Venetian CEO Poker Tournament Main Event Furor

[doublejoker]

Still waiting for a response from CEO staff to dispute the $450 number; as they claim the fees were not taken from the prizepool. The players in this tourney should each be given a few hundred in refunds by the CEO Tour.

[PokeReader]

I have PM Ms. Gomez about this issue and heard nothing. I believe all players who registered under the 2500+100 are entitled to receive at the minimum the $125 for the charity and the $150 for the "tour sponsor" which is a player fee. Even though the $75 for the Venetian staff wasn't listed, this at least was reasonable. I am sure this could be successfully litigated. I could not find these breakdowns anywhere on their website, and they were not clearly available at the tournament site. Amateur hour, "this was changed in the players favor?" How's that? Please answer my questions, Ms. Gomez.

[Jooka]

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Would anyone actually register if they promoted it as a 2150+450 tournament?

That's probably why the deception was used. Putting the +100 in was genius to deflect players from investigating further to discover the truth.

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should be a crime. reading this thread is painful.

[Dynasty]

Maria Gomez,

Your responses (and lack of responses) in this thread have been doing nothing but damage to the reputation of those you represent.

This website has the ability to disseminate information to the poker community very quickly. I strongly suggest you directly address the concerns exprressed by people here.

It appears you ran this tournament in violation of some very basic standards which poker players expect. It seems many who actually played in the tournament feel deceived by the "$2,500 + $100" listing. If you don't deal with these issues, you can expect the poker community to make considerable negative assumptions about why these things happened. And, that can only create long-term and possibly irreparable damange to the reputation of your business.

[Bdidd]

people love to bitch about stuff.

[apefish]

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people love to bitch about stuff.

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Especially things that seem legitimate to bitch about.

[Spook]

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The charity component was promoted on the website and detailed in the structure rules and regulations.

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Maria, did someone change the structure rules file? I downloaded it, and there are zero references to any money being taken out for charity.

If you can't show otherwise, I will have to assume that you told a lie.

[PokeReader]

Unbelievable, these people are completely beyond belief. A response is not only appreciated to the questions asked since your last response, if you care about your reputation it is required.

[doublejoker]

Where can you download the strucrue rules? What exactly is listed as fees and charges?