Re: Poker prize distribution
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Originally Posted by Biren
Ok we play poker tournaments at a friends house all the time. The buy in is $5 and it's your good old No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em. Here is where the conflict sets in.
It's usually six people playing. So the pot is $30. And second place gets their money back and first place wins $25.
I spoke up against this and said that it is unfair. There are six people that you start off with. If fighting through the four of them, and
I end up only winning my money back, then there was no point.
I said that we should raise the prizes to second places gets $10 and first place gets $20. First place still makes 4x the buy-in and second place doubles their buy in. I think that's a little more fair. Because second place should get more because of the effort that they have to put in to place second out of six people.
What do you all think? Which one is more fair and why?
How should the prices be if there were 7, 8, 10 people in?
Honestly? I dont think second place should have gotten anything. That's too small a group for two prizes. My rule of thumb is first place only until 9-10 entries, then a second place and a place paid for about every six more over ten.
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