Buy-In Option

Overview

A "Buy-In Option" is type of chip purchase option. It is a means by which a player can enter a tournament. Players typically pay an entry fee to "buy into" a tournament and receive a standard amount of chips for their use in that tournament.

The attributes of a buy-in option are:

When a player exercises a buy-in option, it creates an instance of a buy-in record.

The available options in a tournament are visible on the tournament's chip purchase options panel. Buy-in options are edited in the buy-in option properties dialog.

Multiple buy-in options?

Although you'll typically define only one buy-in option, a tournament can have multiple buy-in options.

As an example, assume you are having a tournament where the entry fee is $50 for 5,000 chips. You want to give the winner of the previous tournament a free entry.

If you try to do the above scenario with just the standard option, how would you do it? If you have the previous winner purchase a standard buy-in, now your prize pool is off. On the other hand, if you don't have them buy-in, then your average stack and total player count are wrong. Multiple buy-in options helps ensure all data is correct.

To do this, you'd create two buy-in options:

Simple Tournaments vs. Standard Tournaments

In simple tournaments, the purchase quantity for each option is set by you. You simple increment/decrement the quantity as needed and all associated data is updated.

In standard tournaments, you are managing players. Therefore, the purchase quantity for each option is updated as you purchase buy-ins for players.

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