SUNDAY MAJORS: Problems Plague partypoker MILLION, Event Cancelled

Sunday was supposed to be a big day for partypoker with the conclusion of their recently relaunched partypoker MILLION. The $215 buy-in tournament had multiple Day 1 flights throughout the week, a structure designed to give recreational players an opportunity to play without committing an entire Sunday.
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Problems arose early on Day 2 of the tournament when players who qualified earlier in the day, on Day 1D, were left out of the field. The event ran for just over an hour with players building stacks and busting in the money while Day 1D players were on the outside looking in. Once the tournament was finally paused, the company tweeted its resolution to the situation which saw the company pay out close to $600,000 from their own coffers.
1.) Firstly, we apologise for the issues with the partypoker MILLION tonight. An error occurred that prevented the Day 1D players being loaded into Day 2. This resulted in the cancellation of the tournament. The following tweets are what happens now….
— partypoker (@partypoker) November 3, 2019
2.) The players that played in the first Day 2 and busted will keep the cash they have received for ranking in the tournament. All players that were still in at the time the tournament was paused will be paid the next prize rank. This will be paid out on top of the $1M GTE.
— partypoker (@partypoker) November 3, 2019
3.) All players that made it through Day 1 will receive a share of the $1M prizepool – 50% of the $1M will be split equally among the players and 50% split based on chip equity at the end of Day 1. All Day 2 players will also be given a $215 partypoker MILLION ticket.
— partypoker (@partypoker) November 3, 2019
4. Please accept our sincerest apologies for the inconvenience. We remain committed to hosting the partypoker MILLION and it will run next week. Please bear with our customer support team who will be, understandably, very busy right now. Payouts will be made as fast as possible.
— partypoker (@partypoker) November 3, 2019
While that was going on, other events on partypoker, PokerStars and 888 poker went off seemingly without a hitch.
The PokerStars Sunday Million drew 11,878 players with ‘Ben_Apart’ beating them all to win $119,637.71. Runner-up ‘yodashutka’ wound up with $89,812.73 and ‘JulianPasare’ took home $63,000.08 for a bronze medal performance.
The partypoker $5,200 Sunday Big Game got one more player this week than last with 101 entrants. ‘Patrick’ topped the field to win $123,725 outright. ‘Forrest_guuump’ wound up second and banked $88,375 while ‘Player123560423’ came third for $63,125.
888poker also debuted their brand new $1,050 buy-in $200,000 guaranteed event, dubbed ‘The Dragon’. Mike ‘WalmartCNXN’ Farrow beat out the 206-player field to take home $44,290.00. ‘ShipGold’ finished second for $31,930 and ‘RakDoll’ earned $24,205 for finishing third.
PokerStars $109 Sunday Million $1M Guaranteed
11,878 entrants, $1,187,800 prize pool
- Ben_Apart – $119,637.71
- yodashutka – $89,812.73
- JulianPasare – $63,000.08
- x_zola25 – $45,719.25
- GreekPro47 – $33,178.46
- thebigdog09 – $24,077.77
- RafaCorreaBR – $17,473.25
- jkru005 – $12,680.47
- Cashaoui – $9,202.36
PokerStars $2,100 Sunday High Roller, $85k Gtd
63 entrants, $126,000 prize pool
- maxtack11 – $39,151.26
- WATnlos – $28,213.83
- ARTSchGamble – $20,331.92
- simon1471 – $14,651.93
- ThePateychuk – $10,558.72
- Bit2Easy – $7,609.01
- WushuTM – $5,483.33
PokerStars $530 Bounty Builder High Roller, $350k Gtd
1,067 entrants, $533,500 prize pool
- Firstlove888 – $43,404.88 + $20,346.13 in bounties
- paila02 – $31,814.92 + $15,627.41 in bounties
- grind4ever – $23,320.24 + $13,411.10 in bounties
- zerodeda – $17,093.66 + $4,203.12 in bounties
- dantegoyaF – $12,529.59 + $3,312.50 in bounties
- pronto1111 – $9,184.14 + $4,296.88 in bounties
- Szabsci – $6,731.94 + $12,191.40 in bounties
- kZhh – $4,934.50 + $3,460.94 in bounties
- 4_VaNyA_4 – $3,616.99 + $1,226.57 in bounties
PokerStars $215 Sunday Warm-Up $100k Gtd
801 entrants, $160,200 prize pool
- ramonkrop – $25,626.82*
- Vocaaas – $21,343.34*
- prebz – $14,333.94
- VladTheSlaye – $10,402.15
- Sv3nnO – $7,548.83
- GEVORG9209 – $5,478.18
- rezdavid – $3,975.50
- T-Macha – $2,885.02
- Stognov303 – $2,093.65
partypoker $5,200 Sunday Big Game $500k Gtd
101 entrants, $505,000 prize pool
- patrick – $123,725
- Forrest_guuump – $88,375
- Player123560423 – $63,125
- YouGotTheDud – $44,187.50
- Shaundeeb – $32,825.00
- El_Cucuy – $25,250
- kannnichtmehr – $20,2000
- kristian150 – $16,412.50
partypoker $2,100 Sunday High Roller Gladiator – $300k Gtd
143 entrants, $300,000 prize pool
- AndreyBolkonsky – $28,704.56 + $44,378.93 in bounties
- Cowboy_Frank – $28,674.48 + $7,694.53 in bounties
- TopGirl – $20,251.38 + $9,646.87 in bounties
- UniqueDNA – $14,344.73 + $6,824.99 in bounties
- fromHolland1945 – $10,547.59 + $2,100 in bounties
- Jizoint – $7,000.60 + $7,350.00 in bounties
partypoker $320 Sunday Gladiator – $300k Gtd
953 entrants, $300,000 prize pool
- AmericanEagle – $20,651.44 + $15,420.54 in bounties
- Sundaynighking – $20,620.68 + $1,710.85 in bounties
- CharlesBarkley – $15,270.51 + $6,493.44 in bounties
- Cowboy_Frank – $10,483.00 + $5,691.72 in bounties
- Kronktheman – $6,851.09 + $3,799.41 in bounties
- All_In_PAV – $4,233.48 + $1,738.00 in bounties
888poker $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep $215
513 entrants – $102,600 prize pool
- VnilaVader – $19,853.10
- MilaZayne – $14,877.00
- AcesHigh1921 – $11,286.00
- strangejelly – $8,464.50
- prebzzz – $5,848.20
- IceStream – $4,514.40
- TooMuchRake – $3,488.40
- CrackFiend15 – $2,462.40
- HBousie – $1,795.50
888poker $200,000 Dragon $1,050
206 entrants – $206,000 prize pool
- WalmartCNXN – $44,290.00
- ShipGold – $31,930.00
- RakDoll – $24,205.00
- Madeon1994 – $18,025.00
- AnaMarquez – $12,360.00
- Perrymejsen – $10,300
- DeuceofDuc0 – $8,240.00
- alexos888 – $6,180.00
- Bandhu12 – $4,120.00