Lets make a list: Who got screwed by Party in the 1M tourney ?

[Sirocko]

Totally agree with you. This is the only fair thing to do. If Party don´t realize this I´m sure they will lose a lot of players.

I´m one of the screwed players with more then double average when the hell broke lose and I finally finished iin a embaressed 450 place.

Make the right thing Party!!!!!!!!

[Toddy]

Exact reason i stick to pokerstars

[ChipFish]

Here's a couple responses from 2 different departments.
Particularly notice the one from VIP support.
Looks like they are just going to ignore this one!

Dear James

Your calculations are not correct as a vast amount of people had already been placed in the money
and were settled accordingly, which left a smaller pool to be distributed in relation to the chip
count.

All refunds have been made and are correct.
Rasmus
PartyPoker.com VIP Club
Customer Care

Dear James,

Thank you for contacting us.

An amount $301.89 HEY NEAT! I Actually got $321.78 for finishing 612thhas been credited into your account as per the cancellation policy. Please visit
the link below to know more about the disconnection policy:

http://www.PartyPoker.com/how_to_pla...scon_canc.html

To view the transaction history of your account:

1. Click on 'My Account' in the lobby.
2. Then select "My Account".
3. Click on "Game and Transaction History" it and you can view your account activity. You can view
the account activity for 3 days.

We appreciate your patience and apologize for the inconvenience caused.

Thank you for choosing us as your online gaming site!

Satyanarayanab
PartyPoker Customer Care

[waxie]

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i'm laughing at the thought of some kid in India with an awful connection that has somehow found the greatest goldmind of a 215 dollar (or 709872435 rupee) tournament. EVERYONE ELSE IS DISCONNECTED, I NOW HAVE TWICE THE CHIPS OF 2ND, ZOMG I WILL BE THE RICHIEST KID IN MY CITY!!!! THX ANURAG.

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India has a lot of millionaries and a few billionaries.

[uclabruinz]

Are you kidding me? They are not chopping this up when things went wrong at 752?????

[ChipFish]

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Are you kidding me? They are not chopping this up when things went wrong at 752?????

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That's what it seemed like.

I cashed out and told them why.
I should be receiving an e-mail any minute stating something along the lines of : You'll be back and we both know it

Sad part is, they're right too.

[Zinzan]

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Are you kidding me? They are not chopping this up when things went wrong at 752?????

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It looks doubtful. I am extremely [carebeared] right now. Here is the latest from PartyPoker:

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Dear Zinzan,

Thank you for contacting us.

Zinzan, I am sorry to learn that you are so discontented with us right now.

Regretfully we will not be rolling back as you have suggested. The pay outs, as you are aware, having been determined, at the point of cancellation, and, our Cancellation Policy will apply.

Full details of our Policy can be found at:

http://www.partypoker.com/tournament...ent_rules.html

Zinzan, you are a most valued member, and as your games history shows, a most astute player. You are always very welcome to voice your concerns whatever they may be. We are here to listen, to verify, to support and to reassure you. This we are here to do for you, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.


Kind regards
Brian
Poker Customer Care

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At least I'm welcome to voice my discontent with them because they are there to listen. Not to help, I guess, but to listen.

-Z

[sirio11]

I'm not happy, they're refunding me based in 252 players left, but I couldn't play between around 400 and 252 because their system didn't allow me to reconnect while some lucky souls left were allowed to keep playing (and stealing blinds like champs, blinds were 3-6k at the time), so I was being chipped away until they "decided" to cancel off the tournament at last. This is not a fair distribution, they should have done the distribution based at the point of the first problem, what a mess. I don't know what else to do.

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Dear sirio11,
Due to unforeseen circumstances we were forced to cancel tournament "Sunday Million Guaranteed".

At the time of cancellation, players were awarded prize money corresponding to the rank to be awarded to the next eliminated player. Following this 50% of the remaining prize pool has been divided equally and 50% has been divided based on the chip count of each remaining player.

$2,856.61 have been added into your account as per the following statement:

Tournament id: 780579 Name: Sunday Million Guaranteed
Buy-In: $215 (Fee Included) Total Players to start: 5363
Players at the time of cancellation: 252 Level at the time of cancellation: 14
Limit: No Limits Total Chips in play: 26827300

Total Buy-in collected = $1,072,600.00
Prize Money already given = $245,196.36
Total prize pool = $1,072,600.00 - $245,196.36 = $827,403.64
Minimum prize pool award = $750.82 * 252 = $189,206.64


Prize pool to be divided equally = ($827,403.64 - $189,206.64) / 2 = $319,098.50
Prize pool to be divided based on chip count = ($827,403.64 - $189,206.64) / 2 = $319,098.50


When the tournament was called off, you were seated at 'Table 1284108' and you had 69320 tournament chips.

Your share of the minimum prize pool award = $750.82
Your share in money equally divided = $319,098.50/252 = $1,266.26
Your share based on your chip count = $319,098.50 * (69320/26827300) = $824.53
Total money refunded = $2,856.61


We apologize for any inconvenience we may have caused you. Thank you for playing.

Sincerely,

PartyPoker.com Team


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[Zinzan]

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I'm not happy... This is not a fair distribution, they should have done the distribution based at the point of the first problem, what a mess. I don't know what else to do.

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I agree. I am very disappointed in PartyPoker. I have told them I am removing my money in $3K chunks until this is resolved equitably for 752 players. Made my first withdrawal immediately. I can play somewhere else.

-Z

[sirio11]

I just sent them this mail:

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Hi,

I’m sending this email to let you know that I’m not happy with this resolution.

Your system didn’t allow me to play since there were about 400 players left. I just couldn’t log in, while many players were still left and some of them were playing and stealing my blinds (the blinds were pretty high at the time, like 3-6k). So, I lost a lot of chips and of course a good percentage of the money I should have received that went to some of the other guys who were “lucky” to keep playing. This problem was caused by Party and Party should take the burden and compensate adequately to all the players. I’m amazed Party even collected the fee ($15) from this tournament. I have been a loyal customer to Party but this is simply too much to ask. Why should I take the burden of the problem and lose some equity by a problem caused by your system? I find amazing Party is not losing a cent for all this mess and you’re even collecting the fees for the tournament.

David Cossio (sirio11)

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As you can check in their response, the prizes are based in a $,1072,600 pool. This is $200 * 5373 players. So they're even collecting the $15 fee per player. Just amazing.