Betfair Poker do it again.....

Just when it seems like Betfair Poker cannot do any worse they manage to once again screw up again in a major way. There are so many monumental errors that I can only think it is being done on purpose. I have several theories and basically they all point to illegal activity from within betfair. Personally I still believe Bruce Stubbs is purposely harming betfair poker for his own gain. Since he took over it goes from bad to worse. Obviously Bruce has his own reasons, perhaps he really thinks if he damages betfair poker enough then he can lead a buy out of the poker side of betfair. We all know he has a few quid and the contacts within the industry to be able to head a buy out.

The reason for my latest complaint is the new leaderboard scoring system. For some time heads up players have benefited from the formula. Betfair do get the most rake from heads up players, the fees may be reduced but the games are much quicker and also when the end of the week approaches the action is manic whilst people battle for the leaderboards. Last week saw the points for a win in a heads up game reduced by 12.5%. Fair enough make it more balanced, then this week sees something absolutely ludicrous. A new scoring system is put in place where it makes it physically impossible for a heads up player to win a leaderboard. Under the old scoring system I would bet anyone any amount of money that I could win without playing one heads up game. Under the new system I would bet anyone any amount of money in my pocket nobody could win one playing heads up only. Here is an example of how fucked up the scoring is:

Heads up - 1st place= 100 points, 2nd place = -60;
D2N 6-seater SNGs 1st - 3rd = 150 points, 4th - 6th = -30.

So playing 100 heads up games cashing in half would see somebody score 2000 points. Yet for cashing in the same amount of games in D2N which is the worst form of poker available a player would get 6000 points. So D2N which was not even considered worthy of being included on leaderboards in the past is now included and in effect scores treble the points of heads up. Heads up poker is the most skillful form of poker, anybody who knows about poker is aware of this. So for what reason could anybody penalise the most skillful form of poker and reward the least skillful form of poker. Betfair poker appears to be trying to make all SNG players switch to turbo D2N games. I repeat from rightfully not being included in the leaderboard to being given treble the points of heads up is ridiculous.

The statement released today said 'You spoke, we listened'. From what I can see not ONE person has yet spoken in favour of the new scoring system. I will probably update this post later. But for now congratulations Bruce Stubbs on getting a step closer to destroying Betfair Poker, you crook. The final summary is a game which was not deemed worthy of inclusing on a leaderboard and also notorious for cheats now benefits. Stars and fulltilt didn't get so big by turning there sites into double your money turbo SNG sites. Betfair should realise even when they did scrap leaderboards certain players stuck around, so why now reward the ex-props who are complaining. When they stopped getting 100%+ rakeback most of them instantly left betfair.