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How many tlb points would you get if you won at pokerstars?

a tourny with 90 players at $1 buyin? Doesn't have to be exact just and estimate.

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1. you can get an accurate answer by sending an e-mail to support@pokerstars.com. They are usually very fast.
2. From PStars: "Points = 10 * [sqrt(n)/sqrt(k)] * [1+log(b+0.25)] Where: n is the number of entrants k is the place of finish (k=1 for the first-place finisher, and so on) b is the buy-in amount in dollars (excluding administrative fee). For freerolls the buy-in is $0, and for FPP tournaments 1 FPP is counted as $0.0161." Therefore, in your specific case, 10 * [sqrt(90)/sqrt(1)] * [1+log(1+0.25)] = 10 * [9.4868] * [1.0969] Which works out to about 104. ----------------------------------------------------- The formula looks complicated, but if you play around with it for a while, with a calculator, you'll learn a few important points: -Field size is MUCH more important than the cost of the tournament buy-in. In fact, a $10,000 buy-in tourney is only worth about 3 times the number of points as a $10 tourney of the same size. -Finishing 3rd out of 300 earns the same number of points as finishing 1st out of 100. So, winning is nice, but there's not really a "premium on winning." If you can place high in big fields, it may be more valuable than beating smaller fields. For instance, you can expect to finish in the top 3 out of 300 just as often as you win 1st out of 100... but "in the top 3" includes some 1st and 2nd place finishes too, unless you're a bad shorthanded player. Conclusion: If you care about tournament leader board points, the key is to play tons of tournaments with large fields. Lower stakes tourneys don't hurt your prospects at all, and they're easier to beat.