Besides "Big Money" nights where the buy-in is $25.00, the regular buy-in is $15.00.  This makes it nice because you only have to deal with 5's, 10's and 20's. (no 1's).  Here is the breakdown for the buy-in: $10.00- goes to that night's purse $1.00-goes to "high hand" for the night (optional)  We also pay $4.00 to the first person that is knocked out.  We hate for people to go away with a bad taste in their mouths.  The remaining money is paid to high hand.  Example: 25 people-$4.00 to first out and $21.00 to high hand. $4.00- goes to the league championship payout to be paid to the top 9 players at the end of the league. **another option to help defray costs of chips cards ect........$3.00 would go to the championship purse and $1.00 would go to house for buying supplies drinks ect........ On big money night the split is the same except for $20.00 goes to the night's purse instead of $10.00.  Essentially the payout is double.