Listing prize payouts , is this unusual?

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Recently went deep into a tournament with a guarantee prize pool. In looking at the payout structure all prizes were listed as % of prize pool + a $ amt. So for example Place X prize was 5% of prize pool + $40.00 I read this to mean you won the 5% plus $40 (which assumed came from the GTD). Running the math the percentage lined up exactly with the "prize pool total" after late registration closed but i only received the % amt not the "+ $$" amt.

I found this to be extremely misleading as clearly the prize pool was equal to the sum of buy ins/add ons/rebuys minus the "fee." And clearly the "+" amts added up to the GTD amt.

I brought this up with support who ran the tourney and they told me the + sign was either a hyphen or minus sign but agreed with how I saw it as misleading.

If you see X Place pays % + X $$ amt wouldn't you assume it's the % of prize pool plus the listed dollar amount. So like 10% of 1000 would be $100 and if it had + $30 wouldn't it be $130 won?

I understand a GTD tournament generally means the site provides up to the listed amt in prizes if the pool is less than the amt listed. But this was labeled as % + x amt $$ so I was quite confused.

I'm awaiting a response from support but what do others think?
 
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you are right in this case, can you tell us which site was that ?
 
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its the wpn sites, I can't recall what the symbol is but it basically means % of the prize pool or the amount of $$ listed which comes into play when it doesn't meet its gtd amount.

It's also not uncommon for there to be odd typo's in the lobby descriptions etc on their sites so could have been a + but doesn't mean you get both, a lobby mistake or not.
 
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