They had to have paid out everyone at the table....common courtesy....i think the pot was like 355,000.....so like 10-15k for everyone sitting about
Sure, but they typically try to find loopholes to get more money back into the pool than paid out to non-factors. So, they'll say players not dealt in at the table are excluded, or players who didn't get to a flop are excluded. The latter of those two I think is bullshit and should be paid. The former, though, it makes sense if the player is sitting out or is waiting to join when the BB gets to them. But I've heard of other examples than just that of players not getting paid when they should have. I assume you probably know what you're talking about if you posted here. I just haven't seen anyone paid out on this yet.
Makes you think, can you imagine if an online site followed the same procedure as a bricks and mortar casino? There they pay something (not a ton) as a "room payout/bonus" to literally anyone playing at any other table at the time (other than excluded tables). If a half-way decently active online site did that they could have 1000s of players to pay out. Guess maybe they'd all get like 5c. BOL says there are over 3k players on the site ATM.
