> 2. When to advance blinds. I think it's a better solution to advance the blinds every so many hands. Most of the folks I was playing with are used to advancing the blinds based on time -- once every half hour or so. But they were willing to humor me since I was supplying most of the beer. Let's face it, basing the blinds on the number of hands played is the more obvious solution as long as you have a nice way to count hands. How is it done in the "pros"? > In professional Vegas poker tables, as well as in the big televised tournaments, they advance the blinds by time. This is absolutely necessary in multi-table tournaments, as different tables move through hands at different rates, and you need to be able to redistribute and join up tables as people drop out, so the blinds need to be consistent across the entire tournament. 30 minutes is the usual rate, though some tournaments may speed it up as the blinds get high or the number of players shrinks, to keep the game from dragging out. Single-table tournaments also use timers, either for consistency or because it's easier to keep track of, though they may be slightly faster (20 minutes) depending as always on who's running it. -- Denis M Moskowitz Jen feroca malbona kuniklo; rigardu liajn dmm@xxxxxxxxxxx sovagxajn vangharojn, kaj liajn ungojn kaj This Is Realtime! -><- lian faldan voston. <a href="http://www.suberic.net/~dmm/";>My WWW page</a>