Full House
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Milford,Ct.
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Here. Read this correspondence between Royal and one of the guys from the online poker tour. He got royally shafted. (Pun intended)
New Delhi 69 wrote: I simply have to share this. Today I wrote this e-mail to Royal Vegas Poker :
In tournament Onlinepokertour.com on sep. 19th there were 51 players
entered, each paying 10$+1$ to enter, but it seems that payout is only based on 50 players i.e. 500$. ?? I won and have received 150$ for 1st where it should be 153$. It's not the 3$, but the principle, as several players noticed this during play. Rgds Jan Krat/NewDelhi69
Answer:
Hi Jan,
Thank you for your query.
Please be advised that the Online Poker Tour tournament had a guaranteed prize pool of $500. This means that no matter how few or how many people have registered for the tournament, the prize pool will remain at $500.
Therefore your prize of $150 is correct. Congratulations on placing 1st!
Should you require any additional assistance, please do not hesitate to
contact us as we will be happy to assist you.
Kind Regards
David
Poker Support Center
Now I'm REALLY amazed and a bit angry, so I wrote THIS:
Thanks for your promt reply.
That is the first time, I have heard THAT definition of guaranteed . Every
other site I have played, "guaranteed prize pool 500$" means at LEAST 500$, and that the prize pool will increase, if more than 50 players, paying 10$ + entry fee, participate!
So you are basically saying, that if 1000 players entered the tournament,
the prize pool would still be 500$ ??!!
Players would then pay 10.000$+1000$ fee to be able to win a part of the
500$ guaranteed.
That is neither common, nor fair. Just MY opinion of course!
Rgds
Jan Krat aka NewDelhi69
Answer:
Hi Jan,
Thank you for your reply.
You are correct in your assumption about guaranteed prize pools.
However, unless otherwise specified in the tournament lobby, the prize pool will remain at the specified total.
Should you require any additional assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us as we will be happy to assist you.
Kind Regards
David
Poker Support Center
Needless to say, what I think of RVP now, (would probably be censored anyway ), and that my winnings are leaving the site faster than you can say OPT.
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