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Enhancement request: Payout schedule based on prize pool

 
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 4:47 pm    Post subject: Enhancement request: Payout schedule based on prize pool Reply with quote

Title pretty much says it all... I'd like to be able to have different payout tiers based on total prize pool amount, rather than number of buy-ins(+rebuys(+addons)). i.e.: add a payout to the 3rd place finisher if the prize pool grows above a certain amount, due to rebuys/add-ons.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can't we already do that? Maybe I'm not understanding the request(surprise!), but when you set your payout tiers, aren't the number of payouts adjustable? Number of buyins, rebuys, and add-ons = size of prize pool. That's how I've designed mine. Like I said, I probably misunderstood the question.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 1:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Added to enhancement list
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

drneau wrote:
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Ok. Did I misunderstand cybershoe's request? Is setting up tiers to adjust payouts from the prize pool based on the number of buyins/rebuys/add-ons different than the requested enhancement? What am I missing? Be gentle. Confused
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Most people base their payouts on the number of players in the tourney, such as if there are 17 players I pay out 4 places and if there are 18 places I pay out 5 places.

If I'm reading it right, the OP wants to pay out another place or two if the prize pool gets over a certain amount. So if there are LOTS of rebuys and add ons, another player or two gets paid out. Like in my example above of paying out 5 places in an 18 player tourney, but if the total prize pool goes over $1200, then we pay out 6 places.

I think.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Muley05 wrote:
Most people base their payouts on the number of players in the tourney, such as if there are 17 players I pay out 4 places and if there are 18 places I pay out 5 places.

If I'm reading it right, the OP wants to pay out another place or two if the prize pool gets over a certain amount. So if there are LOTS of rebuys and add ons, another player or two gets paid out. Like in my example above of paying out 5 places in an 18 player tourney, but if the total prize pool goes over $1200, then we pay out 6 places.

I think.


But I'm still confused because if you wanted to do that, you could just pay more based on buy-ins + addons/rebuys. Right?

I do need more explanation and reasoning from the OP.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm just used to our tournaments which could use some improvement. I'm hung up on the " total numbers" instead of the "total players" I guess. It generally takes me awhile to figure things out. d'oh!
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

drneau wrote:
Muley05 wrote:
Most people base their payouts on the number of players in the tourney, such as if there are 17 players I pay out 4 places and if there are 18 places I pay out 5 places.

If I'm reading it right, the OP wants to pay out another place or two if the prize pool gets over a certain amount. So if there are LOTS of rebuys and add ons, another player or two gets paid out. Like in my example above of paying out 5 places in an 18 player tourney, but if the total prize pool goes over $1200, then we pay out 6 places.

I think.


But I'm still confused because if you wanted to do that, you could just pay more based on buy-ins + addons/rebuys. Right?

I do need more explanation and reasoning from the OP.


At all of my tourneys, I pay out based on number of buy ins, no matter how big the prize pool gets because of any rebuys or addons. So I don't know if the software allows you to make payout schedules based on anything other than number of buy ins.

When you say "you could just pay more based on buy-ins + addons/rebuys", to me that means that you are paying out based on the number of buy ins, but the people who get paid get paid more because of the rebuys and addons.

OP, I think, wants to change the number of people that get paid if the prize pool grows above a certaiin point.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can set up your schedule so that tiers are selected based on:

- Total buy-in count (what most people, including me, use)
- Total buy-in + add-on count
- Total buy-in + rebuy count
- Total buy-in + add-on + rebuy count

I guess I don't really see where basing it on a prize pool adds any value, because the prize pool only goes up as people purchase buy-ins, add-ons and rebuys...
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

pathand wrote:
Can't we already do that? Maybe I'm not understanding the request(surprise!), but when you set your payout tiers, aren't the number of payouts adjustable? Number of buyins, rebuys, and add-ons = size of prize pool. That's how I've designed mine. Like I said, I probably misunderstood the question.


Does this mean my original reply was correct?
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

pathand wrote:
pathand wrote:
Can't we already do that? Maybe I'm not understanding the request(surprise!), but when you set your payout tiers, aren't the number of payouts adjustable? Number of buyins, rebuys, and add-ons = size of prize pool. That's how I've designed mine. Like I said, I probably misunderstood the question.


Does this mean my original reply was correct?


But not as well-written as mine Surprised
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

drneau wrote:
pathand wrote:
pathand wrote:
Can't we already do that? Maybe I'm not understanding the request(surprise!), but when you set your payout tiers, aren't the number of payouts adjustable? Number of buyins, rebuys, and add-ons = size of prize pool. That's how I've designed mine. Like I said, I probably misunderstood the question.


Does this mean my original reply was correct?


But not as well-written as mine Surprised


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