The PokerNews freeroll on WingowsPoker.com was just canceled. There were 23 players signed up but Wingows placed a minimum of 50 players required to hold the tournament. So Wingows canceled it. This ticks me off.
I understand that this is a business decision. Wingows was willing to host these tournaments in order to increase their traffic. They assumed that PokerNews players would download Wingows by the hundreds thus increasing their traffic by over 10%. But......they were wrong. Apparently there were only 23 of us PokerNewsers with WingowsPoker accounts that wanted to qualify for the PokerNews Cup Main Event. But that's just the way that it is.
Does this mean that the next 2 PokerNews Freerolls on WingowsPoker will have the same restrictions?? If that's the case, I look for the same results....cancellation. I played the WSOP Main Event PokerNews Freeroll on Wingows and there was actually about the same turn out. Wingows had loaded all players that had downloaded on PokerNews so the starting number of players was higher but there were 7-8 players sitting out at every table. The real number was close to the same as tonight's turn-out.
Now, what do we do?? I guess the 23 of us that were qualified are just S.O.L. Sure, there's always next time but like I said, I don't expect different results then either.
The funny thing is.....I actually LIKE the site. Sure, its' low traffic but the cash games and tournaments are rather soft. I've increased my deposit over 5X and I'm actually playing in the $1000 Weekly Guaranteed tournament while I'm typing this.
If anybody from PokerNews or WingowsPoker wants to discuss this with me, please feel free to comment or contact me at davega2003@yahoo.com.