Interrupted Tournaments Payout Policy
Heads-Up Tournaments
Both players receive a refund of buy-in + fee.
All SNG Tournaments
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Eliminated players do not receive a refund.
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Remaining players receive refund made up as follows:
i) Buy-in and Fee is returned.
ii) Each player receives an equal share of the buy-ins from the eliminated players.
MTT Guaranteed Prize
The settlement is dependant upon what stage the tournament is at when it is interrupted.
Prize money stage not reached:
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Eliminated players do not receive a refund.
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Remaining players receive a refund made up as follows:
i) Buy-in(s) and fee returned
ii) The balance of the prize fund is paid out as follows:
a) 50% of the fund shared equally among the remaining players.
b) 50% distributed proportionally in line with the players chip counts.
If the tournament is still in the re-buy stage then the prize pool will be the total of the buy-ins + add-ons. Once the re-buy period has closed then the prize pool will be the advertised guaranteed prize.
Prize money stage has been reached:
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Eliminated players do not receive a refund.
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Remaining players receive a refund made up as follows:
i) Buy-in(s) and fee returned.
ii) Each player is awarded an amount equal to the prize that the next eliminated player would have received if the tournament was not interrupted.
iii) Of the remaining prize pool 50% is distributed equally among the players and 50% is distributed in proportion to their chip counts.
MTT No Guaranteed Prize:
Prize money stage not reached:
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Eliminated players do not receive a refund
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Remaining players receive a refund made up as follows:
i) Buy-in(s) and fee returned
ii) The balance of the prize fund is paid out as follows:
a) 50% of the fund shared equally among the remaining players
b) 50% distributed proportionally in line with the players chip counts.
Prize money stage reached:
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Eliminated players do not receive a refund
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Remaining players receive a refund made up as follows:
i) Buy-in(s) and fee returned
ii) Each player is awarded an amount equal to the prize that the next eliminated player would have received if the tournament was not interrupted.
iii) Of the remaining prize pool 50% is distributed equally among the players and 50% is distributed in proportion to their chip counts.
Freerolls
Prize money stage not reached:
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50% of the fund shared equally among the remaining players
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50% distributed proportionally in line with the players chip counts.
Prize money stage reached:
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Each player is awarded an amount equal to the prize that the next eliminated player would have received if the tournament was not interrupted.
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Of the remaining prize pool 50% is distributed equally among the players and 50% is distributed in proportion to their chip counts.
Twister Events
In cases where the prize pool is less than €1,000:
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Remaining players receive a refund of their buy-in.
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Any remaining prize pool is then distributed in proportion to chip counts.
If the prize pool is €1,000 or greater:
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All remaining players receive a refund of their buy-in.
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All players receive 10% of the remaining prize pool.
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The remaining prize pool is then distributed in proportion to chip counts.
SNG Twister Tournaments
In cases where the prize pool is less than €1,000:
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Remaining players receive a refund of their buy in.
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Any remaining prize pool is then distributed in proportion to chip counts.
If the prize pool is €1,000 or greater:
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All remaining players receive a refund of their buy in.
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All players receive 10% of the remaining prize pool.
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The remaining prize pool is then distributed in proportion to chip counts.
Twister Arena MTT
Prize money stage not reached:
Remaining players receive a compensation made up as follows:
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Buy-in and Fee returned.
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The balance of the remaining prize fund is paid out as follows:
a) 50% of the fund shared equally among the remaining players.
b) 50% distributed proportionally in line with the players chip counts.
Prize money stage reached:
Remaining players receive compensation made up as follows:
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Buy-in and Fee returned.
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Each player receives his own bounty prize.
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The balance of the remaining prize fund is paid out as follows:
a) Each player is awarded an amount equal to the prize that the next eliminated player would have received if the tournament was not interrupted.
b) Of the remaining prize pool 50% is distributed equally among the players and 50% is distributed in proportion to their chip count.
MTT Knock-Out
In the case of a KO event and PKO (Progressive Knock Out) event, each player shall receive their own bounty prize on top of the prize pool shared between the players.
In case of a Mystery Bounty event, all the prizes not issued yet will be added to the prize pool to be shared between players.
Prize money stage not reached:
Remaining players receive compensation made up as follows:
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Buy-in(s) and Fee returned.
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Each player receives his own bounty prize.
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The balance of the prize fund is paid out as follows:
a) 50% of the fund shared equally among the remaining players.
b) 50% distributed proportionally in line with the players chip counts.
Prize money stage reached:
Remaining players receive compensation made up as follows:
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Buy-in(s) and Fee returned.
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Each player receives his own bounty prize.
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The balance of the remaining prize fund is paid out as follows:
a) Each player is awarded an amount equal to the prize that the next eliminated player would have received if the tournament was not interrupted.
b) Of the remaining prize pool 50% is distributed equally among the players and 50% is distributed in proportion to their chip counts.
Flight Tournaments
The settlement is dependent upon what day the tournament was on when it was interrupted.
For all the tournaments that were interrupted due to technical issues, if the tournament Day 2 has not started yet, all the players already registered into the tournament Day 2 will receive a share of the total prize pool collected from all Day 1s (including all buy-in, re-entries, rebuys, add-ons and the relative fees), despite the guaranteed prize of the tournament.
Remaining players receive a compensation made up as follows:
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Buy-in(s) and Fee returned.
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The balance of the prize fund is paid out as follows:
a) 50% of the fund shared equally among the remaining players.
b) 50% distributed proportionally in line with the players chip counts.
If tournament Day 2 has started, the total prize pool will always be the total money collected in the tournament collected from all Day 1s (including all buy-in, re-entries, rebuys, add-ons and the relative fees), despite the Guaranteed Prize of the tournament Day 2.
The settlement is dependent upon what stage Tournament Day 2 is at when it is interrupted.
Prize money stage not reached
Remaining players receive a compensation made up as follows:
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Buy-in(s) and Fee returned.
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The balance of the prize fund is paid out as follows:
a) 50% of the fund shared equally among the remaining players.
b) 50% distributed proportionally in line with the players chip counts.
Prize money stage reached
Remaining players receive compensation made up as follows:
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Buy-in(s) and Fee returned.
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The balance of the remaining prize fund is paid out as follows:
a) Each player is awarded an amount equal to the prize that the next eliminated player would have received if the tournament was not interrupted.
b) Of the remaining prize pool 50% is distributed equally among the players and 50% is distributed in proportion to their chip counts.
NOTE: The poker room reserves the right to make manual adjustments to any payments in order to ensure that all players have received a fair settlement.
