Party Satellite Math

[johnnycakes]

http://www.partypoker.com/news/events/cpcpage.html

This math is OK, even though the first point says one seat will be awarded for every eight entries, which isn't exactly correct:
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CPC Qualifier $30 + $3

When: Daily @ 8:10 PM EST
Format: NL Hold'em
Buy-in: $30 + $3

* One seat in the CPC Satellite $200 + $15 tournament will be awarded for every eight entries.
* The remaining money will be awarded to the next three highest finishers on a 50%, 30%, 20% ratio. For example, if there are 100 entries, the prize pool breakdown will be as follows: 1st place - 13th place = Seat, 14th place =$102.5, 15th = $61.5, 16th = $41.


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But then there are these fiasco's.
In this first one, $275 is unaccounted for in their example.
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CPC SPECIAL Qualifier $90 + $9

When: Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday @ 11 PM EST
Format: NL Hold'em
Buy-in: $90 + $9

* One seat in the CPC SPECIAL $800 + $50 will be awarded for every ten entries.
* The remaining money will be awarded to the next three highest finishers on a 50%, 30%, 20% ratio. For example, if there are 55 entries, the prize pool breakdown will be as follows: 1st place - 5th place = Seat, 6th place =$212.5, 7th = $127.5, 8th = $85.


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Then, in this example, the prize pool is $100, but they pay out $106.
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CPC SPECIAL Sub-Qualifier $10 + $1

When: Available 24/7
Format: Single Table Sit & Go Tournament, Limit & NL Hold'em
Buy-in: $10 + $1

* One seat in the CPC SPECIAL Sub-Qualifier $10 + $1 will start as soon as there are 10 players registered.
* The 1st place will win an entry into the CPC SPECIAL Qualifier $90 + $9 tournament.
* The 2nd place gets $7.


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WTF PARTY!?!?
Should I assume their software is smarter than whoever wrote these examples?
Argh.

[MicroBob]

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Buy-in: $10 + $1

* One seat in the CPC SPECIAL Sub-Qualifier $10 + $1 will start as soon as there are 10 players registered.
* The 1st place will win an entry into the CPC SPECIAL Qualifier $90 + $9 tournament.
* The 2nd place gets $7.

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OVERLAY!!!!!



I'm still curious about the whole $5k entry-fee thing for the tourney that they account for. Because if it's $5k in Canadian dollars then it obviously shouldn't be considered the same as American dollars.

Do they do anything screwy with the Aussie Millions entry?

Haven't looked at it but I think the entry is $10k in AUD. I have no idea where the AUD stands compared to the American dollar. And i also don't know if party accounts for any discrepency or not.

It would not surprise me in the least if they simply didn't bother with it and just let themselves take an extra $1k for their pocket for every person that wins one of these entries.