APAT 10th Anniversary Season - Announcement

[teaulc]

May 9, 2016, London:  The Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) is delighted to announce details of the tenth season of its critically acclaimed tour for recreational players.  The season will open with the English Amateur Poker Championship, being held at Grosvenor Casino, Newcastle on May 28th & 29th and run to the APAT North American Championship, which will take place in Las Vegas in June 2017. Season highlights include:- New headline partner:  APAT welcomes the UK's largest casino chain, Grosvenor Casinos, as its headline sponsor in Season 10.  The partnership comes on the back of ten years of close cooperation between the parties and demonstrates a continuing increase in poker investment by Grosvenor. Viva Las Vegas:  To celebrate our tenth year anniversary, APAT is awarding thousands of pounds worth of added and guaranteed Las Vegas packages.  The anniversary packages, which will include a seat at the WSOP Colossus* event in summer 2017 - in addition to travel and accommodation, will be awarded to the following:-    -   9 x APAT National Amateur Champions    -   WCOAP Main Event Champion    -   APAT #1 Ranked Player    -   Live Pub Poker League National Champion    -   APAT live event Vegas satellite winners, with guaranteed seats    -   APAT online satellite winners, with guaranteed seats Online:  Grosvenor Poker will host APAT's online Championship events and the winner of each will receive an added value seat at a GUKPT £550 main event. All*Stars:  Close to 2,000 players have achieved an APAT All*Stars ranking over the past ten years and these players will now be able to opt in and earn the highest level of rewards possible at Grosvenor Poker. WCOAP:  The extremely popular World Championship of Amateur Poker will be hosted at Grosvenor Casino, Manchester, between April 8th & 17th, 2017.  The festival will feature 18 bracelet events, including the prestigious 8 Game Players Championship, World Amateur Team Championship and World Amateur Poker Championship main event. Live Stream:  APAT will broadcast live from National Amateur Championship events in Season 10, in addition to providing a live update blog.  The streams will be recorded for future playback on APAT's video channel.  APAT viewers will be able to enjoy a whole new level of engagement with the live stream, with APAT's soon to be released Staker game. APAT Season 10 Schedule   Dates       Venue    28-29 May 2016       English Amateur Poker Championship, Grosvenor Newcastle 9-10 Jul 2016       European Amateur Poker Championship, Grosvenor Luton 12-15 Aug 2016       Belgian Amateur Poker Championship, Spa Belgium 16-18 Sep 2016       Welsh Amateur Poker Championship, Grosvenor Cardiff 30-31 Oct 2016       Irish Amateur Poker Championship, Regency Hotel Dublin 10-13 Nov 2016       Benelux Amateur Poker Championship, Namur Belgium 26-27 Nov 2016       UK Amateur Poker Championship, Grosvenor Portsmouth 4-5 Feb 2017       Scottish Amateur Poker Championship, Grosvenor Edinburgh 11-12 Mar 2017       UK Team Poker Championship, Grosvenor Blackpool 8-17 Apr 2017       World Championship Of Amateur Poker (WCOAP), Grosvenor BNR Manchester Jun 2017       North American Poker Championship, Las Vegas              Further details can be found on the APAT website, alongside entry details for the upcoming English Amateur Poker Championship and full WCOAP and Online Tour schedules. * to be confirmed

 

[avongirl]

On-line Schedule information shared from APAT forum:

 

We are pleased to announce the following online schedule for APAT's 10th Anniversary Season.  

Season 10 Online can be discussed HERE

Added Value

All Online Championship events will award APAT Gold, Silver and Bronze medals to the Top 3 individuals.

The winner of each APAT/Grosvenor National Championship Online main event will receive entry to a £550 GUKPT event.

APAT Online

All games will be played on APAT/Grosvenor.  To download the APAT/Grosvenor software CLICK HERE.

Games are NOT password protected.

APAT Season 10 Online Satellites:  

Step 1:   Daily at 6pm -  £0.24+0.01 >>> for Step 2 £5 tokens
 
Step 2:   Daily at 7pm -  £4.70+0.30 >>> for Step 3 £30 tokens*
 
Step 3:   Daily at 9pm - £28+£2 >>> min 3 runners for Step 4 £82 tokens**
 
Step 4:   Enter Live Nationals, Live Vegas Satellites or Online Vegas Satellites
 
 
 
*£30 tokens may be used for Online Satellite Step 3 entry, or for entry to any Season 10 online National Championship event (With GUKPT £500 added value seat for winner)
 
**£82 tokens may be used for Online Satellite Step 4 entry, or for entry to any Season 10 live National Championship event or live APAT Vegas Sunday event.
 
1 token is guaranteed in every Online Satellite as long as we reach the minimum required for the game to start (3 players).
APAT Season 10 Online Events:
 

Date	Event	Buyin
Sun 5 Jun 2016 18:00	English Online Championship	£28+£2
Sun 5 Jun 2016 19:00	English Online Side Event - PLO	£4.70+0.30
Sun 17 Jul 2016 18:00	European Online Championship	£28+£2
Sun 17 Jul 2016 19:00	European Online APAT Vegas 2017	£75+£7
Sun 25 Sep 2016 18:00	Welsh Online Championship	£28 + £2
Sun 25 Sep 2016 19:00	Welsh Online Side Event - PLO	£4.70+0.30
Sun 2 Oct 2016 18:00	**UK Team Online Championship	£28 + £2
Sun 2 Oct 2016 19:00	UK Team Online APAT Vegas 2017	£75+£7
Sun 6 Nov 2016 18:00	Irish Online Championship	£28 + £2
Sun 6 Nov 2016 19:00	Irish Online APAT Vegas 2017	£75+£7
Sun 4 Dec 2016 18:00	UK Online Championship	£28 + £2
Sun 4 Dec 2016 19:00	UK Online Side Event - PLO	£4.70+0.30
Sun 12 Feb 2017 18:00	Scottish Online Championship	£28 + £2
Sun 12 Feb 2017 19:00	Scottish Online APAT Vegas 2017	£75+£7
Thu 20 Apr 2017 19:00	WCOAP Online Side Event - tbc	£4.70+0.30
Fri 21 Apr 2017 19:00	WCOAP Online Side Event - tbc	£4.70+0.30
Sat 22 Apr 2017 19:00	WCOAP Online Side Event - tbc	£4.70+0.30
Sun 23 Apr 2017 18:00	WCOAP Online Championship	£28 + £2
Sun 23 Apr 2017 19:00	WCOAP Online Side Event - tbc	£4.70+0.30
Sun 11 Jun 2017 18:00	North American Online Championship	£28 + £2
Sun 11 Jun 2017 19:00	North American Online Side Event - PLO	£4.70+0.30

                  

Notes

Late Reg
Online Championship Main Events: 90 mins
Online Step 4 (Vegas Satellites)/Side Events: 90 mins
Online Steps 1 Satellites: 30 mins
Online Step 2/3 Satellites: 60 mins

** UK Team Online Championship
This will also act as a "qualifying event" for the live equivalent (UK Team Championship) which will be held 11-12 March 2017 at Grosvenor Blackpool - the Top 3 finishing teams will be invited to play in the live event. (note: this is "invited entry", you still have to pay the entry free).  

[avongirl]

On 04/06/2016, 02:13:22, avongirl said:

Thu 20 Apr 2017 19:00    WCOAP Online Side Event - tbc       £4.70+0.30   

Fri 21 Apr 2017 19:00       WCOAP Online Side Event - tbc       £4.70+0.30   

Sat 22 Apr 2017 19:00       WCOAP Online Side Event - tbc       £4.70+0.30   

Sun 23 Apr 2017 18:00    WCOAP Online Championship       £28 + £2   

Sun 23 Apr 2017 19:00    WCOAP Online Side Event - tbc       £4.70+0.30   

online schedule this week.

[Danshot]

Thanks for notice I took down tonights Side Event of Stud

[avongirl]

  awesome, well done Dan.