Technical Difficulties Disrupt GSSS Events in New Jersey
The PartyPokerNetwork experienced serious technical difficulties with the Garden State Super Series and other tournaments on Sunday night. One of the most anticipated weekends in New Jersey online poker, therefore, ended in great disappointment.
The GSSS was set to host six tournaments on Sunday with a combined guaranteed prize pool of $370,000. This would have been among the most money up for grabs on any given weekend since regulated online poker launched in New Jersey back in November 2013.
Midway through Event #12, which had a $200,000 guarantee, play stopped, leaving many to wonder what happened. Tournaments scheduled to launch at 6:30pm ET were paused and not running. At 7:19pm ET, PartyPoker started sending out a series of Tweets, with the final one coming at 8:49pm ET stating that all tournaments had been cancelled and refunds were to be given out:
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Many New Jersey Poker players expressed their frustration with the technical issues that were taking place. As per Party’s cancellation policy, the way the payouts were calculated was as follows: “Players still in the tournament will be refunded the amount that would have been awarded to the next player to be eliminated from the tournament. 50% of the remaining prize pool will be distributed equally between the remaining players, and 50% will be distributed on a percentage basis according to each player’s chip count. The remaining players will also be refunded their entry fee.”
No refunds are given to players who were eliminated before the cancellation of the tournament.
On PocketFives, players have been speaking out as to how Party can make up for the technical failure during the GSSS in our New Jersey poker community. One player said, “They can fix it by turning next week’s $75,000 Guarantee into a $250,000 Guarantee.”
Another player suggested, “$200,000 guaranteed freeroll next Sunday for all players who played in the $200,000 this week.” Other than issuing refunds, there has been no other announcement made by PartyPoker. There is still a week’s worth of events remaining in the GSSS.
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