Launch of the Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT)

[mikkyT]

As 4 the entry fee, its no different from any other national assoc. or body, proffesional or otherwise!

10 is v reasonable for membership - it is not a juice.

[dik9]

Your missing the point Mikky, it sounds like you have to pay juice on your membership?

[Jon MW]

It's not just a one off fee

The annual membership renewal fee shall be £5.

[mikkyT]

Im not. U pay 10 quid to be a member of APAT and gain whatever goodys and rights that membership provides.

Eg i join the British Airgun assoc. for 50 quid I get access to legal representation, insurance, entry to national.amatuer competions (additonal fee)

The 10 in not a juice... If u dont think membership is worth 10 then its a diff issue!

[Royal Flush]

The 10 in not a juice... If u dont think membership is worth 10 then its a diff issue!

Well thats the point, we dont know what we get for the £10

[dik9]

APAT Membership and Tournament registration can be obtained online at www.apat.com.  Individual Membership of the Association will cost £10, while entry to the English Amateur Poker Championship will cost £67.50 with a registration fee of £7.50, subject to availability.  Online qualification will be available at PokerStars.com for APAT’s international tournaments, starting with the European Amateur Poker Championship during the Easter holiday period, 2007.

Confused, where does it say £5?

[Acidmouse]

on a side note can the forum limit the size of the pics allowed on sigs, takes ages to scroll down threads with all those grp photo's pics, there too big.

[ifm]

What some may see as negative comments others see as trying to understand how this is going to achieve anything, the comps themselves look excellent value (if you can get in them) and it is worth the money alone.
It's the representative side of it i am curious about and this odd way of working out the juice is alarming to say the least.

[Jon MW]

The only thing that concerns me is what has been brought up already regarding professionals entering with the argument that poker isn't their sole income.

The below rules on the website show that this can be dealt with - but I would want to see confirmation that their is a commitment to using these measures.

TOURNAMENT INTEGRITY

  22. APL may impose penalties, but not a financial penalty, upon any person who gives, makes, issues, authorises or endorses any statement or action having, or designed to have, an effect prejudicial or detrimental to the best interest of the tournament as determined by APL.  This may include, but shall not be limited to expulsion from the event and tournament venue  - subject to the authorisation of the Venue Manager, forfeiture of a player’s entry fee(s) and / or loss of the right to participate in this or any other tournament conducted by APL.

  25. All decisions regarding the interpretation of player eligibility, scheduling and staging of APAT tournaments lie solely with APL.

(my emphasis added to the quote)

[ifm]

APAT Membership and Tournament registration can be obtained online at www.apat.com.  Individual Membership of the Association will cost £10, while entry to the English Amateur Poker Championship will cost £67.50 with a registration fee of £7.50, subject to availability.  Online qualification will be available at PokerStars.com for APAT’s international tournaments, starting with the European Amateur Poker Championship during the Easter holiday period, 2007.

Confused, where does it say £5?

If you use cardplayers promo code it is a fiver and a fiver annually.

[Ginger]

APAT Membership and Tournament registration can be obtained online at www.apat.com.  Individual Membership of the Association will cost £10, while entry to the English Amateur Poker Championship will cost £67.50 with a registration fee of £7.50, subject to availability.  Online qualification will be available at PokerStars.com for APAT’s international tournaments, starting with the European Amateur Poker Championship during the Easter holiday period, 2007.

Confused, where does it say £5?

Enter the promo code on the APAT site, and the membership is only £5

[dik9]

Hopefully this is an association, that is doing all the stuff behind the scenes for the players, the comps are a bonus for the members. I have been wanting to see something like this and I was doing one myself and was 30% there already LOL however now this has been done, the beauty of this is it's now a body that can liase with the gaming commission, and protect the players and a basis for uniforming rules etc. So it is all in the benefit of players!

[mikkyT]

James its in the first post. We get a national body which will fight our cause for us. Representation to casinos, one set of rules, a union, etc

[Ginger]

Oh and James, you get nothing, as you can't enter it! 

[ifm]

Oh and James, you get nothing, as you can't enter it! 

Though if he gets a paper round he can