6º prémio do Sunday Million distribuido por associações de solidariedade

No dia 6 de Março deste ano disputou-se um torneio muito especial para comemorar o 5º Aniversário do PokerStars Sunday Million. este torneio registou um total de 59.128 jogadores a disputar um prizepool de $11.825.600.

Os nove jogadores que chegaram à final table arrecadaram os seguintes prémios:

1.- Luke "Bdbeatslayer" Vrabel ($671,093.81 & Lamborghini Gallardo)
2.- sheppyshape ($465,647.02)
3.- wrzr123 ($844,209.87)
4.- guccyka ($411,090.13)
5.- Syndrome1977 ($799,842.09)
6.- zeurrr ($518,402.33)
7.- nhar818 ($441,541.06)
8.- Jan10004 ($311,023.33)
9.- Battmeister ($263,888.06)

Até aqui tudo bem, certo? Errado!

Uns dias depois a polémica instalou-se ao tornar-se público que o jogador zeurrr era na realidade um holandês menor de idade e, portanto, em violação das normas de jogo da sala. Rapidamente surgiram rumores que este dinheiro teria sido confiscado pela PokerStars, ainda que um representante tenha desmentido esta informação.

Dois meses depois, é conhecido finalmente o desfecho da história. Comprovada a identidade do jogador que tinha mesmo 16 anos, o dinheiro do prémio não foi entregue e foi antes distribuido entre associações de solidariedade especializadas na prevenção do jogo em menores.

Este foi o mail enviado pela PokerStars:

Hello,

Thank you for your email about the recent Sunday Million 5th Anniversary Tournament.

PokerStars is able to advise that the registered account owner of 'zeurrr' did not operate the account during that tournament. Further, the account was operated by an individual who was seventeen years of age, in breach of PokerStars' strict rules against underage gaming.

As you might imagine, underage gaming is a very serious issue for PokerStars. It is a violation of PokerStars' license agreements and it is crucial that we behave responsibly in dealing with these matters.

PokerStars' Responsible Gaming webpage states the following:

"Any underage player who has provided dishonest or inaccurate information regarding their true age may have all winnings forfeited and could face criminal prosecution."

You can view this on our website here:

http://www.pokerstars.com/about/responsible-gaming/

In accordance with this policy, we have decided to close the PokerStars account of the offender, and further, to seize all monies held in the account.

The funds from the account will be donated to charitable organisations which specialize in preventing underage gaming. We have made this decision because the player did not receive any advantage over other players, and we have acted in accordance with our usual policy on these issues.

I trust that this email clarifies our position on the matter, but if you have further queries, please feel free to write back any time.

Regards,

Michael J
PokerStars Game Security