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Title: The prize pool is under-allocated
Post by: theHammer on October 08, 2006, 08:49:34 PM: Getting the "Problem": The prize pool is under-allocated (not all prize pool money is allocated for prizes).

How do I correct this? i DO have a buck or too that's not being given out, due to rounding of the prizes, but do I have to allocate i.e. $2.50 to "something" or else get this "Problem" message?
Title: Re: The prize pool is under-allocated
Post by: Corey Cooper on October 09, 2006, 11:22:40 AM: You can set any combination of prizes to share the "leftover" amount. Just check the "Share leftover" box on the prize dialog.
Title: Re: The prize pool is under-allocated
Post by: theHammer on October 09, 2006, 08:37:10 PM: I'm on the "Prizes" tab, but I don't see a "Share Leftover" button. Am I looking in the wrong place? I believe I saw that before, but can't seem to find it now.

Help!
Title: Re: The prize pool is under-allocated
Post by: Corey Cooper on October 09, 2006, 10:14:40 PM: Quote from: Corey Cooper on October 09, 2006, 11:22:40 AM
Just check the "Share leftover" box on the prize dialog.

Emphasis added. Double-click a prize to open the prize dialog. So double-click the prize to which you would like the leftover to be allocated. On the prize dialog is the "Share leftover" checkbox (actual wording is "Share leftover pot", left-hand side in the "Amount" pane).
Title: Re: The prize pool is under-allocated
Post by: theHammer on October 11, 2006, 11:59:41 AM: Thanks Corey! I'm starting to get the hang of this, and spending time goin' thru this forum is also a BIG help. What a GREAT program. My poker buddies love it! And as I'm gettin' into it -- I'm just more and more amazed at how versatile and usable this software is! TY - TY - TY! I couldn't be runnin' my tournaments the same without it.

One more Q [at least ;) ] -- I want to create a "fund" next season for an Invitational; to invite the top 8 players during the year to a tourney that is already funded (no buy-in) as their reward, and also as an additional competition. But to do so, I'm goin' to have to begin a rake towards that. Is there a way to also use the "leftover" to be tossed into this "fund"? I tried to create a "5th Prize" which would be the fund, but my options are percentage, fixed rate, etc. I would just like to sweep any leftover in on top of the rake for the fund.
Title: Re: The prize pool is under-allocated
Post by: Corey Cooper on October 11, 2006, 04:07:38 PM: Nope, there's no way to automatically do this. You can see what the leftover is on the Prizes page (don't "share" the leftover). But you can't sweep that into a rake, for example. You'll just have to note the leftover amount and keep track of it manually.

If you see that you have a leftover $15, for example, and then go set the "Fixed Rake" to be $15, you'll find that you've changed the prize pool, which in turn will change the % amounts that get calculated for prizes. So in the end you'll probably have to do this manually.
Title: Re: The prize pool is under-allocated
Post by: theHammer on October 11, 2006, 09:36:30 PM: Don't know if this is asked for enough to warrant a "to-do list" item, but I think it'd be cool!

Anyways - this is STILL the coolest software!
Title: Re: The prize pool is under-allocated
Post by: jellygoose21 on October 11, 2006, 10:24:25 PM: i think my question i posted is pretty close to what u've said there
i want to take a player rake... pool it up... and use it for the grand final
simular to inviting 8 people like u have said.
Title: Re: The prize pool is under-allocated
Post by: theHammer on October 12, 2006, 07:58:32 AM: I saw your post also, and thought that we were pretty much on the same page with our question. It would be a cool feature, for sure.