DesD Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 APAT Announces <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />UK Amateur Poker Championship<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> London, October 30, 2006: The Amateur Poker Association & Tour (“APATâ€), in association with PokerStars.com, today announced details of its premier UK based live event. The APAT United Kingdom Amateur Poker Championship will be a two day event, hosted by Aspers Casino, Newcastle, on December 2nd & 3rd, 2006. Tournament seats will be sold online at www.apat.com, from Saturday November 4th. Entry is exclusively open to members of the Amateur Poker Association & Tour. The tournament, which will have a capacity of 210 entrants, will attract some of the finest amateur players in the UK, who for a £75 entry fee, will play for an estimated prize pool of £15,000 - with the winner taking a substantial cash prize, prestigious title, Silver Challenge Cup, plus a sponsored $12,000 tournament entry package to the World Series Of Poker main event in Las Vegas! Players will start the tournament with 10,000 chips and a structure designed to encourage creative play throughout. APAT standardised rules will be in operation. Aspers Casino General Manager Paul Sculpher commented: “Aspers is delighted to host such a prestigious event and we look forward to welcoming APAT members and their guests, and to putting on a first class tournament.†Tony Kendall, Chairman of the Amateur Poker Association & Tour, added: “We are delighted to be bringing an APAT event to the North East. Aspers is a fantastic venue and our players are going to have a wonderful time.†Commenting on the recent APAT English Amateur Poker Championship, PokerPlayer Editor, Dave Woods stated: “The APAT event marked the beginning of a tournament revolution in the UK. Proper live tournament poker shouldn’t just be the preserve of the sponsored pros. APAT has finally put that right.†About The Amateur Poker Association & Tour With a membership drawn from 26 countries, APAT is the world’s first combined Poker Association & Tour. Season one of the Tour features seven national and international live events, and a highly competitive series of international online events. Every APAT live event winner, and the overall APAT player of the year, will win an expenses paid European Poker Tour, World Poker Tour or World Series Of Poker entry, sponsored by tour partner, PokerStars.com. APAT Membership and Tournament registration can be obtained online at www.apat.com. Individual Membership of the Association will cost £10, while entry to the UK Amateur Poker Championship will cost £75. The total sum of all entry fees will be returned to the players in prize money. No registration fee will be charged. Tournament entry is subject to availability and to the terms & conditions of the Amateur Poker Association & Tour. For additional information on the Amateur Poker Association & Tour, contact Richard Prew by email; [email protected], or visit the Press section at www.apat.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morlspin Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship awww des ur a fckin legend! Aspers is class! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesD Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship awww des ur a fckin legend! Aspers is class! We're guaranteed one happy punter! :lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morlspin Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship We're guaranteed one happy punter! :lol I just hope i get a seat!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship We're guaranteed one happy punter! :lol Only if he gets a seat :tongue2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morlspin Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship gaf u type so slooooowwwww Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship lol - I know :sad The reason it happes so often - I haven't the patience to wait for pages to load - so I open 4 or 5 at a time in new tabs - if it's the 5th one I read, it may have been sitting there for a few minutes..... I'll put registration date for this in the diary, as a reminder ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship gaf u type so slooooowwwww I am also 4 tabling and tracking Tikays tourney (focus game) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staffy Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship Stop making excuses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant23 Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship Stop making excuses. :lol :lol :lol :lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Bomb Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship Nice one. Aspers is my local casino, so I'm hoping I get a chance to play. Read on another forum that payment would be Visa/Mastercard. Any other ways of paying? Just that I'm not registered yet for APAT and I probably won't if there's no alternative way of paying my entry fee (Maestro/Paypal). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship If you go to their web site - payment is done by PayPal, so imagine you have all the options you want :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Bomb Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship Well, happy days! :nana Looks like I'll have to spend a fair bit of time on Saturday trying to get my place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnley Joe Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship Morls, just checked flights, flying Sat morning and returning monday luchtime £70. Just need some cheap digs mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morlspin Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship Morls, just checked flights, flying Sat morning and returning monday luchtime £70. Just need some cheap digs mate ill do my best m8, dont book owt yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morlspin Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship i reckon there should be a cut off date with regards playing in this, or some qualifying criteria eg...u must have played 50% of the online games or been a member since such and such a date, making a click fest is all well and good, but if members who didnt get seats last time dont get them again this time, your gonna see loyalties tested IMO cant complain about myself however, as i willingly gave my seat up due to work committments last time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnley Joe Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship Not gonna do until after Saturday to see if get a seat or not then will contact you Cheers Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morlspin Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship Not gonna do until after Saturday to see if get a seat or not then will contact you Cheers Joe well my mate works at a hotel in town so ill ask her tonight, say its urgent and will need to know by sunday....shes a lazy fecker so that may be enough time for her lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick mick Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Can't make that weekend:wall:wall:wall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerowe Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship making a click fest is all well and good' date=' but if members who didnt get seats last time dont get them again this time, your gonna see loyalties tested[/quote'] I've gotta agree with the man. The email from APAT says: "(tickets) will go on sale at some point on Saturday. We cannot say specifically when as to do so may disadvantage members who do not have high speed broadband internet access." What about those who are disadvantaged by being unable to wait by their computer all day? How about giving priority to those who didnt make the draw last time (but desperately wanted to do so)? Any thoughts Des? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship Do you think it will fill up that quickly with 210 places? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnley Joe Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship Yeah i reckon it will There were loads who wanted to enter last time, and now all the publicity and pics etc I reckon will be full with 2 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship I can see it filling - just not in a "clickfest" fashion where it's full within 20 mins or so...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesD Posted October 31, 2006 Author Share Posted October 31, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship I've gotta agree with the man. The email from APAT says: "(tickets) will go on sale at some point on Saturday. We cannot say specifically when as to do so may disadvantage members who do not have high speed broadband internet access." What about those who are disadvantaged by being unable to wait by their computer all day? How about giving priority to those who didnt make the draw last time (but desperately wanted to do so)? Any thoughts Des? Hi Mike, We intend to announce an approximate payment window in the next couple of days. So you may be advised of a two hour slot within which seats will go on sale. We are going to try to be as sensible as possible with this. Every member went in the hat for the event 1 draw, and similarly this event is open to every member. I tend to think that 210 seats will not sell out that quickly - but we are in unknown territory. It is only our second event, and we will continue to take learnings on board as we progress through this season. I would like to think we can put some form of regional qualifying tournaments in place at casinos like Aspers and the Broadway for season two - but I appreciate that does not sort the short term demand / supply issue. All I can do is ask you to bear with us and be online during the payment window on Saturday. Regards, Des. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fish Pie Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship Hi Mike, We intend to announce an approximate payment window in the next couple of days. So you may be advised of a two hour slot within which seats will go on sale. We are going to try to be as sensible as possible with this. Every member went in the hat for the event 1 draw, and similarly this event is open to every member. I tend to think that 210 seats will not sell out that quickly - but we are in unknown territory. It is only our second event, and we will continue to take learnings on board as we progress through this season. I would like to think we can put some form of regional qualifying tournaments in place at casinos like Aspers and the Broadway for season two - but I appreciate that does not sort the short term demand / supply issue. All I can do is ask you to bear with us and be online during the payment window on Saturday. Regards, Des. Will you be taking switch payments this time?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APAT Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship Payment methods are Visa credit Mastercard Credit Visa delta debit Electron Debit Maestro APAT is sending out a member newsletter tonight in which a two hour window will be given for the opening of tournament registration on Saturday The letter will also contain details of a new flatter payout strucutre for event 2 and revised tournament timings (earlier start, later finish on day 1) to allow for the competition to end at a reasonable time on Day 2 to get people home at a reasonable hour before monday morning. I'll post the info on here later if required Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morlspin Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship Cheers APAT and DesD for all ya help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avongirl Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship UK Amateur Poker Championship - Entry Details Dear Member, Please find further entry details for the APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship, which was announced earlier this week. For a £75 entry fee, the winner of the event will win £3,750, a Prestigious Title, Silver Challenge Cup, Gold Medal, 18 Ranking Points and an expenses paid entry to the World Series Of Poker main event, worth $12,000! Tournament seats will go on sale at www.apat.com, between 6pm and 8pm on Saturday November 4th, and will remain on sale until sold out. In the event of over selling, or a lowering of the capacity at the venue, APAT retains the right to award seats as determined by time of purchase, and refund any others where a place in the tournament cannot be fulfilled. Fingers on buttons at 6pm - I think this might just be a popular event! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave488 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship Not great for us at the Newcastle game that kicks off at 5.15pm. Looks like I will have to entrust my brother with it.:hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie_D Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Re: APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship I reckon there should be a cut off date with regards playing in this, or some qualifying criteria. eg...you must have played 50% of the online games or been a member since such and such a date, making it a click fest is all well and good, but if members who didn't get seats last time don't get them again this time, you're gonna see loyalties tested IMO Cant complain about myself however, as I willingly gave my seat up due to work committments last time APAT already stated that they would not do a draw again for seats and I suspect that they have had to fall back on this 'click fest' option due to previous plans falling through. :wall If the rumours were true (I said IF) then the proposed Midlands based tourney would have had over 700 seats which should have been enough for any likely demand. Let's give Des and crew a break, APAT is still in it's evolving stage and little, successful, steps are better than running and falling flat on your face! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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