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Do places 1-6 pay the same % of the prize pool here that they would in a tournament with a 9-player final table? Seems like that'd do it.
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So, here's the structure for the top 18 in a full-ring PS tournament with 2001 to 2500 entrants. If there are two dollar amounts then the second is what that place pays today:
1: 21% $98490
2: 12.4% $58156
3: 8% $37520 ($37051)
4: 6.2% $29078 ($28140)
5: 4.8% $22512
6: 3.7% $17353 ($17822)
7: 2.8% $13132 ($5628)
8: 2% $9380 ($5628)
9: 1.3% $6097 ($5628)
10-12: 0.75% $3517 ($5628)
13-18: 0.75% $3517
Spots 1-6 stay the same, spots 7-9 lose about $12K total, and spots 10-12 gain about 6K.
edit - oh yea, the PS tournament payout schedule can be found
here.