Won a $150 ticket in a mystery bounty, never received the ticket...
I was playing a 15$ mystery bounty tournament on GG Poker a little while ago. I knocked out 3 people in total and won two small bounties and a 150$ ticket. When I was finished the tournament, I realized I didn't receive the $150 ticket. So I emailed GGcare. Their response was I was the short stack and therefore only in the main pot. As you can clearly see, I am the big stack in the hand they're specifically talking about. Not sure why they focused only on this hand either.. Here is the hand history.

But here is where things get even weirder, this hand is the only hand that actually shows a bounty prize which was $14. Which is what my full tournament bounty total was as shown here:

So I figured it's just a glitch or something, just explain it to GGcare and they'll clearly see what I can see and that is that I knocked out Lunardi25 for one. For starters, nobody else in the hand had enough chips to cover Lunardi25 except myself. I explain this to GGcare and they tell me I didn't qualify because I'm the shorter stack. So I digress and say that I knocked out 3 players the entire tournament and only collected $14 in bounties which doesn't make sense by any means. Which you would think would clearly show "oh were missing something here". But they respond talking about the single hand they're saying I'm shortstacked in (which I am not). So then I mention that the tournament results page showed that I knocked out 3 players and that was one of them. GGcare tells me no I didn't knock them out and I was the shorter stack. So I asked if I am the shorter stack, how do I win a sidepot at showdown? With a hand that didn't beat the AA player who won the majority of the chips in the pot. No response. So I ask how the Lunardi25 got knocked out if nobody covered them but myself.. no response. I've asked to know what my 3 bounties I received were to show me how I earned $14 in total. That would also show something is wrong.. Yet, still no response.
I have emailed them several times about this and all they do is tell me I am the shorter stack. Now they won't even respond. What is a person supposed to do in this situation? Their ambassadors can't help and GGcare refuses to even look at the hands or info it seems. So this is why I'm posting this here. Just very frustrated with it and ready to let them win at this point lol. It's a $150 ticket, it's not going to break the bank by any means. But the way I'm being totally brushed off by GGcare is more so what worries me. Machines make mistakes, software has bugs, stuff happens. But to refuse to look and keep sending me answers that don't correlate at all with the hand history or my questions is something else.
Here is the 3 hands I got the knockouts on.

Poker Hand #TM4792901929: Tournament #217661113, $15 Mini Saturday Secret KO [Mystery Bounty] Hold'em No Limit - Level25(5,000/10,000) - 2025/07/19 17:38:56
Table '533' 8-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: 9f7935dc (233,648 in chips)
Seat 2: 2e83e85d (265,121 in chips)
Seat 3: 2779d5e3 (408,951 in chips)
Seat 4: 16a947dc (271,928 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (300,816 in chips)
Seat 6: 9c873c38 (357,320 in chips)
Seat 7: 98508ef (24 in chips)
Seat 8: 760af86 (169,039 in chips)
9c873c38: posts the ante 1,250
16a947dc: posts the ante 1,250
9f7935dc: posts the ante 1,250
98508ef: posts the ante 24
760af86: posts the ante 1,250
2779d5e3: posts the ante 1,250
Hero: posts the ante 1,250
2e83e85d: posts the ante 1,250
9f7935dc: posts small blind 5,000
2e83e85d: posts big blind 10,000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 9f7935dc
Dealt to 2e83e85d
Dealt to 2779d5e3
Dealt to 16a947dc
Dealt to Hero [Ks Qs]
Dealt to 9c873c38
Dealt to 98508ef
Dealt to 760af86
2779d5e3: raises 10,000 to 20,000
16a947dc: calls 20,000
Hero: calls 20,000
9c873c38: calls 20,000
760af86: raises 147,789 to 167,789 and is all-in
9f7935dc: folds
2e83e85d: raises 96,082 to 263,871 and is all-in
2779d5e3: folds
16a947dc: raises 6,807 to 270,678 and is all-in
Hero: raises 28,888 to 299,566 and is all-in
9c873c38: folds
Uncalled bet (28,888) returned to Hero
Hero: shows [Ks Qs]
98508ef: shows [Td 3s]
760af86: shows [Qh Ac]
2e83e85d: shows [Ad Ah]
16a947dc: shows [Kh 7h]
*** FLOP *** [4c 9h Jh]
*** TURN *** [4c 9h Jh] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [4c 9h Jh 8s] [Qc]
*** SHOWDOWN ***
98508ef collected 192 from pot
2e83e85d collected 724,738 from pot
2e83e85d collected 288,246 from pot
Hero collected 13,614 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1,026,790 | Rake 0 | Jackpot 0 | Bingo 0 | Fortune 0 | Tax 0
Board [4c 9h Jh 8s Qc]
Seat 1: 9f7935dc (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: 2e83e85d (big blind) showed [Ad Ah] and won (1,012,984) with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: 2779d5e3 folded before Flop
Seat 4: 16a947dc showed [Kh 7h] and lost with King high
Seat 5: Hero showed [Ks Qs] and won (13,614) with a pair of Queens
Seat 6: 9c873c38 folded before Flop
Seat 7: 98508ef showed [Td 3s] and won (192) with a straight, Queen to Eight
Seat 8: 760af86 (button) showed [Qh Ac] and lost with a pair of Queens

Poker Hand #TM4792700480: Tournament #217661113, $15 Mini Saturday Secret KO [Mystery Bounty] Hold'em No Limit - Level11(500/1,000) - 2025/07/19 15:29:35
Table '868' 8-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: eda9c448 (39,264 in chips)
Seat 2: 4ca617d (40,233 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero (21,965 in chips)
Seat 4: 3ac4d12f (20,417 in chips)
Seat 5: 70dccae4 (57,810 in chips)
Seat 6: 53b514e1 (18,791 in chips)
Seat 7: 24b22477 (12,828 in chips)
Seat 8: 9830a6c3 (21,818 in chips)
9830a6c3: posts the ante 125
eda9c448: posts the ante 125
53b514e1: posts the ante 125
4ca617d: posts the ante 125
24b22477: posts the ante 125
70dccae4: posts the ante 125
3ac4d12f: posts the ante 125
Hero: posts the ante 125
Hero: posts small blind 500
3ac4d12f: posts big blind 1,000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to eda9c448
Dealt to 4ca617d
Dealt to Hero [Qd As]
Dealt to 3ac4d12f
Dealt to 70dccae4
Dealt to 53b514e1
Dealt to 24b22477
Dealt to 9830a6c3
70dccae4: raises 1,000 to 2,000
53b514e1: folds
24b22477: folds
9830a6c3: raises 19,693 to 21,693 and is all-in
eda9c448: folds
4ca617d: folds
Hero: raises 147 to 21,840 and is all-in
3ac4d12f: folds
70dccae4: folds
Uncalled bet (147) returned to Hero
Hero: shows [Qd As]
9830a6c3: shows [Kc Td]
*** FLOP *** [4h 2c Ad]
*** TURN *** [4h 2c Ad] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [4h 2c Ad 6h] [3s]
*** SHOWDOWN ***
Hero collected 47,386 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 47,386 | Rake 0 | Jackpot 0 | Bingo 0 | Fortune 0 | Tax 0
Board [4h 2c Ad 6h 3s]
Seat 1: eda9c448 folded before Flop
Seat 2: 4ca617d (button) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Hero (small blind) showed [Qd As] and won (47,386) with a pair of Aces
Seat 4: 3ac4d12f (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: 70dccae4 folded before Flop
Seat 6: 53b514e1 folded before Flop
Seat 7: 24b22477 folded before Flop
Seat 8: 9830a6c3 showed [Kc Td] and lost with Ace high

Poker Hand #TM4792701312: Tournament #217661113, $15 Mini Saturday Secret KO [Mystery Bounty] Hold'em No Limit - Level12(600/1,200) - 2025/07/19 15:36:14
Table '868' 8-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: eda9c448 (34,889 in chips)
Seat 2: 4ca617d (24,630 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero (44,683 in chips)
Seat 4: 3ac4d12f (47,584 in chips)
Seat 5: 70dccae4 (58,248 in chips)
Seat 6: 53b514e1 (15,639 in chips)
Seat 7: 24b22477 (10,453 in chips)
Seat 8: c73b9fdf (22,000 in chips)
c73b9fdf: posts the ante 150
eda9c448: posts the ante 150
53b514e1: posts the ante 150
4ca617d: posts the ante 150
24b22477: posts the ante 150
70dccae4: posts the ante 150
3ac4d12f: posts the ante 150
Hero: posts the ante 150
4ca617d: posts small blind 600
Hero: posts big blind 1,200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to eda9c448
Dealt to 4ca617d
Dealt to Hero [2d Ad]
Dealt to 3ac4d12f
Dealt to 70dccae4
Dealt to 53b514e1
Dealt to 24b22477
Dealt to c73b9fdf
3ac4d12f: folds
70dccae4: folds
53b514e1: folds
24b22477: folds
c73b9fdf: folds
eda9c448: folds
4ca617d: raises 23,280 to 24,480 and is all-in
Hero: calls 23,280
4ca617d: shows [4s 4h]
Hero: shows [2d Ad]
*** FLOP *** [7h Kc 3h]
*** TURN *** [7h Kc 3h] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [7h Kc 3h Ks] [As]
*** SHOWDOWN ***
Hero collected 50,160 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 50,160 | Rake 0 | Jackpot 0 | Bingo 0 | Fortune 0 | Tax 0
Board [7h Kc 3h Ks As]
Seat 1: eda9c448 (button) folded before Flop
Seat 2: 4ca617d (small blind) showed [4s 4h] and lost with two pair, Kings and Fours
Seat 3: Hero (big blind) showed [2d Ad] and won (50,160) with two pair, Aces and Kings
Seat 4: 3ac4d12f folded before Flop
Seat 5: 70dccae4 folded before Flop
Seat 6: 53b514e1 folded before Flop
Seat 7: 24b22477 folded before Flop
Seat 8: c73b9fdf folded before Flop
So what do I do here.. because I thought this was going to be such a simple realization and fix on their end. Yet here we are..
thanks for any help or input..
2 Replies
GGdontcare
You knocked out only one player(Lunardi) for which you received 14$ bounty.
The player with AA knocked out some one else(for 6.2$),while a player ended up with 192 chips. You can see clearly it wasnt about 150$ ticket in the first place
Knocking out other players while you werent already in the money cant count as mistery prize
I was getting tickets also on mistery bounties, ranging from 15$ to 525$ and i received those instantly