PKO & Mystery Bounty · Mathematically exact

Stop calling
PKO bounties
by feel.

BountyIQ converts every bounty into exact big blinds and tells you the correct equity threshold to call — for PKO, Mystery Bounty, multiway pots, and future EV.

Mathematically verified · Built for the table, not the study session
BountyIQ · PKO
50/100
100/200
150/300
200/400
250/500
This bounty is worth
9.6 BB
$25 bounty · 100/200 level
Power
×0.500
Eq. Drop
−5.6%
Impact
HIGH
Standard
50.0%
With bounty
37.8%
−12.2% less needed
✓ Covering HIGH impact
The problem

Your intuition is costing you money

PKO bounty math is genuinely hard. Without the calculation, you're guessing.

01

You're treating 50% as your threshold

In a standard MTT, pot odds give you a clean 50% call threshold heads-up. In a PKO, that's wrong. The bounty lowers what you need — by more than you think.

50.0% 37.8% ✓
02

Bounty value changes every blind level

A $25 bounty at 100/200 is worth 9.6 BB. At 500/1000 it's worth 1.9 BB. The same bounty has completely different strategic weight depending on where you are in the tournament.

100/200: 9.6 BB 500/1k: 1.9 BB
03

Multiway and Mystery Bounty break the model

When multiple bounties are on the line your EV is additive — ranges get wider, not tighter. Mystery Bounty requires average pool calculations, not the biggest prize on display.

3-way: wider range ✓
What BountyIQ does

Four calculations. One tool.

No ranges. No solver. Just the number you need to make the right call.

PKO Bounty Calculator

Convert any villain's bounty into exact big blinds at any blind level, and see your correct call threshold — heads-up or multiway.

9.6 BB
$25 bounty at 100/200 level

Mystery Bounty Calculator

Calculate the correct average bounty from the prize pool, with an outlier adjustment that shows what happens once the biggest prizes are gone.

$208 avg
$250k pool · 1,200 players

Multiway Bounty EV

Add up to 4 opponents. Bounty EV is additive across every player you cover — see the combined impact on your correct call threshold.

+additive
Ranges get wider, not tighter

Future Bounty EV

Winning chips increases your proportional share of the remaining bounty pool. BountyIQ quantifies exactly how much, using the Proportional Bounty Model.

+3.2 BB
Future EV from winning this pot
How it works

Three inputs. One answer.

Built to be used at the table, during breaks. No solver experience required.

01

Enter the spot

Your stack, villain's stack, bounty amount, and the current blind level. That's it. PKO and Mystery Bounty have separate calculators for accurate results.

02

Get the exact number

BountyIQ outputs the bounty in big blinds, the equity drop, and your true call threshold — updated instantly as you type. No submit button.

03

Make the correct call

Your threshold is 37.8% instead of 50%. KQ has roughly 40% equity against a shove range here — that's a call. Without BountyIQ, it's a fold. BountyIQ doesn't replace your judgment. It gives your judgment the right number to work from.

The difference

One number changes the call.

Without BountyIQ, you're applying standard pot odds to a non-standard situation. The bounty changes what you need. Every time. By more than you'd guess.

Example spot
$110 buy-in PKO · 100/200 blinds · Villain shoves 30bb
Villain has a $25 capturable bounty · You cover them
Without BountyIQ
50.0% needed
Standard pot odds. You fold marginal hands and move on.
With BountyIQ
37.8% needed
The bounty is worth 9.6 BB. That's a profitable call with hands you'd normally fold.
That gap — 12.2 percentage points — is money left on the table every time you play a PKO without it.
Pricing

One correct bounty call pays for a year.

If BountyIQ fixes one bad call per session in a $100 buy-in, it's paid for itself ten times over.

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FAQ

Common questions

No. BountyIQ is built for players who want the correct number at the table — not those who want to study ranges at home. Solvers give you preflop charts to memorise and postflop strategies to review. BountyIQ gives you a single, real-time answer to a specific question: what equity do I actually need to call this bounty spot? No study required.
PKO (Progressive Knockout) — both heads-up and multiway. Mystery Bounty — with average pool calculation and outlier adjustment. The calculators handle standard 50/50 PKO structures as well as non-standard splits. More formats may be added based on subscriber feedback.
BountyIQ's calculations are built on the established mathematics of chip EV and pot odds — the same first principles that underpin all serious tournament poker theory. Bounty value, equity drop, and future EV are all derivable from how chips translate to prize equity in a bounty format. These are not approximations or heuristics. The exact methodology stays inside the product, but the outputs are consistent with what serious tournament analysis produces.
We don't plan to raise prices, but if that ever changes, existing subscribers will be given at least 60 days' notice and the option to lock in their current rate for a further 12 months. We won't change pricing without communicating it clearly first.

Know the number. Make the call.

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