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Hello 2012,

Please accept our sincere apologies for this situation. As much as we wish that things could have been handled differently, the fact remains that French law imposes very strict rules in order to protect players from addiction, fraud and money laundering.

However, as you were qualified for Day 2 of the Winamax Series Highroller this has caused a very large problem for both you and for us. In this situation we believe that the fairest solution is to treat this in the same manner as a technical problem with our servers and issue you with a reimbursement according to our Terms and Conditions (Article 11.2a > https://www.winamax.fr/en/terms-and-conditions).

Reimbursement calculation, if paid winners have not yet been determined:

1/ all remaining players will be reimbursed the tournament commission (rake) = €50
2/ one half of the prize pool is shared out equally between the remaining players = €2,560.55
3/ one half of the prize pool is shared out prorata in function of each player’s remaining chips = €4,875
4/ You've already cashed for €2,294.25. This is therefore subtracted from the reimbursement calculation = -€2,294.25

Total prize: €7,485.54
Total due by Winamax: €5,191.30

This reimbursement corresponds to a little over the 9th place prize for this tournament and relates to your ranking at the time when your account was closed. We hope that you find this solution acceptable considering the prize earned relative to the tournament status at the time of our error.

It is my sincerest wish that at the very least that you will give us a second chance to provide you with the best online poker experience possible.

I of course remain available should you have any further questions. Please have a nice day.

The funds will be credited to your Winamax account within the next 72 hours. We will send you confirmation once the money has been transferred.

Good Guy Winamax

To be honest waking up today I was still slightly annoyed about the situation even though I had calmed down yesterday. It was not really the money, but the fact you are thrown away ur rights to play such a nice structured tournament down when you've been playing your very best the day before to get the stack you had. Also the title of any tournament is any MTT players highest desire.

Anyways I didn't expect winamax to do anything about this so I'm very positively suprised and do apologize on my own part for overreacting to the situation maybe a little bit. Also I think the deal you have given me here is fair and I feel totally different emotions from what I felt yesterday. Looks like I'm going to give your site a second chance after all, thanks a lot for finally reaching out to me. Appreciate it.

I totally understand! There is no feeling like being in a good tournament and playing well while going for the title. To have that taken away from you is of course going to be very upsetting however, our hands really are tied when it comes to the completion of identity checks. I really hope you understand that :/

I'm glad you're in a different state of mind now and we really appreciate you giving us a second chance

p.s. I personally made sure that everything was in order on your new account and can say with confidence that this will not be happening to you again!

Thanks

So I played Day 1 of the W SERIES MILLION EVENT on Sunday and made day 2. Looked at the lobby after my session, and it said Day 2 was going to be played on 16 January 2014 @ 1pm.

Today at 2pm I log-in to start a session and all of the sudden this tournament pops up with 5bbs. WTF WINAMAX .

good guy winamax!

Yeah almost fell for that too. On the website it says that the final day (which I assumed to be day 2) will start on Jan 16th at 8pm CET. Apparently the tournament consists of three days, with day 2 being today and the final table being played on the 16th.
Very misleading/confusing, I'd be surprised if you're the only player this happened to

Hi felixvdp,

Really sorry to hear about this!

We've passed on your information and this is being checked into.

I'll get back to you tomorrow when we have finished investigating.

Hang tight!

this almost happenend to me too in another event. luckily someone told me about about day 2 being on sunday just in time.

got a refund, thx!

sup
is there any restriction on cashing out my roll right after deposit?
I want to try husng at winamax (10-30€, turbos), but I am afraid there wont be enough traffic.
So if I deposit and find out traffic is not good enough, can I simply cashout?

Hi Pocin,

You can cash out after depositing should you wish and not forfeit your first deposit bonus.

Hey, why did you change the waiting list method? is very annoying when you join to the waiting list and the table also opens. Could you guys explain what's the enhancement? By the way, when you close the table, also salts the waiting list.

+1 very annoying

massive 'unauthorized' across the screen when try to deposit or see personal info etc??????????

From January 23rd until February 9th 2014, Winamax offers you a chance to play the European Deepstack Poker Championship for free! Play our special contest and win your invitation to the EDPC Dublin worth €550!

This special competition will feature three qualification tournaments followed by a Grand Final with the prizes below awarded to the 39 finalists:

• Winner: Entry to the European Deepstack Championship 2014 (worth €550)
• 2nd: two €100 Winamax tickets
• 3rd: €100 Winamax ticket
• 4th to 6th: €50 Winamax ticket
• 7th to 9th: €30 Winamax ticket
• 10th to 18th: €20 Winamax ticket
• 19th to 39th: €10 Winamax ticket

- Qualification tournaments –

The table size and buy-in will change for each qualifier with a different number of players qualifying for the Grand Final in each tournament:

• EDPC Qualifier 1: January 23rd at 20:00 CET – Full-ring with a €2 buy-in.
  9 qualifiers (the final table).
  > Password: Available here
  
• EDPC Qualifier 2: January 30th at 20:00 CET – Short-handed with a €3 buy-in.
  12 qualifiers (the last two tables).
  > Password: Available here
  
• EDPC Qualifier 3: February 6th at 20:00 CET – Full-ring with a €5 buy-in.
  18 qualifiers (the last two tables).
  > Password: Available here
  
• Grand Final: February 9th at 20:00 CET – Freeroll for the 39 qualified players.

- How to play -

• If you do not already have one, create a Winamax account.
• Log into the Winamax Poker software.
• Go to the “Tournament” lobby and select “Community” from the tournament type filter.
• Select the “EDPC Qualifier” tournaments and click on the “Register” button.
• Enter the tournament password (see above).
• Confirm your password in the pop-up window.
• Finish in the qualifying places to play the Grand Final!

- Tournament structure -

• No Limit Hold'em (freezeout).
• 10,000 chip starting stacks with 8 minute levels.
• The winners of each qualifier will automatically be registered for the Grand Final.
• The winner of the entry to the European Deepstack Championship 2014 will be allowed to exchange his seat for Winamax tickets.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

Good luck!

+1 so frustrating what have u done to the wait list system this is terrible

I personally cannot say why this change has been made, but I will be passing on the comments received here to the development team so they get a view of what the players think of it.

Are you using the software or the website when this happens? Also, could you tell me your table name (pm if you want) and I will check out your account.

sent

So after checking with support it appears as though this is happening to a lot of players since the update yesterday.

Our dev team are working on a fix which will hopefully be ready very soon.

When I know more I will post here again.

Just to let you all know, the devs have now told me the problem should be fixed

Hi all,

Just a quick reminder that the first qualifying round of our European Deepstacks Poker Championship satellite takes place tonight at 20:00 CET. €2 buy-in with 9 players qualifying for the final!

Get your password here.

Find full information in this post.

Hi, same UNAUTHORIZED message is showing up for me on the downloadable client.