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 (where applicable)
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.