I was obviously gutted to lose that hand just 4 places away from a seat, but tbh when the cards were turned over I was very happy indeed. 

Agree though a rule needs to be put in place to stop this happening again. Otherwise you could have more than one person who has already got a seat playing.

Back on topic........I still cant get on the Apat site, is it still down or is it me?

[Or it's offered for sale to the last person he knocked out.......?]

In this satellite the option to buy it was given to the person who bubbled - this seems fair, but I think it would also be fair (and simpler) if it just went in the general pool to be available to the clickfest.

Or it's offered for sale to the last person he knocked out.......?

Sounds good to me.   

Very much deserved.

Hope to see you at an Apat event in the near future.

Apparently the Card Room manager at  Plymouth has stated that Saturdays tourney will be self dealt.

Will the blind structure be better than this satellite one? Its about to become a push fold fest....

And a pushfest it was!!! QQ cracked by the mighty A 9 on the river. Standard.

Just consoled myself winning into the EPT London SuperSat - roll on Sunday :-)

It was a crapshoot after about 50 mins, push or fold every round. Apart from the levels being 5 mins shorter we also stated with half the chips (2500) than usual for an Apat online tourney.

It has been aknowledged that the structure needs looking at so hopefully the online games for season 2 will be ok.

I would like to play Poker at Dusk Till Dawn as this venue will provide a safe and legal enviorment in which to play the game. As it will be dedicated to Poker it will best provide the conditions needed for this great game, something a casino, with all its other interests, is unable to do.

Mike Bodman
London

Ok just to show how sad I am

No. 2 Michael Barratt  -- Shakin' Stevens

Not played for quite a few years now but interested if your looking for more players.

Well said brummie boy.

Here comes Bod.

Congrats to Bluffer on winning the league (again) and to all the other money winners.

Bit of a newcomer to blond (met Kev, Jane & Tikay at the APAT event in Dublin) and only played the last five events. Still I managed to cash in 2 of them so quite pleased with that.  Really enjoyed the friendly banter and spirit the games are played in, great fun. Unfortunately I'm a bit of football nut and my local team (Uxbridge) play their midweek games on Tuesday nights so I cant commit to the Team Challenge, which is a shame. Good luck to everyone taking part and I hope to play in future events when they are organised.

Mike

Enjoyed last nights tourney, played in a very friendly and compeitive spirit. Managed to finish in the points even though this was only my second ever game of omaha (the first being about half an hour earlier) beginners luck I hear you cry. Must admit its a game you have to concentrate a lot more on with so many possibilities to consider. (unless your like Kev, stick em in and pray). Hope to play in as many lge comps as possible as playing with such high calibre opponents will only help to improve my game!

Looking forward to the next one.

PS. only joking Kev.

Have had probs with tiscali with regards to e-mails not being recieved. No probs with connection and speed but I'm thinking of changing provider. Thier call centre is also overseas trouble understanding sometimes.

I agree with some of the points Wayne has made. Maybe some sort of seeding could be used in the future,  be it the top 20 ranked players, defending champion etc. For instance it looks like Mark may miss out on Ireland (his own fault some might say) and with it could go his chance of a trip to the caribbean.

It seems demand is very high for these live events (all sold out in a matter of minutes), yet the online qualifiers only averaged around 100 entrants? If 200+ are trying to get a seat through a clickfest why don't they play the satellites. (dont they like playing poker!) I know you cant please everyone but my problem with clickfests is your relying on technology and sometimes that can fail. For me it has to be a draw every time.

You have misunderstood. I am not "having a go" at Apat I think everyone there does a fantastic job. I've been lucky to play at Birmingham, Newcastle and Cardiff (not drawn out the hat for Scotland) and just really gutted at missing out on Ireland because I know what a great tourney/weekend they put on. We all know there have been a few teething problems with season one and all I'm trying to do is highlight the flaw with this way of allocating seats. Surely the fairest way has to be a draw, everyone then has the same chance.

Keep up the good work Des,Richard andTikay