blonde poker forum

As part of APAT's sponsorship of this board, this post will contain APAT news, announcements etc

Also use for feedback, and views.

Will this to replace the APAT forum? 

Laddies didn't last long

no www.apat.com/forum is still going strong

this is a cross promotion..blonde live updates will be promoted on there too


Ladbrokes remain the sponsor of the rail. Nothing has changed there

and i thought it was proper news, association, committee, payout structure, accountability etc.
:)

it will be.

same as it ever was..you ask..I answer.

Not always how you like, but I answer.

Just messing, i gave up ages ago.............

well theres no need to give up

an association committee..approaches out to a number of people to join that for example

payout structures very flat

accountability..very much alive and kicking

if you change your mind, you know where to ask

ahem

is the medal in the post>?

ahem

email to customer@apat.com

unless you are going to be at APAT Edinburgh when you will be given it in person

n1 tighty

im certainly gonna try and make it

cheers

How come DTD APAT Sat is on the 12th and the rest of them are on the 5th?  I guess DTD are busy.  What I'm really asking I guess is can I play in a sat on the 5th as well as the 12th?  What happens if I win a seat at both?

Ta muchly :)

You can only win one seat.  But I think you can play in both.  There's a thread on the APAT forum about it (in fact there are several).

here is the relevant one

http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=1180.0


scheduling clash at dtd

play both if you like

can only win one seat. (so basically if you qualify on the 5th there's no point playing the 12th excpet for the event prize money)

Taking the prize money is ok, I just like to play them.  It's not often a cheapskate like myself gets to play a reasonable structured event!

Cheers for the replies.

sigh

The 4th leg of the APAT Regional Championship will be played live at twelve casinos across the United Kingdom on April 5th and at one on April 12th.

Entry

Buy-ins will be available direct from the casinos on the day of play, or via pre-registration (through phone or by calling into the casino) from Saturday March 29th.  All seats are allocated subject to availability.

Please confirm casino opening time and event start time with your local casino when pre-registering your event as times are subject to change.  Generally, the casinos open at 12.30pm, with play starting at 2.30pm on the day of play (Walsall 1.30pm open / 3.30pm start).

The entry fee will be £20.00 and the events will be registration fee free.

Tournaments

Regional Championship events will hold a maximum of 80 players.

Players will start each event with 3,000 chips and the event will run to an APAT structure (without the 150 / 300 level) with 30 minute levels.  The 150 / 300 level has been omitted to ensure these events complete comfortably on one day.

The final two tables and the final table will be dealer dealt, so players should come prepared to self deal for a significant part of the tournament. 

Prizes

The top nine players will win APAT Ranking Points.  If you finish in the top nine, please ensure the casino note your name for points allocation.

The top three in each Regional Championship event will win Gold, Silver & Bronze Medals.

The top 10% of finishers will gain a £75 entry to the Scottish Amateur Poker Championship from the prize pool.  The event is being held at the Gala Maybury Casino in Edinburgh on May 3rd & 4th.

The top 10% of finishers will gain a share of the remaining prize pool.  All monies will be paid out.

Additional Notes

Refunds will not be offered where seats to National events are won and then not claimed.  Players will have the option to claim a credit to gain a seat at one of the next four APAT National events of similar buy in value or members will be able to advertise the seat for sale on the APAT Seat Exchange board at face value.  APAT will only ratify seat exchanges that have gone through this board.  Contact Customer Services (customer@apat.com) in all cases.

Due to a scheduling clash, leg 4 will take place at Dusk Till (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/index.php?affiliate=blonde) Dawn (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/index.php?affiliate=blonde) in Nottingham one week after all other venues.  In the spirit of APAT, players will be able to participate at Dusk Till (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/index.php?affiliate=blonde) Dawn (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/index.php?affiliate=blonde) and one other leg 4 event if they choose.  However, players will not be able to claim two sets of Ranking points or two National Championship seats.  A player's single best result will count should either eventuality occur.  Players will be able to claim prize money and medals at either event. 

Venues

International Casino, Aberdeen
Gala Maybury, Edinburgh
Grosvenor, Newcastle
G Casino, Manchester
G Casino, Blackpool
G Casino, Luton
Grosvenor Victoria, London
Grosvenor, Brighton
Grosvenor, Plymouth
Grosvenor, Walsall
Grosvenor, Great Yarmouth
Dusk Till (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/index.php?affiliate=blonde) Dawn (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/index.php?affiliate=blonde), Nottingham - event being played on April 12th at 2.30pm.
Grosvenor, Cardiff
Gala, Bristol
   
Complete casino contact details can be found via the link below.  If telephoning, please ask to speak to the Cardroom, as the Reception desk is often unware of Cardroom events.

http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=401.0

Good luck to everyone who participates on April 5th and 12th!


APAT Customer Services
customer@apat.com

give me a break des

i hope this will be corrected before being emailed

guess it wasnt

i hope you will send out a corrected email

including ALL the venues hosting regionals

International Casino, Aberdeen for a regional too

Same arrangements as the others above for timings/buy ins etc

We certainly will.

Interesting that the apat ethos is slipping, dealer dealt, all levels, free buffet?

Oh and i thought multi accounting was frowned upon :D

what are you talking about?


the dealer issue has been due to resources at Grsovenors on weekend afternoons. Been the case for all the previous regionsla with no issues at all

aberdeen is 100% dealer dealt and free stovies for buffet well done apat and john taylor

err...I think he means this....

<-----------------------------

Yes, he's right too.

Either ban or bring back dexter954 plz.

Retired.

One less thing to get my tail tweaked about, thank you

Why did I receive the 'Chinese Open' email three times?

You can never be too sure.

(Sorry, I only got it once!)

But I received ZERO emails for the previous 7 online events!

we're improving then  ;shame;

Day one of APAT from Vienna, including some blonde interviews.  Watch out as the Duke reveals a previously unknown playing technique, and Kingpoker puts his title on the line with the monster that is  Kc 4h.  Apologies in advance for the....erm....music.

PMSL Ger :D

Hopefully that will be the last we hear of Des' incidental music collection!


With regard to the upcoming Scottish National Event on May 3rd/4th, there are a number of ways in which you can get a seat.

On Saturday the 5th April, the regional events run across the country which include  qualification for the Edinburgh National Event.  These have a £20 buy-in with no fee.

Details can be found at www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=1261.0

On Sunday 6th and Monday 7th April, we run qualifiers on Blue Square.

The remaining seats are then available directly on this website (£75 a seat) ( usually from 9pm) on Tuesday 8th April.
 

A few questions about the Dtd heat on 12th april.

Is it limited to 80 seats?

Is it a feeder for Scottish championship?

Do you have to renew your APAT membership every year as I don't think I've had any APAT emails in 2008. i was a member when it started. Joined via PP magazine?

Do you need to quote an APAT membership number at Dtd when/if you play on 12th?

Cheers

Yes.


Yes.


Nope.


Nope.

can you register for DTD in advance?

will it be finished in time for the evening comp?


I need to know as it's a right old jolly day out for me and I'm excited already.

If you get knocked out in time, yes!

played manchester went out 13th A/J V KJ 15k pot they hit K on the turn then next hand in sb all fold to me i pushed 6k with J/9 BB calls 5/5 i hit a j on the turn but the river is a 5

 ;woohoo; ;flushy;

not in lobby >:(

message passed on Dewi

We spoke to Blue Square about this yesterday Dewi and the sats should appear later today.

I played yesterdays event at the Maybury. It was well run and the people were all very friendly. It was good to meet Apothocary and McCool for the first time and Eck and Geo again. I went out in 13th unfortunately but had fun all the same. I'll be doing more of these for sure in the future. Good luck on your next games all!

I ventured to Brighton .... came 6th, sounds ok til i tell you that there were only 12 runners !

JonMW took the win for blonde, and Brendan (EricStoner) was there too, but i schooled him and busted him :)

A final table's a final table. 

Customer service at it's best, thanks ~Tighty & Des

Edinburgh went of really well.Managed to win a seat for the scottish championship's,mainly thanks to Geo doubling me up. ;D

Only 14 turned up at Cardiff for this yesterday.  Very disappointing turnout.
It meant that there were only 2 seats on offer, but luckily i got one of them and a few more points as well.  :)up

See you in Edinburgh.

well done micky. sorry i didnt get the opportunity to say hello..

12 at Brighton, 14 at Cardiff - they're all going to DTD this time!

Best book my spot

Anyone know how many played the newcastle event i was interested in playing but couldn't due to newcastle game would imagine quite a few had the same problem

tonight's satellite now up

With added valooooo!

:)up

Kev made 6th,  i made 7th what did he do with my chips?i'll recover thm at bb6.

The APAT Scottish Amateur Poker Championship will take place at the Gala Maybury Casino in Edinburgh on May 3rd & 4th, with play starting at 2.30pm on both days.

The final online satellite to the event will be played this evening (Monday) at 8.00pm on Blue Square.  The entry fee will be $20+$2 and there will be one $200 package allocated for every ten players who take part.

The remaining seats will be allocated via a £75 direct buy in at www.apat.com, from 9pm on Tuesday

Anything wrong with the APAT forum? 
I cannot seem to connect to it.

Ditto- can't get onto the forum

down for me too

I will contact admin.

the internationals first Apat regional was great fun i got busted early when i couldnt spot a flopped set with my over pair

bad news is means i wont be in edinburgh good news is i might make dtd for the 321

;whistle;

you want a slapp


oh also like to thank the chef at the international for the best free buffet Apat has laid on with a choice of stovies,chilli, pasta bolagnaise and more

A slap would be less painful than your singing.

nowt wrong with my singing its your tone deaf ears that need sorting out

Anyone having any probs getting into the APAT Forum?

I keep getting timed out, cant get in at all?

yep its been posted on the previous page tighty is getting onto the admin

Ah rite, cheers mate!

Still not back and we will be chasing this up with the service provider first thing in the morning.  Apologies to anyone who is inconvenienced in the interim.

Not having the APAT forum available at the moment is seriously affecting my work - I'm in danger of having this latest project finished on time !

Start posting on here more Ian - that'll make sure you don't get any work done.

Seats for the Scottish Amateur Championship, being held at the Gala Maybury Casino in Edinburgh on May 3rd & 4th, will go on sale from APAT home page from 9pm this evening.  Good luck to everyone who tries to get a seat.

Will it be working Des?

As well as the forum being offline for maintanence, I've found it difficult to have the site upload all day.

Geo

I agree Geo, it seem very slow this evening.  We have had techies pouring over the site today and there didn't seem to be any issues with the main site, but it is likely we will need to have some files reinstalled within the forum. 

You won't lose Kin's post count will you :D

Unfortunately not..... :D

Thanks Des.

Geo

I managed to pre- register ,took 7 minutes past 9 to complete...

i rate my chances of a seat at 1000/1

seemed very busy

gl to all who try...p.s.as a reigning champ cant i get a bye straight in ( ahem Des...lol )..god loves a tryer

At 7 minutes past, I'd day 1000/1 just to make the reserve list.  Good luck though

If it did go, I'd just have to start again... ;D

Clashes with DTD Monthly £300 and Equal Chance £300 events :(

Ireland one clashes with blonde/waterford event :(

Any news on the APAT forum yet ?

Cheers,

Leigh

Aye, come on Des, I've almost finished my work project, I need a break.  ;mexicanwave;

Love these smily's, can we have these on the APAT forum ?

That's not a healthy obsession.

Please bring the APAT forum back before it's too late to save Ian from smileyitise.

 ;sexybanana; :dd: ;karabiner; ;thankyou; ;scarymoment; ;izimbra; ;letsparty; ;woohoo; ;flushy; ;nipnip; ;bumwiggle; :hello: ;goodvevil; :respect: ;shame;

Not many of my obsessions are particularly healthy, Leigh.

Take  ;smackedbottom; for example  ;D

Don't encourage him Daniel. 

Maybe the APAT forum is down for a smiley upgrade Ian.

I reckon so...

We are moving to a dedicated server which should sort out the service problems we are experiencing.  The server should be available from this evening.  Thanks for your patience.

i havent noticed any change in the apat forum over last few days its normally that slow for me

It's back  ;yippee;

Dont be a stranger around these parts now ...

are you and the good lady coming to the blonde bash ??

I'll be seeing them on Saturday Kev, they'll be coming to the bash!!

also, does that mean you can take Kinboshi back with you now?

Hope you stick around Ian. You keep him in check

It's still down for me...

Not that I'm trying to get rid of you or anything kin...  ;whistle;

Has your DNS updated?

I had a php error.

(oh and reply to your PM Bongo)

I'll try not to be a stranger.

When's the bash ?

I will explain all tomorrow!

yes,please do

Are you sure you're in the right place?  It's been closed for ages :D

 ;ashamed;

the DTD regional sold out to 80 players yesterday and the 8 qualifiers for Edinburgh were

1st Joe Kilshaw
2nd Simon Auckland
3rd Ryan Pearson
4th Matthew Farrell
5th John Murray
6th Andy Ciesielski
7th Neil Wood
8th Kris Steed


with the top 3 winner regional medals

Well done.

I may have been mistaken did Blonde not win a freeroll for an APAT national for being voted best forum in APAT awards? Maybe its been but I dont remember seeing anything about it..

It is true, we did ... Its with me to use for added vallooooooooooooo, we actually have 2 seats, because Tighty won one and has most generously donated it to blonde.

So its just a case of watching out for the announcements.

It won two national seats actually. (forum and, ahem, me)

No they haven't been offered yet. They will be in a comp at some stage, soon I hope (not necessarily in a freeroll)

I thought there was something, just not sure. Great quick response.
Cheers Guys..

Daniel explained when and where the bash is.

Caz is now trying to get out of arrangements she'd already made for the Saturday night - hopefully, we'll be there.

 :)up   :cheers:

*sound of Booder's heart breaking*

sigh

APAT Academy Partners With Dusk Till Dawn To Provide Live Poker Training.

London, April 14th, 2008 - The APAT Poker Association & Tour have announced a strategic partnership with Dusk Till Dawn; Europe's premier cardroom, to provide live poker training for APAT members.

Under the tutorship of professional player Paul Jackson, each APAT Academy live day will address the theory of multi table tournaments in early, middle and late stages, player position, assessing player holdings and bankroll management, while Late Night Poker legend Simon Trumper will lecture on player psychology and tells.  Live training days will also touch on sit 'n' go strategy, cash game selection and limits.

A feature of APAT Academy live training days will be the addition of a guest professional who will offer an insight into the way they play the game.  Attendees of the first three APAT Academy live days will have the opportunity to sit with the William Hill sponsored, European Poker Tour and multi Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Champion, Julian Thew.

APAT Academy live days will be held at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham.  Each event will start at 1.30pm and last for 6 hours, enabling attendees to enter the evening tournament at Dusk Till Dawn.  The cost of a training day is £99 per player, which does not include entry to the evening tournament.   

The first three live days are scheduled as follows, with the first event going on sale from www.apat.com on Thursday May 8th at 9pm sharp.

May 31st.
July 26th.
September 30th.

APAT membership is free and available from www.apat.com.

About APAT Academy  APAT is a leader in the provision of live and online poker training through its partnerships with world leading online training provider CardRunners.com and premier live cardroom Dusk Till Dawn.  With the availability of cost efficient training, APAT members are able to gain an excellent understanding of how to play poker in both live and online environments.

For further details, contact APAT Media Director Richard Prew

I'm doing some training with Paul Jackson at the moment - this event is worth every penny. I have benefitted so much from what he has taught me. I encourage you to book this, it will be brilliant.

Tracey

The APAT Asian Online Open will kick off at 8pm this evening at Blue Square.  Good luck to any blondes who take part.  Enty is $10 + $1.

This weekend we're off to the Gala Maybury for the Socttish Amateur championships

live update there on www.apat.com/forum from Saturday 2.30pm


many blondes playing? post here to let me know (and who to get Des to avoid at the bar for 48 hours)

i wont be there

Me and my taciturn (in forum terms only) mate Petch (FrankyWortho) will be making the trip and donking off chips by the bucket full.

I'll be a sort of orange donkin' donut if you will!

Ill be there to donk off as well... happy days, looking forward to the drive i must say.. Even TJ's trains are sounding like a good idea.

Anyone going tonite?

Geo

I'll be there tomorrow.  Really looking forward to this one.

See you there!

Will do Dan,

For anyone going to the Gala tonite, it's £10 re-buy. Biggest donkfest you'll see live. 500 chips and many players all-in blind, you got to be lucky or loaded to get close.

Geo

I'm in see you tomorrow.

22 players remain for day 2

http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=1407.0

Follow Eck and Bigfella on the live update

Eck and BigFella in the final!!

great stuff ... wish them both all the best from me please Rich.

Ian Wheeler 150,000

Glen Laming 200,000

James Eccles 150,000

Jason Jones 275,000

Chris McDonald 80,000

Stuart Brown 135,000


go on BigFella and Eck (abandons neutrality off the APAT forum!!)

go go go lads!

Bigfella finishes 2nd for £1,750: well done!

Eck 6th

Jason Jones from Wrexham the winner

nice one glen and james

Well played fellas.  Eck seems to like his 'local' APAT national!  Great play by Bigfella too, chuffed for you.  Oh, and that fold was definitely right :)up

APAT ACADEMY LIVE

A quick reminder that 20 seats for the first APAT Academy training day will go on sale from the home page of the APAT website site (www.apat.com) from 9pm this evening.

Under the tutorship of professional player Paul Jackson, each APAT Academy training day will address the theory of multi table tournaments in early, middle and late stages, player position, assessing player holdings and bankroll management, while Late Night Poker legend Simon Trumper will lecture on player psychology and tells.  Live training days will also touch on sit 'n' go strategy, cash game selection and limits.

A feature of APAT Academy live training days will be the addition of a guest professional who will offer an insight into the way they play the game.  Attendees of the first three APAT Academy live days will have the opportunity to sit with the William Hill sponsored, European Poker Tour and multi Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Champion, Julian Thew.

APAT Academy live days will be held at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham.  The first event will be held on May 31st, starting at 1.30pm and lasting for 6 hours, enabling attendees to enter the evening tournament at Dusk Till Dawn. 

The cost of a training day is £99 per player, which does not include entry to the evening tournament.

ONLINE SERIES

The Online Series Albanian Open will be held at Blue Square this evening from 8pm.  The entry fee is $10 + $1 and players will start the event with 5,000 chips.

To unsubscribe from these announcements, login to the forum and uncheck "Receive forum announcements and important notifications by email." in your profile.

You can view the full announcement by following this link:

http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=1429.0

The final leg of the APAT Regional Championship will be played live at thirteen casinos across the United Kingdom on May 17th, as the Newcastle event took place last Saturday due to the GUKPT at that venue this week.

Entry

Buy-ins will be available direct from the casinos on the day of play, or via pre-registration (through phone or by calling into the casino) seven days prior to the event being played.  All seats are allocated subject to availability.

Please confirm casino opening time and event start time with your local casino when pre-registering your event as times are subject to change.  Generally, the casinos open at 12.30pm, with play starting at 2.30pm.

The entry fee will be £20.00 and the events will be registration fee free.

Tournaments

Regional Championship events will hold a maximum of 80 players.

Players will start each event with 3,000 chips and the event will run to an APAT Regional structure.

Some of the events will be completely dealer dealt, however as a minimum the final table will be dealer dealt, so players should come prepared to self deal for a significant part of the tournament. 

Prizes

The top nine players will win APAT Ranking Points.  If you finish in the top nine, please ensure the casino notes your name for points allocation.

The top three in each Regional Championship event will win Gold, Silver & Bronze Medals.

The top 10% of finishers will gain a £75 entry to the Irish Amateur Poker Championship from the prize pool.  The event is being held in Dublin on June 14th & 15th.

The top 10% of finishers will gain a share of the remaining prize pool.  All monies will be paid out.

Additional Notes

Refunds will not be offered where seats to National events are won and then not claimed.  Players will have the option to advertise their seat for sale on the APAT Seat Exchange board at face value.  APAT will only ratify seat exchanges that have gone through this board.  Contact customer@apat.com in all cases.

Venues

International Casino, Aberdeen
Gala Maybury, Edinburgh
Grosvenor, Newcastle - Completed On May 10th
G Casino, Manchester
G Casino, Blackpool
G Casino, Luton
Grosvenor Victoria, London
Grosvenor, Brighton
Grosvenor, Plymouth
Grosvenor, Walsall
Grosvenor, Great Yarmouth
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
Grosvenor, Cardiff - 5pm Start
Gala, Bristol
   
Complete casino contact details can be found via the link below.  If telephoning, please ask to speak to the Cardroom, as the Reception desk is often unware of Cardroom events.

APAT Casino Details (http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=401.0)

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO7__OI833o


Part One.


YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgp_IC1IoI4


Part Two.


YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utrS3heh1mk


Final Table Introductions

The APAT site seems to be down at the moment.
I seem to remember that this happened near the time of the Scottlish Clickfest as well.
Will everything be ok for tomorrow night??

Win the sat tonight.  Problem solved...

Trying....

Whoo Pete won a seat in the online sat taking out the bubble with AQ. So now we both have a seat. See you there if you are going.

Well played you two!!  See you there!

Me 2...........

 ;D ;D ;D

See you there..

Nice one!

When are you flying over, and where are you staying?  You have PM...

We are flying out Friday lunch time with Ryanair. Stopping in the Quality Inn

Harmony and I are flying 12.25 from EMA, you guys too ?

I'll be flying from EMA, but a bit later.  You flying back on Monday?

The price difference between EMA and Brum is unbelievable.  £15 v £80 (and it would have been £5 if I flew at a different time!).

Yes we are on the 12.35

Monday at 14.00> Doing the lunch time Friday to Lunch time Mon only cost £22.00 each from EMA

Same flight for us, EMA FTW

Where is it happening and when? can not get on the site.

weekend of 13-14 June

Fitzwilliam. Dublin

entry tonight 9pm via online payment, but as I cannot get on the site either its watch this space incase this is delayed

Looking forward to seeing you at the airport and GL to all

FYP

Well, boked the flights but not too sure if we will play but just come for the weekend. Flights cost , wait for it ......2 pence each no tax from Lds B/ford. Bargain.

If you wanted to play, there's the clickfest tonight (if the APAT site is up and running), and if not there are always a few seats that come up for swap/sale (at cost).  The other option is to get there very early on the Saturday and get to the front of the on-the-day reserve list.  Usually a handful get in this way.

I'm getting ripped off with my £15 return flight...

After paying for the flights today not sure my Bank roll will have owt left for the clickfest.  ;whistle;

APAT forum and site is back up.

;spam; ;spam; ;spam;

To help understand and deal with the people of Dublin and their quaint customs, I have purchased a copy of "The Quiet Man" on DVD.

APAT Irish seats go on sale at 9pm. 

And should have gone off-sale at around 9:01pm.  ;D

You going?

 :)up

Cool, i see a mini blonde bash coming along, with Dewi showing us all how to drink..  ;hide;

As long as they haven't got any Karaoke machines.....

OK, I'm in - fly out Fri afternoon, back Monday lunchtime.

Where are you lot staying then?

me, boshi and LOJ at the Queens Hotel.. 


Depends what kind of Karaoke machines ur on about.... Im sure Dewi can show us the way forward.  ;whistle;

Where's that - Google gives me nothing.

I will not be drinking FACT




in the cardroom

Are we?

Srry srry...

Quality Hotel...

http://www.qualityhoteldublincity.com/?gclid=CNmErYaCtpMCFQ6a1QodPB2wDA


NO FECKING WAY..... fact

heavens knows where Des will book me in. Last time it was the Travelodge somewhere near Belfast

As long as its not Guantanamo, I shouldn't pipe up really.

See you all there

Karaoke, Tighty SNGs, Riverdance reprises with oona from Roscommon.......going to be a good one

It's all good.  Des said there was a new hotel opened up.  He'd booked you into the The Orange Wings or something like that.   ;sleep;

All booked up.  Flying out Saturday morning and back on the Monday.  Booked into the hotel opposite the cardroom.

Should be a good one.

Yep, I'm looking forward to it.  Hopefully no bubbling this time for me...

Further details to follow, but I wanted to let you know that APAT has partnered with PokerTube.com who will host an APAT Channel, containing our live event videos and interviews, alongside promotion of upcoming APAT events. 

This is part of a strategy that will lead to the creation of more APAT National Amateur Championship events in Europe in Season Three.

APAT Channel On PokerTube (http://pokertube.com/ChannelStart.aspx?ChannelID=12622)

In association with PokerListings.com and PokerTube.com, APAT will be publishing a daily video update from the World Series of Poker at the Rio, Las Vegas. 

We hope this thread will become essential viewing for APAT members and welcome your thoughts on play daily. 

The journey to award 55 WSOP bracelets will start later this evening with day one of the $10,000 World Championship of Pot Limit Omaha event.

2008 World Series Diary (http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=1525.0)

APAT Irish Championaships

end of day one

End of Day Chip Counts

Table 1

Stuart Oliver 58,000
Luca Vivaldi 25,500
Kev Ridley 73,000
Chris McLeese 134,000
Robert Murphy 92,500
Paul McGuinness 43,500
Andy Young 60,000

Table 2

Mark Redshaw 145,000
Nigel Johnson 129,000
Mark Barsley 148,500
Mark Scargill 53,000
John Murray 29,000
Steve Stringer 27,500

Table 3

Stuart Langford 68,000
Daniel Phillips 35,000
Declan O'Kelly 24,000
Anthony Williams 31,000
David Smith 89,000
Darren Shallis 37,000
Colin OPrey 109,000

blinds are 3000-6000 for another 22 minutes

play resumes at 2.30pm

money starts at 14th


good luck to Kinboshi and Newport Lad tomorrow

wehay, Danny Philips CRUSHING apat ireland, thats how he rollz.

gl blondes.

GL Boshi and NPL

gogoggogo

Good luck Darren!! Take it down!!

you forgot boshi.. GL the both of you, take it down...

11 left

chip counts

Steve Stringer 30,000
Kev Ridley 158,000
John murray 199,000
Bobby Murphy 200,000
Daniel Phillips 36,000

Anthony Williams 60,000
Darren Shallis 208,000
Colin O'Prey 73,000
Nigel Johnson 129,000
Mark Redshaw 179,500
Mark Barsley 97,000

blinds going 4,000-8,000

9 handed final in prospect

1,400,000 chips in play


Pick me a winner.............

Darren Shallis/Newport Lad biggest mover today 27,000 to 208,000....

Good luck Kinboshi and Newport Lad!!!   ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

Just abused boshi for being on the same chips now as he was overnight ... the nit is GRANITE !!

Boshi bubbles final table  ... :(

Newport lad has plenty chips though GL GL to him.

UL Kin, wp gg etc. 

GO GO Jack, take it down mate

who is Jack ??

Newport is Darren

norrrrrrrrr kinny inny inny. so sick.

In 1 Darren Shallis from Newport 298,000

In 2 Kev Ridley from Worksop 264,000

In 3 Mark Redshaw from Wakefield 241,000

In 4 Bobby Murphy from Dublin 115,000

In 5 John Murray from Portsmouth 183,000

In 6 Nigel Johnson from London 96,000

In 7 Anthony Williams from Birmingham 40,000

In 8 Mark Barsley from Worksop 88,000

In 9 Colin O'Prey from Belfast 77,000

ul kinfishy,   gl newport

And Bully's SPECIAL PRIIIIIIZE ??

FU(just woke up!)
Don't quote my mistakes please, then I can't correct them with no one noticing :D

GO GO Darren, take it down mate ;)

a speedboat to Mary from Corby, the final table bubble's mum.

WP boshi.. So sick for the nit..

Gooooo Darren FTW..

 rotflmfao rotflmfao I ment as in newportlad = jack the lad dont no what silo was on about clearly newportlads jackthelads name is darren

Phew managed to get myself out of that 1  ;)

Best of luck m8

This would've made a decent 1000th post imo lol

am using the excuse that he hit quad jacks against me in the Welsh APAT event

rough chip counts

Darren Shallis 453,000

Kev Ridley 211,000

Mark Redshaw 171,000

Bobby Murphy 120,000

John Murray 174,000

Nigel Johnson 202,000

Nice stack Jack ;applause;....take it down mate.

Darren Shallis 424,000

Kev Ridley 470,000

Bobby Murphy 220,000

Nigel Johnson 288,000


blinds going 10,000-20,000

Unlucky Kin, but vwp anyhow.

1st 3700 euro plus GUKPT Seat

2nd 1900

3rd 1000

4th 750

woo hoo. Go on Darren! Take it down!!!!!!! ;kneelsucker;

Chip Counts approx

Kev Ridley 650,000

Darren Shallis 450,000

Bobby Murphy 300,000

blinds still 10,000-20,000

lol see :D

GL NPL

Darren 800,000

Bobby 230,000

Kev 300,000

roughly

googogogo Newport Lad. 1time

Any more news?

chip counts

Darren 550,000

Kev 500,000

Bobby 350,000

blinds 20k/40k

Darren HU with Bobby - GL Darren!

Live updater Silo is available for hire :D

chip counts

Darren 1,150,000

Bobby 280,000

Nice chip lead!

yup. ggogogoogo gl.

Newport Lad wins!!!

well done!!

3700 Euro and GUKPT seat

SEND IT BLONDEWARDS !!!


WP Newport.

Congrats Darren, vwp mate :)

well done Darren! 

VWP Newportlad nice1

Tremendous job Darren, now all you got to do is take down the GUKPT :)
 ;karabiner; ;karabiner; ;karabiner; ;karabiner; ;karabiner; ;karabiner;

Great Result..x

If nobody minds can I have a little wooooooooot!

Just won the APAT Greek Open online tourney to complete the set of gold, silver and bronze medals!!!

;yippee;

;mexicanwave;

WELL DONE!!!   ;cupcake; ;applause; ;cupcake; ;applause; ;cupcake;

;mexicanwave;

Must be all the Chinese you've been playing ;)

Well done Jack!

Ireland 2008 Video Report - Part One.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZs519p4ZhQ

Features several interviews, including Kinboshi....modestly confirming his luckbox status  :D


Part Two - "Ode to NewportLad" - to follow.

Ireland 2008 Video Report - Day Two.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_ENb717kFg

APAT Player Martin Klaser (well he was,once!), who finished 5th in the European Amateur Poker Chamionship in Vienna earlier this year wona  PLO Bracelet at the WSOP Last night!


well done sir!

Links that may be useful to each team or your followers for this weekend's APAT UK Team Championship:

Player Briefing:-
http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=1681.0

Live Update Day One:-
http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=1685.0

Live Update Day Two:-
http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=1684.0

 World Amateur Poker Championship Festival

The APAT World Amateur Poker Championship will take place at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino in London, between August 27th & 31st.

The festival will feature one day Championship events in Omaha, Razz and Stud; with the centrepiece No Limit Hold'em World Amateur Poker Championship taking place over two days.

 

Omaha Championship - Click To Enter on the link on the www.apat.com front page NOW - £50.00

Razz Championship - On Sale - July 23rd, 9pm

Stud Championship - On Sale - July 24th, 9pm

World Amateur Poker Championship - On Sale - July 25th, 9pm

 

Online satellites will be held via Blue Square at 8pm between July 21st & 24th. These can be found in the Tournament / Specials / APAT tab on the Blue Square Poker client.

 

Lovely, thanks for posting this, I'd forgotten about it!  Registered for the omaha, hopefully will get in the WAPC one too.

just registered for Omaha too - looking forward to finally being able to play an APAT event!!!

All side events scheduled for 2.30pm.
 
The PLO is 10,000 chips, 30 minute clock

Razz and Stud are limit, structures being established at the moment

Are these classed as side events?

to the main hold em event, yes

ah yes, thanks.  What time does the ME start?

You should play the razz and stud as well to make up for it ;D

2.30 sat

lol - no way - might as well set light to a couple of £50 notes :D

Wat?

2.30pm? On a schoolday? 10k chips?

It was 3k when I bought in last night - I assumed it was an evening tourney.

EDIT: Seems I assumed wrong, as I've just seen a post from Des saying the side events were all 2.30pm.

It was definitely 3k chips though, which is what led me to believe it was a 6 hour long tourney.

they're one day championship events

Des suggested on an APAT thread 3,000 chips , but I think he was referring to the limit events primarily

Well you know you should never assume - and the information was available before then if you'd looked.

Yeah, I edited my original post before I saw your replies.

*goes to get holiday form to fill in for time off work*

10k chips ftw, will be great fun

oh well, had sent in entry for omaha but won't be able to make 2.30pm starts as can't get any time off work - was looking forward to putting my name down for all the events :(

I'll jockey for ya :)up ;D

I'm confused.  The website says 9pm start time for the Razz and Stud events.  I assumed Omaha was the same and bought in, thinking that I could go after work.

Which start time is correct?

Edit - forget that, I've just spotted that the 9pm times are the 'on-sale' start times.

Post left up for any other idiots to avoid the same mistake.

Two events now on sale:-

August 27th - Omaha Entry - £50.00 (http://www.apat.com/APAT0003onsale_Omaha.php)

August 28th - Razz Entry - £50.00 (http://www.apat.com/APAT0003onsale_Razz.php)

The PLO has been advertised as 3,000 chips but we hope to increase that as we do not expect to sell out.  Final decision on Sunday once the event has been marketed.

Do you expect Razz and Stud to sell out Des?  Would like to play but I can't decide if I want to fork out £50 plus travel to London just to have a bash in them.

It's very hard to say Graham as we have no previous events of this nature to compare against.  If we do fail to sell out online I would have thought we will see players buying in locally in the run up to these events as they will be something to experience.

I'm playing the side events but not the main event. Gutted no 08/PLO8 or S8. :(

If we see demand this time around we'll develop this festival a good deal further Chris.

Couple of seats are avaialble for tomorrow if anyone is free:-


APAT ACADEMY LIVE - SEATS AVAILABLE FOR THIS WEEKEND

Some seats are still available for this weekend's APAT Academy Live poker training session, taking place at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham.

Under the tutorship of professional player Paul Jackson, APAT Academy Live will address the theory around playing and assessing hands from multiple positions, while Late Night Poker legend Simon Trumper will give an eye opening demonstration of tells to look out for at the poker table.

A feature of APAT Academy live training days will be the addition of a guest professional who will offer an insight into their career and the way they play the game.  Attendees of this event will have the opportunity to sit with the William Hill sponsored, European Poker Tour and multi Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Champion, Julian Thew.

APAT Academy live days will be held at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham.  This event is being held on Saturday July 26th, starting at 1.30pm and lasting for 6 hours, enabling attendees to enter the evening tournament at Dusk Till Dawn. 

The cost of a training day is £99 per player, which does not include entry to the evening tournament - a £50 freezeout.

Click to purchase a Seat:-
http://www.apat.com/APAT0003dtd.php

reminder for tonight

The APAT World Amateur Poker Championship will take place at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino in London, between August 27th & 31st.

The festival will feature one day Championship events in Omaha, Razz and Stud; with the centrepiece No Limit Hold'em World Amateur Poker Championship taking place over two days.

 

World Amateur Poker Championship - On Sale - July 25th, 9pm

 

 

How many chips??  ;hide;

normal APAT national championship structure

Want a seat for the main event ?

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=35458.0

HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!

5 failed attempts to pay and now it wont let me.

Fraud control or something.

someone please renew the lease on the website

Has anyone PM'd Tighty or Des?

The website is working fine.  Our service provider might have had an outtage early this morning, but its not an APAT issue.

Down for me.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The domain parked page appears because the domain is due for renewal or has recently passed it's renewal date.

Very odd....its working fine for me and here is the whois:-

Whois Server Version 2.0

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

   Domain Name: APAT.COM
   Registrar: EASYSPACE LTD.
   Whois Server: whois.easyspace.com
   Referral URL: http://www.easyspace.com
   Name Server: NS4.EASYSPACE.COM
   Name Server: NS5.EASYSPACE.COM
   Status: clientTransferProhibited
   Status: clientUpdateProhibited
   Updated Date: 22-may-2008
   Creation Date: 22-may-2003
   Expiration Date: 22-may-2009

Not working for me either

working fine for me

they're having us on Des!

Just comes up with an Easyspace landing page for me.

(http://www.cotswoldaerials.co.uk/apat.jpg)


Mabe you are seeing saved pages that are already on your computer?

Me too

Nope, clicking in and out of pages without issue...... I'm perplexed......

I get the same, that easyspace and error 404 :(

Maybe its a DNS thing with our service providers, im on virgin media

Just tried - fine for me.

Im on BT

have you tried typing www.apat.com into your browser as opposed to using your favourites link?

not working here, I don't have the APAT site as a favourite.

I'm on Virgin too though.

tried that Des, still goes to easyspace

Not working for me either, getting the Easyspace page.

Possible problem with the nameservers might be broke i would speak to your hosting company.. im on orange and tired using openDNS and comes up with easyspace page.

I am another one it is down for.  On tiscali.  apat not on favourites, cleared cookies refreshed etc etc.   Easyspace page

Down in Luton/Stevenage/Welwyn Garden City area on Virgin

Could there have been an IP address change which hasn't populated to all ISPs' DNS servers yet? Can someone for who it is working ping www.apat.com and tells us what the IP address is please.

Target Name: www.apat.com
         IP: 62.233.101.177
  Date/Time: 26/07/2008 12:00:33

 2   13 ms   12 ms   13 ms  [213.123.107.58]
 3   12 ms   13 ms   12 ms  [217.32.98.161]
 4   13 ms   13 ms   12 ms  [217.47.23.174]
 5   12 ms   14 ms   13 ms  [213.123.78.5]
 6   12 ms   13 ms   12 ms  [217.41.170.65]
 7   16 ms   13 ms   13 ms  [217.41.170.74]
 8   13 ms   12 ms   12 ms  [217.41.170.58]
 9   13 ms   12 ms   13 ms  [213.123.107.242]
10   13 ms   13 ms   13 ms  core1-pos0-0-0-14.ilford.ukcore.bt.net [194.72.20.229]
11   13 ms   13 ms   13 ms  core1-pos9-1.telehouse.ukcore.bt.net [194.74.65.114]
12   14 ms   13 ms   13 ms  ldn-s2-rou-1002.UK.eurorings.net [195.66.224.54]
13   13 ms   *       13 ms  [134.222.137.13]
14   14 ms   13 ms   14 ms  202.core1.thn.iomart.com [62.233.127.11]
15   25 ms   24 ms   24 ms  204.core1.dc1.iomart.com [62.233.125.18]
16   24 ms   24 ms   24 ms  62-233-126-11.iomart.com [62.233.126.11]
17   24 ms   25 ms   23 ms  62-233-101-177.easydservers.com [62.233.101.177]

Thats not the same IP address that comes up for me when I ping it.

Just trying to paste that IP address into the browser doens't work for me.

 The ip address doesn't get me there either,but I get the the same ip with a straight ping as well as the ping plotter output.

Easyspace support are on the case.....

not working for me

i am on virgin 

It was working for me all day - but now it's gone.

Not for me, on O2 broadband...

The server is down and support has been largely unavailable.  Expect to see the site back up on Monday with the only good point being a day off tomorrow!

You'll need to brace yourself for all those "Have I got a seat?" posts on Monday.

 ;hide;

can you put a payment link on here? i see there is 1 for razz.is there any seats left?

We'll need antes though tbh.

This event; the final event of Season Two, is being played at the Grosvenor Casino in Brighton, on November 1st & 2nd, 2008.

The provisional entry list features international teams from England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Germany, France, Italy and Hungary.

Teams will be made up of 4 players and a playing / non playing captain.

The format of the Championship will be as follows:-

Day One - Saturday November 1st:

2.30pm - 4 x single table matches with each match featuring a player from each country.

6.30pm - 4 x single table matches with each match featuring a player from each country.

Points will be allocated as follows: 5 points for 1st place, down to 1 point for 5th place in each of the 8 matches above.

9.30pm - 4 x heads up matches featuring 1 player from each country.

11.30pm - 4 x heads up matches featuring 1 player from each country.

Captains will choose which 2 of their 4 players should compete in the above heads up matches.

Points will be allocated as follows:  2 points for each heads up match win.

Total points allocated on day one will be 136 points.

Day Two - Sunday November 2nd:

2.30pm - 32 player multi table tournament featuring all players.

Points will be allocated as follows:  16 points for 1st place down to 1 point for 16th place.

Total points allocated on day two will be 136 points.

At the moment APAT is looking to charge an entry fee of £100 per player, with no registration fee.  In addition, Blue Square will add £2,000 to the prize pool, so in total there will be over £5,000 to play for and the Championship Cup and Medals for the top three teams.

The structure of individual events is to be determined but will be generous.

Countries will have the ability to use team strategy and APAT will finalise the specifics of this with Captains before the event commences.

Captains will be announced during August.

In a change from the original announcement, Captains will be able to pick four players of their choosing but it is anticipated that they will choose (at least) their leading compatriot from the APAT National Rankings.  APAT will provide Captains with performance based information where requested.

Ugye tud ki a Magyar kapitány lesz?

Registering an interest to be Captain of Zimbabwe.

Viktoria, from Budapest, who played our event in Austria is leading the team from Hungary.

Fine player, likely to be stiff competition

Registering an interest to be Captain of the Isle of Man.

(and yes, I do have Manx blood through my nan's side of the family) ;)

The provisional entry list features international teams from England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Germany, France, Italy and Hungary.

Surely provisional means "can be changed"?

yes, except if you want to play.

 ;hide;

I feel a poll coming on

my tummy's always rumbling.  do I qualify to join the hungry team?

They weren't in the original list, but it is only provisional.  Tantrum might want to enter a team.

Blue Square have drawn up a market for the APAT World event at the Vic next month, and here are the prices for Blondes (past and present) that I recognise.

Newportlad 50/1 JF
Me - 66/1 LOL
Sheriff Fatman, Kinboshi, EricStoner - 80/1
Technolog, JonMW, Shogun, Jizzemm - 100/1
The Duke, Sharplea, InTheBelly, RobertHM - 125/1
M3Boy - 150/1

Obv value with M3.......don't tell him his price though !! :D

Leigh (Pawprint) is @ 66/1

 rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

Dont waist ur money on me for sure, cant make it......   ;technophobe;


Not that anyone would have anyway...   ;D ;D

Final event details for players who have entered events in the World Championship Of Amateur Poker ("WCOAP"), are as follows:

DATE

August 27th to 31st, with play starting at 2.30pm sharp on both days.

VENUE
 
Grosvenor Victoria Casino
150-162 Edgware Road
London
W2 2DT
 
T: 0207 262 7777
F: 0207 724 1214

(http://www.grosvenorcasinos.com/images/casinofinder/pic/main_904.jpg)

DRESS CODE

Clean and tidy dress is strongly recommended. 

By order of the Casino - No football shirts, no ripped jeans, no tracksuit bottoms.  Regular Jeans and Trainers are absolutely fine.

REGISTRATION

For registration you are required to complete a Casino Membership Form and produce a valid proof of identification.

You can fill in the Casino Membership Form via this link (http://www.grosvenorcasinos.com/php/index.php?package=register&action=show_form&new_member=undefined) and complete your registration by showing identification at the venue from 12.00pm on your first day of play. 

Please note that any friends or family members that wish to accompany you into the Casino will also have to complete a Casino Membership Form.

Registration is only available to individuals aged 18 years of age and older, with a valid proof of identification.

IDENTIFICATION

Please bring a valid Passport or Drivers License.  If you do not have one of those, then a credit card AND recent utility bill will suffice.  Your guests will also need to bring a similar proof of identity.

If you cannot present valid identification at the Victoria Casino, you will not be allowed to enter the premises. 

SCHEDULE

Play commences at 2.30pm sharp on each day of play. 

The Omaha, Razz and Stud events will be completed in one day, while the World Amateur Poker Championship event will be played over two days. 

Play is expected to finish in the World Amateur Poker Championship at around 1.00am on day one.  Players left in will return for a 2.30pm start on Sunday, with the final expected to finish around 9.00pm. 

Due to the nature of tournament Poker, end of day timings are estimated.

STRUCTURE

The Omaha (Pot Limit / High Only), Razz (Limit) and Stud (Limit) structures are in Microsoft Excel file format.

Main Event (http://www.apat.com/structure.php)

Omaha (http://www.apat.com/wcoap_structure_omaha.xls)

Razz (http://www.apat.com/wcoap_structure_Razz.xls)

Stud (http://www.apat.com/wcoap_structure_Stud.xls)

PRIZES

World Amateur Poker Championship

1st:  A payment of £3,500 + Engraved World Amateur Championship Cup + Gold Medal + Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Grand Final Package + 18 ranking points + Significant Media Exposure.

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Grand Final package comprises an expenses paid entry worth in the region of $8,000.

2nd: £2,250 + Silver Medal + 17 ranking points.

3rd:  £1,250 + Bronze Medal + 16 ranking points.

4th to 9th:  £600 each + 10 to 15 ranking points.

10th to 18th:  £400 each + 1 to 9 ranking points.

19th to 20th:  £400 each.

Alternates will be allowed the opportunity to take part during the first two levels.   

An additional prize of £75 will be created as a result of each alternate who is allowed to enter.  This money will be awarded to the players finishing directly outside the above prize pool, so if for example 4 alternates take part in the event, then finishing positions from 21st to 24th will each win back their buy in of £75. 

The alternates will be chosen from the APAT controlled reserve list started at the venue at midday on the first day of play.  This will enable a small number of additional members to participate.

Under our terms & conditions, APAT will not support deal making.  This is a unique International Championship event and the onus is on every player to try their utmost to win it outright. 

Please note that all entrance fees will be paid out in prize money.  APAT will not retain any fee for running this event for our members.

Payout structure based on 200 players paying an entry fee of £75 each.

Omaha Championship

1st:  A payment of £1,400 + Gold Medal

2nd:  £800 + Silver Medal

3rd:  £500 + Bronze Medal

4th to 7th:  £200 each.

Payout structure based on 70 players paying an entry fee of £50 each.

Razz Championship

1st:  A payment of £1,000 + Gold Medal

2nd:  £600 + Silver Medal

3rd:  £400 + Bronze Medal

4th to 5th:  £200 each.

Payout structure based on 48 players paying an entry fee of £50 each.

Stud Championship

1st:  A payment of £800 + Gold Medal

2nd:  £500 + Silver Medal

3rd:  £300 + Bronze Medal

Payout structure based on 32 players paying an entry fee of £50 each.

BUFFET

A free buffet will be laid on for players on Saturday and Sunday.  A bar and restaurant menu will be available at the Victoria Casino at all times.

PRESS

Journalists, photographers and APAT TV will be present throughout the WCOAP.  By entering this tournament you accept that your image may be used in APAT press and marketing campaigns.

LIVE UPDATE

Technology allowing, APAT will run live updates on the events and we will be posting player pictures and chip counts throughout the WCOAP.  Feel free to tell your friends and family, who can follow request details of your progress by registering for free on the forum.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Please note the event is subject to the terms & conditions of the APAT Poker Association & Tour.

So there are 4 events this week, starting on wednesday


The Omaha entries are

Alan Lake
Alex Arquier
Alex Gabriel
Alun Bowden
Andrew Tracey
Andy Mcleod
Antony Ross
Benet Houkes
Carl Weeks
Chris Edwards
Chris Hall
Chris Webber
Claire Macgregor
Craig Dunn
Curtis Ledger
Danny Palmer
Darren Naylor
Dave Howard
Dave Rice
Don Roberts
Graham Codd
Ian Wheeler
James Bagley
James Mitchell
Jason Nunn
Jim Lynott
Joe Drummy
John Murray
Jon Seal
Jonathan Woodfield
Keiran O'Leary
Linda Iwaniak
Martin Malone
Michael Bodman
Michael Moss
Mike Ward
Muhammet Yesilyurt
Niels Rock
Owen Rankin
Paresh Doshi
Paul B Davis
Paul Bliss
Paul Garnham
Paul Ward
Phu Quan
Richard Bard
Richard Lathan
Richard Rudling-Smith
Richard St Pierre
Richard Stevenson
Rob Swindells
Robert Garrard
Ross Jarvis
Ryan Lippett
Sam Barton
Scott Wannell
Sean Bucknall
Sebastian Powell
Simon Alcock
Steve Stringer
Stuart Fordham
Terry Aylward
Thomas Cardoso
Tim Care
Tim Jones
Toby Lewis
Tom Steuart-Feilding
Warren Jackman
William Fenn


with a fair few blondes in there like Claw, Silo, Sheriff, JonMW

Thursday brings us Razz


which should be an experience for all concerned, dealers included!


entries

Alan Lake
Alex Gabriel
Andrew Tracey
Anna Shipman
Anthony Pickering
Benet Houkes
Brendan Hartnett
Carl Weeks
Charles Mason
Chris Edwards
Chris Hall
Daren Lury
Dave Goody
Dave Howard
Dave Rice
Dean Plumley
Demis Hassabis
Don Roberts
Duncan Hodgkins
Francis Lincoln
Ian Wheeler
James Bagley
James Coleman
James Mitchell
Jonathan Woodfield
Kieran Matthews
Lewis Potter
Linda Iwaniak
Louise Saban
Mary Martin
Matt Carter
Michael Bodman
Michael Hall
Mike Saban
Owen Rankin
Paul Garnham
Paul Seaton-Smith
Richard Rudling-Smith
Richard Stevenson
Rob Swindells
Seb Powell
Simon Alcock
Steve Stringer
Tony Ross
Warren Jackman
William Fenn


I spy No Flops Homer in that merry band as well as the Omaha!

Friday brings the Stud event

Alan Lake
Alex Gabriel
Andrew Tracey
Anna Shipman
Benet Houkes
Carl Weeks
Charles Mason
Charles Sanderson
Chris Edwards
Chris Hall
Craig Dunn
Dave Howard
Dave Rice
Don Roberts
Edward Arees
Francis Lincoln
Gary Davies
Glenn Laming
Jonathan Woodfield
Mary Martin
Michael Bodman
Owen Rankin
Paul Bliss
Richard Rudling-Smith
Richard Stevenson
Rob Swindells
Simon Alcock
Steve Redfern
Tony Ross
Warren Jackman
William Fenn

and finally the 2 day biggie the Hold Em over next weekend

Adam Sharples
Adam Small
Alan Lake
Alex Gabriel
Allan Deuchars
Allan Macdonald
Andrew Cunningham-Brown
Andrew Georgiou
Andrew Mcleod
Andrew Tracey
Andy Burgess
Andy Price
Ankur Shah
Anthony Ornstein
Benet Houkes
Bob Malin
Brendan Hartnett
Brian Gurd
Brian Yates
Briony Stone
Carl Lawton
Carl Lybert
Carl Weeks
Carlos Gonzalez
Caroline Cunningham-Brown
Charles Sanderson
Chris Baylis
Chris Brammer
Chris Hibberd
Chris Mckendry
Chris O'Donnell
Chris Webber
Claire Lasparini
Craig Dunn
Curtis Ledger
Dan Barnes
Daniel Blythen
Daniel Nisbet
Daniel Phillips
Danny Palmer
Darren Hatton
Darren Kis
Darren Shallis
Dave Bland
Dave Goody
David Green
David Howard
Davide Fasoli
Doig Rudling
Don Logan
Don Roberts
Duncan White
Ed Herman
Edward Arees
Gary Davies
Gary Sirman
Geoff Keddy
Gerald Stanley
Gerard Smyth
Gianluca Ragusi
Glenn Laming
Grant Spiers
Gregg Jones
Gregory Rossi
Gustav Ramberg
Henry Stafford
Hoa Quan
Iain Anderson
Iain Rosser
Ian Brooking
Ian Brookings
Ian Burke
Ian Murray
Ian Wheeler
Jack Prime
James Arber
James Bagley
James Barber
James Dwinfour
James Edwards
James Mitchell
Jeldon Fernandes
Jim Lynott
Joe Drummy
Joe Rosser
John Hunt
John Murray
John Williams
Johnel Bracey
Jon Garrett
Jon Seal
Jon Woodfield
Jon Young
Jonatan Hellman
Josh Hall
Julian Ravilious
Karen Mead
Ken Jude
Kenny Mckenzie
Kevin Gibb
Kevin Hancock
Lee Constantine
Lee Hancock
Lee Smith
Leigh Noel Purdie
Leigh Wiltshire
Linda Iwaniak
Malcolm Gorse
Mark Gretton
Mark Oldfield
Mark Redshaw
Mark Ryan
Mark Waring
Martin Hanney
Martin Malone
Martin Wilson
Marty Palin
Martyn Sharp
Mary Martin
Matt Mckinlay
Matthew Carter
Matthew Wells
Michael Bodman
Michael Hall
Michael Paterson
Mike Morris
Mike Ward
Miles Adam
Neil Innes
Neil Lawrie
Nick Comber
Nick Jenkins
Niels Rock
Nigel Johnson
Owen Rankin
Patrick Winterbottom
Paul Brammer
Paul Cox
Paul Garnham
Paul Jefferies
Paul Mcguinness
Paul Rice
Paul Tuff
Paul Turnstill
Paul Ward
Peter Willis
Phil Colls
Phil Tompkinson
Philip Chadwick
Rachel Tytherleigh
Richard Hodgkins
Richard Iwaniak
Richard Rudling-Smith
Richard Stevenson
Rob Plaistow
Rob Swindells
Robert Culkeen
Robert Hardy-Mcbride
Robert Ingoldby
Robyn O'Neile
Ross Jarvis
Ross Johnson
Scott Thomas
Scott Wannell
Sebastian Powell
Shameen Jivraj
Simon Alcock
Simon Auckland
Simon Brooks
Stephen Baker
Stephen Thompson
Steve Bayliff
Steve Crowe
Steve Harrison
Steve Hedger
Steve Redfern
Steve Reding
Steve Ryman
Steve Stringer
Steve Welch
Stuart Osborne
Suraj Shah
Suzanne Hayward
Terry Aylward
Thomas Martin
Tim Dalton
Tim Magnus
Toby Lewis
Tom Lasparini
Tom O'Neill
Tom Steuart-Feilding
Tony Johnson
Tony Ross
Tony Trippier
Victoria Coleman
Viktoria Szilasi
Warren Jackman
William Fenn
Yuen Aw
Zsolt Nagy

Do I need to bring the credit card I paid online with or is payment all sorted?  I seem to recall seeing somewhere that payments weren't taken at the time of booking seats on the online system.

I'll be making my APAT debut in the Main Event (Neil Lawrie).

See y'all on Saturday, though I still need to sort train & accommodation

Be good to put a face to the name Neil.  See you Saturday!

good luck everyone tomorrow

mini live update on www.apat.com with Des!

I don't think I need to remind you I owe you a pint or two kinboshi.

You do?

FYP

Good luck to everyone playing this weekend.  See some of you at the razz on thursday. Anyone tell me the rules lol??

See I am still down on the player list for the main event as Richard Hodgkins rather than Duncan.   Was kinda hoping blue sq would pick up on the fact "Richard" Hodgkins has no poker record of any kind and would be about 1000-1 but sadly they have got my name right grrrrrr

Look forward to seeing you all there.  Arriving lunchtime, so can head over and help as I am not playing Omaha.

Omaha live update this afternoon

http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=1888.0


my tip is NoflopsHomer.

Should be the class of the field 

;goodluck; to all the blondes in it

Woohoo, thanks to sharplea I've managed to aquire a last minute seat for the Main Event.  See y'all on Saturday!  8)

Nice one. See you there :)up

Dave Howard beats Linda Iwaniak to the APAT Omaha WCOAP title.


Not a great day for the blondes by the looks of it but in 13 hours time its another WCOAP comp..this time Razz

gl with the live update of that Des!

Rich Stevenson (WarBwastard) final tabled yesterday - so that's a good showing.

Razz - it looks like poker, but can only be played by people wearing cowboy hats.  Is there a bounty on Jon's head for this one - there's certainly going to be a target on his back.

;goodluck; Jon and anyone else playing.

Tony Ross ... "Reenot" also finalled ... well done all the blondes.

Oh!  That's Reenot.  Nice one fella NH GG WP etc.  :)up

Well done Reenot


this should be a hoot

http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=1914.msg29967;boardseen#new


LOL at Des explaining how to play Razz!

how can i join the apat pls ?

www.apat.com and click "FREE MEMBERSHIP" on the home page

ive joined so does that mean now i can play any apat event ?

yes

as long as you are not a Pro, as some events are amateur only.

when does the next season start as i cant find it on the site ?

early 09

thanks

Mike Bodman

Bodderrs on blonde, wins the APAT Razz championship..well done!


Stud tomorrow

Nice one Bodders  ... well played.

Brilliant Mick, well done!

WELL DONE THAT MAN!!!   ;applause; ;hattip;

Nice one Bodddddddddddddddddddddders!!!  ;mexicanwave;



Some say he's aways been a stud.

Neil, can you make yourself known to me at The Vic, please?

Will do, just sorted the train, so assuming no delays I'll be there.

Coming from where?

Just about to catch the train. See all my fellow blonde/APATers in a bit - can't wait!

 :cheers:

safe journey, see you there.

I'll be catching my train shortly as well.

See you at the Bar!

Good luck today guys

good luck everyone ... all blonde FT required please.

 World Championship Of Amateur Poker Online

The APAT Online World Championship of Amateur Poker will take place at Blue Square as follows:-

September 7th, 8pm - WCOAP Omaha - $20 + $2

September 10th, 8pm - WCOAP Stud - $20 + $2

September 13th, 8pm - WCOAP Main Event - $50 + $5.

The winner of the main event will also win a seat at a GUKPT event worth $2,000. These events will be the final ranking events of Season Two.

First qualifier for the APAT Pro-Am at Luton on the 4th and 5th October is tonight on Blue Square 8pm.

$10 Rebuy with one Luton Pro-Am package for every $750 in the prizepool.

27 runners in total.  GL All.

Bloody Virgin media ;grr;

Lol...deep stack rebuy....5k chips   10/20 blinds!!

....and then NO add on LOL......would never happen on Blonde!...instead of a couple of seats, we never officially made one!

weeeee won the seat tonight, bit of a slog with all the chips in play tbh

The APAT Masters pro-am will be played at the G Casino in Luton, on October 4th & 5th, with play starting at 2.30pm on both days.

This is the first APAT event open to both amateur and professional players and will feature a £300 buy in, with no registration fee, and added value in the shape of an expenses paid entry to the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Grand Final worth around $8,000.  There will also be a free buffet on day one and for the finalists on day two.

Players will start the event with 10,000 chips on a 40 minute clock.

Online satellites into the event will run on Blue Square on Thursday ($10 rebuy) and Sunday nights ($50 freezeout) at 8pm. A direct buy in will be available from the APAT site on Monday September 8th at 9pm.

Fantastic !.....well played ;applause; :)up

Next qualifier for the Pro-Am is tonight on Blue Square 8pm.

$50 Freezout with one Luton Pro-Am package for every $750 in the prizepool.

Why not double up with the WCOAP Pot Limit Omaha $20+$2 which starts at the same time.

Good Luck All.

September 8th, 8pm - WCOAP Six Max NLHE - $20 + $2 - 5,000 Chips

Next qualifier for the Pro-Am is tonight on Blue Square 8pm.

$10 Rebuy (1500 starting stack) with one Luton Pro-Am package for every $750 in the prizepool.


Good Luck All.

Last ranking event of season 2 is tonight on Blue Square with loads of added value.


September 13th, 8pm - WCOAP Main Event - $50 + $5 - 10,000 Chips

The winner of the main event will also win a seat at a GUKPT event worth $2,000.

reminder, as there are still some seats available for this.

who won?

Another tonight.

For anyone recovered enough from the Blonde Bash who fancies a quick return to Luton.

Next qualifier for the Pro-Am is tonight on Blue Square 8pm.

$50 Freezout with one Luton Pro-Am package for every $750 in the prizepool.


Good Luck All.

is there still seats and how can i buy in direct at the g ?

Max capacity is 150, and there's plenty of room currently

You'll be able to buy in on the day if tickets remain

beforehand its only via the online payment option at www.apat.com

Virgin Festival goes Registration Free.
 
Following discussions with APAT, Virgin has confirmed that from this point on it's Poker festivals will be effectively Registration Fee free for players. The first registration free Virgin Poker Festival, the fourth overall, will be held at Loose Cannon in London on 27-28th September.

Richard Prew, APAT Media Director said "APAT, now nearing the end of its second live season, has led the way on hosting Championship tournaments that are registration fee and we are delighted that Virgin has also agreed to lead the way towards better value for players in its events"
 

are there any sats left for this ?

Thursday ($10 rebuy) and Sunday nights ($50 freezeout) at 8pm

Next qualifier for the Pro-Am is tonight on Blue Square 8pm.

$10 Rebuy (1500 starting stack) with one Luton Pro-Am package for every $750 in the prizepool.


Good Luck All.

i'm havin this.....

it might take me 74 rebuys, but Im gonna take it down.

gl chap

CL at the break....

go go go

baws baws baws baws...baws.


play perfect for 2 hours, you make one mistake, against one guy, who is the chip leader....why could I not have folded AJ. The board came Jack high.....of course he had kings. his re-raise told me that.

oh well, always sunday....

Final qualifier for the Pro-Am is tonight on Blue Square 8pm.

$50 Freezout with one Luton Pro-Am package for every $750 in the prizepool.


Good Luck All.


After tonight, you can still buy-in direct via the APAT website.

Good Game  :D

Nice one matey :)

Nice win Sharky, gl in the event.

wp sharky

Wooohoooo nice 1 Mark  GLGLGL

do you guys send out a confirmation email when you buy in online?

do you guys send out a confirmation email when you qualify online?

Also what happens to the additional cash?

blatant brag post imo.

;)

For normal APAT's with restricted entry via online payment etc then yes confirmation emails are sent

For this event where people can buy in on the day etc I don't beleive they have been, though I will clarify that Mark

Extra cash? sorry, please explain and I'll get an answer for that for you

confirmation emails. Just checked and they'll be sent out tonight for your peace of mind

The prize was $750 I believe - so I guess $600 is for the entry, and the remainder for expenses.  I think that the $150 will be paid into your BlueSQ account, and APAT notified of the entry for the remaining $600.

yeah thats what i got

i need to buy in onthe day is theer anyway of reserving a seat?

Were they sent? I didn't get one.

You are on the list Mark.

Thanks...

We do not expect to sell-out - but if in doubt, arrive early. The Casino opens at Noon.

dont think I've had a confirmation email?

they haven't been sent

see you tomorrow. any problems find des or I.

Video report from the APAT European Team Championship played in Brighton last weekend and won by Ireland, with Scotland taking Silver and Germany taking Bronze.


YouTube: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=da7T-VIwL80

Many congratulations to Bob Malin from Cornwall, who has won the APAT national rankings for season two. 

To give some scale to Bob's achievement, over three thousand players participated in APAT online, regional and national championship events throughout the season, with six hundred players scoring ranking points. 

Bob scored points in an incredible twelve events, both live and online, and secured four golds, two silvers and one bronze medal. 


Starting the season in great style, Bob won the first two southern regional events at Plymouth and followed up with online wins in the World and Slovakian Opens, taking a commanding early lead at the top of the rankings. 

A fifth place in the fourth regional event plus two further medals in the Serbian Open (third) and final leg of the Regional Championships (second) saw Bob continue to dominate the leaderboard and secure the southern regional championship. 

However, despite three further points finishes in the Ukranian, Romanian and European Opens, followed by a second place finish in the Russian Open, Bob had still not secured the rankings title as we entered the final phase of the season; the online World Championship of Amateur Poker.

A Silver in the opening WCOAP Omaha event brought Simon Auckland level on points with Bob for the first time all season.  When both he and Bob made the final table of the WCOAP Stud event, it was Simon who cracked first, going out three places earlier - allowing Bob to take the season two title, climaxing a thrilling season. 

I caught up with Bob; who was selected to represent England, at the recent European Team Championship in Brighton, to talk to him about the season and his plans for the GUKPT Grand Final in London, his prize for topping the APAT rankings.

Thoroughly deserved - congrats to Bob.

Many congratulations to Brian "Weebrick" Clarke who has just won the GUKPT Blackpool event, beating fellow APAT member Zachary Ford heads up.

Brian, who was the last standing AWOP team player at the recent APAT UK Team Championship won £79,000 and a seat at the GUKPT Champions event.

Zachary, fresh from his recent Gala Poker Tour win, took £75,000 when a deal was made between the players heads up.

Blackpool was a great event for APAT'ers with several members going very deep.  Well done to you all.

yep, many congrats to brian. I shared an opening table with him at the team event, a thoroughly nice bloke and got some game in him too

The APAT Awards 2008 are now online for votes at www.apat.com

Blonde are once again nominated in the category of Best Poker Community.

If you are an APAT member, why not cast a vote for Blonde.

The winning community will win a free seat to an APAT Amateur National Championship event in Season Three; to be allocated at the discretion of the webmaster, subject to the terms and conditions of APAT.

No blonde poker in the online card room section?

Done my votes anyway

Scandalous omission Graham ;)

I voted for stars out of the list given.

Yeah it's a dodgy list without blonde poker imo.

Decided to buck the trend of Stars and go for Full Tilt, I figured most will vote Stars.

fix

Oops...  ;booboo;

Nice twist in the Bob Malin story above, in that he knocked the Devilfish out of the GUKPT Grand Final, before losing a decent stack when getting his chips in ahead later in the tournament.

yep you sure did

btw are we going back to vienna this year if so can someone point me in directions of a hotel rather than the shed we got last time

Bob's done ok eh, I was reading his bit on the Player of the Year poll and was very impressed.

Any news on Season 3's live games Des?  Can I get an 'exclusive' ? :D

infact can we change vienna to kackow or paris

Standard :D

shit it

standard

We have our international bookings people on it and I can confirm we've reserved you some bricks in the hotel on the right. 

(http://www.turbophoto.com/fema/watermark/10000278.jpg)

Still looks better than EasyWings... mind you anything does at 5am in artic conditions when you are trying to tango through the metal bars with the local police.

easywings? you mean orangewings even easyjet would put us up in such hovels

They'd probably enjoy the colour scheme though. 

We plan to put all international events on sale early, so you should have plenty of time to get your PA to organise a penitentiary of choice.

Perla Hotel & Casino, Nova Gorica, Slovenia FTW.

Absolutely cracking venue... good cardroom, friendly staff, [genuine] luxury hotel rooms for less than €100 / night.

Tallin,Paris is a cesspit.

yeah but its easier to get a date for a trip to paris than it is for tallin

Micky P, out of this world...

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IISl6x9-TUs

Planning to get season 3 full schedule and details out next weekend.

Can you not give us a clue as to where and when the first one will be?

there'll be plenty of time to make arrangements. ie its not in January!

Sigh!! Thats not much of a clue. Train journeys are best booked 3 months in advance dont you know.

i am wondering if the scottish leg was being moved to the grovernor

well you'll have a full schedule shortly, so plenty of time for planning.

Ten Days left to get your votes in.  Thanks to all those who have voted so far.

London, December 27th, 2008:  The Amateur Poker Association & Tour is delighted to announce details for Season Three of its critically acclaimed tour for amateur players.

Season highlights include the five day World Amateur Championship in August, featuring Omaha, Horse and a three day No Limit Hold’em main event, and the four day European Amateur Championship in November, featuring two day Individual and International Team Championship events.

The tour will continue to be sponsored by Blue Square and will now include an Online National Championship series and National League, in addition to a complete schedule of live National Amateur Championship tournaments.

The complete schedule is as follows:-

APAT National Championship Series:

1 -  February 7th & 8th – UK Amateur Poker Championship - Grosvenor Walsall

2 -  April 4th & 5th – Welsh Amateur Poker Championship - Grosvenor Cardiff

3 -  May 30th & 31st – Irish Amateur Poker Championship - Fitzwilliam, Dublin

4 -  July 18th & 19th – Scottish Amateur Poker Championship – Gala, Edinburgh

5 -  August 27th – WCOAP Omaha Championship – Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham

6 -  August 28th – WCOAP Horse Championship – Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham

7 -  August 29th to 31st – WCOAP World Amateur Poker Championship – Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham

8 -  October 24th & 25th – English Amateur Poker Championship – Grosvenor, Bolton

9 -  November 19th & 20th – European Amateur Team Championship – G Casino, Luton

10 - November 21st & 22nd – European Amateur Poker Championship – G Casino, Luton

11 - December 27th & 28th – UK Amateur Team Championship – G Casino, Manchester

The venues in Nottingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Manchester are all subject to final confirmation as venues in the above schedule.

The APAT buy in to National Championship events will remain at £75.  The two exceptions to this in Season Three will be the World Amateur Championship main event and the European Team Championship, where the buy in will be £100.  All live events will remain registration free for the third consecutive season.

The structure of APAT National events will evolve to include antes in Season Three.  Levels will increase to 45 minutes and the 500 / 1000 levels will be added on day one.  Players will start all main events with 10,000 chips.

Three satellites will be made available at Blue Square in the run up to all National Championship events.  There will be a Monday $20 + $2 freezeout, a Tuesday $10 + $1 freezeout and a Wednesday $5 + $0.50 rebuy.  Non allocated seats will be sold directly to players on a Thursday evening.  All dates will be updated on the APAT site in the next 24 hours.

The winners of the National Championship events (5) above will receive entry to the prestigious GUKPT Champion of Champions event, while the winners of the World Amateur Championship and European Amateur Championship main events will receive entry to the GUKPT Grand Final.

The winners of the European Team Championship will receive an added £2,000 in prize money, while players and selectors chosen to represent each of the 16 participating countries will receive specially commissioned international shirts to commemorate their participation.

Winners of all main events will receive a Championship Cup while the top three in each event will receive APAT National Gold, Silver and Bronze medals to commemorate their achievement.

APAT Online National Championship Series:

The complete online Championship schedule is as follows:-

1 -  January 10th – UK Online Poker Championship

2 -  February 21st – Welsh Online Poker Championship

3 -  April 18th – Irish Online Poker Championship

4 –  June 13th – Scottish Online Poker Championship

5 -  August 1st – European Online Poker Championship

6 -  September 12th – English Online Poker Championship

7 -  December 5th – WCOAP Omaha Online Poker Championship

8 -  December 6th – WCOAP Six Max Online Poker Championship

9 -  December 12th – WCOAP Stud Online Poker Championship

10 - December 13th – WCOAP World Online Poker Championship

APAT Online National Championship events will be held on a Saturday evening, with low buy in satellites being made available on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday prior to each Championship event.

The buy in to an Online National Championship event will be $75.00 + $7.50 and players will start each event with 10,000 chips and a 12 minute clock.

The winners of each of the Online National Championship events (5) and the European Championship event will receive entry to the prestigious GUKPT Champion of Champions event.

The winner of the World Amateur Championship main event will receive entry to the GUKPT Grand Final.

The winner of the APAT Online Rankings will win entry to a GUKPT main event.

The top three in each event will receive APAT National Gold, Silver and Bronze medals to commemorate their achievement.

The top three will also receive a £75 entry to the next live National Championship event from the online prize pool, where they will be presented with their Online National Championship medals and interviewed for future video / press campaigns.

APAT Online National League:

The National League will feature 30 poker clubs, made up of APAT members located across the United Kingdom and Ireland, who will compete in three divisions for the right to play in the National League final at Blue Square in November.

APAT members will be able to join the poker club of their choice at any point in the season, but will not be able to change again prior to the season ending.

The league will run for twenty rounds, starting on February 1st.  Competing clubs are as follows:-

Northern Division

Aberdeen Poker Club
Belfast Poker Club
Carlisle Poker Club
Dublin Poker Club
Dundee Poker Club
Edinburgh Poker Club
Glasgow Poker Club
Newcastle Poker Club
Stockton-on-Tees Poker Club
Sunderland Poker Club

Central Division

Birmingham Poker Club
Blackpool Poker Club
Bolton Poker Club
Leeds Poker Club
Liverpool Poker Club
Manchester Poker Club
Nottingham Poker Club
Sheffield Poker Club
Stoke Poker Club
Walsall Poker Club

Southern Division

Brighton Poker Club
Bristol Poker Club
Cardiff Poker Club
North London Poker Club
South London Poker Club
Luton Poker Club
Plymouth Poker Club
Southampton Poker Club
Swansea Poker Club
Thanet Poker Club

Each division will hold one multi table tournament for every round of the National League, with the final nine players scoring between 1 and 9 towards their club’s total in that round.

While there will be no limit on the number of players who can compete for each club, each club will be limited to a maximum of 4 scoring players in each round.

Club scores will be totalled at the end of each round, and the club in the highest scoring position will receive 3 National League points, with second receiving 2 National League points and third receiving 1 National League point.

There will be a total of twenty rounds in the National League, with the top three clubs in each division; and the highest scoring non qualifying club, going forward to compete in the National League final on November 14th.

APAT National League rounds will be held every fortnight, on a Sunday evening, starting on February 1st.  The buy in for each round will be $10 + $1.

The four highest scoring players of each qualifying club will be eligible to play in the National League final.

The poker club which wins the National League will receive four entries to a Grosvenor UK Poker Tour main event, to be awarded to the four members of their who played in the National League final.

Should any of these four players go on to cash in their chosen GUKPT main event, then 20% of their GUKPT prize money will be retained as a secondary prize for their poker club team mates, and paid out in line with individual National League points scored during the Season Three campaign.  For example, players who did not score any league points will not be eligible for a share of GUKPT prize money.  Similarly, players who won a GUKPT seat as part of the National League winning team will not be eligible for a share of any secondary prize money, should they not cash with their own GUKPT entry.

The four members of the top three teams in the Online National League will receive APAT National Gold, Silver and Bronze medals to commemorate their achievement.

It is planned that the final positions in the Online National League will determine the divisional positions in a Live National League in Season Four.  So, for example, the top three teams in each division will join the tenth best team overall in Division One, etc.

Neil ‘lukybugur’ Dawson (Northern), Ian ‘HaworthBantam’ Burnett and Leigh ‘Chipaccrual’ Wiltshire have been appointed as Divisional Controllers and will be seeking to appoint poker club captains in the coming weeks.

An APAT National League forum is now available for further discussion on this topic.

APAT National Rankings:

There will be two National Rankings in operation during Season Three; the APAT National Rankings and the APAT Online National Rankings.

Ranking points will be allocated to the top eighteen finishers in both APAT National Championship and APAT Online National Championship events, as per the schedule above.   Team events and the APAT Online National League are non ranking.

For the first time, points earned online will not be eligible towards the Live Rankings and vice versa.

The top ten players (or joint top ten) will receive an option to buy into the next APAT National Championship event.  To take up this option, they must post their request on the APAT forum prior to the event going on sale.  Further details will follow on this prior to publication of the first APAT National Rankings of Season Three.

The winners of both National Rankings will receive a paid entry to a GUKPT main event.

Jon ‘JonMW’ Woodfield will continue to manage the National Rankings in Season Three.

Summary:

APAT, in association with Blue Square, will continue to offer an incomparable choice of top class live and online Championship tournaments in Season Three.  Each event will offer significant added value, a high quality structure and a competitive, but friendly poker experience for APAT members.

The action starts with the UK Online Championship on January 10th and we look forward to greeting APAT members from all over the world as the hunt for National titles begins in 2009.

Online National League... hmm my brain hurts, will read it again tomorrow.

All sounds good to me at first read.  The online events now mean something and are worth playing.  The nationals are again the focus - which is right imo, and great to see DTD as the hosts for the WCOAP events.

:)up  good work Des and Tighty

voting closes Sunday

APAT seats on offer for the winning forum, and its close!!


http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=2248.0

Fckin lost me  ;frustrated;

clicked on the link, but don't see how to vote???

u a member?

voted already, some time ago?

cliff notes


Live national championships £75, online sats and direct buy in

Online national champs, Saturday nights

Online League, Sunday nights

added value into GUKPT events for each of the series


the rest will become clear!

i'm a member, voted ages & ages ago. is this the same vote?

would think so. Thanks for trying wiggy.

Just to let you know, it's easier to vote if once you have clicked on the link then you LOG IN ffs, what a doughnut.

All voted.

Good luck!!!!

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Name the blonde?

Link not live until January.

Mentally books off the last five days off in August. Looks good for 09' APAT esp the introduction of antes  :)up

further information

on this page you can find satellite dates for each national event, plus the direct buy in date..on the right hand side

http://www.apat.com/schedule_S3_National.php


this link for more information about the online series too

http://www.apat.com/tour.php

Talk to me about the poker club thingies, Southampton is good for me ... whats the crack and if i turn up and am the only one who wants to play, do I get full points and a gold medal ?

How else could you win?

its an online league

We will have a page on the APAT site dedicated to registering for a team in the National League.  This will be up in early January with the league starting on February 1st.

Leigh Wiltshire/Pawprint is the regional man for the Softy Southerners for further contact

I think you could have made all this info a bit more complicated to digest .... not sure how though ;)

This is the simple draft.

Seriously.

wow, that is the most complicated thing I've ever read, completely over my head

looks ike mondatoo but cant be look at all them chips   is it photoshopped

+1

Well, there's a lot of it!

In due course, & in timely fashion, it will be reiterated in bite-size chunks.

what no trip overseas for the european leg

bugger there goes my summer holiday

...but at least the continent gets a break...  ;)

I hope we can tempt you to one of these in 2009 Ironside, the last few have been pretty tame.

Not many online events this year and quite a step up in entry fee for them too.  No regional qualifiers either? 

Looking foward to the Nationals though, deffo trying to get in for Walsall :)

there are sats to the online events, and considerable added value to each too.

The regional events had to be left out fairly late in proceedings, a victim of a tougher sponsorship environment

Cool :)  Missed the online sats column.

Shame about the regionals, I quite liked the excuse to get out for a game

will be looking to play walsall ... win that, then freeroll the rest :)

easy to miss in all the verbiage!

We'll recap the salient points of the announcement when we reach key times for satellites, tourney buy ins etc for each of the live events, online events and national league

Des dont encourage him please.

well done blonde!

Best Poker Community Of The Year:  Congratulations to the Blonde Poker membership who win the Community Award for the second consecutive year, by a narrow margin of 4 votes.  Blonde Poker has a thriving community of poker newbies, buffs and pros who share their poker ups and downs openly, sharing hand analysis and meeting annually at the infamous Blonde Bash live event.  Blonde Poker reporters update live from many of the UK's largest tournaments and it also has its own cardroom where members stake each other into some of the bigger tournaments online.  Eat My Stack; which also has a staking community and a recently launched poker radio stream, finished runner up while the poker community at Punters Lounge took third place.  Blonde Poker wins an entry into an APAT National event in Season Three, to be awarded to a member of their community.


We'll most likely add the seat as a prize to a blonde card-room event in 2009. to be confirmed

Other APAT award winners included Eck, xxMairxx, and as venue of the year DTD

;applause;

'mon the Jocks

WD guys.

Geo

Ship it nice one

Will probably get involved in some of the online stuff,thanks for the cliff notes

I think the all the Moderators should have a "battle royale" for the free seat as a thankyou for the work they have put in over the last year.

thanks Geo but some of the mods ( :dontask: ;whistle;) aren't eligible!

Seriously though, Its most likely we'll add it to a blonde card-room comp. Might attract an extra runner or two, one hopes.

yeah right like i would stand a chance against kiv roberthm sherrif and rod in a battle royale

Rod's good, he made the final table of a blonde comp the other day and he was sat out!!

Shhh, he lasted longer than most of us!  He pwnd you as well if I remember rightly?

lol yep, about 4 hands in a row lol

OK guys - anyone with any kind of allegiance to Luton at all, however vague, get yourself signed up for the Luton team for the national online league :)up

http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=2354.0

<waits patiently for Nottingham Club captain to post in similar vein - 35 mins - still no sign>

never mind those losers, join us Jack!

aberdeen will win this hands down

if i remember to play as i am the only player and we aint got a captain

Jack, there's no need to worry or to advertise.

We ARE the best team, and we WILL win.

(still some places for anyone who's interested)

u was the best team im in now ul

FYP  ;whistle;

I see a little side bet coming on here...

2 bananas?

Sounds good to me.

Happy New Year!

I watched Aberdeen play in the Cup winners cup final many moons ago and i have a scottish name!!!  Wonder if i should sign up for the Aberdeen team!!!!

APAT Season 3 Schedule - Google Calendar (http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=v2o7kqsf0rkff0o83ge4n6qtqg%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Europe/London)

:)up

I am winning Walsall ... that is all you need to know.

In a raffle?

Anyone else for Sarf London?

That's looking a strong side at the moment, obviously not as strong as Luton, but stronger than Nottingham.   ::)

Me and eck in the edinburgh team .Game over IMO.

its not a drinking compertition is it?

:)up

Where does it show the teams?

http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?board=59.0

APAT are pleased to confirm details of the UK Online Poker Championship, taking place at Blue Square, at 8pm on January 10th.

The entry fee for the event is $50 + $5 Blue Square registration fee, and players entering will start with 10,000 chips on 12 minute levels.

The winner of the event will receive a significant cash prize, National Title & Gold Medal and an entry to a Grosvenor UK Poker Tour main event.

The top three players will receive APAT National Medals and an option to enter the UK Amateur Poker Championship at Walsall on February 7th & 8th.  Online Championship Medals will be presented in Walsall.

Good luck to all participating players.

Currently 175 signed up with an hour and a half to go.  With 10,000 chips per player, this is going to be a mammoth tournament.

where we going for the european champs again i got my sun tan lotion looked out and my passport

i heard it could be latvia

You got the 'L' bit right ...hope the sun factor's not too high though  ;)

The sun tan lotion might help waterproof your skin and keep the rain out.

It's definitely in Europe though.

Sounds like.....  Loo Tan.  Appropriate.

I can't sign up.....sigh.....

yikes...have you tried their customer services Tracey?

I'm in...along with 222 others.  No pressure.   rotflmfao

Hope you got it sorted Trace and best of luck everyone!!! 

OK now the deepstack queen is in we're all playing for 2nd obv!

January 10th:   236 players entered the first tournament of the Amateur Poker Association & Tour's third season, the United Kingdom Online Championship, which was held at Blue Square.

Competitors, including a number of current and past APAT National Champions, enjoyed 10,000 starting chips and a generous structure.  However, with a national title and added GUKPT main event seat up for grabs, play was competitive throughout and the first casualty; 'HookorbyCrook1', exited to 'belovedltd' within the first 15 minutes.

There were spectacular hands aplenty and 'Morlspin' received maximum reward early when he Flopped Quad Jacks.  Opponent '1TR1' pushed in on spiking a King on the River, only to learn the bad news.

(http://www.apat.com/images/uk_online_jacks.jpg)

A final table was reached after four and a half hours of play and the final ten players lined up as follows:-

Seat 1 - The Geeny87 - 478k
Seat 2 - clubrepscottyp - 263k
Seat 3 - Honeybadg - 465k
Seat 4 - Misha001 - 102k
Seat 5 - vandey90 - 203k
Seat 6 - badcawl1 - 156k
Seat 7 - The Biggins73 - 105k
Seat 8 - Panchowin - 159k
Seat 9 - gucciness - 98k
Seat 10 - I8MOONS - 258k

(http://www.apat.com/images/uk_online_final.jpg)

The blinds were at 10k / 20k when the final started and the action was very fast paced throughout.

The first to exit was 'gucciness' in 10th, when her Ace / Jack suited was no match for 'clubrepscottyp's' pocket Kings. 

'TheBiggins73' went in 9th when his Ace / Eight of Clubs fell behind to the Flopped two pair of 'clubrepscottyp'. 

'vandey90' went in 8th when making a badly timed move on 'badcawl1' with an offsuit Three / Four.

A pivotal hand followed, when the pocket Aces of 'TheGeeny87' lost a huge pot to 'badcawl1's' offsuit King / Ten - 'badcawl1 hitting a Ten on the Flop and spiking a pot winning Ten on the River. 

(http://www.apat.com/images/uk_online_aces.jpg)

Under pressure for the first time in the tournament, 'TheGeeny87' switched gears and chased the action for the remainder of the tournament, ultimately leading to his victory.  He doubled up to 232k shortly afterwards calling 'I8MOONS' pocket Fours, commiting all in with pocket Sixes.

Two controversial hands were to follow.  In the first, 'TheGeeny87' pushed all of his chips into the middle holding Queen / Five suited on an Ace / Six / Six board, with two Spades.  'clubrepscottyp' called holding Queen / Ten of Spades, to find himself in better shape than he could have anticipated.  The cards were cruel though and the ensuing Turn and River both produced Fives and from nowhere, 'TheGeeny87' had become a significant chip leader, leaving 'clubrepscottyp' crippled.

(http://www.apat.com/images/uk_online_fives.jpg) 

These two were to clash again shortly afterwards, when a short 'clubrepscottyp' pushed with Ace / Jack, and found himself called by his nemesis, who now had both chips and momentum.  'TheGeeny87' was well behind with an Ace / Ten of Hearts, but he hit a flush with triple runner Hearts, to knock 'clubrepscottyp' out in 7th.

'TheGeeny87' was unstoppable at this stage and with a gigantic stack he was dominating every pot and running incredibly well.  His King / Jack of Clubs hit double runner Clubs to defeat the pocket Aces of 'Honeybadg', knocking him out in 6th. 

(http://www.apat.com/images/uk_online_clubs.jpg)

With 'TheGeeny87' holding over 1.4 million in chips, the remaining players at the final table appeared resigned to battling for the podium places, as opposed to the title.

Next to go was 'badcawl1' in 5th, when his Ten / Seven offsuit failed to connect against 'Misha001'. 

'Panchowin' went shortly in 4th, leaving the three remaining players in the Medals. 

'I8MOONS' took the Bronze Medal, when his desperate push with Three / Four of Clubs failed to improve against 'TheGeeny87's' paired Ace. 

Heads up was short lived and finished in similar fashion to earlier hands.  A short stacked  'Misha001', prefaced an all in push with Ace / Jack offsuit with a plea to "be gentle with me". 

'TheGeeny87' obliged with a loose call, holding Eight / Nine offsuit, however a Nine on the Flop and an Eight on the River ended the contest; awarding 'Misha001' the Silver medal and 'TheGeeny87' the APAT UK Online Championship Title, Gold Medal and an entry to a GUKPT main event.

(http://www.apat.com/images/uk_online_last.jpg)

While 'TheGeeny87' undoubtedly hit his share of hands late in the tournament, he played a very accomplished game and was a dominant force throughout the event, culminating in a very well deserved victory.

The final payouts were:-

1st - The Geeny87 - $3,186
2nd - Misha001 - $1,829
3rd - I8MOONS - $1,180
4th - Panchowin - $944
5th - badcawl1 - $708
6th - Honeybadg - $590
7th - clubrepscottyp - $472
8th - vandey90 - $365
9th - The Biggins73 - $271
10th - gucciness - $188

The top 18 players received Online Championship ranking points and in total, 30 players cashed.

The top three players were Matthew Roberts (‘TheGeeny87’), Cheltenham, Bob (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=50) Ballou (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=50) (‘Misha001’), Bexhill-On-Sea and Brian Martin (‘I8MOONS’), Middlewich.  They will be presented with their Medals at the UK Amateur Poker Championship, which takes place in Walsall on February 7th & 8th.

The APAT Welsh Online Championship will take place at Blue Square on February 21st at 8pm.