- A party representative confirmed the issue was at their end, stating that there was “connectivity and bandwidth issues with our network provider in Gibraltar.”
- “We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused this evening and would like to highlight that we are doing our utmost to ensure a stable network is resumed as soon as possible.”
- Over $2 million is guaranteed—more than double the previous series—spanning 76 events over two weeks.
Extended network connectivity issues on Sunday forced partypoker to suspend tournaments and cancel scheduled events, including events in the ongoing Pokerfest tournament series.
Players began reporting problems Sunday afternoon with repeated disconnections from the client. A party representative confirmed the issue was at their end, stating that there was “connectivity and bandwidth issues with our network provider in Gibraltar.” Upcoming events, including Pokerfest qualifiers, were “proactively” cancelled.
Soon after, partypoker reported that issues were resolved, but the problems soon returned . Players reported issues playing a variety of events, including one of the biggest events of the series, a $200 buy-in, $250,000 guaranteed deep stack freezeout.
