welcome to blonde.

Normally have to contact the casino direct.....I'm off to Sportsman later today to register, as I think it will be oversubscribed.

NB...already.43 runners out of 149 for the first online sat on Sunday, as of now.

 ...caught bluffing again Tikay

 As usual .... sensible, honest, thorough replies from Tikay.....and as he says its good to debate all these issues, and give suggestions/solutions.

The bottom line is that with people like Tikay, Tighty and Mel involved, we know we're in good hands.

..but would he enter ??...very unlikely...but if the rules say the odd pro running dry are "let in " good luck to them...sitting on the left of Mickey would be a pleasure

...judging by the comments already, ...it would appear that a balck and white definition would be a great advantage, then everyone knows where they stand, and no one sneaks under the radar.

 I'm no expert on the euro rankings, but it seems a good list of pros/semi pros... even some "amateurs" to exclude because of their winnings in this particular rolling year. Its live tournaments only I believe...so Wardonnkey could prob. play ....and any online only pro....but so what,this is live and besides you have a black and white list to work on. its just a question of where you make the cut off.
Take me for example, I'm def am amateur!, but have 400 pts for a 4k win earlier this year.If the cut off is 1000 pts on the day I'm OK....but if I get lucky and win some big cash at a ranking event before, i can't play....seems fair enough.

 one way of  helping sort out the am/pro issue would be to use the rolling European rankings......having a cut off of say 1000 points .(thats about 10k in winnings ish)

Your name is simply checked against the current list on the day.

I fancy that!....wheres the best place to look at current chip counts?

Thanks for that Des, will do.

I have the Poker Player mag at home for the promo code!

Des,
      I must say the £5/£10 online/offline membership wasn't clear to me when i joined this morning!

I joined thro my pokerstars account ,paid £5 and have a reciept saying " APAT Annual membership"  MEM003

....so do I have to "join" again for "full" membership??

...just to reiterate, you dont need a promo code to get in for £5, if you have a pokerstars account.....you just enter your stars user name in the appropriate page on the APAT website.

Ive now joined!!...(.a fiver if you have a Poker stars account)...and registered an interest in the first live tourney.....but if can  only properly register from the 31st Aug....will it be first come first served race??

Looks and sounds great...well done for getting PokerStars to back it!

Will certainly be joining....

Every success for the future.

Excellent read. ......just like being there!

Great work Jen and Snoops....any chance of getting some roller blades??

....what a nightmare start...but keep it going Jezza  day 2!