Tournament Prize Pools

The Prize Pool is the money that a tournament’s winning Participants will earn. The Prize Pool is formed when gamers register for a tournament by paying a tournament Registration Fee. If your Participant wins a share of the Prize Pool, the share is split equally amongst you and your mates and is immediately deposited into your respective Account Balances. You can withdraw money from your Account Balance whenever you want to.

Here is an example

Your Participant of 5 gamers and 63 other Participants register for a Counter Strike Source tournament that has a Registration Fee of $10 + $1. The second dollar amount listed in the Registration Fee, in this case $1, is the “Tournament Hosting Fee” which is kept by Get Gosu to cover the cost of running the tournament. The first dollar amount listed in a tournament’s Registration Fee, known as the “Prize Pool Contribution,” is the amount that each gamer contributes to the tournament’s Prize Pool. In this example, each registered gamer contributes $10 to the Prize Pool. This tournament’s total Prize Pool = 64 Participants x 5 gamers per Participant x $10 = $3,200. In the case of a tournament with 64 Participants, the top 8 performing Participants will earn a share of the Prize Pool.

The Payouts for this tournament are as follows:

  • 1st place Participant receives $832.00
  • 2nd place Participant receives $576.00
  • 3rd place Participant receives $384.00
  • 4th place Participant receives $384.00
  • 5th place Participant receives $256.00
  • 6th place Participant receives $256.00
  • 7th place Participant receives $256.00
  • 8th place Participant receives $256.00

The Authoritative Prize Pool Distribution Breakdown

The Prize Pool’s distribution is determined by the number of Participants that register for the tournament as follows:

2-4 Participants

  • 1st place: 100%

5 – 12 Participants

  • 1st place: 65%
  • 2nd place: 35%

13 – 48 Participants

  • 1st place: 39%
  • 2nd place: 25%
  • 3rd/4th place: 18%

49 – 96 Participants

  • 1st place: 26%
  • 2nd place: 18%
  • 3rd/4th place: 12%
  • 5th to 8th place: 8%

97 – 192 Participants

  • 1st place: 21%
  • 2nd place: 14%
  • 3rd/4th place: 9%
  • 5th to 8th place: 4.75%
  • 9th to 16th place: 3.5%

193 – 384 Participants

  • 1st place: 19.25%
  • 2nd place: 12.75%
  • 3rd/4th place: 8%
  • 5th to 8th place: 4%
  • 9th to 16th place: 2%
  • 17th to 32nd place: 1.25%

385 – 768 Participants

  • 1st place: 18%
  • 2nd place: 12%
  • 3rd/4th place: 7.5%
  • 5th to 8th place: 3.75%
  • 9th to 16th place: 2%
  • 17th to 32nd place: 1.5%

769 – 1535 Participants

  • 1st place: 17%
  • 2nd place: 11%
  • 3rd/4th place: 7%
  • 5th to 8th place: 3.5%
  • 9th to 16th place: 1.5%
  • 17th to 32nd place: 1%
  • 33rd to 64th place: 0.5%

More than 1535 Participants

  • 1st place: 15%
  • 2nd place: 9%
  • 3rd/4th place: 6%
  • 5th to 8th place: 3%
  • 9th to 16th place: 1.5%
  • 17th to 32nd place: 0.75%
  • 33rd to 64th place: 0.375%
  • 65th to 128th place: 0.25%

Note: If 2 (or more) Participants receive the same ranking, the Payout for that rank is distributed equally between the Participants.