Samba_SamPa Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Apologies if this is already posted - I had a quick glance and couldn't see anything. To celebrate the start of the World Series of Poker Europe 2009 Betfair Poker is proud to announce B.O.S.S. - The Betfair Online Side Series. The Betfair Online Side Series is an online festival of poker for those not lucky enough to make it the Casino Empire, Leicester Square. Culminating in four huge tournaments on on 11th October Betfair poker are guaranteeing prize pools totalling $120,000 so this is one online festival you don't want to miss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaulc Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Re: BOSS - Betfair Online Side Series To celebrate the start of the World Series of Poker Europe 2009 Betfair Poker is proud to announce B.O.S.S. - The Betfair Online Side Series. The Betfair Online Side Series is an online festival of poker for those not lucky enough to make it the Casino Empire, Leicester Square. Culminating in four huge tournaments on on 11th October Betfair poker are guaranteeing prize pools totalling $120,000 so this is one online festival you don't want to miss. Qualification will be running alongside the WSOPE live events starting from Thursday 17th September, so why not join in the action online whilst following all the latest tournament updates on wsope2009.com. NLHE Main Event $100,000 GUARANTEED When:Sunday 11th Oct, 17:30 (UK)Buy in:$1,000 + $10Prizes:$100,000 GUARANTEED Prize PoolLevel 3 Main Event Qualifier When:Thur & Sun at 19:45 (UK)Buy in:$100 + $10Prizes:2 seats GTD to the $100k GTD Main EventLevel 2 Main Event Qualifier When:Daily at 16:00, 17:00 & 18:00 (UK)Buy in:$10 + $1Prizes:1 seat GTD to the Level 3 qualifierLevel 1 Main Event QualifierWhen:Daily at 15:00, 16:00 & 17:00Buy in:$1.20Prizes:2 seats GTD to Level 2 QualfierFreeroll Main Event Qualifier When:Daily at 13:00, 14:00 & 15:00Buy in:FreerollPrizes:1 seat added to the level 1 qualifierNLHE Side Event $10,000 GUARANTEED When:Sunday 11th Oct, 18:45 (UK)Buy in:$50 + $5Prizes:$10,000 GUARANTEED Prize PoolLevel 2 $10k Side Event Qualifier When:Daily at 19:20Buy in:$6.60Prizes:2 seats GTD to the $10k GTD Side EventLevel 1 $10k Side Event Qualifier When:Daily at 16:20, 17:20 & 18:20Buy in:$1.10Prizes:3 seats GTD to the Level 2 QualifierPLH Event $5,000 GUARANTEED When:Sunday 11th Oct, 19:00 (UK)Buy in:$25 + $3Prizes:$10,000 GUARANTEED Prize PoolLevel 2 $5k PLH Event Qualifier When:Daily atBuy in:$4.40Prizes:1 seat GTD to the $5k GTD PLH EventLevel 1 $5k PLH Event Qualifier When:Daily at 19:10 (UK)Buy in:$1.00Prizes:1 seats GTD to the level 2 $5k PLH Event QualifierPLO Event $5,000 GUARANTEED When:Sunday 11th Oct, 19:15 (UK)Buy in:$100 + $10Prizes:$10,000 GUARANTEED Prize PoolLevel 2 $5k PLO Event Qualifier When:Daily at 19:30 (UK)Buy in:$11Prizes:1 seat GTD to the $5k GTD PLH EventLevel 1 $5k PLO Event Qualifier When:Daily at 16:30, 17:30 & 18:30Buy in:$2,25Prizes:2 seats GTD to the $5k GTD PLH level 2 qualifierFreeroll $5K PLO Event Qualifier When:Daily at 15:30, 16:30 & 17:30Buy in:FreerollPrizes:1 seat added to the level 1 qualifier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avongirl Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Re: BOSS - Betfair Online Side Series The Betfair Online Side Series is an online festival of poker for those not lucky enough to make it the Casino Empire, Leicester Square. Guess this means chapman won't be able to play. :tongue2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avongirl Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Re: BOSS - Betfair Online Side Series 11/10/2009 Multi focus day 11/10/200918:30 BSTBetfair B.O.S.S. NLHE ME $100k gtd$1000+$1011/10/200919:45 BSTBetfair B.O.S.S. NLHE Side Event $10k gtd$50+$511/10/200920:00 BSTBetfair B.O.S.S. PLH Event $5k gtd$25+$311/10/200920:15 BSTBetfair B.O.S.S. PLO Event $5k gtd$100+$10 Sats currently running to the above 4 tournaments We will be having the B.O.S.S tourneys on 11th Oct as focus games (best score counts). Sats details are in post 2, so get qualifying. :ok In the unlikely event that no-one qualifies (or buys in direct) we'll pick another focus game. Don't make us do it. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avongirl Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Re: BOSS - Betfair Online Side Series Times for these sats appear to be quoted in GMT in the email above so they are actually an hour later. Seem to be low turnout, some of the level 1's not meeting their guarantee. These times from the site tally with the lobby times. I'm amending the diary for the 11th Oct events. :ok 8:10pmHEB.O.S.S $5k GTD PLH Level 2/3 Satellite#282892 $4.4+$0.4 / $2808:20pmHEB.O.S.S $10k GTD Level 2/3 Satellite #282893 $6.6+$0.6 / $12008:30pmPLOB.O.S.S $5k PLO Level 2/3 Satellite #282894 $11.01+$1 / $11008:45pmHEB.O.S.S $100k ME Level 3/4 Satellite #282750 $110.1+$10 / $20207 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Re: BOSS - Betfair Online Side Series I played a $10 2/4 satellite for the main event on Monday and qualified for a $100 3/4 satellite, where I came 5th (3 seats :sad). I played another $10 2/4 satellite today and qualified for another $100 3/4 satellite, and :nana Nerve wracking. On the bubble I went all-in with 44 from the SB and got called by the other short stack in the BB, who had A7o. Flop was 998. So far, so good. Turn was an 8. :loon Noooooooooooooooooooo! Counterfeited! :cry River was another 8. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Re: BOSS - Betfair Online Side Series Nice one slap :clap :clap :clap Was it really 2 minute levels with a 500 starting stack? :loon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Re: BOSS - Betfair Online Side Series Nice one slap :clap :clap :clap Was it really 2 minute levels with a 500 starting stack? :loon No. (Does that not happen for other people on Betfair? When you have a tournament lobby open, the description of the structure will keep changing to a completely different tournament, presumably as the list of tournaments in the main lobby changes? Very confusing.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msaban Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Re: BOSS - Betfair Online Side Series Congrats Slap. Yes the changing information screen happens for me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapman Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Re: BOSS - Betfair Online Side Series Just found the following on the Betfair website.... TIP: Don't miss the huge value $100k Shuttle Satellites each guaranteeing 10 x $1,010 seats to the BOSS Main Event! These are taking place on Friday 9th at 21:00 (UK), Saturday 10th at 21:00 (UK) and Sunday 11th at 16:00(UK). Obviously missed last nights but out of interest of seeing how much value added this might have I had a look in the lobby and the game is still there. :ok Entry is $55, so 87 entry's x $55 = $4,785 so almost 5 seats added based on last night. Very much a gamble however with 1.5k stack and 2 min levels but thought this may interest a few who didn't know. :ok Guess this means chapman won't be able to play. :tongue2 :rollin Not sure I can play on Sunday yet, if I'm available think I will deffo atleast buy in to the 10kNLH and may have a crack at the Sunday sat into the ME. :hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Re: BOSS - Betfair Online Side Series Wow - nice :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapman Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Re: BOSS - Betfair Online Side Series Have just found a $5.50 sat into the shuttle game this evening with 5 seats gtd starting in just over 30 mins at 13:00pm UK time for anyone interested, only 5 in so far (6 now ;)). :ok Edit: Seems one of these sats will run every hour today. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapman Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Re: BOSS - Betfair Online Side Series Took 3 attempts to get a seat in the last shuttle game today, going well until this. :wall :lol NL Texas Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee, Level:7 Blinds(100/200-25 ante) - Sunday, October 11, 15:43:57 GMT 2009 B.O.S.S. $100k SHUTTLE 10 SEATS GTD SAT#284693 Table 2 9-max (Real Money) Seat 1: MFE77 ( 2,675 ) Seat 2: MrsJ4mbo ( 1,145 ) Seat 3: Chapsmick82 ( 3,400 ) Seat 4: Squeak10101 ( 2,035 ) Seat 5: blueeagle ( 3,640 ) Button: dangero ( 905 ) Seat 7: fface ( 0 ) SB: brokenbra ( 955 ) BB: yurchik1777 ( 1,145 ) Tourney Level:7 Blinds(100/200-25 ante) Chapsmick82 posts ante [25] Squeak10101 posts ante [25] dangero posts ante [25] yurchik1777 posts ante [25] brokenbra posts ante [25] blueeagle posts ante [25] MFE77 posts ante [25] MrsJ4mbo posts ante [25] brokenbra posts small blind [100] yurchik1777 posts big blind [200] Preflop: Chapsmick82 is dealt A♣, A♠ MFE77 raises to 900, MrsJ4mbo folds, Chapsmick82 raises all in 3,375, Squeak10101 folds, blueeagle folds, dangero folds, brokenbra folds, yurchik1777 folds, MFE77 calls all in 1,750, Returning uncalled bet 725 to Chapsmick82 **Showdown** MFE77 shows Q♣, 3♣ Chapsmick82 shows A♣, A♠ Flop: 5♥, 3♠, 8♦ Turn: Q♦ River: 4♠ MFE77 wins 5,800 from main pot with two pair, Queens and Threes Next...:beer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msaban Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Re: BOSS - Betfair Online Side Series Without wishing to bok him, Slap is currently 4th in the main $1K game with 52 out the initial 159 entrants left. I played the $55+5 game and never got going out in 92nd from 291 runners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Re: BOSS - Betfair Online Side Series I was out in 32nd (18 paid). It was by far the biggest buy-in MTT I've ever played, and although it was, of course, extremely disappointing to crash and burn so close to the money, and after having been going so well, I felt (after I'd stopped banging my head against the wall) quite pleased with the way I played. In particular, I'm proud that at the end, even with a couple of thousand dollars on offer for 10th-18th, I didn't play scared (although maybe I wish I had! :\). Anyway, here are my three key hands (well, I guess there were a couple of other key hands where I was all-in pre-flop and won, but they weren't very interesting, and anyway, they don't fit into the theme). This is entitled: A TALE OF POCKET KINGS. Hand 1 This was about three-quarters of an hour in, and I folded pocket kings preflop. :loon I can't remember EVER folding pocket kings preflop, but I was convinced, and still am, that I was right to here. You can all tell me I was a nutcase. Some background: Up to this point, my image was very tight; a lot tighter than I usually am, just because I'd hardly got any playable hands. Also, phounder had been sat out for the first 20 minutes or so, but since then, he seemed pretty tight as well. Therese09 had been aggressive, but seemed solid, and hadn't previously done anything maniacal. ***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 588430971 ***** NL Texas Hold'em $1,000 Buy-in + $10 Entry Fee, Level:3 Blinds(25/50-(no ante)) - Sunday, October 11, 18:13:27 GMT 2009 B.O.S.S. MAIN EVENT $100,000 GTD NLH #279513 Table 8 9-max (Real Money) Seat 7 is the button Total number of active players : 9 Seat 1: Funky F ( 7,380 ) Seat 2: LILIPOP ( 6,508.75 ) Seat 3: slapdash ( 4,355 ) Seat 4: solarc ( 7,782.81 ) Seat 5: IBustedYou ( 2,780 ) Seat 6: phounder ( 5,220.25 ) Seat 7: Paisti0077 ( 6,111.25 ) Seat 8: philly ( 5,954.44 ) Seat 9: Therese09 ( 6,212.50 ) Tourney Level:3 Blinds(25/50-(no ante)) philly posts small blind [25] Therese09 posts big blind [50] ** Dealing down cards ** Dealt to slapdash [ :Kh:, :Kc: ] Funky F folds LILIPOP folds slapdash raises to [125] solarc folds IBustedYou folds phounder raises to [448] Paisti0077 folds philly folds Therese09 goes all-in Therese09 raises to [6,212.50] slapdash folds phounder folds Returning uncalled bet [5,764.50] to Therese09 ** Hand Conclusion ** Therese09 wins 1,046 from main pot ************ Game 588430971 ends ************ It seemed to me that from Therese09's point of view, a tight player had raised from early-mid position, another tight player had reraised from mid-late position. She must have expected at least one of us to have a premium hand, and the massive all-in overbet seemed to make no sense at all unless she was hoping that one of us would call with a premium hand. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd put money on her having aces. :$ Hand 2 Not much to say about the next one, except that it was terrifying! ***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 588451053 ***** NL Texas Hold'em $1,000 Buy-in + $10 Entry Fee, Level:4 Blinds(50/100-(no ante)) - Sunday, October 11, 18:49:38 GMT 2009 B.O.S.S. MAIN EVENT $100,000 GTD NLH #279513 Table 8 9-max (Real Money) Seat 9 is the button Total number of active players : 9 Seat 1: Funky F ( 7,423.75 ) Seat 2: LILIPOP ( 6,702.50 ) Seat 3: slapdash ( 4,780 ) Seat 4: solarc ( 6,167.31 ) Seat 5: IBustedYou ( 3,130 ) Seat 6: phounder ( 5,444.75 ) Seat 7: Paisti0077 ( 5,480 ) Seat 8: philly ( 5,073.19 ) Seat 9: Therese09 ( 8,103.50 ) Tourney Level:4 Blinds(50/100-(no ante)) Funky F posts small blind [50] LILIPOP posts big blind [100] ** Dealing down cards ** Dealt to slapdash [ :Ks:, :Kc: ] slapdash raises to [250] solarc calls [250] IBustedYou folds phounder folds Paisti0077 folds philly calls [250] Therese09 folds Funky F folds LILIPOP calls [150] ** Dealing Flop ** [ :3s:, :3c:, :4c: ] LILIPOP bets [525] slapdash raises to [2,000] solarc calls [2,000] philly folds LILIPOP folds ** Dealing Turn ** [ :9d: ] slapdash goes all-in slapdash bets [2,530] solarc calls [2,530] ** Showdown ** slapdash shows [ :Ks:, :Kc: ] solarc shows [ :Th:, :Ts: ] ** Dealing River ** [ :6s: ] ** Hand Conclusion ** slapdash wins 10,635 from main pot with two pair, Kings and Threes ************ Game 588451053 ends ************ Hand 3 And finally the hand that pretty much knocked me out. Any comments? I was a bit suspicious of the very small preflop raise, but I'm not sure I can get away from this huge draw on the flop. Even if he had pocket aces, I'd have only been about a 46% underdog on the flop. ***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 588543333 ***** NL Texas Hold'em $1,000 Buy-in + $10 Entry Fee, Level:11 Blinds(600/1,200-75 ante) - Sunday, October 11, 21:20:02 GMT 2009 B.O.S.S. MAIN EVENT $100,000 GTD NLH #279513 Table 1 9-max (Real Money) Seat 2 is the button Total number of active players : 8 Seat 1: ruca_ ( 40,225.51 ) Seat 2: scotty12345 ( 16,995 ) Seat 3: romba69 ( 16,655.96 ) Seat 4: slapdash ( 24,760 ) Seat 5: Tyger59 ( 21,605.53 ) Seat 7: The Eagle ( 16,173.29 ) Seat 8: knarfetief ( 15,867.23 ) Seat 9: Toddy 1 ( 21,262.81 ) Tourney Level:11 Blinds(600/1,200-75 ante) ruca_ posts ante [75] scotty12345 posts ante [75] romba69 posts ante [75] slapdash posts ante [75] Tyger59 posts ante [75] The Eagle posts ante [75] Toddy 1 posts ante [75] knarfetief posts ante [75] romba69 posts small blind [600] slapdash posts big blind [1,200] ** Dealing down cards ** Dealt to slapdash [ :2c:, :Ac: ] Tyger59 folds The Eagle folds knarfetief folds Toddy 1 raises to [2,400] ruca_ folds scotty12345 folds romba69 folds slapdash calls [1,200] ** Dealing Flop ** [:4c:, :5c:, :Ks: ] slapdash checks Toddy 1 bets [3,000] slapdash goes all-in slapdash raises to [22,285] Toddy 1 calls [15,787.81] Toddy 1 goes all-in Returning uncalled bet [3,497.19] to slapdash ** Showdown ** slapdash shows [ :2c:, :Ac: ] Toddy 1 shows [ :Kd:, :Kc: ] ** Dealing Turn ** [ :7s: ] ** Dealing River ** [ :2h: ] ** Hand Conclusion ** Toddy 1 wins 43,575.62 from main pot with three of a kind, Kings ************ Game 588543333 ends ************ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Re: BOSS - Betfair Online Side Series Hand 1 - easy to have a guess once you see that phounder folds after you, but I'd have been calling here, putting Therese on AK or a smaller pair than KK, rather than Aces - would she not have made a smaller raise with AA, rather than run the risk of you both folding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba_SamPa Posted October 11, 2009 Author Share Posted October 11, 2009 Re: BOSS - Betfair Online Side Series Easy to say when I know the outcome, I know - but I wouldn't have crai there. I'd have called the 3k flop bet and seen a turn. If I'd missed the turn I'd be done with the hand. You'd still have been 4th in chips at your table so still in good shape, and the potential loss of any chance of you winning the tournament (crai) outweighs the benefit of nearly doubling up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Re: BOSS - Betfair Online Side Series Hand 1 - easy to have a guess once phounder folds' date=' but I'd have been calling here, putting Therese on AK or a smaller pair than KK, rather than Aces - would she not have made a smaller raise with AA, rather than run the risk of you both folding?[/quote'] Well, I didn't see why she'd have shoved (for nearly 10 times the pot!) with anything less than aces (or possibly kings) when it must have seemed reasonably likely to her that one of us had aces or kings, and might well call. I went into the timebank, of course, and so did phounder, so I imagine he had something pretty big as well. If she did have aces, she seems to have got us both to seriously consider calling! I thought she put us both on big hands and was gambling that at least one of us would not be up to folding a big hand. Also, of course, even if I was wrong, phounder can still have aces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Re: BOSS - Betfair Online Side Series Easy to say when I know the outcome' date=' I know - but I wouldn't have crai there. I'd have called the 3k flop bet and seen a turn. If I'd missed the turn I'd be done with the hand.[/quote'] Maybe. But if I do that, I'm giving up my fold equity, and (if he follows through with a bet on the turn and I fold), I'm giving up my chance of hitting the river. I think I'm favourite against a lot of hands he could have, but only if I get to see both turn and river. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba_SamPa Posted October 11, 2009 Author Share Posted October 11, 2009 Re: BOSS - Betfair Online Side Series Maybe. But if I do that, I'm giving up my fold equity, and (if he follows through with a bet on the turn and I fold), I'm giving up my chance of hitting the river. I think I'm favourite against a lot of hands he could have, but only if I get to see both turn and river. I think your tournament equity is more valuable to you here than your fold equity, with it being a freezeout tournament. I can understand the argument FOR the move on the flop, I just feel that that crai move is more suited to a cash game, or a rebuy period of a tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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