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Players Incensed Over False Advertising for Poker Christmas Tournament

Poker players are reportedly fuming over PokerRoom.com after one player posted a complaint on a community board, saying he was duped by the online poker room's promo "Christmas Tournament".

The post read as follows, "On the December 16th, Pokerroom.com held a $20+2 Christmas tournament. When I went to the lobby of this tournament, it was listed as a 19k guarantee. As there were slightly over 200 players registered a few minutes before the start, I, along with several other players, decided this overlay was much too good to pass up. The tournament also offered an HDTV for first and pokerroom goods for the rest of the final table."

"I won the tournament, which paid out $3,829.06 plus a $2000 HDTV. I then proceeded to run around the internet and my family telling everyone about my biggest score to this point. Two days later, I woke up."

"Monday morning I received an email from Pokerroom informing me that they had overpaid me for the tournament and were taking $3,400 out of my account. I logged in to find out that, while I slept, a major online poker site had indeed simply swiped several thousand dollars from my account."

Upon follow-up, it has been reported that the winner, who goes by the handle mvzander, was contacted by a representative from PokerRoom.com. The rep reportedly said that he should be happy with the $2,000 television and $400.

Mvzander continued to complain about the situation, refusing to fold. PokerRoom eventually conceded, telling him that $2,000 would be deposited into his account.

 

January 04, 2007
Jeremy Evans

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