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The arguements will undoubtedly go on and on regarding woman only poker games and although I agree it doesnt seem fair these games are without a doubt good value and so it would be silly not to take advantage.

The Betfair womans poker tour in particular has caught my eye so I thought I would give it a go. They are running $1 sats every night into the $10 final but the last 2 nights it hasnt even made a full table and was cancelled. Tonight however there were 20ish which was unexpected.

Just before the game started there was an anouncement pop up saying "This tourney is open to ALL why not win a seat for your spouse" EEHHH!!!

Now I know that it is easy enough to get your hubby/friend who is a better player to play on your account or even have him buy you in for the full amount but is this not just plain wrong to actively encourage men to play and win a seat for their partners in a womans only game?

Do you mean the betfred one Suzanne?

This goes against the advice that was posted on the thread which was that only female account holders could enter the sats.  Seems unfair if someone qualifies for the final because their hubby/male friend won a game for them.  You should put a link to this thread on there and see what Laxie has to say about this....

Agree ladies,

not a lot can be done about a spouse playing on their partners user, but to encourage it in what should be a woman only tourney is wrong.

Geo

Yes its the Betfred one.

As you said Laxie specifically said that accounts would be checked and it was strictly woman only.

I guess they are looking for more runners but still wrong IMO

agree - if they're not getting enough runners they should either advertise more or reduce the frequency of the games.

Went to post a link but tighty beat me to it LOL

its utterly pathetic imho.

no wonder the    other   forums are biatch slapping each other.

Hi all.  It was decided, after a bit of debate, that trying to keep tabs on the runners every night would be too much hassle.  The end result...anyone can enter the satellites and anyone can win.  If it happens to be a male, they have to transfer the prize to a Woman.  I did not go into this intending to lead anyone wrong and was caught for a hop as much as anyone else when I realised anyone can enter the satellites.  It was news to me earlier this week as much as it was to everyone else.  That said...I'll still play as often as I'm left, I'll still try as much as I have to and I'll still appear at most (if not all) live comps in the tour.  I consider the online satellites 'practice' for the big ones.  I don't care who's at the other end of the computer...all good in the end.  If anyone feels they were mislead, it was not my intention.  I am not being paid to promote these.  I just go with what information I have in front of me and I believe in the end result.  Blind fool?  Maybe.   Happy?  Very definitely yes. 

Hi Laxie, I am sure it was not intentional that we were misinformed but IMHO this just makes a mockery of the whole "womans poker tour"

As you posted it is a way of encouraging woman into the game who might not otherwise play...me being one of them as my live experience is very limited.

I actually find it rather insulting that men are being encouraged to "win a seat for their partner", is this not insinuating that men are better players than women.

As you said its all practice fun because at the end of the day the its the woman who has to sit at the table but it has definately put a dampener on the whole thing if you ask me.

....

But couldn't any bloke play under his wifes poker id anyway?

From my brief reading of the thread it is my understaning that all the tournaments are online, is this correct?

If it is - Do Betfair vet people when they open an account on the site?

I dont have a betfair account so what is to stop me opening one as a female?

I think the name Matthew may be  a bit of a give away :D

i can always go by my middle name which when shortened can be both male and female ;)

Matt, they probably wouldn't even find out that you're not actually human.

ahh you see but at the moment there are no "human only tournaments" or "non-human only tournaments" (though as i type this no doubt someone somewhere is thinking of a scheme to bring us the SPT - Safari Poker Tour and someone is becoming an agent to the good looking animals to ensure they get more TV exposure)

The tour is live.  Betfred are hosting online satellites for the live events.  There is nothing to stop you opening a 'female' account online which is why they decided it was pointless to try and claim only women were playing them.  If a man were to win a seat, he is required to give Betfred the name of the woman he is giving the seat to and the venue she'd like to play at.  On the day of the live event, the woman will have to provide photo ID matching the name which was turned in.  Not an ideal situation but better than no online satellites at all.

All that said and out of the way, when I mentioned this thread to my husband last night, he laughed.  For the record, he's against women only comps and you can imagine the fun we have in this house at times.  His take on it?  'Are you seriously arguing about who's on the other end of a computer?!  What's to stop a man playing on his partner's account?  Who's going to prove the woman with the account was the one playing on the night and not a man?'  How many of you have met someone from the forum in person and thought to yourself, 'Not at all what I expected'?  At the end of the day, Betfred have been forced to throw the arms up and admit there's no way to be sure online, but they will be sure on the day of the live event.    

If the tour is live then fair enough - you'll never stop online qualifiers not being who they say, i reckon a good 10-15% of the last WSOP main event field online qualifiers got someone else to qualify on their account for them just so they could go.

maybe i should start a new service - for 10% of the satellite fee up front and 10% of any winnings made i will qualify people into main events through online satellites :)

ty for the clarification laxie.

sounds more feasible today.

i hope the tour is a roaring success.

gl.

Thanks for the support!  Not always easy being 'the messenger' but you've asked very valid questions and been fair in dealing with my replies, so I truly do appreciate that. 

Cheers!

Regards,

Dawn

I agree totally Suzanne - although I disagree with womens tourneys totally, at least, if they are to exist they should be run corectly.

Does this mean it's ok for any wins on Betfred to be transferred to another player????  I doubt it.

I feel sorry for Laxie because I'm sure this is not what she envisioned and although (as I have said many times before ) I dislike these comps I'm sure she didn't expect this.

I am staggered that no one is venting at how bad this is - allowing other players to win your satts for you?!? Come on guys - surely I'm not the only one that's astounded by that??

Nope, its been going on since the advent of online poker satellites - some people know they may not be good enough to qualify and give someone who is enough of a bankroll to win seat for them.

They don't care if they crash out playing badly, if for instance its the main event at the WSOP then chances are the package includes hotel accomodation and flights for two weeks in vegas - not bad for a couple of hundred dollars.

that argument  actually validates the counter point imho.

sites cant screen  every player,   yet for the online ladies sats at ladbrokes   they   managed to do exactly that.

another strike against  playtech  methinks     not the tour, and certainly not laxie.

gl

lol

is Betfred on Playtech then?  I didn't know that

Lovely bubly, so what i need is some bloke to play for me to qualify? I think men are better at everything they do, therefore I would even go 1 step further and suggest that on the live tournement any man in a drag should be allowed to play

I will send en e-mail to some friends as we talk.  I can't play on those sites as I am mac user.  Any man who is fairly good, please send me a pm and we can make a deal....

Some of that might go into my signature.... ;D

Only if you win the satelite for me....

Let me check - you are talking poker aren't you?

If so......

Yes, I only talk about poker....

I heard it on the grapevine.

Marvin Gaye


Ask me another :D

'Dance Little Rude Boy'

 ;sark;

The LEGEND that is Ian Dury and the blockheads

NEXT !!

Jesus loves the Acid

The Electric Ecstacy Club ... sheeeesh, try and make them tough !!!

"I Feel Like the Mother of the World"

Smog.

"When it comes to givin' pleasure I'm every woman's treasure"

Ok this time I will find a fragment so it is more difficult for you to google it....

House of pain (and my epitaph ;) )

Fragment shmagment, you have to give me the title of the song, i know my music, but not all the lyrics to every song ffs ;)

You brought this on yourself.

Backstabbers

this could go on forever

Amiche, io son venuta
al richiamo d'amor,
al richiamo d'amor,
son venuta al richiamo d'amor!


Ok something special for Kev;) this should be easy

INCORRECT


GAME OVER


(please)

Got me there Monkey boy, i dont know that one.

Don't Jock Now 
 

;)

Sandard, this used to be a hit circa 1956

From Madame Butterfly i seem to recall.

Madama Butterfly- Libretto

LMAO, thats my good mate... FAT KEV.

OK Mr Pedantic, Backstabbers INC.   that better ?

according to google...........

David Allan Coe - As Far As This Feeling Will Take Us [ duet with Karen Brooks ]

You're layin' here with me we're holding each other it feels good so it must be right
You've touched me into thinking this could go on forever
I don't care if forever is just for tonight
Let's go as far as this feeling will take us we've never been there together before
Let's go as far as this feeling will take us
And I've got a feeling we'll come back for more

I'm like a forest and you're like a wildfire that's spreading all over me
Baby come with me let's go to heaven
At moments like this girl that's where we should be
Let's go as far as this feeling...
For that kind of feeling we'll come back for me

Also Gene Watson and Tom Petty have used same lyrics apparently in songs.

You not old enough to remember Kev? ;)

Dont use google mate :)

nope, completely wrong group.

google isn't your friend on this one clearly


game still over

(please)

I think "wrong" is an incorrect comment, Backstabbers INC recorded a song by that name, maybe some one else has had a track by the same name .... Just because it wasnt by the artite that you were referring to, doesnt make it a wrong answer...

JUDGE RULES IN MY FAVOUR !!

It is as the first 3 google threads for those lyrics give your backstabbers INC before Misery Signals at 4 and Dido at 5......

;)

Song title not a lyric


I want to mod a mod, lets see if I can make Kev swear on thread.

JUDGE RULES .... GFY Tighty !

Colchester's own Judge Judy.

You have been re-named, Judy.

Just remember, Judy is nothing without PUNCH !! ;)

"thats the way to do it"

Nope, got me again there monkey boy ... you are too good :D

so I have matt to qualify in the satelite and Kev Judy to play in the event.

Brilliant

It wasn't a lyric - it was punch's catchphrase!!!!

 ;whistle;

Sigh...boys will be boys


If you read my initial post you will see that I said I am sure that this goes on all the time but what I was annoyed about was that it was actually ENCOURAGED.

Anyway ive had my moan so im happy now.

I missed the turbo mtt tonight and logged on later to see who had won.

Happened to notice that they are now running stts sats, 5 seater $2 which was taking ages to fill, browsed the forum while I waited and Malcolm (The Rock) Harwood was kind enough to say hello and fill the last seat.

Stupidly called an allin ten high board with top pair so i was down to 125 chips...I put my blonde (comeback queen) hat on and went on to win it. I was well chuffed :-)

 ;nanana;

WELL DONE CHICKA!!!  Chip, chair and one heck of a comeback!!! ;applause;

congrats  suz.

Does anyone know the password for the $3 betfred tourny at 3pm today? Ive pmed laxie but shes not online

thanks

mad

is it PMT?

lol, ill try it

lmao

okay thats student poker im trying to join:) i think ive found the correct one now:) thanks boldie................................

Just landed...no password required, but they're tricky to spot.  BFWT is the name they're hiding under.  Best of luck!!! 

;)