Calculating prize distribution

[Stonewalled]

Don't know if this is the right forum, but I didn't know where else to put this question.

If I want to pay the top 10 people in a poker tournament, how do I calculate what percentage each should get? Thanks.

[Paul2432]

You don't. You come up with some distribution that you think will appeal to the players and use that. The only requirement is the total add up to 100% and the payouts decrease from 1st through 10th.

I'd suggest setting it up so 10th doubles the buy-in and 1st gets 25-40% of the total. If you had 100 players, 10th would then be 2%. You could then do something like 2,3,4,5,6,8,10,12,17,33.

You might try asking this question in the MTT or home game forum as well.

Paul
Paul

[Stonewalled]

Thanks!