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TL;DR; - We created a "winner takes all unless negotiated" tourney to avoid payout complaints and also to learn negotiation skills in tourneys.
We play a challenge tourney that has a stated prize structure of winner takes all, unless negotiated. All remaining players need to agree to the new payout structure for it to be approved. The winner keeps a roving trophy and plays the next time for free. We always play the tournament out to one winner. The trophy and winner cannot be negotiated, only the prize money. We call the tourney the BSD Challenge.
We have played 52 times since 1999 (a full deck).
Here is a chart of the payouts relative to the number of players entering the tourney for all 52 tourneys so far.
We have had three times where there was no agreement so it ended up winner takes all. We have also had twice where there were six places of 14 paid.
You can understand that if you are very short stacked you take an offer to pay 2nd through remaining players their buy-in (remainder to 1st). We call this a "save" and happens in most tourneys. When it happens is dependent upon chip distribution.
There are usually re-negotiations when it gets to two or three players. A couple of times heads-up they agreed to split the remaining pool and play for the trophy and subsequent free entry next time.
In any case it is data as to tourney payout preferences, under duress, I suppose.
We play a challenge tourney that has a stated prize structure of winner takes all, unless negotiated. All remaining players need to agree to the new payout structure for it to be approved. The winner keeps a roving trophy and plays the next time for free. We always play the tournament out to one winner. The trophy and winner cannot be negotiated, only the prize money. We call the tourney the BSD Challenge.
We have played 52 times since 1999 (a full deck).
Here is a chart of the payouts relative to the number of players entering the tourney for all 52 tourneys so far.
We have had three times where there was no agreement so it ended up winner takes all. We have also had twice where there were six places of 14 paid.
You can understand that if you are very short stacked you take an offer to pay 2nd through remaining players their buy-in (remainder to 1st). We call this a "save" and happens in most tourneys. When it happens is dependent upon chip distribution.
There are usually re-negotiations when it gets to two or three players. A couple of times heads-up they agreed to split the remaining pool and play for the trophy and subsequent free entry next time.
In any case it is data as to tourney payout preferences, under duress, I suppose.
too lazy!
