Comments on: Online Poker Complaints Declining http://online-poker-blog.net/online-poker-complaints-declining.html Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 05 May 2009 02:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael http://online-poker-blog.net/online-poker-complaints-declining.html/comment-page-1#comment-370 Michael Tue, 05 May 2009 02:56:38 +0000 http://online-poker-blog.net/online-poker-complaints-declining.html#comment-370 I have to complain about Poker Stars "technical issues" closing down a tournament tonight (10,000 players) with 1014 of us left and offering no reward for our time and efforts. I was already set for the next round waiting for 14 other tables to close. Winner of each table advances to next round. Here is the email from them: PokerStars Tournament #159606359, No Limit Hold'emFreeroll Super Satellite10000 playersTarget Tournament #159606292 10 tickets to the target tournament Tournament started 2009/05/04 20:00:00 ET Dear contrabroker, Tournament #159606359 has been cancelled due to technical reasons. When a tournament is cancelled before players are in the money, we refund each player their tournament fee, and then divide up the prize pool based on the following formula: - 50% of the award pool distributed evenly between remaining players- 50% of the award pool distributed proportionally according to the chip count At the time of cancellation there were 1014 players remaining, and your chip count was 15,000.00. Total chips in play were 15,000,000.00. Prize pool to be divided equally: $0.00 / 2 = $0.00Prize pool to be divided based on chip count: $0.00 / 2 = $0.00 Your share in money equally divided: $0.00 / 1014 = $0.00Your share based on chip count: $0.00 * (15,000.00 / 15,000,000.00) = $0.00Your entry fee refunded: $0.00Total money refunded to your account: $0.00 We apologize for the inconvenience. The PokerStars Team I have to complain about Poker Stars “technical issues” closing down a tournament tonight (10,000 players) with 1014 of us left and offering no reward for our time and efforts. I was already set for the next round waiting for 14 other tables to close. Winner of each table advances to next round. Here is the email from them:

PokerStars Tournament #159606359, No Limit Hold’emFreeroll Super Satellite10000 playersTarget Tournament #159606292 10 tickets to the target tournament Tournament started 2009/05/04 20:00:00 ET Dear contrabroker, Tournament #159606359 has been cancelled due to technical reasons. When a tournament is cancelled before players are in the money, we refund each player their tournament fee, and then divide up the prize pool based on the following formula: – 50% of the award pool distributed evenly between remaining players- 50% of the award pool distributed proportionally according to the chip count At the time of cancellation there were 1014 players remaining, and your chip count was 15,000.00. Total chips in play were 15,000,000.00. Prize pool to be divided equally: $0.00 / 2 = $0.00Prize pool to be divided based on chip count: $0.00 / 2 = $0.00 Your share in money equally divided: $0.00 / 1014 = $0.00Your share based on chip count: $0.00 * (15,000.00 / 15,000,000.00) = $0.00Your entry fee refunded: $0.00Total money refunded to your account: $0.00 We apologize for the inconvenience. The PokerStars Team

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