Home Tourney Payout Structure

[ncskiier]

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we pay six spots, in our 50 seater,
kinda a flat structure: 35%, 23%, 17%, 12%, 8%, 5%
doc

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That's too much time and effort for the poor seventh place guy to not get a damn thing. Maybe if you finish on the bubble Fri, you'll rethink that. I think you should pay eight

[hoterdoc]

a coke, sandwich, and valuable experience, on BEAUTIFUL tables aint nothin.
soon, he may even get some points as well!!!
doc

[ncskiier]

Replace that coke with a PEPSI and you've got a deal.

[ricochet420]

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Replace that coke with a PEPSI and you've got a deal.

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[Hedge Henderson]

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I started out with a similar top-heavy payout structure.
But my home games are just friendly games with friends who are mostly new to poker and holdem. We changed the payout to be much flatter. We typically pay the top half of finishers. So in a 12 player game, the person finishing sixth would win their buyin. From there, the payout increases gradually to first place. So half the people finish "in the money".

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We do the same, even though it's cost me money. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

You don't get as much of that "big money poker" feel, but it makes the game friendlier, and keeps the weaker players coming back.

Another reason is that we keep track of stats on a quarterly/annual basis, tourneys and ring games included. No one wants a single tourney skewing the ring game results for an entire quarter.

[Lottery Larry]

In a home tournament, depending on the buyin amount, I'd pay 12-13 places out of 50.

[kodonnell]

Our tournaments are usually less than 12 players and we pay out for the $20 buy in
3rd - $20
2nd - $40
1st - Whats left

[SeeWillie]

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3rd - 1 buy in (their money back)
2nd - 2 buy ins (double their money)
1st - the rest

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Usually 10 or fewer players. No one wants to do the math for percentages.