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  1. Ari Ari is offline

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    Mar 26th, 2010 (3/26/2010 1:29pm)

    The buyin was $36+3. It got 4 entrants, the payouts were 1-3: $39, 4th: $27. So as a participant, I could only lose money by registering. This does not seem right, I have emailed pokerstars and await their response.

    PokerStars Tournament #254827746, 8-Game
    Super Satellite
    Buy-In: $36.00/$3.00 USD
    4 players
    Total Prize Pool: $144.00 USD
    Target Tournament #303020005 Buy-In: $215.00 USD
    Tournament started 2010/03/26 10:05:00 PT [2010/03/26 13:05:00 ET]

    Dear BodogAri,

    You finished the tournament in 1st place. A USD 39.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

    Congratulations!

    Thank you for participating.
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  2. AntiClimacus AntiClimacus is offline

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    Mar 26th, 2010 (3/26/2010 1:33pm) in reply to Ari

    That is insane! Look forward to hearing back from support... it should be quick, no?
  3. lockdownpokah lockdownpokah is offline

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    Mar 26th, 2010 (3/26/2010 1:40pm) in reply to AntiClimacus

    not sure why they cant just guarantee 1 seat in these? thats why no one ever plays them

    ftp sattys are 25432523452345234 times better than stars sattys
     
  4. jtown1010 jtown1010 is offline

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    Mar 26th, 2010 (3/26/2010 1:46pm) in reply to lockdownpokah

    free FPPs!!!!
  5. rabbithuntpoker rabbithuntpoker is offline

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    Mar 26th, 2010 (3/26/2010 1:53pm) in reply to jtown1010

    lol brutal
  6. 99NvrLosez 99NvrLosez is offline

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    Mar 26th, 2010 (3/26/2010 2:17pm) in reply to Ari

    you get extra practice in 8game at least
  7. Ari Ari is offline

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    Mar 26th, 2010 (3/26/2010 3:00pm) in reply to Ari

    Lame response.

    Hello Alan,

    Thank you for your email.

    Please note that in these tournaments you are referring to, one player
    advances for each $215.00 in the prize pool.

    Under "Tournament Info" in the tournament lobby you will note it states
    "Remaining funds in the prize pool will be distributed as $39.00 rebates,
    and (if necessary) a single prize less than $39.00"

    As only 4 players registered in this tournament this is exactly what
    happened. Therefore. the first 3 places were given $39.00 and 4th place
    received $27.00

    As a reference you can take a look at tournament #254827747. You can use the
    "Find a tournament" feature located under the "Request" menu. Enter the
    Tournament ID and the lobby should pop up!

    We hope this information has been useful. Let me know if I can be of further
    assistance. Thank you very much for choosing pokerstars. We wish you the
    best in our games, and a pleasant playing experience.

    Regards,

    Andres SA
    PokerStars Support Team
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  8. AntiClimacus AntiClimacus is offline

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    Mar 26th, 2010 (3/26/2010 3:06pm) in reply to Ari

    Classic. That's a flaw in Pstars system, I mean in that case, it should just be cancelled.
  9. anignosaj anignosaj is offline

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    Mar 26th, 2010 (3/26/2010 3:52pm) in reply to Ari

    lol
  10. OneTime_10 OneTime_10 is offline

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    Mar 26th, 2010 (3/26/2010 3:53pm) in reply to Ari

    This is absurd. I can't believe they could not even admit that this is an awful flaw that should never happen.
     
  11. Scha Scha is offline Creator of SchaArcade & SchaCam

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    Mar 26th, 2010 (3/26/2010 3:56pm) in reply to Ari

    lol. That is so sick. They need to set the minimum amount of players to whatever fills up at least one seat, or guarantee one seat.
  12. fpdog fpdog is offline

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    Mar 26th, 2010 (3/26/2010 6:49pm) in reply to Ari

    the saddest part is that one of the best types of satties only got 4 runners to begin with - the one on sunday which used to offer over 100 seats has had huge dropiing numbers in participants - couldnt imagine why many of these satties have lost runners? (sarcasm)
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