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# Buy In Tiers
Buy-ins are denominated in $SMILY. They are expressed below both as an amount and as a share of total supply, to keep them coherent with the token economy.
## The tiers
| Tier | Buy-in ($SMILY) | Share of supply (of 1B) |
| ------- | --------------- | ----------------------- |
| Micro | 1,000 | 0.0001% |
| Bronze | 5,000 | 0.0005% |
| Silver | 25,000 | 0.0025% |
| Gold | 100,000 | 0.01% |
| Diamond | 400,000 | 0.04% |
| Whale | 1,000,000 | 0.1% |
## Why these amounts are coherent with the tokenomics
**Entries do not distort the token.** Buy-ins are tiny fractions of supply, so individual entries do not move the token around. Even a Whale Heads-Up pot of 2,000,000 $SMILY is 0.2% of supply, transient and immediately redistributed.
**The system stays clean.** With no rewards pool, no treasury, and no team pre-mine, the only token movements are entry purchases (USDC buying $SMILY), redistribution to winners, and the 2% burn. There are no hidden flows.
**The tiers are the throttle on deflation.** The 2% burn per pot scales with tier and volume. More volume on larger tiers means more $SMILY burned, which means faster deflation. This is the direct link between the game and the token: playing bigger and playing more both accelerate the burn.
## Launch concentration
The platform launches with three tiers, Micro (1,000), Silver (25,000), and Gold (100,000), to concentrate players into fewer rooms so that tables fill quickly. Spreading players across six tiers on day one would thin out the rooms and slow the fill. The one-billion granularity allows the lower and higher tiers (Bronze, Diamond, Whale) to be added later without friction, as the player base grows.
## How tiers interact with formats
Any format can be played at any available tier. A player chooses a tier for the stakes and a format for the pace and the structure. A Micro Spin and Go is a cheap shot at a jackpot. A Gold Sit and Go is a serious eight-handed contest. A Whale Heads-Up is a high-stakes duel. The buy-in sets the size of the pot, and the [Payouts](broken://pages/94576478bb36b69b7e7276d21c19cffb8c589477) structure sets how it is shared.
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