[Sparky823]

Hello,

A friend of mine runs a 6 man tournament once in a while and I was looking for some feedback. Here's how it works...

3 qualifying tournaments to earn points. These points translate into chips for the money round at the end. Final payout is 40%-40%-20%.

Does this make sense to any of you? I know it is his game, but this seems silly that half the players cash and there is no difference between 1st and 2nd.

[littlebu]

No payouts make no sense at all.

[abby99]

Unless I'm missing something, this makes no sense to me either.

[Brewster]

With only six players you may as well give second place their buy-in back and the winner takes the rest. Anything else just seem wrong to me.

[Captn_All_In]

I have to agree here....but does each of the qualifying tournies have a buy in that is passed on to the final round?

How many people are in the qualifiying tournies?

Is it always the same 6 guys in each of the tournies or are players changing in each tourney?

And I guess anyway you shake it that payout is a little goofy. I could see 50-30-20...but that still seems a little flat for only 6 players.

[tomb1]

The online sites use something like 65%-35% payouts for 1st and 2nd in their 6-man tourneys.

[Sparky823]

Six players total, single buy-in (usually $50) for the entire tourney. Generally the same 4 or 5 play with a few alternates who fill the sixth spot. We try to run two or three each time we get together.

I suggested today that we go to a 3-2-1 payout structure. This will make the game a little more aggressive, but still keep it close to how he has it setup now.

Most importantly, I don't want to mess with someone's home game considering that they are gracious enough to host, buy chips, make a table, etc.

[BCR_9er]

With 6 players, the payouts should be 70%-30% (70% to 1st place if they can't figure that out).

[Sparky823]

Well, the tourney is expanding to 8 players starting this week with a 60-30-10 payout. I guess this is a little better. Thanks for the input.