12-23-03, LearnTexasHoldem:
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Answer: Thanks for the question Greg. The reason the blinds keep increasing in tournament play is so that the tourney doesn't last for ever. It forces people to play. If the blinds remained at the same level through out the whole of the tournament then it would be a much more conservative game and it might go on indefinitely, especially if there are tons of entrants like there are in the World Series of Poker.
Often times what happens at the end of both limit and no limit tournaments is that you have the two finalists playing almost every hand. The reason is because the blind size is so large you can't afford to just fold. It eats you up. To answer your other questions about how large the blinds are and when they increase, that depends on the tournament.
Sometimes they just double every certain amount of hands (for example every 10 or 20 hands) or after a certain amount of time, like an hour or two. You could start out at 25/50 and then go to 100/200, 200/400, 400/800, 800/1600, etc. When the blinds increase based on the amount of hands passed, the tournament gains speed as it progresses since heads up play is much faster then a full table. And like I said above, as the blinds increase the play gets more wild.
Lastly, yes both no limit and limit holdem increase the blind amount.
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