I understand that for a tournament you need a blind structure. I found example in PokerSoup.com. Here are the inputs they have used. No of players = 20. Tournament length 4 hours. Smallest chip denomination 25. Starting chips 5000. Round length 20. I though there would be 12 rounds as tournament length/round length, i.e. 4*60/20 = 12. But as per example there are 20 rounds. I am also assuming there is no time lost between rounds. Here is the link for the example: https://pokersoup.com/tool/blindStructureCalculator
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1Is your question that you want to understand how blind structures work in general? Or are you confused by the number of rounds?– Grinch91 ♦Commented Nov 3, 2021 at 14:05
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1@Grinch91, I am confused by number of rounds. From the answer provided by BowlOfRed, it got clear that few more rounds are thrown in for just in case.– Subhendu MahantaCommented Nov 4, 2021 at 3:48
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Look at this question which is about blind periods. poker.stackexchange.com/questions/11592/…– JonCommented Nov 5, 2021 at 5:06
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Tournaments will have a targeted time, but may generate a winner before or after that point based on how the participants play. You're not going to guarantee a stopping point to the minute.
I suspect that the blind structure that site creates has a "target" round when a winner is predicted, but includes a few more rounds just in case. All the on-the-fly and common structures it lists seem to include exactly three rounds after the target time (whether that's 3 more hours or 15 more minutes).
