Running poker match collection in Vietnam hit one other roadblock this week after the Asian Poker Festival Spring Series was abruptly canceled.
The competition was set to kick off Monday and run by April 17. The cancellation now seems to come back after the competition organizers reduce ties with the Royal Poker Club, the group that partnered in operating the collection. This left organizers operating an occasion that didn’t match a licensing request from the federal government.
“Due to the name of the tournament having to be changed, some information related to the organization was not matched with the license application anymore, so our license to organize the tournament was no longer valid,” organizers wrote on Facebook. “Royal Poker Club (RPC) tried to resolve this issue, but due to the tight schedule, the organizing committee could not obtain a new license for this tournament.”
Latest Vietnam Event Cut Short
The sudden cancellation little question left many gamers who deliberate on making the journey for the competition in fairly a bind. A couple of gamers responded to the put up that they’d already booked a flight and a lodge keep for the collection, and a few had been already within the nation.
The occasion’s organizing committee provided refunds for match packages and an extra $400 for these already on web site. The group was additionally refunding these not but within the nation with an extra $200 as properly.
“We sincerely apologize for this unforeseen circumstance and hope that our beloved players will understand and sympathize with the organizing committee’s difficult decision,” organizers stated.
In December, the Asian Poker Tour additionally canceled the Hanoi Billions collection in the midst of the principle occasion. This left many gamers puzzled and a few speculated that the federal government was making it troublesome to run a poker collection within the nation.
Event administration paid out the 47 gamers remaining within the match based mostly on chip stacks. Van Sang Nguyen, of Vietnam, was declared the principle occasion winner based mostly on having probably the most chips when the match was paused, incomes the highest payout of simply over $180,000.
“The decision to cancel the remaining days of the festival has not been made lightly,” tour officers famous. “It is rooted in extenuating circumstances that have arisen, ones that, despite our utmost efforts, we are unable to overcome.”
