New Posts For Thread: Was voiding onlyl in-running bets the best decision? No.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28805211/was-voiding-onlyl-in-running-bets-the-best-decision-noA major technical glitch occured, the reasons for which and how it came about, I'll leave to others best qualified to answer.I'm concerned with the decision to void only in-running bets, which BF did in line with their current terms, but are these teStop digging Sandown (or should that be fishing).https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28805211/was-voiding-onlyl-in-running-bets-the-best-decision-no?post_id=514376087#514376087Stop digging Sandown (or should that be fishing).Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:38:44 -0600As I said, you could have been turned into a loser even if you had not been involved with the front 2. That does not require you to be "brain dead" as you put it. Perhaps BF could have made an exception for those players by way of compromise.In any chttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28805211/was-voiding-onlyl-in-running-bets-the-best-decision-no?post_id=514374789#514374789As I said, you could have been turned into a loser even if you had not been involved with the front 2. That does not require you to be "brain dead" as you put it. Perhaps BF could have made an exception for those players by way of compromise.In any cFri, 30 Dec 2011 08:06:10 -0600Nah, it's definitely not you Sandown. In this world that allows some players half a furlong advantage over others I'd be surprised if anywhere remotely near "most" were that brain dead. Hardly any would be a lot nearer the mark.If the site went downhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28805211/was-voiding-onlyl-in-running-bets-the-best-decision-no?post_id=514373281#514373281Nah, it's definitely not you Sandown. In this world that allows some players half a furlong advantage over others I'd be surprised if anywhere remotely near "most" were that brain dead. Hardly any would be a lot nearer the mark.If the site went downFri, 30 Dec 2011 07:18:42 -0600I would have what you call a mixed strategy. One of them is working out the potential frontrunner, and backing pre-race with a view to lay off at shorter in-running.Now and again the market suspends but does not re-open, or does not go in-play. Veryhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28805211/was-voiding-onlyl-in-running-bets-the-best-decision-no?post_id=514373275#514373275I would have what you call a mixed strategy. One of them is working out the potential frontrunner, and backing pre-race with a view to lay off at shorter in-running.Now and again the market suspends but does not re-open, or does not go in-play. VeryFri, 30 Dec 2011 07:18:29 -0600This has nothing to do with traders in the way that you are using the term. Players who wish to limit their liability because of what they see or expect to see in-running are not to be confused with players have no conception of horses or form but onhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28805211/was-voiding-onlyl-in-running-bets-the-best-decision-no?post_id=514372149#514372149This has nothing to do with traders in the way that you are using the term. Players who wish to limit their liability because of what they see or expect to see in-running are not to be confused with players have no conception of horses or form but onFri, 30 Dec 2011 06:46:27 -0600As I have explained, there is no real conceptual or practical difference between the pre-off period and the off periodOf course there is. Just because betfair lump them together for commission reasons wouldn't give them the right to void bets that wehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28805211/was-voiding-onlyl-in-running-bets-the-best-decision-no?post_id=514371855#514371855As I have explained, there is no real conceptual or practical difference between the pre-off period and the off periodOf course there is. Just because betfair lump them together for commission reasons wouldn't give them the right to void bets that weFri, 30 Dec 2011 06:35:22 -0600FeckThere will have been players (winners) who will have been made losers as a result of BF's arbitary decision to void only IR bets. Many of these players will not have played either of the 2 horses primarily concerned. This to my mind is grossly unhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28805211/was-voiding-onlyl-in-running-bets-the-best-decision-no?post_id=514371157#514371157FeckThere will have been players (winners) who will have been made losers as a result of BF's arbitary decision to void only IR bets. Many of these players will not have played either of the 2 horses primarily concerned. This to my mind is grossly unFri, 30 Dec 2011 06:09:12 -0600Don't think I've said this before, but there'a first time for evrything : I agree 100 % with Feck on this one..https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28805211/was-voiding-onlyl-in-running-bets-the-best-decision-no?post_id=514370145#514370145Don't think I've said this before, but there'a first time for evrything : I agree 100 % with Feck on this one..Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:31:50 -0600But when the whole market is affected, why should what is an arbitrary decision to void after a certain time (the off) be acceptable when there are clearly players disadvantaged and others advantaged purely because of that decision?No pre-off bet washttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28805211/was-voiding-onlyl-in-running-bets-the-best-decision-no?post_id=514369731#514369731But when the whole market is affected, why should what is an arbitrary decision to void after a certain time (the off) be acceptable when there are clearly players disadvantaged and others advantaged purely because of that decision?No pre-off bet wasFri, 30 Dec 2011 05:11:20 -0600Feck/FAFHTo void or not to void, that is the question.Where it's possible to limit voiding fairly, say to one horse that is supported after it is known to some that it is incapable of participating, then that course of action is acceptable not only thttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28805211/was-voiding-onlyl-in-running-bets-the-best-decision-no?post_id=514369443#514369443Feck/FAFHTo void or not to void, that is the question.Where it's possible to limit voiding fairly, say to one horse that is supported after it is known to some that it is incapable of participating, then that course of action is acceptable not only tFri, 30 Dec 2011 04:59:38 -0600