Hey guys- Has anyone found a way to disable the straddle feature? Along with not wanting to do it, it's also multiple times actually pushed me in to "sit out next hand." I can't find anything in the settings, but any help would be great. Thanks.

Tspin is a legend, definitely not a bot 😂.

Hey Kenny,

When you are playing at the table click the arrows facing up (bottom left hand corner) and you'll find an option that says NO STRADDLE.

Just tick that option and you should be able to disable the feature.

Regards,
Chris

Hey mF^,

I just replied to your private message. Apologies for the late response.

My best,
Chris

Anyone else wish the time bank or play clock was longer in general at regular tables?

Hi guys,

The network is communicating some changes to their rake structures today. This time they are reducing the rake structures at specific stake levels, including some that were increased earlier in March. Here's a copy of the official statement that was released today:

Important Changes To Rake Structures:

We're excited to announce important changes to our rake structures at low and medium stakes cash tables.

Effective June 1st, we're reducing our rake caps, meaning less rake will be taken from specific hands at stakes $0.50/$1 or lower. The next time you play at one of these games you'll be paying less rake while enjoying the same thrilling poker experience. HereÂ’s a summary of the changes:

• $0.05/$0.10: Max rake now capped at $1.50 (previously $3)

• $0.10/$0.25: Max rake now capped at $2.50 (previously $3)

• $0.25/$0.50: Max rake now capped at $3.50 (previously $4)

• $0.50/$1: Max rake now capped at $4 (previously $5)

Get ready to keep more of your hard-earned winnings and make the most of your gameplay with a little extra in your pocket!

I took the liberty to request a detailed comparison of the rake structures before and after the changes today.

I know from feedback escalated to the business that some of you were looking forward to these changes. Hope this brings some good news.

Here's a snapshot of the changes.

Regards,
Chris

Thanks Chris. These are good changes and hope BOL continues moving this direction.

What should be posted is 3 pics, not 2 next to each other (2pics creates a `good` look).

Im not gonna bother.

1. previous before march which was already 2nd biggest rake on entire market.
2. new huge barely beatable rake increase structure.
3. slightly reduced June changed.

This will give a better cleaner picture to people whatsup :-)


I wonder what happened there, that they decided to reduce it a bit.

Im checking chico lobby here and there, and i think I know the answer.

Serious non-ironic question. (i guess @Chris?)

Has new larger collected jackpot all across been fixed to new advertised rules (2222+), or its still after all this time in the process of `being in the process of getting fixed, while rolled back to old harder to hit rules, yet with new larger $contribution`?.

I actually dont know.

@BetOnline Chris
Is anyone in the software team aware of the new bug that has a player just blocking a seat with 0 balance at the table for hours without getting kicked out?
I would've taken a screenshot to post here but as you know screenshots are disabled.

BOL down rn? Wanted to login for my sunday mtt grind and site seems to be down. anyone knows if they said they gave an update on how long? residing in europe here

That rake for NL200-NL1k is absurd. Even GG walked back their rake hike when they saw the detrimental effects and Chico don't have anywhere near as strong a grip on the market. Recs will eventually just go somewhere else when they become aware of the rake and lack of action and their player pool will be destroyed. Hopefully they will reconsider this one.

Has anyone been credited for finishing high since they changed the leaderboard freerolls for cash games? There used to be 6 freerolls each day. Now there is only one freeroll and the prize pool shown is less than five dollars and winner take all.

Another strange thing is the prize pools for these leaderboards have some cents listed after the main amount. For example, the low stakes no limit hold em prize pool is shown as $300.90.

Hey dial,

I understand the daily leaderboards changed the payout structure this month. Let me try to summarize how they work:

• $500 Daily Boost Leaderboard / Top 35 paid in cash / NLHE and PLO Boost tables only

• $250 Daily Low Stakes OMAHA Leaderboard / Top 10 paid in Game Bonuses / 11th - 100th Win Shootout Ticket

• $300 Daily Low Stakes HOLDEM Leaderboard / Top 10 paid in Game Bonuses / 11th - 100th Win Shootout Ticket

• $600 Daily Mid Stakes OMAHA Leaderboard / Top 12 paid in Game Bonuses / 13th - 100th Win Shootout Ticket

• $1,000 Daily Mid Stakes HOLDEM Leaderboard / Top 20 paid in Game Bonuses / 21st - 100th Win Shootout Ticket

• $500 Daily High Stakes OMAHA Leaderboard / Top 5 paid in Game Bonuses / 6th - 100th Win Shootout Ticket

• $700 Daily High Stakes OMAHA Leaderboard / Top 7 paid in Game Bonuses / 8th - 100th Win Shootout Ticket

Prizes in the Shootout are a bit tricky. I've seen its a bit confusing for players the way the Poker Team has it. It's just a $1K random distribution of funds (in Game Bonuses) but prizes are awarded to players separately due to the currency and does not reflect in the prize pool. I understand those cents are just there because the tournament setting requires some form of cash in the prize pool.

I'll report this to the team to see if they can improve the visibility of those.

Regards,
Chris

Thanks SpewNL,

I have reported this now. I do now there was a slight issue on that day with poker software. Hopefully was just a hiccup as a consequence of that issue.

Will let you know if something else comes up.

Regards,
Chris

I don't think the game bonuses for finishing high in the freeroll are being awarded. There isn't any information about how many people in the freeroll get game bonuses.

Let me get clarification on that and see if they can add messaging in those Shootouts that shows that information.
Thanks!
Chris

anyone have this annoying problem where they click the "sit out next bb" option, only to find out it got ignored and you posted it? dunno if it has anything to do with the straddles causing this bug but its annoying as hell.

Hey Game_On,

I have reported this to the team. If they require some additional details I will probably contact you via PM.

Thanks!
Chris

I have information from a credible source that Tspin is actually know past RTA user Spork, so I guess it's not too far from the truth that it's a bot.

I encountered a very serious glitch or software flaw while playing PLO cash a few days ago. The displayed dollar amount of the player was not his actual stack size!

I took a video of the hand-replayer using my cell-phone, the screenshots attached are from that video.

I sit down and within a few hands I get aces. You can see the stack size of the player when the hand starts, $5.43. I pot it up and he calls, on the flop it shows that he has $2.97 left.




I pot the flop and to my surprise it shows that he was able to call the full-amount instead of being all-in!




And then on the turn it's HU and it shows that he has $0, but it still somehow gives me the option of checking or betting, so of course I have to pot (and I have to do it not knowing how much he actually has left) and only then does he call-off his true amount left.




So after this hand I was a little stunned and shaken, like wtf just happened?? Then a little while later, the same exact thing happens AGAIN with the same player!!! And this time it cost me money!

You see that he has $2.57 to start the hand, I pot and he calls.




On the flop it's HU and he only has a small pot-sized-bet of $1.97 left in his stack, so of course I pot it.




But then he was able to check-raise me for a full pot raise amount! And not knowing if this was all he had left, because it says he has $0 after he raises, I was forced to call.




And then on the turn it shows that he has $0, but he was able to go all-in for more money.




This might be a very rare one-time glitch, but the fact that it happened TWICE at the same table with the same player within a short period of time is very concerning and worrisome. It might even be possible that this player is somehow intentionally causing this glitch. Please look very seriously into this issue, and it would also be nice if you guys could refund me the amount of money lost beyond his displayed stack size in the 2nd hand.

This is incredibly bad and needs to be explained ASAP. The poster should also be refunded. How do you have software this ****ing bad in 2023 ...

Hello - this may not be the right spot so please let me know if there is a better place for the question - i'm having an issue withdrawing from BOL - after 3 years of playing - put a small (under 200) deposit in 2020, have played about 40,000 hands (blend of sit n go and mostly $25 plo now) - when i went to withdraw funds to move some money to another site i'm told i have to register $364 in "rollover". i have asked for an explanation of the numbers and not heard back - none of this makes any sense. i'm pretty sure i've paid hundreds in rake by now if that's the criteria. I have way more than the original $200 in account. any assistance or direction is appreciated.

Is it possible that it's only a replayer bug? I remembered another site (maybe ACR) had a similar problem and it was only a problem with the replayer and not during the actual hand. I have played around 100k PLO hands on the site this year and never experienced this issue.

Exactly, seems like a pretty big security flaw and breech of game integrity.


No, this happened live during the actual hand, which is why I replayed it and reviewed it in the hand-replayer to make sure I wasn't imaging things.