Poker Staking & Markup Calculator
Price sold action and split an actual tournament prize.
How it works
Selling action transfers the entered percentage of a tournament's gross cash prize to the backer. Markup multiplies the purchase price, not the payout share. The player's net result includes the sale proceeds, retained prize and full buy-in. These are actual accounting results for the entered prize, not expected value or a forecast.
A 1,000 buy-in with 10% sold at 1.2× costs the backer 120. A gross prize of 5,000 pays the backer 500: backer profit 380, player profit 3,620 and player net funding 880.
One event and a straight percentage sale, with the entry fee already included in buy-in. Use one currency. No makeup, later profit split, taxes or separate fees. Negative player net funding means sale proceeds exceeded the buy-in; it is not clamped to zero.
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How the Poker Staking & Markup Calculator works
Selling action transfers the entered percentage of a tournament's gross cash prize to the backer. Markup multiplies the purchase price, not the payout share. The player's net result includes the sale proceeds, retained prize and full buy-in. These are actual accounting results for the entered prize, not expected value or a forecast.
Poker Staking & Markup Calculator
A 1,000 buy-in with 10% sold at 1.2× costs the backer 120. A gross prize of 5,000 pays the backer 500: backer profit 380, player profit 3,620 and player net funding 880.
One event and a straight percentage sale, with the entry fee already included in buy-in. Use one currency. No makeup, later profit split, taxes or separate fees. Negative player net funding means sale proceeds exceeded the buy-in; it is not clamped to zero.
Selling poker action: markup changes the price, not the prize share
A 10% share at 1.2× markup costs 12% of the full buy-in, but still receives 10% of the actual gross prize. The difference between the payment and that share's face cost is the markup premium. Enter the full buy-in including the entry fee; do not subtract the player's retained share before calculating the sale.
For this single-event sale, player profit plus backer profit equals the gross prize minus the full buy-in. Markup redistributes that result between the two parties; it does not create additional tournament winnings. Negative player net funding simply records sale proceeds above the buy-in.
FAQ
Does 1.2× markup give the backer a bigger share of winnings?expand_more
No. It increases the purchase price by 20% compared with the share's buy-in cost. A sold 10% still receives 10% of the gross cash prize. Enter markup as 1.2, and the sold percentage as 10.
What happens if the player busts without a cash prize?expand_more
Enter a gross prize of zero. The backer loses the purchase cost, including markup, while the player's result is sale proceeds minus the full buy-in. There is no later repayment or makeup in this straight-sale model.
Can this calculate a long-term backing deal or expected ROI?expand_more
This calculator settles one event using an actual prize and a direct percentage sale. Makeup balances, profit-sharing contracts, taxes, extra fees and uncertain future prizes require different terms and are not included. All entered amounts must use the same currency.