Originally Posted by
ReformDorm
It is a big deal imo. It starts with $300, next it's $30,000. This freeroll wasn't a part of this guarantee, wtf is that about?
This happened. Tournament of Champions which 1.5% was taken from each tournament to make up a 173k guarantee. During play a prize pool was posted showing nearly 25k for 1st, 17k for 2nd and 3rd 11k.
MGM staff changed the prize pool during play to reflect a deduction of 30k for the top 15 point earners over the summer. 1st place was now listed at 20,675. Next a player from my table protested the change from 173k to 143k. MGM staff called an unscheduled break and when the dust settled they had diluted the prize pool to 108k. They never posted the final numbers again.
I went out in 35th place which was paying close to 1800 previously, ended up paying 570. For context 114th received about 250. Top 3 were paid 18.2k, 12.8, and 8.2k. OP said next is 30k in thos situation it was over $60k.