Ask and you shall receive was the perhaps surprising Christmas message from PokerStars this week as they confirmed that players testing positive for Covid-19 during EPT and other live PS events will be refunded. Hi Justin.
How does this sound? https://t.co/yfBYTbL2t3 — Willie Elliot (@WillieElliot_PS) December 17, 2021 With Covid-19 in some variant or another looking set to disrupt our lives for the foreseeable future, Justin Bonomo ’s calls for a solution saw PokerStars step up to the plate first with a set of rules …
“General Tournament rules for players actively participating in any PokerStars live tournament who test positive for COVID-19. 1. If the tournament has not started a full refund will be given.
2. If the tournament has started, before we are in the money and the player has a full starting stack or more, they will have their full buy-in refunded and their chips removed from play.
3. If the tournament has started, before we are in the money, and the player has less than the starting stack, the player will be given a refund proportionate to the stack size. E.g. Buy-in of €1,100 (€1,000 + €100) starting stack of 10,000.
o Player has 5,000 in chips. Player will receive a refund of €600 (€500 for the value of the chips and €100 registration fee).
o Player has 2,000 in chips. Player will receive a refund of €300 (€200 for the value of the chips and €100 registration fee).
4. In all refund cases the full registration fee will be refunded regardless of the % of stack remaining.
5. If the tournament has started and we are in the money, the player’s stack will remain in play and will be blinded out until eliminated, the player will receive the prize amount and position at the point of elimination. Tournament staff will endeavour to move the stack around where possible minimalizing any advantages/disadvantages to any one table or player. Please note this is a courtesy rule and may not be possible in all situations.
6. Once the tournament reaches the final table, if desired, the remaining players may approach the […]
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