I know I'm going to sound naïve or possibly out of touch, but I have to admit I really just don't "get" this kind of tournament. Personally I don't even like the idea of add-ons. Rebuys I get (when busted-out; otherwise it's just an add-on under a different name to me). Rebuys tend to loosen play and build the pot. I think they can make tournaments more fun, particularly with people who don't regularly play. Add-ons, to me, are like buying an election. You may not win, but you're certainly changing the odds. And not with skill, but with your pocketbook.
Now that I've said that (and I know it's completely irrelevant), I guess I don't understand the issue.
Smokin420s:
we can set this up in the profiles but we have no way of showing on the layout how many players purchased the bonus chips or the totally amount from the different profiles we setup.
Is the issue that you can't separate the "dealer add-on"/"Bonus chips" from the other add-ons? That is, you want to be able to show how much was added to the pot via the bonus chips? (And how many add-ons were purchased for a specific profile?)
I'm not sure you can even show how much money was added via add-ons in general, can you? I guess you can do something like this:
<expression text="totalAddOnsAmount" format="money">Would this be solved by adding a layout token that displayed the total amount of cash collected via an add-on of a specific profile?
Asegzamfire:
The problem it brings is that if you do that you cannot make a real addon at the break. or if you do you cant use the dealer addon. Would be good to have another section like buyin addon and rebuy exactly the same, with his own section (line in the take-in, rake and Pot section) of the summary also. This will help to give more option to the players but also keeping a good track of the money in the tournament.
Sounds to me like you want to limit the number of Dealer Bonus add-ons a player can purchased and limit the number of "regular" add-ons a player can purchase. In other words, you want to regulate (and report) them separately. Is that right?