Week 5 League Games - Tournament Cancellation

[Chipaccrual]

Guys,

First of all, many apologies to those that were playing in the league games tonight. Technical problems tonight meant that both league games were cancelled after 2 hours play.

I currently have no answers as to how or why this happened, but I will get an explanation from 888poker as soon as possible, and report back to you all on this thread.

From what I can gather, the prizepool was paid out to those players who remained in the tournaments.  I"m not sure if this was a straight chop, or based on chipstacks.

Obviously, we are unable to allocate league points tonight, and we will be looking to re-run this matchday at later in the season.

Once again, apologies to all players involved.



Leigh

[BrummieGreg]

I think this is very unfair on west mids.

[Pears27]

If there are no points going out at all Leigh, I should forewarn you about lots of feedback from us in the West Mids team as we represented 1 in 4 of the 55 players remaining...

[ThinkerJE]

From what I can gather, the prizepool was paid out to those players who remained in the tournaments.  I"m not sure if this was a straight chop, or based on chipstacks.

it was a straight chop, each player left got $22.72

[Waz1892]

Unless the tournie is complete how can points be awarded?

Anything can happen with 55 players left.  We had 8 of the 55 left, (1 in 7) it means nothing

If the tournie closed after 1 hand, would you expect any points to be awarded based on players remaining?

Nitemare for all, we move on.

[Shortstack]

Unless the tournie is complete how can points be awarded?

Anything can happen with 55 players left.  We had 8 of the 55 left, (1 in 7) it means nothing

If the tournie closed after 1 hand, would you expect any points to be awarded based on players remaining?

Nitemare for all, we move on.

Spot on Waz.
Check out my vomit when it crashed
http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=8955.msg146882#new

[Chipaccrual]

I think this is very unfair on west mids.

If there are no points going out at all Leigh, I should forewarn you about lots of feedback from us in the West Mids team as we represented 1 in 4 of the 55 players remaining...

As I would hope that you would appreciate by now, any decision taken will be thought out and aimed at being the fairest in the circumstances.

Firstly, I want to find out from 888poker, exactly why this has happened.  By the time I get those asnwers, we will have had a bit of time to decide the most appropriate action regarding the league points.

[Chipaccrual]

Right then, I have a response from 888poker.

"This evening, one of their servers crashed, which affected around 10% of running tournaments.  This is very unusual situation for 888poker.  When this happens, the system pays the prizepool out to those left in the tournament, which is standard across the industry."


888poker have offered to re-run the tournaments and will add some cash to the prizepool as a goodwill gesture.


I"m not going to rush into a decision on this, so will post in the morning.

[1TRW1]

Cheers Leigh

[ian.ski309]

Thanks for the swift explanation Leigh.

When they stage the re-run, will it be restricted to those players who were still surviving when the server failed ?

[Chipaccrual]

When they stage the re-run, will it be restricted to those players who were still surviving when the server failed ?

That"s the sort of stuff that just needs a bit of thinking about, hence waiting before posting the plan.

[Waz1892]

Thanks for the swift explanation Leigh.

When they stage the re-run, will it be restricted to those players who were still surviving when the server failed ?

good point - makes sense.  i guess it all depends on the APAT decision on points too.  If points are awarded at point of cancellation, then 888 running the event again would mean the re-run would just be for the cash?

if points aren"t award at cancellation then you"d have to just have the remaining players?  could 888 sort that out?

best to re-run the whole event from scratch?

[Scousebill]

Thanks for the swift explanation Leigh.

When they stage the re-run, will it be restricted to those players who were still surviving when the server failed ?

In light of 888 saying they will add extra cash as an apology why should it be restricted to the surviving players.. Replay the League competition open to all league players with any extra cash that 888 offer and leave it at that...

At least that way I can possibly play as I wasn"t able to tonight..

[duke3016]

Thanks for the swift explanation Leigh.

When they stage the re-run, will it be restricted to those players who were still surviving when the server failed ?

In light of 888 saying they will add extra cash as an apology why should it be restricted to the surviving players.. Replay the League competition open to all league players with any extra cash that 888 offer and leave it at that...

At least that way I can possibly play as I wasn"t able to tonight..

How was John Bishop ?

[nosey-p]

For me, the tournament should only have the remaining players. (Don't have to be for money just for the points). Any added money could go on the next league game or have a separate free roll game with both leagues together