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Splitbook book opens at launch how
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The book is empty. The first stake of 1,000 SPLITBOOK or more takes seat 1 — the second biggest takes seat 2, and every stake after them pays the two of them at the close.

seat 1 open first stake of 1,000+ takes it
seat 2 open second stake takes it
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Type a stake to see which seat it takes.

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    Every stake here is paid to the two seats when the book closes (3% to the house).

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      How a book runs

      1. Stake. At least 1,000 SPLITBOOK opens your stake in the hour's book. Add to it any time before the close.
      2. The seats. The two biggest stakes hold the seats. To take one you must beat it — a tie leaves the earlier stake in place.
      3. The close. On the hour the two seats take their own stakes back and split the pot in halves: every stake below them, less 3% to the house. Stakes below the seats are not returned. The next book opens at once.

      A close, with real numbers

      Six stakes at the close: 50,000 · 40,000 · 20,000 · 15,000 · 10,000 · 5,000. Seat 1 is the 50,000, seat 2 the 40,000.

      The pot is everything below them: 20,000 + 15,000 + 10,000 + 5,000 = 50,000. The house takes 3% (1,500); 48,500 splits in halves.

      Seat 1 walks with 50,000 + 24,250 = 74,250. Seat 2 walks with 40,000 + 24,250 = 64,250. A stake of 40,001 placed one minute before the close would have taken seat 2 instead — and the 40,000 would have paid it.

      A book with two stakes or fewer has no pot: each stake comes back in full.