Okay, before I'm going to bed late... I decided to proceed with updated options under these assumptions:
A.) that there are 29 contestants (with playersonly69 & PublicsMoney as confirmed).
B.) That we are expected to pay out to 5 places.
C.) That with the 3 remaining options, I tried to duplicate potential numbers by those who made suggestions (in this case, J-Man & SS) as well as the numbers I mentioned for Option 2.
Specifically, in J-Man's case, his initial post was based on 24 players so I am using basically the exact percentages he did have to display Option 1Ae with the new raw numbers, then I slightly changed the numbers to good round-about figures to make Option 1B.
<table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 381pt;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="505"><col style="width: 23pt;" width="30"> <col style="width: 61pt;" width="81"> <col style="width: 41pt;" width="54"> <col style="width: 23pt;" width="30"> <col style="width: 61pt;" width="81"> <col style="width: 44pt;" width="59"> <col style="width: 23pt;" width="30"> <col style="width: 61pt;" width="81"> <col style="width: 44pt;" width="59"> <tbody><tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td class="xl68" style="height: 15pt; width: 23pt;" height="20" width="30">
1A (24)
</td> <td style="width: 61pt;" width="81">
</td> <td style="width: 41pt;" width="54">
</td> <td class="xl68" style="width: 23pt;" width="30">
1Ae</td> <td style="width: 61pt;" width="81">
</td> <td style="width: 44pt;" width="59">
</td> <td class="xl68" style="width: 23pt;" width="30">
1B</td> <td style="width: 61pt;" width="81">
</td> <td style="width: 44pt;" width="59">
</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
1st</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 4,000.00 </td> <td class="xl67">
46.30%</td> <td>
1st</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 4,833.33 </td> <td class="xl67">
46.30%</td> <td>
1st</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 4,840.00 </td> <td class="xl67">
46.36%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
2nd</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 2,000.00 </td> <td class="xl67">
23.15%</td> <td>
2nd</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 2,416.67 </td> <td class="xl67">
23.15%</td> <td>
2nd</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 2,400.00 </td> <td class="xl67">
22.99%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
3rd</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 1,300.00 </td> <td class="xl67">
15.05%</td> <td>
3rd</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 1,570.83 </td> <td class="xl67">
15.05%</td> <td>
3rd</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 1,600.00 </td> <td class="xl67">
15.33%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
4th</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 1,000.00 </td> <td class="xl67">
11.57%</td> <td>
4th</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 1,208.33 </td> <td class="xl67">
11.57%</td> <td>
4th</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 1,200.00 </td> <td class="xl67">
11.49%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
5th</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 340.00 </td> <td class="xl67">
3.94%</td> <td>
5th</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 410.83 </td> <td class="xl67">
3.94%</td> <td>
5th</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 400.00 </td> <td class="xl67">
3.83%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
</td> <td class="xl66">
$ 8,640.00 </td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td class="xl66">
$ 10,440.00 </td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td class="xl66">
$ 10,440.00 </td> <td>
</td> </tr> </tbody></table>
Also, for SportSavant's case, I proceeded along with the 1st prize doubling over 2nd; 2nd doubling over 3rd; etcetera. The only change was the 5th place payout, weird number but I had to match the numbers to make it $10,440 unless something better could be changed to?
<table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 128pt;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="170"><col style="width: 23pt;" width="30"> <col style="width: 61pt;" width="81"> <col style="width: 44pt;" width="59"> <tbody><tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td class="xl68" style="height: 15pt; width: 23pt;" height="20" width="30">
5B</td> <td style="width: 61pt;" width="81">
</td> <td style="width: 44pt;" width="59">
</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
1st</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 5,400.00 </td> <td class="xl67">
51.72%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
2nd</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 2,700.00 </td> <td class="xl67">
25.86%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
3rd</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 1,350.00 </td> <td class="xl67">
12.93%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
4th</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 675.00 </td> <td class="xl67">
6.47%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
5th</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 315.00 </td> <td class="xl67">
3.02%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
</td> <td class="xl66">
$ 10,440.00 </td> <td>
</td> </tr> </tbody></table>
As for "Calvin's Option 2", I edited basically only the changes in the increase of the prize pool... as my goal was to allow 5th place to get at least 2x the deposit... tweaked slightly to increase the 1st place payout just to ensure that the winner at least gets more than 40%+ of the total prize pool.
<table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 128pt;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="170"><col style="width: 23pt;" width="30"> <col style="width: 61pt;" width="81"> <col style="width: 44pt;" width="59"> <tbody><tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td class="xl68" style="height: 15pt; width: 23pt;" height="20" width="30">
2B</td> <td style="width: 61pt;" width="81">
</td> <td style="width: 44pt;" width="59">
</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
1st</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 4,340.00 </td> <td class="xl67">
41.57%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
2nd</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 2,750.00 </td> <td class="xl67">
26.34%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
3rd</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 1,750.00 </td> <td class="xl67">
16.76%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
4th</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 1,000.00 </td> <td class="xl67">
9.58%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
5th</td> <td class="xl65">
$ 600.00 </td> <td class="xl67">
5.75%</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
</td> <td class="xl66">
$ 10,440.00 </td> <td>
</td> </tr> </tbody></table>
I hope I have provided a great balance of 3 different options as something final to vote for. I don't care if the option I thought of doesn't get one single vote other than myself, all fine with me.
I will be posting the actual options next right now.
* CalvinTy