Poker payout calculator
Enter the buy-ins, rebuys and add-ons, take off any agreed costs, and choose how many places are paid. The payouts always add up to the exact prize pool.
What the calculator does
- Collected
- Buy-ins plus rebuys plus add-ons, shown line by line.
- Deductions
- Anything you agreed to take out first, such as food, as a fixed amount, a percentage, or both. Deductions are never more than what was collected.
- Prize pool
- What is left to pay out. Every split adds up to exactly this amount.
Rounding without losing money
Splitting $163 as 50/30/20 gives $81.50, $48.90 and $32.60. If you would rather pay whole dollars, each place is rounded down and the leftover goes to 1st place, so the payouts are $83, $48 and $32. The calculator shows the amount added to 1st whenever this happens. Amounts are calculated in whole cents, so nothing is lost to rounding errors.
Choosing a split
The suggested split follows the number of entries: one paid place for tiny games, three for about 8 to 15 entries, and more as the field grows. Splits like 50/30/20 are common starting points, not rules. Agree the split before the first hand.
This calculator divides the pool by fixed percentages. It does not work out chip-count or ICM deals between players at the final table.
Send the result straight to the poker timer, or update the tournament in progress. To track entries, rebuys and knockouts as the night goes on, use the tournament manager.
Questions
How many places should a home poker tournament pay?
A common rule is to pay roughly the top 15 to 20 percent of entries: one place for four players or fewer, two for five to seven, three for eight to fifteen. Smaller groups often prefer fewer, larger prizes.
What is a typical payout split for three places?
50/30/20 is a common choice for three places, and 65/35 for two. Any split works as long as the percentages add up to 100% and the group agrees before play starts.
Why does 1st place get a few extra coins?
When payouts are rounded, for example to whole dollars, the small leftover has to go somewhere. Giving it to 1st place keeps the total exactly equal to the prize pool.
Is this an ICM calculator?
No. It splits the prize pool by the percentages you choose. ICM and chip-count deals depend on stack sizes at the final table and are not calculated here.