One of the big attractions to Merge gaming(carbonpoker, pokernordica, Iron Duke and more) is their healthy freerolls for regular cash players.

The BIG ONE is their monthly $50k that pays $4,000 to first place. On average, we see about 1,800 players in thie contest paying the top 300. Due to a problem, most of us could not register today. Under 600 players were able to register and allowed to play for the entire bounty. This means about 1,300 of us were not allowed to have a shot at something we worked hard on all month to qualify for. Imagine, over 1/2 the players won free money and the odds to win any prize were over 50% versus the usual 17%. They weren't smart enough to just rescheudle it!

I hope that Merge Gaming handles this properly. At this time, many players have been told they will get free entry to next months tournament - something 95% of us would qualify for just for playing, like we do month after month. This is not compensation, it is an insult. Oh, and a coupon to a $11 tournament where maybe we can win a few hundred dollars. They give out $60 tournament coupons (overlay) for many of the league or affiliate tournaments the site hosts and supports. You would hope they value their core players a little more than that?

I hope that everyone that uses a Merge Gaming site portal contacts support about this. Even if you made the tournament, you could be the one that can not get in next time.