APAT Announces Welsh Amateur Poker Championship

[TightEnd]

APAT Announces Welsh Amateur Poker Championship

London, January 18, 2007 – The Amateur Poker Association & Tour (“APAT”) today released entry  details for the third live event in its critically acclaimed Tour for non professional players.

APAT, the world’s first combined Poker Association and Tour, will hold its third live event, the Welsh Amateur Poker Championship, at the Grosvenor Casino in Cardiff, on February 24th & 25th, 2007.  Players will start the event with 10,000 in chips and a tournament structure which has been designed to encourage creative play throughout.  APAT tournament rules, which have been standardised across all tour venues, will be in operation at Grosvenor Cardiff.

The event, which will have a capacity of 180 players, will attract some of the finest amateur players in the United Kingdom¸ who will compete for the Welsh national title, a first prize of £3,500 and an $8,900 expenses paid entry to the German leg of the European Poker Tour in March, courtesy of Tour sponsor PokerStars.com.

Entry to the Welsh Amateur Poker Championship will be open exclusively to members of APAT, and tournament seats will be allocated in the following way:-

•   Ten seats will be available via two online satellites on PokerStars.com.  The $10 + $1 tournaments will run on January 21st and 23rd at 8.00pm.  Registration will open 24 hours before the event and the top five players in each satellite will win a guaranteed seat in Cardiff plus the balance of available prize money for expenses.  The satellites can be found under Tourney / Special on the PokerStars.com client from this coming weekend.

•   Five seats will be available via a live satellite taking place at Grosvenor Cardiff.  The £10 + £3 tournament will run on January 25th at 8.00pm.  Registration for this event will be available via Grosvenor Cardiff, and Grosvenor Casinos nationwide, from January 20th at 2pm.  A maximum of 120 players will be able to enter the satellite, and the seats plus the balance of available prize money will go to the top five players for expenses.

•   One hundred and sixty five seats will be on sale at www.apat.com from January 27th at 8.00pm sharp.  Seats will cost £75.00 each and 100% of entry fees will go directly in the prize pool.

APAT’s previous event, the United Kingdom Amateur Poker Championship sold out two hundred and ten seats in a record twenty nine minutes.

APAT Chairman, Tony Kendall, stated:  “APAT is delighted to partner with Grosvenor, the leading provider of live tournament poker in the UK.  APAT has established itself as the affordable proving ground for talented amateur players in the UK, and we look forward to bringing our members to Cardiff, for what should be an outstanding event, at an outstanding venue.”

Russell Tamplin, National Poker Manager for Grosvenor, added: “Grosvenor Casinos are very happy to be hosting such a prestigious tournament for APAT, at our Cardiff Casino. We feel that it will compliment our own GUKPT tournament taking place at Cardiff in March, and very much look forward to working with APAT on this exciting event.”
 
Membership of the Amateur Poker Association & Tour can be obtained online at www.apat.com.  Individual membership costs £10.00.   Tournaments scheduled throughout the next six months include the Scottish, Irish, European and World Amateur Poker Championships.

For additional information, logos or images, call Richard Prew on 07887 987044, email: media@apat.com, or visit the Press section at www.apat.com.

[TightEnd]

any questions, feedback etc etc just fire away..happy to help


first off, we are trying to do a hotel deal in conjunction witht he venue, details as we have it but will be confirmed for the 27th

[Teditu]

Nice one:) I like the qualification ideas.

[Padrino]

Start and finish times?

How many players will it be playing down to on Day 1?

Prize structure?

Thanks

[TightEnd]

Start and finish times?

How many players will it be playing down to on Day 1?

Prize structure?

Thanks

start 2.30pm day one, 2pm day two

finish day 1 at midnight

not playing down to a certain number of players, we resume day 2 with all remaining


prize structure:

WELSH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP - PROPOSED (ie assumes we sell 180 seats)            
            
1st      25.9%   £3500
2nd      16.7%   £2250
3rd      8.9%   £1200
4 to 10th           4.8%   £4550 or £650 each
11 to 18th    1.9%   £2000 or £250 each

so paying 10% of a full field to a very similar payout structure to Event 2.      

[Padrino]

Thanks TightEnd.....lets just hope i get a seat now!

[kinboshi]

 

I will be there (assuming I get a seat).  The satellites are an excellent idea as well.

[Karabiner]

It all looks great Tighty apart from one tiny thing, the money "bubble" where it goes from £250 to £650.

At this stage it will be hand for hand with eleven players and uneven tables.

Would it not be possible for the money to change with an even number of players ?

 

[matt674]

Entry to the Welsh Amateur Poker Championship will be open exclusively to members of APAT, and tournament seats will be allocated in the following way:-

•   Ten seats will be available via two online satellites on PokerStars.com.  The $10 + $1 tournaments will run on January 21st and 23rd at 8.00pm.  Registration will open 24 hours before the event and the top five players in each satellite will win a guaranteed seat in Cardiff plus the balance of available prize money for expenses.  The satellites can be found under Tourney / Special on the PokerStars.com client from this coming weekend.

Does this mean that APAT members who have just paid for the online subscription can play in the online satellite for a seat into the "live" main event and claim the prize even if they havent paid for a "full" subscription?

[TightEnd]

It all looks great Tighty apart from one tiny thing, the money "bubble" where it goes from £250 to £650.

At this stage it will be hand for hand with eleven players and uneven tables.

Would it not be possible for the money to change with an even number of players ?

 

Thanks Ralph, the same happened in Event 2 actually...Let me pass the point on to Des and Tony and we can discuss.

[TightEnd]

Entry to the Welsh Amateur Poker Championship will be open exclusively to members of APAT, and tournament seats will be allocated in the following way:-

•   Ten seats will be available via two online satellites on PokerStars.com.  The $10 + $1 tournaments will run on January 21st and 23rd at 8.00pm.  Registration will open 24 hours before the event and the top five players in each satellite will win a guaranteed seat in Cardiff plus the balance of available prize money for expenses.  The satellites can be found under Tourney / Special on the PokerStars.com client from this coming weekend.

Does this mean that APAT members who have just paid for the online subscription can play in the online satellite for a seat into the "live" main event and claim the prize even if they havent paid for a "full" subscription?

yes Matt

[Sheriff Fatman]

GL guys - hope it all goes smoothly.

I think the satellites are a good move as it at least gives those who can't make the online sales phase an alternative means of trying to get in.  No method you come up with is ever going to suit everyone but at least now you've given people an alternative option.

I also think the 8pm start time for sales is much better than the previous 'window'.  In reality, the window didn't really avoid the inevitable 'clickfest' so at least now there's less waiting around.

Personally, I think APAT has done everything that people could reasonably expect from the feedback of the earlier events so credit to them for this.  Here's hoping I can make it in this time around, as the Newcastle event was great fun.

Sheriff

[FlyingPig]

Well done the APAT, another step forawrd in the introduction of the satelites. I just hope to get a seat.

Over the moon that the dates have been changed again.

2/3 February - Liverpool - Everton would not of been able to go
11th February - Sons Birthday - Might of been able to go (Stop crying son, its only for a weekend, your new chopper can hang on till Monday) - Only joking.

24/25th Definately can go....

[matt674]

yes Matt

Ty kindly squire, see you in Cardiff!! 

[KingPoker]

just wondered how the hell you have managed to cram 180 seats in the cardiff grosvenor? Wd just for that! The dates suit me down to the ground. Already got permission with the misssus (she has to come- of course just to see tony again!) and free accomodation so should be a cheapo one if i can qualify in one of the satellites (Doubt it!!!)

  KingPoker

Cymru am byth!