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22. Interrupted Tournaments (TO CHECK)


In rare cases, a tournament may be interrupted due different causes. In such cases, payments will be made as follows (Player eliminated before the interruption will not be refunded in any case):

Heads-Up Tournaments
Both players will be refunded the buy-in + fee.

ALL SNG Tournaments
The remaining players will receive the following compensation:

• Buy-in and Fee is returned.
• Each player receives an equal share of the buy-ins from the eliminated players.

MTT Guaranteed Prize
Compensations will depend on what stage the tournament is at when it is interrupted:

If the prize money stage has not been reached:

(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.)

• The remaining players will receive the following compensation:

- Buy-in(s) and fee returned.
- The balance of the prize fund is paid out as follows:

  • 50% of the fund shared equally among the remaining players.
  • 50% distributed proportionally in line with the players' chip counts.

    If the prize money stage has been reached:

    • The remaining players will receive the following compensation:

    - Buy-in(s) and fee returned.
    - Each player is awarded an amount equal to the prize that the next eliminated player would have received if the tournament was not interrupted.
    - 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
    If the prize money stage has not been reached:

    • The remaining players will receive a refund as follows:

    - Buy-in(s) and fee returned.
    - The balance of the prize fund is paid out as follows:
  • 50% of the fund shared equally among the remaining players.
  • 50% distributed proportionally in line with the players' chip counts.

    If the prize money stage has been reached:
    • The remaining players will receive a refund as follows:

    - Buy-in(s) and fee returned.
    - Each player is awarded an amount equal to the prize that the next eliminated player would have received if the tournament was not interrupted.
    - Of the remaining prize pool 50% is distributed equally among the players and 50% is distributed in proportion to the players’ chip counts.Freerolls
    If the prize money stage has not been reached:

    • 50% of the fund shared equally among the remaining players.
    • 50% distributed proportionally in line with the players' chip counts

If the prize money stage has been reached:
• Each player is awarded an amount equal to the prize that the next eliminated player would have received if the tournament was not interrupted.
• Of the remaining prize pool 50% is distributed equally among the players and 50% is distributed in proportion to the players’ chip counts.

Twister Events
In cases where the prize pool is less than €1,000:

• Remaining players receive a refund of their buy-in.
• Any remaining prize pool is then distributed in proportion to the players' chip counts.

In cases where the prize pool is €1,000 or greater:

• All remaining players receive a refund of their buy-in.
• All players receive 10% of the remaining prize pool.
• The remaining prize pool is then distributed in proportion to the players' chip counts.