
Originally Posted by
fingas
Esco, do you know that betfair is a betting exchange where every betfair users is betting against other users and not again the bookie (bet fair) like in all the other bookies?
This way, you can see in every market not only the odds available to back or lay but also the amounts of money available at those odds.
In your example, since you have that screenshot with those options you only could see the odds available and not the amount of money available at those odds.
Put a tick on the option "back and lay", and another on "market depth", switch off the sports zone, and you could get a more clean betfair view.
In your example, as mentioned you tried to back herta at 1,06 with 90$.
Probably, because the match was in-running and towards the end, when the submission of your bet hit the market, that back odd wasn't available anymore and so, your bet became unmatched.
If you don't cancel the unmatched bets, the bet stays in the market, in a queue at that 1,06 price until some other user/users match your bet.
If no one does, then the bet is canceled when the market suspends (when a goal is scored or in the end).