Normally when tournaments are paused for that long they will have been cancelled. I wish they'd do it in a more organised way, though. It really does seem to just happen when someone fancies doing it manually.
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Due to unforeseen circumstances we were forced to cancel tournament "$2,500 Gtd". We apologize for the inconvenience caused due to the cancellation of the tournament.
At the time of cancellation, players were awarded prize money corresponding to the rank to be awarded to the next eliminated player. Following this 50% of the remaining prize pool has been divided equally and 50% has been divided based on the chip count of each remaining player.
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