Home Poker Tourney, Need advice

[TheEnforcer]

3-5 times the big blind is still an appropriate raise though you should watch early in the tournamment when the blinds are small if the raises at that amount are having the desired effect. In that first weird round where the blinds are the same I suggest you treat the big blind as if it were $50 anyways as home games and tourneys tend to be much looser. If those standard raises aren't getting the people out that you want then you have to adjust a bit and go higher with them.