Heartland Poker Tour Comes Under Fire For “Guarantee” And Half-Priced Entries

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To say things went off the rails for the Heartland Poker Tour during its latest stop in Las Vegas, Nevada would be an understatement.

Things began to go haywire before the series even started at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, and the series was a public relations disaster for the mid-major poker tour and the Westgate throughout.

You keep using that word; I do not think it means what you think it means

When is a tournament guarantee not a guarantee? When it comes with a lot of fine print.

For several years, some poker tournaments have been using the word guarantee, when what they really mean is an estimated prize pool. If you read the fine print of some events with prize-pool guarantees you’ll discover that it’s not a guarantee, but simply based on attendance estimate.

To be fair, the HPT does have legitimate guarantees, but there is a minimum threshold that needs to be crossed before they kick in.

According to the HPT website for the Westgate series:

“Guarantee will not be offered for Event #1 with less than 250 entries; #3 – 60 entries; #4 – 60 entries; #5 – 60 entries; #6 – 40 entries; #7 – 300 entries.”

Basically, the HPT was willing to slap a...

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