SHOTCLOCK

Rules & payouts

How a game works

  • Everyone at a table gets the same questions, in the same order, with the same timer.
  • Timers: Regular 15s · Turbo 10s · Hyper 6s per question.
  • Free tables score points: 100 for a correct answer, up to +100 for speed, and up to ×1.5 for streaks.
  • Paid tables (not available yet) rank by skill only: most correct answers first, then the lowest total answer time. A wrong or missed answer counts as the full timer. Players who are still exactly level share the prizes for the places they cover, split evenly. There are no extra tiebreak questions and no random elements.
  • Big fields play in stages. The bottom half is knocked out after each stage until the final stage.
  • Sit & Gos start as soon as they fill. Table sizes: 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 45, 90, 180. Multi-table tournaments have no cap.

Buy-in levels

Free
Always free
Micro
$1 · coming soon
Low
$5 · coming soon
Mid
$25 · coming soon
High
$100 · coming soon
Whale
$500 · coming soon

Published payout tables (paid tables, when available)

Prize pool = entry fees minus a 10% platform fee (default). Shares of the pool by finishing place:

Heads-Up1: 100.0%
3-max1: 100.0%
6-max1: 65.0%2: 35.0%
8-max1: 50.0%2: 30.0%3: 20.0%
9-max1: 50.0%2: 30.0%3: 20.0%
45-max1: 30.0%2: 20.0%3: 14.0%4: 11.0%5: 9.0%6: 7.0%7: 5.0%8: 4.0%
90-max1: 25.0%2: 16.0%3: 12.0%4: 9.0%5: 7.0%6: 6.0%7: 5.0%8: 4.0%9: 3.0%10: 3.0%11: 2.5%12: 2.5%13: 2.0%14: 2.0%15: 1.0%
180-max1: 22.2%2: 11.9%3: 8.3%4: 6.4%5: 5.2%6: 4.4%7: 3.9%8: 3.4%9: 3.1%10: 2.8%11: 2.6%12: 2.4%13: 2.2%14: 2.1%15: 1.9%16: 1.8%17: 1.7%18: 1.6%19: 1.6%20: 1.5%21: 1.4%22: 1.4%23: 1.3%24: 1.3%25: 1.2%26: 1.2%27: 1.1%
Tournaments: roughly the top 15% of the field get paid, with shares that shrink by place.
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