bring-in
1	30-60	15-30	5	10
2	50-100	25-50	10	15
3	75-150	50-75	15	25
Break for 10 minutes, race off T5 chips.
4	150-300	75-150	25	50
5	200-400	100-200	25	75
6	300-600	150-300	50	100
Break for 10 minutes, race off T25 chips.
7	600-1,200	300-600	100	200
8	1,000-2,000	500-1,000	200	300
9	1,500-3,000	800-1,500	300	500
Break for 10 minutes.

At some point we allot 5 minutes to reorganize at the final table (9 handed).

If the final table is reached during Level 9, proceed to play No Limit Hold'em with the Level 10 structure for the remaining Level 9 time, then continue with level 10 (i.e., no further change until Level 11).

Otherwise, start playing No Limit at Level 10 even if the final table has not been reached.

Switch to No Limit Hold'em with 20 minute rounds:

Level		Blinds	Antes
10	No Limit	1,000-2,000	200
11	No Limit	1,500-3,000	300
Break for 3 minutes, race off T100 chips.
12	No Limit	2,000-4,000	500
13	No Limit	3,000-6,000	500
Break for 10 minutes (if desired).
14	No Limit	4,000-8,000	1,000
15	No Limit	5,000-10,000	1,500
16	No Limit	5,000-15,000	2,000
17	No Limit	10,000-20,000	5,000

Notes: Unlike the TOC, No Limit is scheduled to go into effect at level 10, not at the final table. Otherwise the tournament would probably run too long.

Minutiae

The placement of the button should be determined before play begins, even though stud is going to be the 1st game.

During stud, the player who is to have the button in the forthcoming blind-game will hold the button. Should this player be moved the button remains in the spot, and will become a dead button. Should another player be moved into this spot, he/she will inherit the button.

The chip-splitting rule is:

High hand takes precedence over low hand.
First-to-act takes precedence over last-to-act.

Note that it is possible to get quartered or sixthed out of the tournament.

For All BARGE Poker Tournaments:

To facilitate table balancing and fairness, a player chosen to move to balance a table will be selected based on position from the button instead of from a random draw.

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

1st	25.0%
2nd	20.0%
3rd	15.0%
4th	12.5%
5th	10.0%
6th	7.5%
7th	5.0%
8th	3.0%
9th	2.0%

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