On Day 1 of Pokefest III, PartyPoker’s online series, the majority of the events have been cancelled. The room claimed technical difficulties to be behind its action and apologised its players, many of whom believing that it was in fact due to the massive overlay that the events got cancelled and heavily criticising PartyPoker.
As a reaction to the growing dissatisfaction with the actions of the room, PartyPoker has issued a statement to confirm the technical difficulties they had been unable to overcome prior to the launch of Pokerfest III. Additionally, they had announced that Event #1 $215 NLHE will be organised on 12 May, a week after the official finale of Pokerfest III. The guaranteed prize pool of the tournament will be $350,000.
Next to Event #1, Event #3 $108 NLHE ($75,000 guaranteed prize pool), Event #4 $2 NLHE ($5,000 guaranteed prize pool) and Event #5 $22 NLHE ($50,000 guaranteed prize pool) have also been cancelled. Whether these will also be made up for is still unknown; given the fact that the overlay was not as major as in Event #1, however, PartyPoker is likely to consider them as good as done with the reimbursement of the buy-ins.
Moreover, as a means of apology, PartyPoker organises to freerolls of a total worth of $15,000 on each of the next two Saturdays. The tournaments run for tickets for later Pokerfest III events.
Pokerfest III Day 2 on Monday was held according to schedule, with all four events launching as planned.
Find the Pokerfest III schedule here
As a reaction to the growing dissatisfaction with the actions of the room, PartyPoker has issued a statement to confirm the technical difficulties they had been unable to overcome prior to the launch of Pokerfest III. Additionally, they had announced that Event #1 $215 NLHE will be organised on 12 May, a week after the official finale of Pokerfest III. The guaranteed prize pool of the tournament will be $350,000.
Next to Event #1, Event #3 $108 NLHE ($75,000 guaranteed prize pool), Event #4 $2 NLHE ($5,000 guaranteed prize pool) and Event #5 $22 NLHE ($50,000 guaranteed prize pool) have also been cancelled. Whether these will also be made up for is still unknown; given the fact that the overlay was not as major as in Event #1, however, PartyPoker is likely to consider them as good as done with the reimbursement of the buy-ins.
Moreover, as a means of apology, PartyPoker organises to freerolls of a total worth of $15,000 on each of the next two Saturdays. The tournaments run for tickets for later Pokerfest III events.
Pokerfest III Day 2 on Monday was held according to schedule, with all four events launching as planned.
Find the Pokerfest III schedule here
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