whole comp was restarted dispite players having been knocked out and some of us sitting with 2x average stack
Ugh. It gets worse. Was it a real tourney or a publicity stunt for a book entitled "how to do everything wrong when running a poker tournament"?
I assume you're deliberately not outing the name of the establishment? :-( (not enquiring for point/laugh but simply to know which places shoudl be avoided)
it was just a pub league game
they had a later than normal liecence so thought bugger it we have extra time