reward for getting to the final table in multi table tournaments

alsaces

I haven't been playing for long but I have found these tornaments very exciting and have actually won money in 3 out of the 9 played so far.

However, in several I have played in and watched, the prize money only goes down to 5th place, even though there are as many as 40 players that started.

One example recently paid the first five places like this:

1st: £18.40 2nd: £11.50 3rd: £6.90  4th: £5.06 5th: £4.14

Wouldn't it be better to reward the 6th place at the final table ? After all, it is an achievement to reach the final table and then to receive nothing for coming 6th is unfair. With the above example, the rewards could have been thus:

1st: £18 2nd: £11 3rd: £6 4th: £5  5th: £4 6th £2

Isnt that a fairer system ?

loonytoons

I think the system sky use is the same as most sites for mtt i believe it is
1-5 players       1st only
6-9 players       1st and 2nd
10-29 players   1st -3rd
30-49 players    1st-5th
50-69 players    1st-8th
70-99 players    1st-10th
100-199 players 1st-20th
200 plus players 10% of payers paid for every 100 entrants

alsaces

Ok, looneytoons...........that sounds like its accurate.

However, my point is about how fair that is. Surely the leap to paying for 8 places when the numbers go from 49 to 50 is not in proportion.

There is plenty of scope for the prizes to be allocated down to 6th place, thereby allowing all the final table players to get paid.

I am going to put this around to fellow competitors and see what the general opinion is.

Anyone care to add to this post ?

Grimstar30

on tilt... a 90 man STT (which is really a Mtt with fixed entrants) pays out to top 18. I like that.