{"id":41,"date":"2022-02-23T20:01:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T20:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teksynergy.net\/poker\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2026-09-12T18:49:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T18:49:14","slug":"tournament-structure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/teksynergy.net\/poker\/poker-league\/tournament-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"Tournament Structure"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Buy-In<\/h2>\n<p>Buy-in is <strong>$30<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Breakdown: $30 buy-ins, $20 to Winning pot, $5 bounty pool, $5 League pot.<\/p>\n<h2>Bounties<\/h2>\n<p>$5 per player is put into the Bounty pool.\u00a0 Each player receives 1 Bounty Token to begin.\u00a0 If a player in possession of a their starting bounty token reduces another players chip stack to 0, they gain that player&#8217;s starting bounty chip if they still posses one.\u00a0 Players win the starting bounty token from any player they bust so long as they remain in possession of their starting bounty token.\u00a0 Any bounties won are owned by the winner and cannot be taken \/ traded.\u00a0 At the end of their tournament life (when they bust and choose not to rebuy or are not able to rebuy) may exchange each bounty token they possess for $5 from the bounty pool.<\/p>\n<h2>League Pot<\/h2>\n<p>$5 from every players original buy-in is put into the league pot.\u00a0 The League pot is used to provide a substantial bonus to the Seasonal Prize pools (90% of the League Pot) as well as to offset the costs of maintaining the League (10% of the League Pot &#8211; website hosting \/ chips \/ specialty items etc.).\u00a0 For more information on the League Play &#8211; see the <a href=\"https:\/\/teksynergy.net\/poker\/poker-league\/season-breakdown\/\">Steelcity Poker League Seasonal Breakdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Starting Chip Stack<\/h2>\n<p>Stacks start at <strong>20,000<\/strong> chips.<\/p>\n<h2>Break Schedule<\/h2>\n<p>Breaks are <strong>10 min<\/strong> at end of blind level (BL) 4 and BL 12.\u00a0 <strong>20 mins<\/strong> at BL 8.<\/p>\n<h2>Re-buys and Top Up<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1x $25<\/strong> Re-Buy is allowed until the end of BL 8, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>only when completely busted out<\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\nRe-Buy is for <strong>20,000<\/strong> chips.\u00a0 1x Bounty chip<br \/>\nBreakdown: $20 goes into prize pool, $5 bounty pot.<\/p>\n<h2>Playoffs<\/h2>\n<p>Playoffs start at the end of BL 8.\u00a0 Players may buy a one-time Top-Up of <strong>10,000<\/strong> chips for <strong>$10<\/strong>.<br \/>\nPlayers with <strong>under 10,000<\/strong> chips who have not used their 1x Re-Buy, can do a <strong>final Re-Buy, with the option of adding on the Top-Up<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Payout<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Prize Pool ($20 from each player, plus any rebuys of $20, plus any $10 top-ups)<br \/>\n1st place: 50%<br \/>\n2nd place: 30%<br \/>\n3rd place: 20%<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Blind Levels<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Blink levels will increase every 10 minutes to help ensure the game is played with sufficient timeliness with an aim towards 2-3 hours.<\/p>\n<div class=\"datagrid\">\n<table width=\"330\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>Level<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>Small Blind<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>Big Blind<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">100<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">200<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">300<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>4<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">400<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"330\"><strong>break &#8211; 10 minutes<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">500<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>6<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">600<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">1,200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>7<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">800<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">1,600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>8<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">1,000<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">2,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"330\"><strong>break &#8211; 20 minutes<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">1,500<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">3,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>10<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">2,000<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">4,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>11<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">3,000<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">6,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>12<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">4,000<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">8,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"330\"><strong>break &#8211; 10 minutes<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>13<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">5,000<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">10,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>14<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">6,000<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">12,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>15<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">8,000<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">16,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>16<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">10,000<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">20,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"330\"><strong>break (if needed)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>17<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">15,000<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">30,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>18<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">20,000<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">40,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>19<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">30,000<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">60,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\"><strong>20<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">40,000<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"110\">80,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"330\"><strong>break (as needed)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"330\"><strong>The tournament continues through Level 20 if necessary. If play continues beyond Level 20, blinds increase to 60,000\/120,000 for Level 21 and 80,000\/160,000 for Level 22 until one player holds all remaining chips.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>In addition to these prizes each tournament also has special <a href=\"https:\/\/teksynergy.net\/poker\/tournament-awards-and-titles\/\">Awards and Titles<\/a> that can be won (some of them can be won more than once in a night).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buy-In Buy-in is $30 Breakdown: $30 buy-ins, $20 to Winning pot, $5 bounty pool, $5 League pot. Bounties $5 per player is put into the Bounty pool.\u00a0 Each player receives 1 Bounty Token to begin.\u00a0 If a player in possession of a their starting bounty token reduces another players chip stack to 0, they gain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65,"parent":5,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teksynergy.net\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teksynergy.net\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teksynergy.net\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teksynergy.net\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teksynergy.net\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/teksynergy.net\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137,"href":"https:\/\/teksynergy.net\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions\/137"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teksynergy.net\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teksynergy.net\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teksynergy.net\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}