prize pool distribution formula

[metsfan88]

hey,

I am making a small poker game and I have been trying to figure out a good formula for setting up the prize pool distribution but I haven't been able to. Anyone know one?

Thanks,
-mets

[arahant]

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hey,

I am making a small poker game and I have been trying to figure out a good formula for setting up the prize pool distribution but I haven't been able to. Anyone know one?

Thanks,
-mets

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don't follow...like for a tournament? with an arbitrary number of players?
Does it have to be a single formula? What's the motivation?

[metsfan88]

I am making a poker game involving tournaments so I wanted to try and figure out a general formula for finding out the prize pool distribution.

[arahant]

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I am making a poker game involving tournaments so I wanted to try and figure out a general formula for finding out the prize pool distribution.

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Hmmm....never thought about it. If you want realism, usually the top 10% pay-out, with brackets for every 10 players. This makes it a little hard to have a closed formula. You could just use a table...here is one from everest : Tournament payouts (http://www.everestpoker.com/popups/mtt_payouts_standard.html)

[jstnrgrs]

I don't know why, but I think a good formula would be

prize=A*e^(b*n)

where n is the place that a player finishes. b is adjusted so that the player who finishes in the n^(1/2) place gets his buyin back. A is adjusted so that the entire prize pool is paid out.