I'm having a home tournament....

[swampster]

...this weekend, got 16 players, £20 buy-in freezeout. top 4 get paid. basically the plan was to play till there were 4 left on each table then have a final table of 8 playing off for the money. but i got thinking....if one table gets wiped out quite quickly, do i even up the tables or just leave it till there are 4 left from each ? everyone will be taking their chips to the final table, but if the blinds are going up every half-hour or so, seems unfair on the players left hanging around waiting for the other table to get down to its last 4. any ideas ?

[BillyHills]

Re: I'm having a home tournament.... Hi mate, I was involved in very similar game myself and its always difficult to arrange so everything falls just right. We did exactly what you suggest with 4 from each table qualifying for final table, amazingly both tables ran at the same pace and no-one was hanging about for too long. One thing we did once was raise the blinds when someone got eliminated instaed of on the clock. That works also and you are in more control of the blinds and keeps in pace with the chips people have left. Just a thought. Good luck and let us know how it goes.