The recently changed rules for the Grand Prix now also require that “no more than one prize under $100 may count towards the Grand Prix Point total.”
Does this mean that no prize advertised under $100 is supposed to count towards the Grand Prix, or that no [i]guaranteed[/i] prize less than $100 may count towards the Grand Prix? Many tournaments use a combination of guaranteed and based-on prizes, and especially common are tournaments which advertise a based-on prize fund with a minimum percentage guaranteed. For example, would a TLA which advertises a prize fund in the Open Section of $500-250-150-100 based on 40 entries, with half of each prize guaranteed, be 10 Grand Prix Points (half of $1,000 is $500, which is 10 Grand Prix Points), or would it be 6 Grand Prix Points, because the $900 top three prizes count towards the Grand Prix, half of which is guaranteed, which is $450 and 6 Grand Prix Points? The $150 and $100 prizes are only half-guaranteed, which makes them each under $100 guaranteed, so only one of them counts (presumably the $150 one).
As the new rules are effective with this month's TLAs, this should probably be clarified.