Major admin error with Negreanu's staking package
We recap some stories you may have missed including Lex Live 2 and the biggest buy-in in poker history revealed.
KidPoker Hiccup
Daniel Negreanu's first week as a free agent was one to forget as an admin error sank his plans to sell shares to fans (with no markup).
Working on a major problem.
I have some awful news:
Low sold in 1 min
Med sold in 2 min
Hi sold in 3 minThere was a software glitch on the new server.
I’m going to cover the $60k in fees if necessary.
Many of you will get a full refund.
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) May 25, 2019
It seems that a software error meant that because there was such high demand for his WSOP package, he ended up collecting more money than the total buy-ins of his entire WSOP schedule.
LATEST UPDATE:
Refunds have been processed
Plan is to email all those that have a piece to confirm
Approximately 90% of the purchases had to be refunded.
We took in approx $1.8 million in minutes!
Cap was approx $275k
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) May 26, 2019
KidPoker had to refund all of the backers at cost to himself and is now working on solutions to get some added value perks to everyone who wanted a piece but was unable to this summer.
The biggest buy-in in history
As teased last year, Triton Poker are hosting the biggest buy-in in poker history this year, and now it has been revealed it will take place between July 31 and August 8.
However, those of you wondering if it will be a big jump from the previous record, it won't, and depending on the state of the pound as Brexit looms closer might not even be bigger than the €1 million One Drop Invitational of 2016.
The event takes place in London and the Main Event will be a £1 million charity event.
♠♦ The one you've all been waiting for... THE BIGGEST BUY-IN IN TELEVISED POKER HISTORY 🤯
🌠Full Details: https://t.co/1uHnFcUWoQ pic.twitter.com/6Pjnd4qx7x
— Triton Poker (@tritonpoker) May 24, 2019
Save the date for Lex Live II
The last event looked like a lot of fun, so much so it's happening again, this time in London.
Lex Live II takes place in London between September 27 and October 6 at the Aspers Casino in Stratford, with a buy-in of just £230. Further details are yet to be revealed.
Clearly this is the start of something big as the first event was just a weekend and this is ten days of poker action.
Lex Live 2 announced! ðŸ˜ðŸ˜. Locked dates and location in as quickly as possible to give you guys lots of time to prepare and plan. https://t.co/D6tfs6Ofwq
— LexVeldhuis (@RaSZi) May 26, 2019
Another bittersweet COOP
Speaking of which, it was another up and down COOP series for Lex this month, here he is with one of the most viewed Twitch clips of the series, busting a SCOOP final table:
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