|
d0zer
|
06-18-2009, 12:31 AM
Post subject: Sunday 1/4 mill chops (yes pokar in da commune)
|
#1 (permalink)
|
|
Moderator
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 2,521
|
|
2 Emails I got from stars back to back:
Quote:
PokerStars Tournament #169968151, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00
29825 players
Total Prize Pool: $298250.00
Tournament started 2009/06/14 15:30:00 ET
Dear starsSN,
Tournament #169968151 has been cancelled due to technical reasons.
When a tournament is cancelled, and players have already reached the money, we refund each player their tournament fee, and then divide up the prize pool based on the following formula:
- each player receives the minimum prize not yet awarded at the time of cancellation
- the remainder of the award pool distributed proportionally according to the chip count
At the time of cancellation there were 174 players remaining, and your chip count was 915,119.00. Total chips in play were 89,232,000.00. The remaning prize pool was $140,551.99 and the minimum prize was $140.18.
Prize pool to be divided equally: $140.18 * 174 = $24,391.32
Prize pool to be divided based on chip count: $140,551.99 - $24,391.32 = $116,160.67
Your share in money equally divided: $140.18
Your share based on your chip count: $116,160.67 * (915,119.00 / 89,232,000.00) = $1,191.28
Your entry fee refunded: $1.00
Total money refunded to your account: $1,332.47
We apologize for the inconvenience.
The PokerStars Team
|
Quote:
Dear PokerStars Player,
You are receiving this mail because you participated in Tournament
#169968151, the "Sunday 1/4 Million", which began on June 14th at 15:30 ET.
Due to an error with the tournament, 81 players who registered for the
tournament were not able to play, though the system considered them -
internally - as still part of the tournament. Once the problem was
discovered, we paused the tournament while we investigated the error and
decided what to do about it.
Initially, we decided that we would continue the tournament on June 21st.
However, some players objected to this resolution as June 21 is Father's Day in many countries. As a result, we have reconsidered and decided to roll this tournament forward, cancelling further play and awarding prizes based on chip counts, using the formula 'Roll Forward (players in the money)' found on our Tournament Cancellation Policy webpage:
http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tour...cancellations/
The following actions are being undertaken to resolve the issue(s) with this
tournament:
1. Refund the $11 buy-in to the 81 players who entered but were unable to play
2. Adjust the prizes for all players whose finishing position was
incorrect, and should have received more money as a result
3. Roll the tournament forward for the 175 players remaining when the
tournament was paused
You will be part of the Roll Forward resolution for the remaining players.
The payments for the Roll Forward will be made as soon as possible.
We would like to thank our players for their patience while we worked to
resolve this matter, and again apologize for any inconvenience caused.
All the best,
Bryan S.
Tournaments Team Leader
PokerStars Poker Room Management
|
|
|
|
Play for FREE and practice your game at...
Join the FTR Poker Forum to disable these banners and start posting!
|
|
givememyleg
|
|
WHO YA GONNA CALL?!??
Administrator
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: ISHPERMING MISHIGEN
Posts: 5,042
|
|
man, that's super lame... did you e-mail them about it at all?
i think the first e-mail may have been automated though?
|
Get your own badge! Click profile at the top and FTR Badge from the left nav.
"The Dragon in My Garage" by Carl Sagan
I say onto you, I've felt the dragon! I felt the touch of his tail, the breath of his fire, and I know without a shadow of a doubt that the dragon exists!
|
|
d0zer
|
|
Moderator
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 2,521
|
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by givememyleg
man, that's super lame... did you e-mail them about it at all?
i think the first e-mail may have been automated though?
|
I didn't email them. I was under the impression that it'd be resuming next sunday as the announcement on the table said for the last few days.
I'm not upset about it. as mcat says "variance free $ is always sweet".
It was just so anti-climactic cuz I've never been that deep in such a big one, so when I built my stack I was like 10/170 and still surrounded by fairly terrible players. I had my eye on the prize so when they paused it, I got a bad case of donkament blue balls.
But knowing me I would have busted doing something stupid so I'll take the monies and run.
|
|
|
|
bigspenda73
|
|
Straight Flush
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Pwnsylvania
Posts: 7,546
|
|
you made like 130 buy-ins w/o a soul-crushing bad beat, gg, nh, grats, etc...
|
|
|
|
givememyleg
|
|
WHO YA GONNA CALL?!??
Administrator
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: ISHPERMING MISHIGEN
Posts: 5,042
|
|
oh, i thought they said you won $1300 then said wait nvm we're finishing it.
i would be super happy with the 1300.
|
Get your own badge! Click profile at the top and FTR Badge from the left nav.
"The Dragon in My Garage" by Carl Sagan
I say onto you, I've felt the dragon! I felt the touch of his tail, the breath of his fire, and I know without a shadow of a doubt that the dragon exists!
|
|
dthorne04
|
|
Flush
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: hi
Posts: 478
|
|
Disappointing? Yes.
Best case scenario? Yes. The structure in that is balls, and you would've had to duck a hole shitload of beats to get $1300 or more. Nice ROI. 
|
|
derp
|
|
bikes
|
|
a hot damn mess
Administrator
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 2,449
|
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by d0zer
But knowing me I would have busted doing something stupid so I'll take the monies and run.
|
JTs????? SO PRETTY SHOVE
T4o? I HAVE THE BTN I SHOVE
|
|
I damage threads that may actually benefit some posters
|
|
a500lbgorilla
|
|
JESUS TAKE THE KEYBOARD
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: This room is a good place to be
Posts: 8,379
|
|
demanding anything less than the skill-adjusted payout of top prize is the reason why you're all break even players.
|
Smithers, use the amnesia ray.
You mean the revolver, sir?
Precisely.
|
|
BankItDrew
|
|
4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Losing Prop Bets
Posts: 2,789
|
|
dozer + skill-adjusted payout = -EV
JK bud you know I love you
Congrats btw, sick run
|
Girlfriend: Why are the werewolves more important than living life?!
Girlfriend: Are you on the forums doing the werewolves again?
Girlfriend: Soo... you forgot to run that errand, but you had time to werewolf? Wtf?
|
|
GatorJH
|
|
4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: HotLanta
Posts: 3,179
|
|
^^^^^^^^^^^ STILL the sweetest ass ever (not you, your avatar).
|
|
Poker is easy, it's winning at poker that's hard.
|
|
Silly String
|
|
Full House
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: KC, MO
Posts: 1,434
|
|
Quote:
29825 players
Tournament started 2009/06/14 15:30:00 ET
|
Wowzers, how long does that tourney last? You must have been playing for 10+ hours to get down to 170 players?
|
|
Playing live . . . thanks alot Bin Laden.
|
|
d0zer
|
|
Moderator
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 2,521
|
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Silly String
Quote:
29825 players
Tournament started 2009/06/14 15:30:00 ET
|
Wowzers, how long does that tourney last? You must have been playing for 10+ hours to get down to 170 players? |
It was actually only 5 hours or so. 10 min blinds help.
|
|
|
English
Deutsch
Español
Français
Italiano
Nederlands
Pусский
Svenska
05-26-2012, 03:08 PM Australia Legalized Online Poker coming up in next 6 to 12 Months
Linear Mode
