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Originally Posted by Vicious Vinny
as for aruba, I think they learned their lesson and have no mentions of guarantees this year...
Yeah they did smarten up. They just got lucky that nobody in the tournament last year made a big stink about it (I had to sell my seat last minute due to health issues, otherwise I would have been that guy).
Their original claim was that they never said the 4m was guaranteed, which in itself is BS b/c they kept the 1m 1st prize despite how much it screwed up the pay scale. I doubt anybody will ever not go to a tournament because it figures to have an overlay. And even if it wasn't guaranteed, that would mean they bait and switched, which afaik is illegal.
But back on the original reason I brought it up, the point is that there have been big overlays before. Also, one would think the overlay would actually help future turnouts as opposed to hurting them. I'm sure MS will be fine; just a bit of a rude awakening.