A €300 buy-in tournament was played last weekend at the casino Golden Vegas in Bratislava, Slovakia. It was advertised that a €100,000 prize pool (click on picture to enlarge) would be up for grabs - the biggest tournament in Slovak poker history - and many players decided to re-enter on Day 1B when there still was a great overlay.
When registration closed, the advertised prize pool still had not been met (something that should be good for the players). However, players were eventually informed that the casino only would be paying out €86,666. As you can imagine, many players became rather upset when learning that the €100k prize pool was no longer at stake.
The fact is that the final nine players refused to continue until the prize pool amounted to what had been advertised, but tournament directors claimed that it wasn't a guaranteed prize pool but a "money pool", of which a certain amount would be subject to a leaderboard, paying dealers etc.
The finalist and the casino managers couldn't come to terms and the final table was cancelled, with the remaining players getting prize money according to ICM. The casino's decision has led to many angry messages on poker forums.
"Great job by the players banding together, bad PR like this is the best way to fight scummy casinos skirting guarantess and trying to strong-arm their customers Unfortunately, practices like this are all too common around here," said marek_heinz from Czech Republic on twoplustwo.
Why?This was a sports shop not bloody Starbucks.....and why should I be paying for it? 
