APAT News

[Newportlad]

His name is Ryan and he's my toyboy ! Lol

What a hussy!!!!

Keep away , PIGEON .

Shared your table briefly Frankie, until you were knocked out of the tourney.     Really good fun, and great banter.

[theprawnidentity]

His name is Ryan and he's my toyboy ! Lol

What a hussy!!!!

Keep away , PIGEON .

Shared your table briefly Frankie, until you were knocked out of the tourney.     Really good fun, and great banter.

This was the table of doom?

[hiamchris]

It wasn't a quiet table

[fatcatstu]

14    1    Rory Laidlaw
14    2    Craig Edwards
14    3    Chris Rhodes
14    4    Chris Rose
14    5    Brian Yates
14    6    Andrew Cowl
14    7    Robert Moss
14    8    Algirdas Petronis
14    9    Stuart Ward

In that case that would be this gentleman...

I take it you are Stuart Ward? Nice sharing a table with you to! how did you get on in the end?

Thats the one.

Went out in 46th in the end, found a spot with k9 and shoved it into AK!!!

[DesD]

APAT announce largest ever World Championship of Amateur Poker

*  Fifteen bracelet events to take place at Aspers Casino, London.
*  Seven day festival will run between April 15th & 21st, with seats going on sale from Monday January 13th.
*  Wide array of poker variants and formats, with buy in's ranging from £55 to £220.
*  Three trips to Las Vegas added in addition to Championship Bracelets, Medals and an estimated prize pool of over £50,000.

APAT are pleased to announce details of the sixth annual World Championship of Amateur Poker (WCOAP), which will take place at Aspers Casino in Stratford, London between April 15th and 21st, 2014.

The week long festival; the largest WCOAP ever, will offer fifteen bracelet events in poker variants including No Limit Hold'em, Stud, Omaha, Horse and Razz.  Tournament formats played will include Team, Six Max, Heads Up, Shootout, Mixed, Cash, High Roller and a unique season concluding Champions Final, which will see APAT's live and online Gold medallists return to battle it out for a winner-take-all trip to Las Vegas in Summer.

The WCOAP main event and season seven rankings winners will also be awarded added value trips to Las Vegas in the finale to APAT's seventh season.  In addition each event will award Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, while Champions will receive a highly prized WCOAP Bracelet.

All events will be played over one day apart from the World Amateur Poker Championship (two day 1's) and World Amateur Team Championship (two day).  Buy in's will start at £55 and raise to £110 for the two multi day events, while the High Roller event will cost £220 to enter.

Players will be able to reserve or purchase seats from 9pm on Monday January 13th via www.apat.com.  Qualifying satellites will also be available.

Apr 15   - 14.00 - WCOAP #1 No Limit Hold'em Championship - £55
Apr 15   - 18.00 - WCOAP #2 Stud Championship - £55
Apr 16   - 12.00 - WCOAP #3 High Roller Championship - £220
Apr 16   - 18.00 - WCOAP #4 Mixed Game Championship - £55
Apr 17   - 12.00 - WCOAP #5 World Amateur Team Championship - £110
Apr 17   - 19.00 - WCOAP #6 HORSE Championship - £55
Apr 18   - 12.00 - WCOAP #7 Six Max Championship - £55
Apr 18   - 18.00 - WCOAP #8 Shootout Championship - £55
Apr 18   - 20.00 - WCOAP #9 Razz Championship - £55
Apr 19   - 12.00 - WCOAP #10 World Amateur Poker Championship Main Event  - £110
Apr 19   - 14.00 - WCOAP #11 Omaha 08 Championship - £55
Apr 19   - 19.00 - WCOAP #12 Cash Championship - £55
Apr 20   - 14.00 - WCOAP #13 Pot Limit Omaha Championship - £55
Apr 20   - 20.00 - WCOAP #14 Season Seven Championship - Invite
Apr 21   - 14.00 - WCOAP #15 Heads Up Championship - £55

*  Buy ins quoted above include a standard 10% registration fee, eg £50 + £5 is quoted as £55.

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[redsimon]

Looks good, shame its not at DtD this year, a new casino to tick off my list though

[Mohican]

Excellent. Will be putting in some effort to ensure my attendance at this at some point in the proceedings. With any luck I'll get seated next to redsimon again and can bore him senseless once more with my inane drivel!!!

[THISnTHAT]

Great schedule by APAT ( as usual )

as said above shame it's not at DTD

[CHIPPYMAN]

Shame but why this year not at DTD ? U fallout or Asper better poker place?

[DesD]

We've had a fabulous run at DTD and they've invested a great deal in making sure this festival was as good as anything on offer in the UK, despite its sole focus on recreational players.  That said DTD have had a lot on their plate this year and we couldn't get all of the details locked down with DTD to brief players who wanted to book flights, hotels etc.  

Aspers appear up for the challenge, but they'll have to go some to match DTD's level of service over the past four years, plus we'll certainly be looking to go back to DTD when we finalise season eight dates in the next couple of months.  

[redsimon]

Excellent. Will be putting in some effort to ensure my attendance at this at some point in the proceedings. With any luck I'll get seated next to redsimon again and can bore him senseless once more with my inane drivel!!!

[DesD]

Quick WCOAP update for anyone planning to play.

APAT can confirm the finalised schedule of events for the World Championship of Amateur Poker, with the addition on one event (Antes Only) and some minor changes in timings on a couple of others, in line with general player feedback.   

Tuesday, April 15
14.00 - WCOAP #1 No Limit Hold'em Championship - £55 - 120 seats
18.00 - WCOAP #2 Stud Championship - £55 - 40 seats

Wednesday, April 16
12.00 - WCOAP #3 High Roller Championship - £220 - 60 seats
18.00 - WCOAP #4 Mixed Game Championship - £55 - 50 seats

Thursday, April 17
12.00 - WCOAP #5 Antes Only Championship - £55 - 100 seats
14.00 - WCOAP #6 World Amateur Team Championship  Day 1 - £110
19.00 - WCOAP #7 HORSE Championship - £55 - 40 seats

Friday, April 18
12.00 - WCOAP #8 Shootout Championship - £55 - 100 seats
13.00 - WCOAP #6 World Amateur Team Championship  Day 2
16.00 - WCOAP #9 Six Max Championship - £55 - 160 seats
20.00 - WCOAP #10 Razz Championship - £55 - 40 seats

Saturday, April 19
12.00 - WCOAP #11 World Amateur Poker Championship  Day 1a - £110 - 200 seats
14.00 - WCOAP #12 PL Omaha 08 Championship - £55 - 80 seats
19.00 - WCOAP #13 Cash Championship - £65 - 40 seats

Sunday, April 20
12.00 - WCOAP #11 World Amateur Poker Championship  Day 1b - £110 - 200 seats
14.00 - WCOAP #14 Pot Limit Omaha Championship - £55 - 80 seats
20.00 - WCOAP #15 Season Seven Championship - Champions Qualify - 32 seats

Monday, April 21
12.00 - WCOAP #11 World Amateur Poker Championship  Day 2
14.00 - WCOAP #16 Heads Up Championship - £55 - 128 seats

* The buy in is shown to include the 10% reg fee in the above prices, so side event pricing for example is £50 + £5.

* Players can reserve a seat in the main event for a £5 fee via the APAT home page, all other events are currently registering via APAT's online partner.

[HutchGF]

When will reg open for these events Des? Hoping to get down and play a few of these.

[hiamchris]

Already open, visit the apat site for how to download the relevant software to register

[DesD]

The Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) is delighted to announce details for Season 8 of its critically acclaimed tour for developing poker players.

Seasonal highlights include:-

Pot Limit Omaha first  The two day Irish Amateur Poker Championship will be played in the Pot Limit Omaha format, a first for APAT.  In another first, the two day festival will take place at a hotel - Bewleys Hotel, Dublin Airport -and feature a series of mixed side events and round the clock cash games.

WCOAP Expands  The World Championship of Amateur Poker which grew to 16 events over 7 days in Season 7, will have its schedule extended to 10 days in Season 8.  The festival will once again take place at Aspers Casino in Stratford, and a full schedule of mixed format events will follow in early September.

APAT Belgium  APAT have announced the launch of a Belgian language website and an Amateur Championship event which will take place at the Casino de Namur in September.   Belgium has also secured its position as one of the competing countries at the 2015 World Amateur Team Championship.

Added Value  APAT Amateur Champions will each win an added main event seat at the WCOAP, where the main event winner will earn the trip of a lifetime to Las Vegas in the summer of 2015.  They will be accompanied to Las Vegas by the Season 8 Player of the Year, crowned from the combined Live and Online Rankings.  Coveted APAT National Gold, Silver and Bronze medals will continue to be awarded to Live and Online main event Champions as will Bracelets to all WCOAP Champions.

APAT have announced that Coral Poker will continue as a headline partner for Season 8 and players will be able to satellite or buy into all legs directly at Coral.  Players will also be able to reserve their seats in advance via www.apat.com for a small fee.  The action will start with the Welsh Amateur Poker Championship on the weekend of July 5th and 6th.

APAT Season 8 Schedule:-

Jul 5th-6th - Welsh Amateur Poker Championship, Rainbow Casino, Bristol (formerly Gala Harbourside)

Sep 6th-7th - English Amateur Poker Championship, G Casino, Luton  

Sep 19th-21st - Belgian Amateur Poker Championship, Casino de Namur, Namur

Oct 11th-12th - UK Amateur Poker Championship, Grosvenor Casino Westgate, Leeds

Nov 29th-30th - UK Team Championship, Grosvenor G Casino, Bury New Road, Manchester

Jan 10th-11th Irish Amateur Poker Championship, Bewleys Hotel, Dublin

Feb 7th-8th - European Amateur Poker Championship, G Casino, Coventry

Feb 28th-Mar 1st - Scottish Amateur Poker Championship, Genting Casino Fountain Park, Edinburgh

Mar 28th-Apr 6th - WCOAP Aspers Stratford, London