# Poker tournament trip budget

Blank planning sheet. Keep your completed copy private.
Worked examples: https://nolankido.com/poker/tournament-trip-budget/
Use current event rules and booking totals. All amounts use one currency.

EVENT AND LIMITS
Event, date and selected flight:
Organizer's schedule / structure-sheet URL:
Full price per entry, including disclosed fees:
Planned entries and prices (itemize different events):
Maximum optional entries across the WHOLE trip:
Registration cutoff and latest time a new entry fits my plan:
Possible later day / restart:
Accepted payment methods / required identification:

PLANNED DIRECT EXPENSES (amounts I expect to pay)
Driving: round-trip miles ___ / mpg ___ x gas price ___ = ___
Tolls ___ + parking ___ = ___
OR flight: fare ___ + bags ___ + airport parking ___ + transfers ___ = ___
Other transport needed at the destination:
Room checkout total for ALL planned nights, including taxes/mandatory fees:
My share of the actual shared room bill:
Meals cap, including taxes/tips:
Incidentals/payment fees:
Other direct expenses:

A. Planned entry spend (sum each planned entry):
B. Direct trip expenses (transport + my lodging share + meals + incidentals):
C. PLANNED SPENDING = A + B:

DEFINED RESERVES (available, spent only if used)
D. Optional-entry reserve (sum the optional entry prices, up to my cap):
E. Contingencies (itemize):
   Extra night, with confirmed price and backup availability:
   Additional meals/transport:
   Other defined contingency:
F. FUNDS AVAILABLE = C + D + E:

Separate hotel/rental authorization hold and card capacity needed:
Cancellation/refund terms:
Transport home and necessary household funds protected separately:
Calendar window protected, including travel/rest and possible extension:
Foregone income or personal time valuation (separate from cash receipts):
Zero-payout amount I accept spending:
My stop rule (losses do not expand it):
Unresolved details to confirm before committing:

AFTER THE TRIP (actual amounts, once each)
Gross tournament payouts:
Actual entry spend, including every re-entry used:
Actual direct trip spend, including contingencies used:
PRE-TAX TRIP RESULT = payouts - actual entries - actual direct expenses:
Unused reserves (not expenses or losses):
Costs or assumptions to change next time:

Avoid double counting an included entry fee, tax-inclusive hotel bill,
shared room bill, alternative flight/drive plan or the same hours of time.
Reaching another day does not guarantee a payout or fund a room.
This sheet budgets a trip; it does not estimate poker profitability,
prescribe a bankroll or calculate personal taxes.