166th? Are you sure? 1500 starting stack and blinds start at 10-20. So the blinds = 30 = 50th of your stack to start. If you are talking only bb then after 10 minutes the bb =30 so then it's a 50th of your stack. But you did say blinds so after 10 min = a 33rd of your stack. That is for normal trny and deep stack you double it and still not 166th stack.
In the higher dollar buy-ins like the 100 chip and 50 chip buy-in they start out at 166th of your stack. I feel like I'm just wasting my time the first part of the tournament because you can't bet without someone knowing you have a good hand.
Very unusual to have someone want bigger blinds vs lower blinds! I agree play a turbo. The slower the structure the more skill vs luck there is, in general.