PRIZE STRUCTURES
When playing poker tournaments, the payouts vary depending on the tournament type and prize pool. You can find the complete payout structure for a specific tournament by visiting the “Tournament Lobby”. You’ll find the prize pool, number of places paid, and how much players stand to win in the upper left-hand area of the poker client.
Most tournaments pay 12% to 16% of the field. For more details, just open the client, pick your tournament, and hit the Prize Structure tab.
Most guaranteed tournaments use the following prize structure:
| Finishing Position | Total Number of Entries | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-12 | 13-18 | 19-27 | 28-36 | 37-50 | 51-66 | 67-83 | 84-117 | |
| 1 | 50.00% | 40.00% | 40.00% | 33.00% | 29.00% | 26.00% | 25.50% | 25.00% |
| 2 | 30.00% | 30.00% | 23.00% | 20.00% | 18.00% | 16.50% | 16.00% | 15.50% |
| 3 | 20.00% | 20.00% | 16.00% | 15.00% | 13.00% | 12.00% | 11.50% | 11.00% |
| 4 | 10.00% | 12.00% | 11.00% | 10.00% | 9.50% | 9.00% | 8.50% | |
| 5 | 9.00% | 8.00% | 8.00% | 8.00% | 7.50% | 7.00% | ||
| 6 | 7.00% | 7.00% | 6.50% | 6.00% | 5.50% | |||
| 7 | 6.00% | 6.00% | 5.00% | 4.50% | 4.00% | |||
| 8 | 5.00% | 4.00% | 3.50% | 3.00% | ||||
| 9 | 4.00% | 3.50% | 3.00% | 2.50% | ||||
| 10-12 | 3.00% | 2.50% | 2.20% | |||||
| 13-15 | 2.00% | 2.00% | ||||||
| 16-18 | 1.80% | |||||||
| 19-27 | ||||||||
| 28-36 | ||||||||
| 37-45 | ||||||||
| 46-63 | ||||||||
| 64-81 | ||||||||
| 82-99 | ||||||||
| 100-126 | ||||||||
| 127-153 | ||||||||
| Finishing Position | Total Number of Entries | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118-175 | 176-215 | 216-290 | 291-415 | 416-550 | 551-700 | 701-900 | 901-1100 | |
| 1 | 23.00% | 22.50% | 21.50% | 20.50% | 19.50% | 19.25% | 19.20% | 19.11% |
| 2 | 14.00% | 13.50% | 13.25% | 12.75% | 12.25% | 12.00% | 11.90% | 11.80% |
| 3 | 10.50% | 10.30% | 9.50% | 9.00% | 8.50% | 8.25% | 8.25% | 8.20% |
| 4 | 8.00% | 7.75% | 7.25% | 6.70% | 6.50% | 6.40% | 6.35% | 6.30% |
| 5 | 6.00% | 6.00% | 5.50% | 5.20% | 5.00% | 4.90% | 4.85% | 4.80% |
| 6 | 4.50% | 4.50% | 4.20% | 3.90% | 3.70% | 3.60% | 3.55% | 3.50% |
| 7 | 3.50% | 3.50% | 3.10% | 2.90% | 2.70% | 2.65% | 2.60% | 2.55% |
| 8 | 2.90% | 2.70% | 2.50% | 2.30% | 2.20% | 2.15% | 2.10% | 2.05% |
| 9 | 2.40% | 2.10% | 2.00% | 1.80% | 1.70% | 1.65% | 1.60% | 1.55% |
| 10-12 | 2.00% | 1.65% | 1.60% | 1.40% | 1.30% | 1.30% | 1.25% | 1.23% |
| 13-15 | 1.70% | 1.35% | 1.30% | 1.10% | 1.05% | 1.05% | 1.00% | 0.95% |
| 16-18 | 1.40% | 1.10% | 1.05% | 0.90% | 0.85% | 0.80% | 0.75% | 0.70% |
| 19-27 | 1.10% | 0.90% | 0.85% | 0.75% | 0.65% | 0.60% | 0.55% | 0.52% |
| 28-36 | 0.75% | 0.70% | 0.60% | 0.55% | 0.50% | 0.45% | 0.42% | |
| 37-45 | 0.60% | 0.50% | 0.45% | 0.40% | 0.35% | 0.33% | ||
| 46-63 | 0.45% | 0.40% | 0.35% | 0.29% | 0.26% | |||
| 64-81 | 0.35% | 0.30% | 0.24% | 0.21% | ||||
| 82-99 | 0.25% | 0.21% | 0.18% | |||||
| 100-126 | 0.19% | 0.16% | ||||||
| 127-153 | 0.15% | |||||||
