M G TOURNAMENTS

[Nifty29]

I have a question about the December 15th tournament. I have qualified twice, does that mean I get to play twice???

I actually wondered something similar, but the terms on the website state "you may only enter the semi-final ONCE so make sure it is on your lucky day". So, you may actually be disqualified because you played twice.

Im not sure why they are running them every day if you're only allowed to enter once, but it doesnt really make sense to me. I would understand if you can only QUALIFY for the FINAL once, but otherwise it seems silly.

What does it matter if you enter 5 days lose, then make it on your 6th try? The number of places are limited anyway so who cares who qualifies?

[spearmaster]

I also can't help but feel that your "luck" in these freeroll tournaments is inversely proportional to your recent real money losses.

Having not made a deposit since the beginning of the year, I am happy to say that your "luck" in these tournaments has absolutely nothing to do with your recent real money losses Haven't won one yet but gotten a few places, highest was 2nd in a $50 tourney.

[bernynhel]

I actually wondered something similar, but the terms on the website state "you may only enter the semi-final ONCE so make sure it is on your lucky day". So, you may actually be disqualified because you played twice.

Im not sure why they are running them every day if you're only allowed to enter once, but it doesnt really make sense to me. I would understand if you can only QUALIFY for the FINAL once, but otherwise it seems silly.

What does it matter if you enter 5 days lose, then make it on your 6th try? The number of places are limited anyway so who cares who qualifies?

If its anything like the Free Entry to 20k Weekender satellites I have won and qualified for the Free Entry twice or more times within the same week several times to find only a single entry for my participation in the final at the start of the 20k. Whutta gyp! Good Luck!

[venetian]

Just played the $20K weekender...I guess I played on my UNlucky day. Placed just over 100 out of the $$

[jas2587]

Classic-rebuys = classic bending over

After registering and playing for 4 minutes I was booted out of the tournament and told I needed to rebuy, so much for 10 minute rounds. I refuse to rebuy, but I can see MG giving ALOT of refunds if they only let you play 5 minutes.

And I just noticed on the rebuys that your winbox score is reset to 0 and they use the highest score of all of your tournament play. I guess that thwarts the people who buy their way to first place.

I just now opted in for the classic rebuys $5 loaded I was given 10 minutes I was in 7th place an before 5 minutes was even over up popped the rebuy screen

I opted in to play again still showed me in 7th place again before the 10 minutes was up I think I got a full 4 minutes play the rebuy popped up
so dummy me rebought in an again 4 minutes play when it should be 10 minutes this was at Royal Vegas

last I looked I was still in 7th but there are 4 days to go my time left when the rebuy came up was 5:32
so they are ripping us outta 5+ minutes per buy
Don't think that is fair at all

Cindy

[venetian]

I know the casinos do the rebuys to recoup any losses on the tournament, but I think it's unfair to allow rebuys in the big money events. That's from my "I live in the US and can't deposit" opinion.

[jas2587]

You buy in they should allow the Full time frame
not cut you short by 5:22 outta 10 minutes
this is just so un
I emailed them their reply was
I have confirmed with our technical helpdesk and they have advised us that all is well with the casino software.This would be with regards to the lobby, tournaments, all games, casino server, etc.
uninstall the casino
make sure pop up is disabled
delete temp files an cookies

here is my buys from their playcheck
14250 View Transaction 11/23/2007 10:22:41 AM Tournament Slot - Loaded - Register for Multiplayer Tourn.: Real -5.00 45.00
14251 View Transaction 11/23/2007 10:26:22 AM Tournament Slot - Loaded - Tournament ReBuy: Real -5.00 40.00
14252 View Transaction 11/23/2007 10:28:14 AM Tournament Slot - Loaded - Tournament ReBuy: Real -5.00 35.00

so tell me what you see on the time of the rebuys
Thanks

Cindy

[brianzz]

I stopped playing the other day. After the first free classic re-buys fiasco where I was kicked out after 2 minutes of play and told to rebuy, thought it was a bug. So this weekend I bought into a classic re-buy and same thing, 2 minutes into play I was booted out and told to rebuy, still had plenty of time and plenty of credits. Emailed support about it and they said I was d/c'd from the casino on my end.. whatever, if I was d/c'd explain to me why 30 seconds after being kicked out I was playing a regular slot, without ever logging out of the casino mind you. I kindly told support they didn't know what was going on and neither did MG, they wouldn't have to worry about me bothering to play any other tournaments free or otherwise, or jumping through hoops to deposit anymore, that'll teach 'em.

[vinylweatherman]

I know the casinos do the rebuys to recoup any losses on the tournament, but I think it's unfair to allow rebuys in the big money events. That's from my "I live in the US and can't deposit" opinion.

LOSSES

The house edge on these is HUGE! Even without ANY rebuys they would not struggle to make a profit on many tournaments. Rebuys are NOT part allocated to the prize pool as you would think they should be, they are 100% profit.
The Loaded tournament could in theory cost $5000 just for ONE player to enter if they used all 1000 rebuys. This would still not anywhere near guarantee them a winning session, and would cost far more than the top prize.
To make things fairer, rebuys should inflate the prize pool. This would probably mean more money going into the tournament, as the growing pool might tempt some players who would not ordinarily have used rebuys to try again for the bigger pool. This would also alleviate the disadvantage for players who did NOT rebuy, as although there are more chances for them to be beaten, this would be compensated for by the chance of an increased prize for their eventual position, which might not even be beaten by the rebuying players.

[tesla]

yeah the house edge on some of these tourneys is just insane. For example, the current $200 Avalon tourney has 130 players. Even if only half of these players use the full amount of rebuys, that would amount to $390 in casino revenue(65x$6). After accounting for the $200 tourney payouts, the casino would profit $190 and have almost a 50% house edge! And the $500 tourney's are even worse as a player can purchase up to $30. Usually there are over 100 players on these tourneys and if only 50 used the full rebuys, that would give the casino $1500 revenue and after tourney payouts they would profit $1k, and have a 66.667% house edge!!