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« Reply #105 on: August 30, 2010, 10:47:10 PM »

Rod on the Final Table of the Main Event..

GL Rod.  TID!!!!



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« Reply #106 on: August 31, 2010, 12:41:37 AM »

Rod HU, guaranteed £6.5k


Well played, £9k and £3k GUKPT seat ftw.
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« Reply #107 on: August 31, 2010, 02:00:11 AM »

Rod 2nd, well played


Won by Ben Young of Cardiff
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« Reply #108 on: August 31, 2010, 11:16:26 AM »

APAT World Championships of Amateur Poker

Eight Tournaments were held over five days attracting over 450 Poker players and 700 tournament entries from around the world to the host venue, Nottingham's DTD.

The results in full were as follows

World Amateur Poker Championship

 The 425 runner event was won by Welshman Ben Young from Cardiff ahead of Steve Roderick and Wayne Parker:

28th August 2010

Entries 425

Buy In £100

Prize Pool £42,500

(England unless stated)

1      Ben Young (Wales) £9,000
2      Steve Roderick (Wales) £6,500
3   Wayne Parker £4,000
4   Mark Lassman £1,200
5   Gareth Cash £1,200
6   Jeldon Fernandes £1,200
7   William De-vanney £1,200
8   Berney Frankfort (Netherlands) £1,200
9   Ritesh Chauhan £1,200
10   Neil Lukins £750
11   James Jeffrey £750
12   Mohammed Javed £750
13   Luigi Belleri (Italy) £750
14   Martin Sieder £750
15   Stuart Pillinger £750
16   Phil Tompkinson £750
17   Richard Sheils £750
18   Philip Colls £750
19   Richard Baker £450
20   Derek Liddle (Scotland) £450
21   Marcin Rejmak (Poland) £450
22   Gordon Mcarthur (Scotland) £450
23   Alan Haysom £450
24   Duane Read £450
25   Matthew Whiting £450
26   James Rann £450
27   David Sykes £450
28   Glenn Hallam £300
29   Dave Butler £300
30   Gerard Smyth (Ireland) £300
31   Gary Phillips (Wales) £300
32   Neil Sillick £300
33   Cam Law £300
34   Tim Ryerson £300
35   Gerard Smyth Jnr (Ireland) £300
36   Richard Stevenson £300
37   Henry Griffiths (Wales) £300
38   Gareth Derbyshire £300
39   Jonathan Ellis £300
40   Mitchel Cooper £300
41   Yiannis Liperis (Cyprus) £300
42   Joe Gleeson £300
43   Andy Barnes £300
44   Don Roberts £200



Heads Up Championship

The 32 player event was won by the 2008 WCOAP Omaha Champion Dave Howard who beat Germany's Michael Koenig Heads Up, with the losing semi finalists Warren Jones and Paul Pitchford.

26th August 2010

Entries 32

Entry £50

Prize Pool £1,600

1st:  Dave Howard £750

2nd:  Michael Koenig £450

3rd:  Warren Jones £250.

4th:  Paul Pitchford £150


Stud Championship

The 45 runner APAT WCOAP Stud Championship was won by Ian Thompson ahead of David Llewellyn and Chen Tam.

27th August 2010

Entries 45

Entry £50

Prize Pool £2,250

1st   Ian Thompson  £950

2nd   David Llewellyn £650
 
3rd   Chen Tam £450

4th   Gavin Kan £150




Omaha Championship

The 83 runner APAT WCOAP Omaha Championship was won by Max Kruis from the Netherlands, ahead of England's Craig Johnson and Paul Davis

28th August 2010

Entries 83

Buy in £50

PrIze Pool £4,150


1st Max Kruis £1,300

2nd Craig Johnson £750

3rd Paul Davis £500

4th Steven Robinson £250

5th Oluwashola Akindele £150

6th Carl Pilgrim £150

7th Linda Iwaniak £150

8th Dylan Herbert £150

9th Paul Robinson £150



6-Max Championship

The 81 runner 6 Max Hold Em Championship was won by   ahead of    and  

29th August 2010

Entries 81

Buy In  £50

Prize Pool £4,050

1st Colin Young £1,300

2nd: Andrew Overton  £750

3rd: Sam Popple £500

4th  Baljinder Power  £300

5th Michael Tracey  £300

6th Anthony Williams  £300

7th Carl Lybert £200

8th Andrew Barnes £200

9th Frank Moszkal £50

10th Daniel Phillips £50

11th Stuart Oliver £50




HORSE Championship

The 48 runner HORSE Championship was won by Stephen Wintersgill ahead of Jon Seal and Mathew Guy

30th August 2010

Entry £50

Prize Pool £2,400

1st: Stephen Wintersgill £1,000

2nd: Jon Seal £600 .

3rd: Matthew Guy  £400

4th  Paul McGuinness £200

5th: Kevin Shutt  £200

6th to 9th:  1 to 4 ranking points.

Payout structure based on 48 players paying an entry fee of £50 each.


APAT World Amateur Team Championship 2010

In this 12 team, 48 runner event Wales won ahead of Canada and Northern Ireland:

1st - Wales £2,600 + Team Gold Medals + engraved World Team Championship Cup.

2nd - Canada £1,400 + Team Silver Medals.

3rd - Northern Ireland £800 + Team Bronze Medals.

Wales: Dylan Herbert, Paul McGuinness, Dan Owston, Richard Rudling Smith

Canada: Craig MacInnes, Cath Gartman, Michael Christison, Sean Kasmarski

Northern Ireland Colin O'Prey, Martin Rice, Desi Graham, Gareth Cash



APAT Professional League Series

25 runners in this £255 Pot Limit Hold Em Event, won by Matt Russell ahead of Amar Morjaria:

27th August 2010

Entries 25

Entry £255

Prize Pool £6,375

1st   Matt Russell £2,869

2nd   Amar Morjaria £1,721

3rd   Michael Jones £1,148

4th   Steven Bayliff £638


As part of the added value offered to APAT's players sponsors Betfair Poker offered an entry into WSOP-E Event 3 worth £1,075 to the Winner of the Player of the Festival, with points scored according to aggregate final table finishing positions across the series. The Winner, for the second year running, was Paul Pitchford, who finalled two events this year and he now heads to London in September to play this event
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« Reply #109 on: August 31, 2010, 11:19:56 AM »

Ben Young

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« Reply #110 on: August 31, 2010, 11:20:38 AM »

Rod finishes second

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« Reply #111 on: August 31, 2010, 12:22:49 PM »

Wales.,.,.Wales,,.,..Wales.,.,.,Wales

looks like the Taffys scooped well done boys
the future is bright,.,.. The future is red ,.,.,,
watch out for ben young I've heard a lot about this young man
real nice guy and a great online player
and now proves it live too,.,.well done mate,.,,,

met him last night in Cardiff after his return
seems a nice guy no big head about him
and he was very pleased about all of his mates calling him the WORLD
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« Reply #112 on: August 31, 2010, 10:44:10 PM »

Yes, Ben Young is a great player and I would expect him to go on and play at a higher level. He was the best player on the table and deserved to win the tournament.

I was talking to somebody today who said there was quite a bit of discussion in the commentary on on the rail regarding play at the final table and how passive it was. It did not feel that unusual to me but I would be very interested to know from some of the better players on here who saw the table (if anybody did) how they would have approached it. Should there have been more three betting etc? Was there something one of us could have done to take better control of the table?
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« Reply #113 on: August 31, 2010, 11:58:12 PM »




As part of the added value offered to APAT's players sponsors Betfair Poker offered an entry into WSOP-E Event 3 worth £1,075 to the Winner of the Player of the Festival, with points scored according to aggregate final table finishing positions across the series. The Winner, for the second year running, was Paul Pitchford, who finalled two events this year and he now heads to London in September to play this event


well done Pitchy, need to keep the tun of form up for another month  Smiley
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« Reply #114 on: September 01, 2010, 08:43:42 AM »

Yes, Ben Young is a great player and I would expect him to go on and play at a higher level. He was the best player on the table and deserved to win the tournament.

I was talking to somebody today who said there was quite a bit of discussion in the commentary on on the rail regarding play at the final table and how passive it was. It did not feel that unusual to me but I would be very interested to know from some of the better players on here who saw the table (if anybody did) how they would have approached it. Should there have been more three betting etc? Was there something one of us could have done to take better control of the table?
Hi Rod.

Firstly many congrats on a splendid result. A 400+ field takes some getting through.

Yes, the Final Table commentary did make reference to the level of aggression or passivity, & it was me that raised the matter. There were 2 reasons really, as I've explained elsewhere already.

1) It was my first Live Stream commentary ever, & as it was linked to a Forum Update, I wanted to raise some issues that would prompt Forum debate & discussion, so I agreed with Simon Trumper to rev it up a bit, quite deliberately. Whatever line he took I'd take the opposite, & vice-versa. It worked!

2) "Dead air" is not a good thing on a commentary which would be sound only for many, so we needed to fill the air-time 100%. So we needed to find things to discuss, that would run & run. We alighted on 2 things that got the punters buzzing.....

a) The size of the Raises, relative to the Blinds. At 10k-20k (+ RA) 45k seemed the norm, & the view was raised that it was a little small.

b) I advanced the view - which I still hold, by the way - that 6, 5 & 4 handed on a Final Table, I would expect the Button to be bringing in a Raise in EVERY unopened pot. This never happened. In fact, the BB got numerous walks. Wisely, in the case of Seat 1, who was "walked" in the BB in successive orbits with A-A & K-K, poor fella!

I'm full of admiration for your success, & certainly it was never my intention to be critical of you - we just needed to rev up a commentary. It worked, too. Wink
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« Reply #115 on: September 01, 2010, 10:55:12 AM »


a) The size of the Raises, relative to the Blinds. At 10k-20k (+ RA) 45k seemed the norm, & the view was raised that it was a little small.


an alternative view would be that it shows how much better the players are in these tournies compared to when apat started and how people now know how to make the correct raise size

I have to say that my starting table (the one you came over to with dai on my right) was the best standard I've ever been sat at at the start of a tourney, I was amazed tbh. bet sizing was spot on constantly, there was no limping from anyone at any point and no soft spots/easy targets. I know the whole field wasn't like that, far from it, it was just a pretty sick draw but there really are some good players now at apat events who know their stuff
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« Reply #116 on: September 01, 2010, 11:00:51 AM »


a) The size of the Raises, relative to the Blinds. At 10k-20k (+ RA) 45k seemed the norm, & the view was raised that it was a little small.


an alternative view would be that it shows how much better the players are in these tournies compared to when apat started and how people now know how to make the correct raise size

I have to say that my starting table (the one you came over to with dai on my right) was the best standard I've ever been sat at at the start of a tourney, I was amazed tbh. bet sizing was spot on constantly, there was no limping from anyone at any point and no soft spots/easy targets. I know the whole field wasn't like that, far from it, it was just a pretty sick draw but there really are some good players now at apat events who know their stuff

So explain how it ended as a 1-2 for the Welsh, of all people?
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« Reply #117 on: September 01, 2010, 11:19:42 AM »

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« Reply #118 on: September 01, 2010, 11:57:11 AM »


I have to say that my starting table (the one you came over to with dai on my right) was the best standard I've ever been sat at at the start of a tourney, I was amazed tbh. bet sizing was spot on constantly, there was no limping from anyone at any point and no soft spots/easy targets.

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« Reply #119 on: September 01, 2010, 02:18:38 PM »

Yes, Ben Young is a great player and I would expect him to go on and play at a higher level. He was the best player on the table and deserved to win the tournament.

I was talking to somebody today who said there was quite a bit of discussion in the commentary on on the rail regarding play at the final table and how passive it was. It did not feel that unusual to me but I would be very interested to know from some of the better players on here who saw the table (if anybody did) how they would have approached it. Should there have been more three betting etc? Was there something one of us could have done to take better control of the table?
Hi Rod.

Firstly many congrats on a splendid result. A 400+ field takes some getting through.

Yes, the Final Table commentary did make reference to the level of aggression or passivity, & it was me that raised the matter. There were 2 reasons really, as I've explained elsewhere already.

1) It was my first Live Stream commentary ever, & as it was linked to a Forum Update, I wanted to raise some issues that would prompt Forum debate & discussion, so I agreed with Simon Trumper to rev it up a bit, quite deliberately. Whatever line he took I'd take the opposite, & vice-versa. It worked!

2) "Dead air" is not a good thing on a commentary which would be sound only for many, so we needed to fill the air-time 100%. So we needed to find things to discuss, that would run & run. We alighted on 2 things that got the punters buzzing.....

a) The size of the Raises, relative to the Blinds. At 10k-20k (+ RA) 45k seemed the norm, & the view was raised that it was a little small.

b) I advanced the view - which I still hold, by the way - that 6, 5 & 4 handed on a Final Table, I would expect the Button to be bringing in a Raise in EVERY unopened pot. This never happened. In fact, the BB got numerous walks. Wisely, in the case of Seat 1, who was "walked" in the BB in successive orbits with A-A & K-K, poor fella!

I'm full of admiration for your success, & certainly it was never my intention to be critical of you - we just needed to rev up a commentary. It worked, too. Wink

Cheers Tikay

I'll try and remember this when I next make a final table (so in about 2015 lol). I was not worried about anybody being critical (I have no doubt there was plenty of constructive critism better players could offer on my game) but just wanted to understand what I could have done to improve my performance, I was really pleased with myself until the final four where I did not feel I played as well as I could have, think I wanted a medal too much.

Is it really as simple as raise more pots? I was not really three betting light very often which I have been told it essential.

Thanks for the advice. It was a great event and I'll keep trying to improve my game and am aiming for another final table in the second half of the season. I would not complain if Ben Young was not there next time though :-) (even though hes a very nice guy).
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