Do I have a legit beef with PartyPoker here? What should I do?

[MicroBob]

yes. the reason I didn't play in the qualifiers for this was because I read it ahead of time and it looked like a non-traditional tourney format that would include a 2nd trip back to London if I succeeded in the first round.


Congrats on the trip and could be worse.
But you should probably do a little bit of homework BEFORE playing the qualifiers/satellites so that you know what you are getting yourself into.