Obviously a glutton for punishment, I signed up for the same freeroll again. Just as I was winning a decent pot, the screen froze. I wasn’t terribly concerned since I didn’t have any money invested, but I consulted seasoned (yet approachable) poker player April to see how much this happens. We made fun of people for awhile and I gave up on the idea of getting anything back.
Later on, I received this e-mail:
Dear platkat,
Due to unforeseen circumstances we were forced to cancel tournament “$250 Players Club Freeroll”.
At the time of cancellation, players were awarded prize money corresponding to the rank to be awarded to the next eliminated player. Following this 50% of the remaining prize pool has been divided equally and 50% has been divided based on the chip count of each remaining player.
$0.14 have been added into your account as per the following statement.
The distribution seems fair (the freeze happened early in the tournament), but it’s 14 cents. Why bother? They should have just given a dollar to the leading 250 chip stacks and called it a day.
As for the $25 I won the other night, I should have just gone to 7-Eleven and bought candy like my sensible 11-year-old self would have done. Instead, I played 6-handed $1/2 limit while I waited for the tournament to start. I won some, then lost more.
I wish someone would jump out of the ceiling and shoot me in the fuckin’ head. Just kidding!!
Razz Master says:
Last night I played in a $1.50 WSOP/WPT pre-satellite and was second in chips with 18 left to go (I needed to finish 1st or 2nd to make quarterfinals). Then my brain froze and lost all my chips to finish 18th. Too bad it was my brain and not the screen.
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