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Tech Issues Plague Party’s Poker Fest III

PartyPoker Cancels Four Of First Five Events In Poker Fest III Due To “Technical Difficulties”

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The stream of bad news from PartyPoker continues. First losses were increasing, then the launch of ZyngaPlusPoker on the site seemed to have a negative effect on cash game players and now it has had to apologise to its players after it cancelled four of the first five events of Poker Fest III.

In a statement at the site yesterday the company said, “We would like to sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to players involved in Pokerfest events #1, #3, #4 and #5.

“The tournaments faced technical difficulties which we were unable to resolve at the time.”

The beleaguered company, which also recently lost (or jettisoned, depending on who is telling the story) Tony G and a number of its primary affiliates said it will run a $350,000 guaranteed event on Sunday May 12, replacing the regular $250,000 guaranteed event to supplement for the cancellation of event one.
PartyPoker recently took second spot in cash game players from Full Tilt Poker but has slid back recently and is currently sitting in fourth place and being stalked by 888.