APAT Champion of Champions Event
APAT's successful fourth season concluded at the G Casino Bolton over the weekend of January 28th-30th 2011. Courtesy of tour sponsors Betfair Poker the winner of each APAT National Amateur Championship through the season won an entry to a GUKPT main event as part of an overall sponsorship package where APAT members had the chance to win thirty three seats to GUKPT main events and twenty three seats to APAT Professional League tournaments. In addition, each of the season’s seventy five amateur, professional and online tournaments were run completely registration free for players.
In addition, the winners of the Online and National Amateur Rankings joined the Amateur Champions from season four to compete in the APAT Champions Final, to play for an APAT £20,000 sponsorship package in 2011, provided by Betfair Poker.
First player out was Scott Wilson, a victim of Ben Young's Quad Nines on the flop. Next, Steve Roderick out-kicked by Warren Jones when both flopped top pair.
Exiting next were Brian Martin and Colin Young. Young was particularly unlucky, running ten-nine into pocket sevens on a seven-ten-ten flop for most of his stack. Simon O'Hare then ran Ace-Queen into Gareth Johns Pocket Aces to depart in eleventh and Christoph Kreindl bubbled the final table, losing a race against Stephen Wintersgill, Ace-Jack against pocket Nines..
The final table line up was:
Seat 1 - Ian Thompson - 14.9k
Seat 2 - Tod Wood - 19k
Seat 3 - Gareth Johns - 24.1k
Seat 4 - Steve Wintersgill - 26.5k
Seat 5 - Warren Jones - 7.7k
Seat 6 - John Murray - 3.5k
Seat 7 - Dave Howard - 15.6k
Seat 8 - Ben Young - 16.6k
Seat 9 - Max Kruis - 20.5k
Blinds at 400/800/50 as the final began. First exit was John Murray, pocket fives against Warren Jones' pocket Jacks, followed by Stephen Wintersgill at the hands of Dave Howard. Max Kruis knocked out Dave Howard in seventh before Ben Young hit a flush on the river to beat Tod Wood and become a big chip leader, Wood out sixth.
Ian Thompson finished fifth, shoving seven-eight blind on blind into Gareth Johns with Ace-King in the big blind. Max Kruis knocked out Gareth Johns in fourth.
Three handed Ben Young shoved from the small blind and found Max Kruis in the big blind with Jacks. Jacks held sending Max Kruis heads up for the sponsorship package with Warren Jones.
After a long headsup battle that seesawed, Jones out-drew Kruis, Queen eight against Ace Queen. Queen on the flop and an eight on the river to win the APAT Champion of Champions and the £20,000 sponsorship package from Betfair Poker.
1st Warren Jones
2nd Max Kruis
3rd Ben Young
4th Gareth Johns
5th Ian Thompson
6th Tod Wood
7th Dave Howard
8th Stephen Wintersgill
9th John Murray
10th Christoph Kriendl
11th Simon O'Hare
12th Colin Young
13th Brian Martin
14th Steve Roderick
15th Scott Wilson
APAT's successful fourth season concluded at the G Casino Bolton over the weekend of January 28th-30th 2011. Courtesy of tour sponsors Betfair Poker the winner of each APAT National Amateur Championship through the season won an entry to a GUKPT main event as part of an overall sponsorship package where APAT members had the chance to win thirty three seats to GUKPT main events and twenty three seats to APAT Professional League tournaments. In addition, each of the season’s seventy five amateur, professional and online tournaments were run completely registration free for players.
In addition, the winners of the Online and National Amateur Rankings joined the Amateur Champions from season four to compete in the APAT Champions Final, to play for an APAT £20,000 sponsorship package in 2011, provided by Betfair Poker.
First player out was Scott Wilson, a victim of Ben Young's Quad Nines on the flop. Next, Steve Roderick out-kicked by Warren Jones when both flopped top pair.
Exiting next were Brian Martin and Colin Young. Young was particularly unlucky, running ten-nine into pocket sevens on a seven-ten-ten flop for most of his stack. Simon O'Hare then ran Ace-Queen into Gareth Johns Pocket Aces to depart in eleventh and Christoph Kreindl bubbled the final table, losing a race against Stephen Wintersgill, Ace-Jack against pocket Nines..
The final table line up was:
Seat 1 - Ian Thompson - 14.9k
Seat 2 - Tod Wood - 19k
Seat 3 - Gareth Johns - 24.1k
Seat 4 - Steve Wintersgill - 26.5k
Seat 5 - Warren Jones - 7.7k
Seat 6 - John Murray - 3.5k
Seat 7 - Dave Howard - 15.6k
Seat 8 - Ben Young - 16.6k
Seat 9 - Max Kruis - 20.5k
Blinds at 400/800/50 as the final began. First exit was John Murray, pocket fives against Warren Jones' pocket Jacks, followed by Stephen Wintersgill at the hands of Dave Howard. Max Kruis knocked out Dave Howard in seventh before Ben Young hit a flush on the river to beat Tod Wood and become a big chip leader, Wood out sixth.
Ian Thompson finished fifth, shoving seven-eight blind on blind into Gareth Johns with Ace-King in the big blind. Max Kruis knocked out Gareth Johns in fourth.
Three handed Ben Young shoved from the small blind and found Max Kruis in the big blind with Jacks. Jacks held sending Max Kruis heads up for the sponsorship package with Warren Jones.
After a long headsup battle that seesawed, Jones out-drew Kruis, Queen eight against Ace Queen. Queen on the flop and an eight on the river to win the APAT Champion of Champions and the £20,000 sponsorship package from Betfair Poker.
1st Warren Jones
2nd Max Kruis
3rd Ben Young
4th Gareth Johns
5th Ian Thompson
6th Tod Wood
7th Dave Howard
8th Stephen Wintersgill
9th John Murray
10th Christoph Kriendl
11th Simon O'Hare
12th Colin Young
13th Brian Martin
14th Steve Roderick
15th Scott Wilson