Note: This help page is strictly about the payout schedule model designer and its functionality. For a complete help on a payout schedule model (including its attributes, examples, etc.), please refer to the Payout Schedule Model help page.
The payout schedule model designer helps you design your payout schedule model. It is a sub-panel of the following:
The panel is partitioned into three sections.
This is where you define the two parameters that apply to the entire payout schedule model. This section also provides three status messages indicating the health of your payout schedule:
A listing of all the tiers in the schedule model. For each tier, the table displays a summary of that tier.
Two buttons are at the bottom of the panel:
To edit a tier, just select the tier in the table and modify it in the "Configuration of Selected Tier" pane.
Provides details and configuration options for the tier selected in the "Payout Tiers" table. Tier attributes are displayed and set on the top of the panel, while spot-by-spot parameters are set in the table at the bottom of the panel.
Displays the method to be used for percentage distribution, including how many spots are paid and how the percentages are assigned to those spots. Click the "Set" button to modify the percentage distribution method.
The table showing the detail of the tier, spot-by-spot. The following information is displayed:
Note that if you've selected an automatic distribution method, you will not see the percentage column displayed. This is because the actual percentages will depend on the state of the tournament at any given time. If you wish to see a preview of how the percentages will be distributed, click the "Show Preview" button to bring up the "Payout Schedule Preview" window.
This dialog lets you preview your payout schedule model using expected values for total buy-in count, total add-on count and total rebuy count, as well as the expected prize pool that you'll distribute.
To use it, set the values for "Buy-Ins", "Add-Ons", "Rebuys" and "Net Prize Pool", then click the "Refresh Preview" button. Your expected payout schedule is displayed in the table at the bottom of the dialog.
If you like, you can leave this dialog up while you edit your payout schedule model. You just need to click the "Refresh Preview" to re-evaluate the schedule.
How does this work?: When you click the "Refresh Preview" button, the payout schedule is supplied with the number of buy-ins, add-ons and rebuys you specified and the configured tier is returned. Then the prize pool is distributed to that tier based on the percentages in that tier. Finally, the amounts are rounded and the leftover is given to (or taken from) the winner.