New Posts For Thread: Beat the Batsman Promo Finalhttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/30066799/beat-the-batsman-promo-finalGood value as only 75 runners and top ten get an I-Phone 5 , but 1500 starting stack and 5 minute blinds ??? Half an hour in and half of the field have less than 12 bb's.Who came up with that structure ? Even more of a donkfest than usual FFS.I havent said anywhere on the thread that people were limping ? On the tables I played people were generally using the full 20 seconds on every hand then folding unless they had a hand including an ace in which case they shoved all their chips in andhttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/30066799/beat-the-batsman-promo-final?post_id=535180551#535180551I havent said anywhere on the thread that people were limping ? On the tables I played people were generally using the full 20 seconds on every hand then folding unless they had a hand including an ace in which case they shoved all their chips in andSun, 01 Sep 2013 05:38:51 -0500You can understand people limping :) This is a gambling site.https://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/30066799/beat-the-batsman-promo-final?post_id=535171947#535171947You can understand people limping :) This is a gambling site.Sat, 31 Aug 2013 17:13:30 -0500I couldnt understand people desperately trying to claw their way into 30th for a 10 dollar satellite ticket, I went out 19th shoving from the cut off with 5/4 off suit ( Big Blind called with 44 and I missed my 9 outs on the river ) for which I gothttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/30066799/beat-the-batsman-promo-final?post_id=535171043#535171043I couldnt understand people desperately trying to claw their way into 30th for a 10 dollar satellite ticket, I went out 19th shoving from the cut off with 5/4 off suit ( Big Blind called with 44 and I missed my 9 outs on the river ) for which I gotSat, 31 Aug 2013 16:33:56 -0500I was 33rd or 34th I played to win an I-phone and not limp for a ticket. Not unhappy with bubbling as I made the right play. As Chips said, everyone was limping so aggression is the right play.https://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/30066799/beat-the-batsman-promo-final?post_id=535170629#535170629I was 33rd or 34th I played to win an I-phone and not limp for a ticket. Not unhappy with bubbling as I made the right play. As Chips said, everyone was limping so aggression is the right play.Sat, 31 Aug 2013 16:13:44 -0500I was busy playing elsewhere so did not pay attention to the freeroll although I was playing it. I just assumed it was a huge freeroll for those prizes and played accordingly. It was only when i was close to going out that I realised that I was 34thttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/30066799/beat-the-batsman-promo-final?post_id=535170299#535170299I was busy playing elsewhere so did not pay attention to the freeroll although I was playing it. I just assumed it was a huge freeroll for those prizes and played accordingly. It was only when i was close to going out that I realised that I was 34tSat, 31 Aug 2013 15:57:23 -0500You also got to bear in mind 1st to 10th all got the same payout meaning instead of the MTT playing out till only one player was left, it ended when we they down to 10 players left, which massively reduces the duration of the game, even when playershttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/30066799/beat-the-batsman-promo-final?post_id=535146077#535146077You also got to bear in mind 1st to 10th all got the same payout meaning instead of the MTT playing out till only one player was left, it ended when we they down to 10 players left, which massively reduces the duration of the game, even when playersFri, 30 Aug 2013 16:06:35 -0500The game didnt go in the lobby till yesterday so they must have had an idea how many players were eligible. Must be a sign of how bad things are when they only got 75 runners and the only eligibility criteria was that you had to play some poker 5 dayhttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/30066799/beat-the-batsman-promo-final?post_id=535135299#535135299The game didnt go in the lobby till yesterday so they must have had an idea how many players were eligible. Must be a sign of how bad things are when they only got 75 runners and the only eligibility criteria was that you had to play some poker 5 dayFri, 30 Aug 2013 09:19:10 -0500i would imagine they were expecting more runners than there was, thou with it being cricket related was always going to have plenty of uk based players entering. I like the idea of 5 min blinds, so game doesn't last all night,esp if u bubble, playinghttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/30066799/beat-the-batsman-promo-final?post_id=535134919#535134919i would imagine they were expecting more runners than there was, thou with it being cricket related was always going to have plenty of uk based players entering. I like the idea of 5 min blinds, so game doesn't last all night,esp if u bubble, playingFri, 30 Aug 2013 09:00:23 -0500You certainly wouldnt get the low numbers for that sort of prizepool on Stars, but I also doubt Stars would set a final up with 1500 stacks, 5 minute blinds and play it full ring. If they run this sort of Promo again and have under 100 runners, and thttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/30066799/beat-the-batsman-promo-final?post_id=535131277#535131277You certainly wouldnt get the low numbers for that sort of prizepool on Stars, but I also doubt Stars would set a final up with 1500 stacks, 5 minute blinds and play it full ring. If they run this sort of Promo again and have under 100 runners, and tFri, 30 Aug 2013 04:58:28 -0500I wasn't far off the 30th bubble, pushed QJo with around 8 BBs for a steal and called by AQ.Chip leader at my table had AA twice, KK and AK several times. You can be a LAG or TAG but the bottom line is you can't beat good cards in structures like thihttps://community.betfair.com/poker/go/thread/view/94146/30066799/beat-the-batsman-promo-final?post_id=535122987#535122987I wasn't far off the 30th bubble, pushed QJo with around 8 BBs for a steal and called by AQ.Chip leader at my table had AA twice, KK and AK several times. You can be a LAG or TAG but the bottom line is you can't beat good cards in structures like thiThu, 29 Aug 2013 17:22:08 -0500