New Posts For Thread: Xmas Calendar -One big con ?https://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/28790015/xmas-calendar--one-big-conAre these the biggest rip-off con trick yet ? They keep advertising this as a $100,000 giveaway, which, frankly, is laughable.With the extra rake they must have generated from most of these promos, especially the rake races/leaderboards I doubt thisWhen Betfair merged with ongame -- in their trading report -- they could not understand why lot of their high volume players stopped playing -- For me the only reason it was that the promotions went downhill -- and I used to put in a quite a lot ofhttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/28790015/xmas-calendar--one-big-con?post_id=514302123#514302123When Betfair merged with ongame -- in their trading report -- they could not understand why lot of their high volume players stopped playing -- For me the only reason it was that the promotions went downhill -- and I used to put in a quite a lot ofWed, 28 Dec 2011 13:49:55 -0600I liked the sit n go sack, where you had to win 3 stts in a row to get a prize. Simple to understand, and gave just about everyone the chance to have a go at it.https://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/28790015/xmas-calendar--one-big-con?post_id=514296953#514296953I liked the sit n go sack, where you had to win 3 stts in a row to get a prize. Simple to understand, and gave just about everyone the chance to have a go at it.Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:47:36 -0600The coin flip promo was not too bad -- I worked out that the 5 player 50 cent games gave much better returns than the heads up flips -- cost me around $40 to win a $150 + 4 tourney token ---- but then again I think I got RSI from registering fromhttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/28790015/xmas-calendar--one-big-con?post_id=514271829#514271829The coin flip promo was not too bad -- I worked out that the 5 player 50 cent games gave much better returns than the heads up flips -- cost me around $40 to win a $150 + 4 tourney token ---- but then again I think I got RSI from registering fromTue, 27 Dec 2011 19:37:21 -0600Did you see some of the totals on the Coinflip Leaderboard ? Absolutely frightening, people queueing up to pish money up the wall. Must be the only 100k giveaway in history where the company offering it made a profit.https://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/28790015/xmas-calendar--one-big-con?post_id=514258863#514258863Did you see some of the totals on the Coinflip Leaderboard ? Absolutely frightening, people queueing up to pish money up the wall. Must be the only 100k giveaway in history where the company offering it made a profit.Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:19:39 -0600verytrue,and thereplety who playednot much less and got smallcash prizes.the losing coinflip race was the1 that made melaughhttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/28790015/xmas-calendar--one-big-con?post_id=514258415#514258415verytrue,and thereplety who playednot much less and got smallcash prizes.the losing coinflip race was the1 that made melaughTue, 27 Dec 2011 12:07:03 -0600Given you only played on the site for the promotion they got about $1000 in rake off you then which they wouldn't have done otherwise ?Fair enough BF have to stump up 40% rakeback, but even so the IPAD itself, bulk bought, wont have cost more than 60https://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/28790015/xmas-calendar--one-big-con?post_id=514258097#514258097Given you only played on the site for the promotion they got about $1000 in rake off you then which they wouldn't have done otherwise ?Fair enough BF have to stump up 40% rakeback, but even so the IPAD itself, bulk bought, wont have cost more than 60Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:57:36 -0600i played 1100games over 3 days. ihad to play the most on the last day, after thinking my 12 hr session on the tuesday thathad me in 2nd whenifinished would mean an easy last day.[iwas wrong]about 40 people were chasing the 25 topprises on the last dahttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/28790015/xmas-calendar--one-big-con?post_id=514246721#514246721i played 1100games over 3 days. ihad to play the most on the last day, after thinking my 12 hr session on the tuesday thathad me in 2nd whenifinished would mean an easy last day.[iwas wrong]about 40 people were chasing the 25 topprises on the last daTue, 27 Dec 2011 05:49:47 -0600Gnasher -- you can swap prizes for cash or tourner tokens -- I won nintendo 3ds -- and emailed them that I would like to swap it for tourney tokens -- next day there were 3 x $50+4 sit n go tickets in my account. I took these instead of $120 offeredhttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/28790015/xmas-calendar--one-big-con?post_id=514245639#514245639Gnasher -- you can swap prizes for cash or tourner tokens -- I won nintendo 3ds -- and emailed them that I would like to swap it for tourney tokens -- next day there were 3 x $50+4 sit n go tickets in my account. I took these instead of $120 offeredTue, 27 Dec 2011 04:47:48 -0600Jeez that's worrying gnash. You fellas in the top 50 or 60 must have turned over some bloody serious money during that promotion.How many STT's did you fellas get through during the 3 days ? 1000+ ?https://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/28790015/xmas-calendar--one-big-con?post_id=514235723#514235723Jeez that's worrying gnash. You fellas in the top 50 or 60 must have turned over some bloody serious money during that promotion.How many STT's did you fellas get through during the 3 days ? 1000+ ?Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:25:04 -0600answer to orignal question is yes..ps, ive not heard anything about my ipad2, not even a basic congrats email.https://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/28790015/xmas-calendar--one-big-con?post_id=514234205#514234205answer to orignal question is yes..ps, ive not heard anything about my ipad2, not even a basic congrats email.Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:15:14 -0600