APAT News

[AndrewT]

Brian "BAM" Martin won the trial event

I hope there was no accompanying winner's photo this time.

[DesD]

Whats the cash tour? Is it just a cash game and the chap that cashes out the most at the end of the day gets a medal n that?

I'd like it to become a series of destination events for cash players; probably a level up from the typical APAT buy in and potentially supported by online streaming.  So it would be good for players wanting to showcase their game, plus there will be a 10% reg fee; which APAT will split with the casino, and thereafter the game is not going to be raked.

Seats are open for the first game in Coventry on April 7th.  7.30pm kick off.  £200 max buy in with blinds at 50p / £1.

Hopefully a win-win all around.

[kinboshi]

Whats the cash tour? Is it just a cash game and the chap that cashes out the most at the end of the day gets a medal n that?

I'd like it to become a series of destination events for cash players; probably a level up from the typical APAT buy in and potentially supported by online streaming.  So it would be good for players wanting to showcase their game, plus there will be a 10% reg fee; which APAT will split with the casino, and thereafter the game is not going to be raked.

Seats are open for the first game in Coventry on April 7th.  7.30pm kick off.  £200 max buy in with blinds at 50p / £1.

Hopefully a win-win all around.

That sounds like fun.  An APAT version of the Party Poker thing that was held at DTD. 

I'll be there for that one (that should get the numbers up ).

[Tractor]

Whats the cash tour? Is it just a cash game and the chap that cashes out the most at the end of the day gets a medal n that?

I'd like it to become a series of destination events for cash players; probably a level up from the typical APAT buy in and potentially supported by online streaming.  So it would be good for players wanting to showcase their game, plus there will be a 10% reg fee; which APAT will split with the casino, and thereafter the game is not going to be raked.

Seats are open for the first game in Coventry on April 7th.  7.30pm kick off.  £200 max buy in with blinds at 50p / £1.

Hopefully a win-win all around.

Why would cash players want to showcase their game? Or am I missing something?

[Ironside]

i am going to try and make DTD for the 2 day event this year and maybe luton for the team event health dependant

[DesD]

Seats at the William Hill English Amateur Poker Championship will go on sale this evening from 8.00pm.

To enter, go to the William Hill Exclusives section of their poker client, and locate the 'English Amateur Holding Tank'. Seats cost £75 plus a venue registration fee of £7.50pm. The password to enter is apatmember.

Seats will only be available via this route and are expected to sell out quickly, so we would encourage players who intend to play, to buy in as soon as possible.

[Ironside]

venue registration fee?

[The_nun]

Seats at the William Hill English Amateur Poker Championship will go on sale this evening from 8.00pm.

To enter, go to the William Hill Exclusives section of their poker client, and locate the 'English Amateur Holding Tank'. Seats cost £75 plus a venue registration fee of £7.50pm. The password to enter is apatmember.

Seats will only be available via this route and are expected to sell out quickly, so we would encourage players who intend to play, to buy in as soon as possible.

is there a link to when and where it is held? or am i being a bit thick here.

[TightEnd]

February 24, 2012 – London:  The Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) is delighted to announce details for the sixth season of its acclaimed national amateur tour for non-professional players.

The opening festival will feature the two day William Hill English Amateur Poker Championship, with a capacity for 200 players, which will take place at the G Casino in Coventry on April 7 & 8.

The festival will comprise the following events:-

April 7:

2.30pm – William Hill English Amateur Poker Championship – Main Event - 15,000 Chips – £75 + 10%
7.30pm – Cash Tour - £200 maximum buy in + 10% – no rake
8.30pm – APAT Mixed Game Championship, NLHE – 5,000 Chips - £20 + 10%

April 8:

1.00pm – William Hill English Amateur Poker Championship – played to a finish.
3.00pm – APAT Mixed Game Championship, PLO – 5,000 Chips - £20 + 10%


Thursday, March 1 - 8pm: £75 + 10% - Direct Buy In


The full Season Six schedule is as follows:-

April 7 & 8:  William Hill English Amateur Poker Championship – G Casino, Coventry

May 26 & 27: Welsh Amateur Poker Championship – Les Croupiers Casino, Cardiff

July 7 & 8: Irish Amateur Poker Championship – Macau Sporting Club, Cork

Aug 24 to 27: European Championship Of Amateur Poker – Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
4 day festival featuring the two day, 8 country, European Amateur Team Championship, ECOAP Side Events in Stud, Six Max and Omaha and the two day European Amateur Poker Championship main event.

October 13 & 14: Scottish Amateur Poker Championship – Alea Casino, Glasgow

November 30: United Kingdom Home International Poker Championship – Venue TBA
Comprising 'A' & 'B' International Selections from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.

December 1 & 2: United Kingdom Amateur Poker Championship – Venue TBA

January 26 & 27, 2013: United Kingdom Team Poker Championship – G Casino, Luton

March 28 to April 1, 2013: World Championship Of Amateur Poker – Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
The fifth annual WCOAP will feature the sixteen country two day World Amateur Team Championship, WCOAP Side Events in Stud, Omaha, Six Max, Heads Up, HORSE and the three day World Amateur Poker Championship main event. In addition the WCOAP will play host to the annual APAT Awards.

A detailed press release with complete partner and event details will precede each festival in Season Six.  Equivalent Online Championship events will take place at 8pm on the Saturday preceeding each live event listed above.

Added value in the form of Championship Medals and seats at professional level events will be awarded to APAT National Amateur Champions and National Online Champions throughout Season Six.

APAT will operate National Amateur Rankings and National Online Rankings in Season Six, with a maximum of eighteen ranking points available to the winners of Main Events and a maximum of nine ranking points available to the winners of WCOAP, ECOAP and Online side events.  A seat at a professional level event will be awarded to the winners of both Ranking titles.

[The_nun]

NB to ones self. Read all of thread in future.

[DesD]

547 runners in the first APAT National Online League game of the season.  Great turnout and good luck to all who are playing.

[DesD]

The Easter bank holiday weekend brought 165 of the UK’s finest amateur poker players to the G Casino in Coventry for the William Hill English Amateur Poker Championship, the first stop in APAT’s sixth season.
 
Amongst the 165 competing players was defending Champion Mark Briggs, who fell midway through day 1 and several past National Amateur Champions, including season one legends Daniel Phillips (2006 English Amateur Champion), Lee Mulligan (2007 Welsh Amateur Champion) and Mark Donnelly, who had finished runner up to both Phillips and Mulligan in those events.
 
For their £75.00 + £7.50 buy in, players started the event with 15,000 chips on a generous 45 minute clock.
 
Day one brought 13 levels, at which point the field had been whittled down to 34 players. The aforementioned Phillips had exited play late on day 1, but both Donnelly and Mulligan had fought through an incredibly tough field to top and tail the first day’s chip counts. Also through were past APAT Champions Charles Mason, Tim Magnus, Andy Kingan, Paul McGuiness and Warren Jones, who won a £20,000 sponsorship package as APAT player of the season in 2010. Amongst other developing stories, was the potential first of brothers making the Championship final table, as Midland players Joey and Ant Williams had both made day two.
 
Play was measured at the start of day two with Donnelly leading affairs for long periods, as others fell by the wayside. 2011 Grosvenor Goliath runner up Helen Godfrey went out to McGuinness in 17th, Ant Williams went out to Martyn Sharp in 12th, 2010 WCOAP Stud Champion Ian Thompson went out to Mike Hudson in 11th, while Rob Painter bubbled the final table when Joe Williams hit his three outer on the river.
 
With the final table set, chip counts were as follows:-
 
Mark Donnelly – 362k
 Mike Hudson – 721k
 Paul McGuinness – 297k
 Ed Stanborough – 261k
 Martyn Sharp – 148k
 Barry Mcdonald – 205k
 Joe Williams – 268k
 Daniel Thursfield – 126k
 Lee Mulligan – 85k
 
Short stack Mulligan was the first to exit, to Sharp’s pocket Sevens. Thursfield went in 8th, to Hudson’s pocket Queens. Donnelly was next to go, his Ace King no match for Williams’ trip Eights. Ed Stanborough went in 6th, to the trip Threes of McGuinness. Short stack Barry Mcdonald went in 5th, with a positional push that found chip leader Mike Hudson with Ace King. The same hand saw Hudson knock out the second Williams brother Joe in 4th. McGuinness knocked out Martyn Sharp in the bronze medal position, to set up what would be a gladiatorial heads up battle with Hudson.
 
Play would go on for close to two hours and just when it looked like one player had the upper hand; the other would push back strongly. It really was edge of the seat stuff for the large railing section at the casino and online. McGuinness made a huge decision holding the chip lead when calling Hudson’s all in on a Six, Seven, Two board when holding a Nine, Ten off suit. The Welsh National Team Captain failed to hit any of his ten outs for the title as Hudson’s Ace King held. Hudson fought back to the chip lead and thought he had it won, when turning over pocket Aces on a Queen, Two, Nine board – but the rail gasped as the all in McGuiness turned over a Queen and Two to retake the lead once again.
 
The action was enthralling for all, but it was Sky Poker player Mike Hudson who would take the title shortly afterwards. Holding a King Nine, the Coventry player saw a flop of Two, Nine, Two, calling McGuinness’ push with Ace Ten. His Nine held and Hudson took the title in the very next hand when McGuinness could only contribute one ante, his stack decimated from the previous hand.
 
So Mike Hudson became the 2012 William Hill English Amateur Poker Champion. In addition to the title, Mike won an APAT National Gold Medal, £3,825 in prize money and a seat at a Genting Poker Series tournament. Hudson also moves to the top of the APAT National Rankings with eighteen points.
 
APAT’s next event; the Welsh Amateur Poker Championship will take place the G Casino in Cardiff on May 26th & 27th.

[DesD]

The weekend of 26-27 May brought many of the UK’s finest amateur poker players to the G Casino in Cardiff for the sold out William Hill Welsh Amateur Poker Championship, the second stop in APAT’s sixth season.  Amongst the competing players were former APAT Player of the year Warren Jones and former APAT Welsh Amateur Champion Gareth Johns.
 
For their £75.00 + £7.50 buy in, players started the event with 15,000 chips on a generous 45 minute clock.
 
Day one brought 13 levels, at which point the field had been whittled down to 31 players led by Gary Wildin and JP Round.  Play was brisk at the start of day two, as short-stacks looked to move through the field. After four hours play, we reached the final table, chip counts were as follows:-
 
1 Andrew Jones 97,000
 2 Kevin O’Driscoll 113,700
 3 David Jackson 117,000
 4 Garry Wildin 314,300
 5 JP Round 256,200
 6 Warren Jones 246,400
 7 Dan Carpenter 372,900
 8 Jason Kemp 188,900
 9 Jason Stephens 120,600
 
Blinds began at 5000-10000, so this was anyone’s to win. Over the first couple of levels Jackson and then pre-final chip leaders Carpenter and Wildin exited, as fortunes fluctuated with short-stack double-ups. The major beneficiary was Andrew Jones, doubling several times.
 
Jason Kemp exited sixth, Stephens fifth and Warren Jones, who four handed ran Ace-Five into O’Driscoll’s Ace-Queen.
 
Three handed JP Round, a chip leader for much of the competition was the short-stack but he doubled through O’Driscoll before Andrew Jones knocked him out to take us to Heads-Up.
 
Heads Up lasted two hands. Jones had a chip-lead over Round and his Ace-King beat Pocket Tens, with a King on the turn to seal his victory.
 
So Andrew Jones from Caerphilly became the 2012 William Hill Welsh Amateur Poker Champion. In addition to the title, Andrew won an APAT National Gold Medal, £2,750 in prize money and a seat at a Genting Poker Series tournament.
 
APAT’s next event; the Irish Amateur Poker Championship will take place the Macau Club in Cork on July 7th-8th.

[DesD]

We are pleased to announce that Genting will be APAT's headline partner for the 200 runner United Kingdom Amateur Poker Championship and the United Kingdom and Ireland Home International Championship - featuring England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Irealnd and the Republic of Ireland - which will take place at the Genting Casino in Stoke between November 30th and December 2nd.
 
Under the sponsorship Genting will provide seats at the Genting Poker Series for every APAT National Amateur Championship and Online Championship main event winner in season six, and to our live and online ranking winners also.
 
Details of the full schedule of events at Stoke will be announced in the next few weeks, and it will be a very full and varied three days of poker!
 
The Genting RFID Table with hole card cameras will be present and APAT will be streaming the Home Internationals and the UK Amateur Championship live and in full on the APAT website.

[Pawprint]

APAT are pleased to confirm schedule details for the fifth annual World Championship of Amateur Poker (WCOAP); which will feature a series of ten Championship events, taking place over Easter at Europe's leading cardroom, Dusk Till Dawn.

For the first time APAT will award event specific Championship Bracelets to the winners of individual events.  Gold, Silver and Bronze medals will be awarded to the leading three finishers in all events, while WCOAP Online and Genting Poker seats will also be added.

APAT TV will stream the best of the action live every evening from 6pm while the updating team will be on hand to capture player pictures, video interviews and chip counts.  Players will be encouraged to 'tweet from the tables' throughout the WCOAP using #apatpoker.

To cap off a spectacular five days of poker, the winners of the annual APAT Awards will be announced on the final evening, while the player of the WCOAP will also be recognised at that time.

Seats to all events can be reserved now and paid for 30 minutes before the event starts at Dusk Till Dawn. Capacities are very limited in some events and due to their unique nature and prestige, APAT encourages players to click through and reserve a seat today.  No upfront payment is required to do so.  Any unreserved seats will be made available via the Dusk Till Dawn cash desk from March 1st.

The full schedule is as follows:-

Thursday March 28

5.00pm – Event #1 WCOAP World Amateur Team Championship [Day 1]
Entry:  £100 + £10 per player
Capacity:  16 Countries, 5 players per country
 
6.00pm - Event #2 WCOAP Stud Championship
Entry:  £50 + £5
Capacity: 54 runners

Friday March 29

2.00pm – WCOAP World Amateur Team Championship [Day 2]
 
2.30pm – Event #3 WCOAP Six-Max Championship
Entry:  £50 + £5
Capacity:  150 runners

6.00pm - Event #4 WCOAP Open Championship [High Roller]
Entry:  £250 + £25
Capacity:  45 runners

Saturday March 30
 
2.00pm – Main Event #5 WCOAP World Amateur Poker Championship [Day 1a]
Entry:  £100 + £10
Capacity:  180 runners

2.30pm – Event #6 WCOAP HORSE Championship
Entry:  £50 + £5
Capacity:  45 players

6.00pm - Event #7 WCOAP Cash Championship
Buy In:  £100 max buy in with one reload - 50p/£1.00 limits
Capacity:  16 runners
Info:  Five hour timed event.  The player with the most cash at the end will win the bracelet.  Players to pay 10% of buy in as a fee to play.  No fee on the single reload.

Sunday March 31

2.00pm – WCOAP World Amateur Poker Championship [Day 1b]
Entry:  £100 + £10
Capacity:  180 runners
 
2.30pm – Event #8 WCOAP Omaha Championship
Entry:  £50 + £5
Capacity:  108 runners

6.00pm - Event #9 WCOAP Razz Championship
Entry:  £50 + £5
Capacity:  35 runners
 
Monday April 1
 
2.00pm – WCOAP World Amateur Poker Championship [Final Day]

2.30pm - Event #10 WCOAP Heads-Up Championship
Entry:  £50 + £5
Capacity:  64 runners

Reserve a seat:   Click To Reserve A Seat Via The APAT Forum