How we play

Rules

General tournament rules, how prize pools and payouts work, and how we handle mistakes on the score sheet.

Prize Pool & Payouts

Each game night has one prize pool (POT on the score sheet). The pool equals everything collected in buy-ins and rebuys. Payouts are listed for 1st through 6th place and always add up to the full pool.

Based on a 300 buy-in. Place amounts are rounded (usually to 100; smaller pools may use 50) and always total the prize pool for that field size.

Buy-ins	Prize pool	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
2	600	350	250	—	—	—	—
3	900	550	350	—	—	—	—
4	1,200	700	500	—	—	—	—
5	1,500	900	600	—	—	—	—
6	1,800	1,100	700	—	—	—	—
7	2,100	1,250	850	—	—	—	—
8	2,400	1,400	1,000	—	—	—	—
9	2,700	1,400	800	500	—	—	—
10	3,000	1,500	900	600	—	—	—
11	3,300	1,600	1,000	700	—	—	—
12	3,600	1,800	1,100	700	—	—	—
13	3,900	1,900	1,200	800	—	—	—
14	4,200	1,700	1,300	800	400	—	—
15	4,500	1,800	1,400	900	400	—	—
16	4,800	1,900	1,400	1,000	500	—	—
17	5,100	2,100	1,500	1,000	500	—	—
18	5,400	2,200	1,600	1,100	500	—	—
19	5,700	2,300	1,700	1,100	600	—	—
20	6,000	2,400	1,800	900	600	300	—
21	6,300	2,500	1,900	1,000	600	300	—
22	6,600	2,600	2,000	1,000	700	300	—
23	6,900	2,800	2,100	1,000	700	300	—
24	7,200	2,900	2,100	1,100	700	400	—
25	7,500	3,000	2,300	1,100	700	400	—
26	7,800	2,700	2,000	1,200	900	600	400
27	8,100	2,800	2,000	1,300	900	700	400
28	8,400	2,900	2,100	1,400	900	700	400
29	8,700	3,000	2,200	1,400	1,000	700	400
30	9,000	3,100	2,300	1,400	1,000	700	500
31	9,300	3,300	2,300	1,500	1,000	700	500
32	9,600	3,400	2,400	1,500	1,000	800	500
33	9,900	3,400	2,500	1,600	1,100	800	500
34	10,200	3,600	2,600	1,600	1,100	800	500
35	10,500	3,700	2,600	1,700	1,200	800	500
36	10,800	3,800	2,700	1,700	1,200	900	500
37	11,100	3,900	2,800	1,800	1,200	900	500
38	11,400	4,000	2,800	1,800	1,300	900	600
39	11,700	4,100	2,900	1,900	1,300	900	600
40	12,000	4,200	3,000	1,900	1,300	1,000	600
41	12,300	4,300	3,100	2,000	1,300	1,000	600
42	12,600	4,400	3,200	2,000	1,400	1,000	600
43	12,900	4,500	3,200	2,100	1,400	1,000	700
44	13,200	4,600	3,300	2,100	1,400	1,100	700
45	13,500	4,700	3,400	2,100	1,500	1,100	700
46	13,800	4,800	3,500	2,200	1,500	1,100	700
47	14,100	4,900	3,500	2,300	1,600	1,100	700
48	14,400	5,000	3,600	2,300	1,600	1,200	700
49	14,700	5,100	3,700	2,400	1,600	1,200	700
50	15,000	5,300	3,800	2,400	1,600	1,200	700