Party Shootout

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Party is testing shootout multi table tourneys. Instead of tables collapsing, top 3 at each table move onto to a new table. For 3 rounds, top 3 move onto the next round with their chip count. At each round, the top 3 placers get paid out. At round 4, it becomes a standard MTT.

Example payout for a $5+$1 1883 entrants:

After Round 1(1883 players down o 567):
1. 11.23
2. 7.47
3. 6.22

After Round 2(567 down to 171):
1. 18.61
2. 12.38
3. 10.32

After Round 3 (171 down to 54):

1. 35.33
2. 23.53
3. 19.61

After Round 4 (54 Player MTT)

1. 283.80
2. 189.18
3. 132.42
4. 94.59
5. 75.67
6. 66.21
7. 56.75
8. 47.29

I looked at a few of the tables in round 2. I found a table where at level 10 there were 6 people, blinds at 300/600 and the following stack sizes, when chip average was 6,913.

24525
3063
1916
2937
4821
2235

What do you all think about the setup/payouts?