Update to the Great Sit Out $0 Greek/Cypriot Mystery

Internet cafes have been shut down in Greece and Cyprus and new ones have been opened, here are the following root names (always followed by random numbers, usually 1 to 10) of Betfair internet cafe players:

Marcia

Tipiko.

Keep watching out for the usual ones as they will likely be back:

Akropol

Nonnos

Polys.

This is what I gathered up from the mystery last time round.

This time, I managed to add another piece to this complex jigsaw puzzle. It turns out that in the “Tipiko” Cypriot internet cafe, players exchange 100 Euro in return for 100 US Dollars to play. From today’s exchange they should receive $126.75. However, if the player ultimately wins they get paid back in Euro making it seem fair, right? Wrong. Most lose, especially if they are shortstack pricks and get punished on the exchange rate. Ouch. I will get back to you whether this is common business practice across all greek/cypriot internet cafes.

In other news, Betfair has officially announced that it is leaving its standalone poker room and joining the Ongame Network at the end of July 2010.