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From Irish Tom on APAT forum. http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php/topic,20975.0.html My favourite time of year is approaching, so it's time to call for team entries for the UK Team Championship, this Season to be played at the Grosvenor Casino, Blackpool over the weekend of Friday 25th January 2019 as follows: Jan 26th, Sat 14:30 Main Event: UK Team Championship (NLHE) (Button Ante) Freezeout Day 1 £75+£12 - 15k/45 mins (max 280 players) (11 levels - estimate end 00:15) Jan 27th, Sun 12:00 Main Event: UK Team Championship (NLHE) Day 2 (estimated end 23:00) The Main Event will be supported by a series of Side Events which are open to any poker player, whether playing in the UK Team Championship or not. Interested Poker clubs, groups, forums, societies, leagues and communities etc need to register their interest in entering a team by the closing date Saturday 20th October 2018, by sending a PM on APAT website to myself via HERE or via Facebook Messenger HERE and providing the following details: Team Name Team Captain poc - name, email address/mobile number/Facebook contact Links to group/team associated Website/Facebook/Twitter/Forum etc Successful teams will be confirmed on Sunday 21st October. UK TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Teams with 8 players each will compete for both a team and an individual prize pool in the UK Team Championship, which will be run as an MTT with a buyin of £75+£12 per player. Entry is therefore £87 per player and this will be required to be paid via an Online Holding Tank by INDIVIDUALS - co-ordinated between myself and all Team Captains - each team member will therefore need to have a Grosvenor Poker online account to enable them to register online to play in the UK Team Championship (can download Grosvenor software via HERE). The total prizepool of £75 per player will be paid out on a 50/50 basis to the top 3 teams and the top 18 (tbc) individual players from the MTT. The top 120 (tbc) players in the MTT will score points for their team with 1st = 120 pts down to 120th = 1 pt. Teams are to wear their own matching colour team shirts for both days of the event - if desired, EMBROIDERED POLO SHIRTS OR T-SHIRTS are available from APAT at a subsidised cost of £15 per shirt (reduced from £18). Shirts include the APAT logo and UK Team Championship event details and team name embroidered onto the shirt breast, and other wording or team logo embroidery is also possible for an additional cost depending on requirements). To order send a PM via APAT Website to myself via HERE or via Facebook Messenger HERE. This event has seen huge demand in previous years, and we are expecting similar interest this year. The event has also on occasion previously suffered from "team last minute dropouts", and therefore, as we did previously, we will again maintain a reserve list and require all individual team members to pay the entry fee of £87 via Grosvenor Poker in advance by 9pm on Sunday 6th January 2019. Any team failing to meet the buyin (all 8 members) deadline will have their team entry offered to teams on the reserve list. Any team that pays the full buyins (all 8 members) and has a last minute need to drop out will have their entry offered to the next team on the reserve list and whichever team takes up this option will have their buyins used to reimburse the team that had to drop out. The event structure can be found HERE. APAT Player Of The Year Leaderboard Ranking Points will be awarded for this event, and it is an OPEN event - ie open to ANY poker player. If you have any questions about the event, feel free to post on this thread or contact me personally by PM on APAT Website via HERE or via Facebook Messenger HERE.

Details taken from the APAT forum where regular updates will be posted: http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php/topic,20487.0.html or http://www.apat.com/tour/ Am delighted to release details of APAT Season 12 with stops in APAT UK & Ireland, APAT Benelux and APAT Central Europe confirmed, alongside a visit to Malta. Season highlights include:- Media: APAT is again pleased to partner with Bluff Europe, Europe's largest poker magazine, which will feature regular content on APAT's live tour throughout Season 12, and APAT will provide a comprehensive live update/blog through the APAT forum and the integration of social media. Headline Partner: APAT is pleased to announce the continuation of their relationship with the UK's largest casino chain, Grosvenor Casinos, as its UK & Ireland Season 12 headline sponsor. The partnership will again see each APAT main event Champion win an added value seat to a GUKPT main event worth £560, and cements the continued commitment from both, to the development of players at every level. Central Europe: Following on from the hugely popular APAT Benelux as a permanent seasonal feature, APAT expands further with the creation of APAT Central Europe from Season 12, which includes 3 National Amateur Poker Championship events. Malta: APAT will pay a first-ever visit to Malta, the largest of 3 islands that form the Maltese archipelago that lies virtually at the centre of the Mediterranean, with superb sunny weather, attractive beaches, a thriving nightlife and 7,000 years of intriguing history. The Maltese Amateur Poker Championship forms part of The Malta Poker Festival which runs from November 1st to 6th, and the MPF Main Event carries a €500,000 Guarantee and in addition to APAT, is supported by numerous events throughout, including The Hendon Mob Championship. UKICOAP: The inaugural UK & Ireland Championship of Amateur Poker will host the 'UK & Ireland County Championship', seeing teams from all counties compete to be crowned Champions. One team will be selected for each County based on all members having been born in the County, or currently living there. APAT Event Structure: APAT remain committed to player value for money and the player experience taken from every event, and consequently all main events will see the historical 15,000 starting stack increased to 20,000 (post-Coventry), and minor adjustments made to the event structure to enhance and streamline play, including a trial at selected events during Season 12 with the introduction of a Button Ante, and/or the use of a Shot Clock. APAT Season 12 Schedule: May 18th-21st, 2018 Namur, BEL (Luxembourg Amateur Poker Championship) Aug 1st-5th, 2018 Coventry, GBR (European Championship of Amateur Poker) Sep 7th-9th, 2018 Spa, BEL (Belgian Amateur Poker Championship) Sep 14th-16th, 2018 Cardiff, GBR (Welsh Amateur Poker Championship) Oct 5th-7th, 2018 As, CZE (German Amateur Poker Championship) Oct 19th-21st, 2018 Stockton/Newcastle, GBR (English Amateur Poker Championship) Oct 28th-29th, 2018 Dublin, IRL (Irish Amateur Poker Championship) Nov 5th-6th, 2018 St Julians, MLT (Maltese Amateur Poker Championship) Nov 8th-11th, 2018 Namur, BEL (Dutch Amateur Poker Championship) Nov 30th-Dec 2nd, 2018 As, CZE (Czech Amateur Poker Championship) Dec 14th-16th, 2018 Manchester, GBR (UK & Ireland Championship of Amateur Poker) Jan 25th-27th, 2019 Blackpool, GBR (UK Team Championship) Feb 7th-10th, 2019 Vienna, AUT (Austrian Amateur Poker Championship) Feb 22nd-24th, 2019 Spa, BEL (Benelux Championship of Amateur Poker) Mar 16th-17th, 2019 Edinburgh, GBR (Scottish Amateur Poker Championship) Apr 19th-28th, 2019 Vienna, AUT (World Championship of Amateur Poker) Season 12 will host a Player Of The Year (POTY) Ranking Leaderboard, with points awarded from all APAT live and online Main Events and Side Events. The WCOAP will also host a WCOAP Player Of The Series (POTS) Ranking Leaderboard, with points awarded from all WCOAP live and online events. Both the POTY and POTS Leaderboards will conclude with the WCOAP Online events. Teams will again compete for a team and an individual prize pool in the UK Team Championship, which will run as an MTT with points awarded for individual finishing positions, and team member points combined to identify and crown the UK Team Champions. Entry is £75+£12 per player with the prize pool split between the top teams and the highest finishing individuals. The UK & Ireland Championship of Amateur Poker (UKICOAP) will host the UK & Ireland County Championship where teams will represent each County by playing in a series of STTs with points awarded and combined to qualify for the Final Table, and teams will be able to 'tag' team members between hands and will play to a conclusion to identify the UK & Ireland Champions. With only 1 team per County, a Team Captain will be selected by APAT for each team, and then Team Captains will select the other team members. As we can't have anyone just say 'I want to represent Devon etc', then APAT will publish a definitive list of Counties and ALL team members must either have been born in the County, or currently live there. As APAT team events are hugely popular, with each year more teams wishing to partake than we have places for, then teams wishing to play will need to apply in advance, with the full team buy-in paid in advance via a Grosvenor Poker Online Holding Tank - EVERY individual player needs to pay the buy-in via this method by the set deadline. Details on the application and payment process for both the UK Team Championship and the UK & Ireland County Championship will be released in due course. The English Amateur Poker Championship will see Day 1a played in Grosvenor Stockton on Friday, with Grosvenor Newcastle hosting Day 1b on Saturday and Day 2 on Sunday. The Welsh Amateur Poker Championship will again have a Day 1a on Friday, and a Day 1b on Saturday.

Extract from APAT Forum, full details here: http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php/topic,20136.0.html APAT Season 11 Schedule: Jun 7, 2017: Las Vegas (North American Amateur Poker Championship) Jul 1-2, 2017: Spa (Belgian Amateur Poker Championship) Aug 5-6, 2017: Coventry (UK Amateur Poker Championship) Sep 29-Oct 1, 2017: Cardiff (Welsh Amateur Poker Championship) Oct 13-15, 2017: Spa (European Championship of Amateur Poker) Oct 29-30, 2017: Dublin (Irish Amateur Poker Championship) Nov 10-12, 2017: Namur (Benelux Amateur Poker Championship) Dec 1-3, 2017: Reading (English Amateur Poker Championship) Feb 3-4, 2018: Blackpool (UK Team Poker Championship) Mar 3-4, 2018: Edinburgh (Scottish Amateur Poker Championship) Mar 31-Apr 8, 2018: Manchester (World Championship of Amateur Poker) ABOUT APAT The Amateur Poker Association & Tour created the UK's first national poker tour in 2006. Since launch, APAT has developed into a global operator in the live events arena, holding multiple festivals in Europe and North America, in addition to a comprehensive schedule in the United Kingdom. The organisation remains dedicated to the development of amateur players, providing an affordable, professionally run tour that enables members to enhance their poker skills in a fun, but competitive, environment. Members who have final tabled APAT national events have gone on to win WSOP, WPT, EPT, Irish Open, GUKPT and many other internationally recognised professional poker titles. Further, more detailed information, can be found at APAT.com We are delighted to confirm the APAT Season 11 schedule of events listed below. Season 11 will also host a Player Of The Year (POTY) Ranking Leaderboard, with points awarded from all APAT live and online Main Events and Side Events, LPPL Area Finals and the Festival Of Pub Poker Championship (Medal) events, with the Added Value of a GUKPT Main Event seat, worth £550. Each live tour stop will also have an associated online schedule of events. Las Vegas: (Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino) Jun 7, Wed 11:00 HORSE $360 Jun 7, Wed 13:00 Main Event: North American Amateur Poker Championship (NLHE) $20,000 Gtd $150 Jun 7, Wed 19:00 NLHE $110 Spa: (Casino de Spa) Jun 30, Fri 20:00 Progressive Bounty (NLHE) €75 Jul 1, Sat 13:00 Main Event: Belgian Amateur Poker Championship (NLHE) Day 1 €110 Jul 1, Sat 20:00 Mix Max (NLHE) €60 Jul 2, Sun 13:00 Main Event: Belgian Amateur Poker Championship Day 2 Jul 2, Sun 15:00 Double Chance (NLHE) €60 Coventry: (Grosvenor Casino) Aug 3, Thu 18:00 8-Game Day 1 £75+£8 Aug 4, Fri 20:00 8-Game Day 2 Aug 5, Sat 16:00 Main Event UK Amateur Poker Championship Day 1 £75+£8 Aug 6, Sun 13:00 Main Event UK Amateur Poker Championship Day 2 Aug 6, Sun 13:30 PLO £50+£8 Cardiff: (Grosvenor Casino) Sep 29, Fri 18:00 Main Event: Welsh Amateur Poker Championship (NLHE) Day 1a £75+£7 Sep 29, Fri 21:00 PLO £33+£7 Sep 30, Sat 14:30 Main Event: Welsh Amateur Poker Championship (NLHE) Day 1b £75+£7 Sep 30, Sat 20:00 NLHE £33+£7 Oct 1, Sun 12:00 Main Event: Welsh Amateur Poker Championship (NLHE) Day 2 Oct 1, Sun 13:00 PLO8 £33+£7 Oct 1, Sun 17:00 ROE NLHE/PLO £33+£7 Spa: (Casino de Spa) Oct 11, Wed 20:00 Progressive Bounty €75 (€20 Bounty) Oct 12, Thu 14:00 ECOAP (International by invitation) Team Championship Day 1 €440 Oct 12, Thu 19:00 Crazy Pineapple €60 Oct 13, Fri 14:00 ECOAP (International) Team Championship Day 2 Oct 13, Fri 16:00 ECOAP Main Event: European Amateur Poker Championship Day 1a €120 Oct 13, Fri 20:00 PLO 4/5/6 DC €60 Oct 14, Sat 12:00 ECOAP Main Event: European Amateur Poker Championship Day 1b €120 Oct 14, Sat 20:00 Mix Max (NLHE) €60 Oct 15, Sun 12:00 ECOAP Main Event: European Amateur Poker Championship Day 2 Oct 15, Sun 14:00 HORSE €60 Oct 15, Sun 16:00 NLHE Double Chance €60 Dublin: (Regency Hotel) Oct 29, Sun 14:00 Main Event: Irish Amateur Poker Championship (NLHE) Day 1 €100+€20 Oct 30, Mon 12:00 Main Event: Irish Amateur Poker Championship (NLHE) Day 2 Namur: (Casino de Namur) Nov 9, Thu 18:00 Main Event: Benelux Amateur Poker Championship (NLHE) Day 1a €110 Nov 10, Fri 17:00 Main Event: Benelux Amateur Poker Championship (NLHE) Day 1b €110 Nov 10, Fri 20:00 PLO 4/5/6 DC €60 Nov 11, Sat 14:00 Main Event: Benelux Amateur Poker Championship (NLHE) Day 2 Nov 11, Sat 16:00 Crazy Pineapple €60 Nov 11, Sat 18:00 High Roller Day 1 €220 Nov 12, Sun 14:00 Main Event: Benelux Amateur Poker Championship (NLHE) Final Day Nov 12, Sun 15:30 Turbo Deepstack €60 Nov 12, Sun 16:00 High Roller Day 2 Reading (South): (Grosvenor Casino) Dec 1, Fri 18:00 Main Event: English Amateur Poker Championship (NLHE) Day 1a £75+£7 Dec 1, Fri 21:00 PLO8 £33+£7 Dec 2, Sat 14:30 Main Event: English Amateur Poker Championship (NLHE) Day 1b £75+£7 Dec 2, Sat 20:00 NLHE £33+£7 Dec 3, Sun 12:00 Main Event: English Amateur Poker Championship (NLHE) Day 2 Dec 3, Sun 13:00 ROE NLHE/PLO £33+£7 Dec 3, Sun 17:00 APAT 15 (NLHE) £33+£7 Blackpool: (Grosvenor Casino) Feb 2, Fri 18:00 PLO £33+£7 Feb 2, Fri 20:00 NLHE £33+£7 Feb 3, Sat 14:30 Main Event: UK Team Championship (NLHE) Day 1 £75+£7 Feb 3, Sat 20:00 NLHE £33+£7 Feb 4, Sun 12:00 Main Event: UK Team Championship (NLHE) Day 2 Feb 4, Sun 13:00 Mix Max £33+£7 Feb 4, Sun 16:00 PLO8 £33+£7 Edinburgh: (Grosvenor (Maybury) Casino) Mar 3, Sat 14:30 Main Event: Scottish Amateur Poker Championship (NLHE) Day 1 £75+£7 Mar 3, Sat 20:00 PLO £33+£7 Mar 3, Sat 21:00 NLHE £33+£7 Mar 4, Sun 12:00 Main Event: Scottish Amateur Poker Championship (NLHE) Day 2 Mar 4, Sun 13:00 PLO £33+£7 Mar 4, Sun 15:00 NLHE £33+£7 Manchester: (Grosvenor Bury New Road Casino) Sat 31 Mar- Sun 8 Apr 2018 WCOAP - 9 days of events

Anyone going to Manchester for the APAT Worlds over Easter? Here is the full schedule Day/Date Time # Event Buyin Day Cap Sat 31 Mar 12:00 #1 PLO Double Chance Championship £57 1 90 12:30 #2 7-Card Stud Championship £57 1 49 15:00 #3.1a Main Event (Day 1A) (NLHE) £110 3 70 20:00 #4 Deuces Wild (NLHE) Championship £57 1 60 22:00 #5.1.1 PLO Cash Championship Day 1.1 £67 2 30 Sun 1 Apr 12:00 6.1 8-Game Players' Championship (Day 1) £110 2 56 12:30 7 ROE (NLHE/PLO) Championship £57 1 90 16:00 8 Win The Button (NLHE) Championship £57 1 60 20:00 9 PLO Survivor Shootout Championship £57 1 72 22:00 10.1.1 NLHE Cash Championship Day 1.1 £67 2 30 Mon 2 Apr 12:00 6.2 8-Game Players' Championship (FT7) 12:30 3.1b Main Event (Day 1B) (NLHE) £110 3 150 13:00 11 PLO8 (Hi-Lo) Championship £57 1 72 19:00 12 NLHE Championship £57 1 60 22:00 5.1.2 PLO Cash Championship Day 1.2 £67 2 30 Tue 3 Apr 12:00 13 Champion of Champions Day 1 (Pre-reg) £60 2 72 12:30 14 Mixed Game Max Championship £57 1 54 13:30 15 Stud Round of Each (Stud/Razz/Hi-Lo) £57 1 49 16:00 16 NLHE Headhunter Championship £57 1 70 21:00 17 Mississippi Straddle (NLHE) Champs £57 1 45 22:00 10.1.2 NLHE Cash Championship Day 1.2 £67 2 30 Wed 4 Apr 12:00 13.2 Champion of Champions Final Table - - 9 12:30 18.1 PLO Championship Day 1 £60 2 81 13:30 19 NLHE Shootout Championship £57 1 72 14:00 20.1 Team Championship Day 1 £110 2 64 16:00 21.1 Deepstack Champs (NLHE) (Day 1) £220 2 72 22:00 APAT SOCIAL NIGHT Thu 5 Apr 12:00 20.2 Team Championship Day 2 - - 64 12:15 18.2 PLO Championship Day 2 - - 27 12:30 21.2 Deepstack Champs (NLHE) (Day 2) - - 18 13:00 22 PLO Shootout Championship £57 1 90 16:00 3.1c Main Event DAY 1C (NLHE) £110 3 80 20:00 23 NLHE Survivor Shootout Championship £57 1 80 22:00 5.1.3 PLO Cash Championship Day 1.3 £67 2 30 Fri 6 Apr 12:00 3.1d Main Event DAY 1D (NLHE) £110 3 130 14:00 24 HORSE Championship £57 1 49 17:00 25 Tag Team (NLHE) Champs 57pp 1 60 20:00 26 OFC Championship £57 1 40 22:00 10.1.3 NLHE Cash Championship Day 1.3 £67 2 30 Sat 7 Apr 12:00 3.2 Main Event (Day 2) - - 90 13:00 27 Mix Max (NLHE) Championship £57 1 72 15:00 28 Razz Championship £57 1 56 21:00 29 Irish (4-card) Championship £57 1 45 22:00 5.1.4 PLO Cash Championship Day 1.4 £67 2 30 Sun 8 Apr 12:00 3.3 Main Event - Final Table (9) - - 9 12:15 5.2 PLO Cash Championship (FT9) - 1 9 12:30 30 Heads Up £57 1 64 16:00 31 Crazy Pineapple (3-card) Championship £57 1 108 18:00 10.1.4 NLHE Cash Championship Day 1.4 £67 2 30 20:15 32 APAT 15/15 NLHE Championship £57 1 50 21:15 33 APAT 15/15 PLO Championship £57 1 45 22:00 10.2 NLHE Cash Championship (FT9) - 1 9 Apologies for lack of alignment.

APAT Online - Christmas Specials. 18th-22nd and 26th-30th December APAT Christmas Specials, start Monday 18th December APAT are pleased to announce a special series of Christmas tournaments for our members to enjoy this festive period. Starting 18th December and running for 5 days we've 5 different formats for you to showcase your poker skills: Starting on Monday we've the Reindeer Rebuy, play for just $1.10 for 1500 chips with unlimited rebuys and a 5000 add-on at the break. Tuesday sees our Bauble Bounty tourney = £5 to play. Half the prizepool goes to payouts, the other half is given to bounties. Come Wednesday, and it's our Omaha hoho tournament, again just £5 to play. On Thursday we have our special Santa Survivor tournament. This time £5 buys you 5000 chips. The aim is to avoid being in the bottom 10% of the total field at the end of each level. The final 10% left will share the prizepool. It really puts a fun new spin on the game! Finally, we finish the week with our Cracker Stacker tournament. £5 for 10,000 chips Great value with plenty of play for a small buy-in! And that's not all. We're not only running this line-up next week. We're going to repeat all the games the week after too! We'll also run a leaderboard each week with a WCOAP Side Event seat added for whoever tops the leaderboard at the end of each five events.

APAT Online - North American Poker Festival The North American Online Poker Festival will take place this weekend on Grosvenor Poker Online including the Championship Main Event on Sunday evening with a £550 GUKPT Seat added for the winner. Side events are running on Friday/Saturday/Sunday offering a number of different variants. All events have 60 mins late registration available, expect the Main Event which is 90 minutes. You can use the daily Step 1 or Step 2 satellites to win entry for a fraction of the buyin. All tournaments are available in the poker lobby now. If you need an account, just follow the details here - www.apat.com/grosvenor-poker Grosvenor Poker - Royal Ascot Freerolls Grosvenor Poker - Royal Ascot Freerolls There's still time to take part in Grosvenor Poker's Royal Ascot Freerolls, with a further three freerolls taking place this weekend, including a massive £500 + £500 Freebet Freeroll on Sunday 25th. See here for full details and terms and conditions.

Brief details of this taken from APAT forum. You need to register with them prior to playing. Please follow the link for full details. http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php/topic,19864.0.html The APAT All*Stars League is your chance to show you can master all variants of poker better than your peers. The league is played on Mondays and Wednesdays across 6 weeks and takes in all variants of poker available on Grosvenor Poker Online. The top 3 players on the leaderboard at the end of the league will win added value live seats. Schedule All tournaments start at 7pm with 60 minutes late registration (exc Heads Up tournaments) All tournaments are £4.70+0.30p buyin. Players can either buyin with cash or use a Step 2 token. All prize pools are paid out as per Grosvenor Poker standard payout schedule. Monday 3rd October - NLHE Wednesday 5th October - PLO Monday 10th October - 7 Card Stud Wednesday 12th October - NLHE Heads Up Monday 17th October - PLO Hi/Lo Wednesday 19th October - 5 Card Draw Monday 7th November - NLHE 6 Max Wednesday 9th November - Razz Monday 14th November - 5 Card Stud Wednesday 16th November - NLHE Monday 21st November - PLO Heads Up Wednesday 23rd November - NLHE Deepstack Scoring We turn your cashes from each event in the league into points for the leaderboard.

http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=19128.0 Great list from our friends over at APAT forum. (slight brag post!) Amazed to find myself in the list at 114, might be the push I need to get back playing. Also see Marcin Rejmak in 105. Anyone else from PL there?