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APAT Coventry Player Briefing - Aug 17
« on: July 10, 2017, 21:12:27 PM »
Ladies & Gents, we are pleased to confirm details for the APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship schedule of events that will take place during Grosvenor's Goliath 2017, where I have the pleasure of being your host, with Lucy Amos providing a live update/blog/photos throughout and Leigh Wiltshire joining us to produce a live stream.

For questions etc, please post on THIS THREAD or PM myself HERE or send a message via Facebook HERE


GUARANTEE YOUR SEAT IN ADVANCE
 

Download the software for APAT/Grosvenor HERE and buy in via the Online Holding Tank - simply select the Grosvenor Live tab, then the APAT tab and click on the APAT event you wish to play during Goliath 2017:

Thu 3 Aug 6pm APAT 8-Game Championship Day 1 £83 (est end 4am) (Day 2 Fri 4 Aug 8pm) (open event)

Sat 5 Aug 4pm APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship Day 1 £83 (est end 2am) (Day 2 Sun 6 Aug 1pm)

Sun 6 Aug 1:30pm APAT PLO Championship £58 (open event)

PLEASE NOTE:   that if you do not subsequently de-register from the Online Holding Tank before it closes then at that time you are registered for the event - you do NOT need to turn up at the venue and register as APAT will have done this for you (and paid your buyin to the venue), and your chips will go into play from shuffle up and deal, whether you have been/are in attendance or not, and your blinds will be posted when due.  Also, after the Holding Tank closes, if you are unable to use your seat, then you will need to off-load your seat and you may wish to utilise the APAT Seat Exchange facility HERE for this.


Reserve a seat for the APAT Main Event by clicking on the button above - this facility will close when all allocated seats are reserved or at 9pm on Fri 4th Aug 2017 latest.

Clarification on the APAT Eventbrite facility is available HERE, and ALL players who reserve a seat must register in person, and pay the FULL buy-in and reg fee, at the venue poker room (in the casino, NOT in the Ricoh Arena) cash desk AT LEAST ONE HOUR before the event advertised start time, otherwise the seat will be freed up at this time - EXPECT AND PREPARE FOR LONG QUEUES!  

NB:  A CHANGE TO THE USUAL APAT EVENTBRITE for the APAT Main Event during Goliath... seats are reserved until ONE HOUR PRIOR TO EVENT START TIME and NOT 'actual event start time' as has been the case historically.

ALL players bought-in in advance of the event starting (either via the APAT/Grosvenor Online Holding Tank or direct entry with APAT (eg Online Satellite token or prizewinner/added value) will have their chips put into play at the start of the event and, if not seated, will be blinded out from the start.  You DO NOT need to register in the venue prior to the event start - APAT will provide your name to the venue and register you into the event (and pay the venue your buyin) - so just turn up and take your seat (even if late arriving) - any player who registers and buys in at the venue will also have chips put into play at the start even if they are not seated.




APAT SEASON 11 IN ASSOCIATION WITH GROSVENOR
 UK AMATEUR POKER CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
THU 3RD - SUN 6TH AUG 2017


The UK Amateur Poker Championship will be played at the Grosvenor Casino (Ricoh Arena), Coventry on Saturday 5th August with Day 1 starting at 4:00pm, and concluding on Sunday 5th August with Day 2 starting at 1:00pm.

Venue

Grosvenor Casino (Ricoh Arena) Coventry, Judds Lane, Longford, Coventry, CV6 6AQ
Tele: 02476 684747 (ask to be put through to the poker room)
Web: HERE

The casino is open from 12:00 noon until 6am Mon - Fri, and 24 hours a day on Sat and Sun.

To play poker you must be a full member of Grosvenor Casinos - to join as a Member you need to present photo ID (current Grosvenor Casino membership of any Grosvenor Casino will suffice to enter).  

There is plenty of free on-site parking.  When you pull up to the barrier the camera reads your number plate and lets you in with no ticket.  On the desk inside reception there is a keypad (ipad looking thing) where you just enter your car reg number and it validates it for you.  When you drive out the barrier will lift automatically.

APAT SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Thursday 3rd Aug 2017

18:00 APAT 8-Game Championship Day 1 £75+£8 (Ricoh Hall 5) - est end 04:00
BUYINS/RE-ENTRY ON THE DAY MUST BE PAID AT THE CASINO CASH DESK, NOT IN THE RICOH ARENA
50k starting stack / 30 min clock / 1 Re-entry allowed / Deals allowed via TD
Late Reg / Alternates up to and including first break (after level 4)  
Est cap 8 X 7-handed tables, with uplift to 8 x 8-handed
(this is an OPEN event - open to ANY poker player)

Friday 4th Aug 2017

20:00 APAT 8-Game Championship Day 2 (Ricoh Hall 5) - est end 01:00

Saturday 5th Aug 2017

16:00 APAT Main Event: UK Amateur Poker Championship (NLHE) Day 1 £75+£8 (Ricoh Hall 5) - est end 02:00
BUYINS ON THE DAY MUST BE PAID AT THE CASINO CASH DESK, NOT IN THE RICOH ARENA
15k starting stack / 45 min clock to HU (30 min) / Freezeout / No deals
Late Reg / Alternates up to and including first break (after level 4) (may enter up until end of L8)
Est cap 25 x 10-handed tables
Structure HERE  
(this is an amateur poker player ONLY event)
The UK Amateur Poker Champion will win the ADDED VALUE of a GUKPT seat, worth £550, and the Top 3 players will compete to win the coveted APAT National Championship Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals.

Sunday 6th Aug 2017

13:00 APAT Main Event: UK Amateur Poker Championship Day 2 (Ricoh Hall 3)

13:30 APAT PLO Championship £50+£8 (Ricoh Hall 3)
BUYINS/RE-ENTRY ON THE DAY MUST BE PAID AT THE CASINO CASH DESK, NOT IN THE RICOH ARENA
20k starting stack / 30 min clock / 1 Re-entry allowed / Deals allowed via TD
Late Reg / Alternates up to and including first break (after level 4) (may enter up until end of L8)
Est cap 12 x 8-handed tables (with possible uplift to 9-handed)
(this is an OPEN event - open to ANY poker player)

PRIZES/ADDED VALUE

Each event prize pool breakdown will be confirmed at the venue after the event has closed for further entries.  An example of the default APAT Main Event prize structure can be found HERE.

The top three finishers in the APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship will receive the coveted APAT National Championship Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, and the UK Amateur Poker Champion will win the ADDED VALUE of a GUKPT seat, worth £550.

Season 11 Player Of The Year (POTY) ranking points will be awarded for the APAT National Championship (Top 18) and both the APAT side events (Top 5).  POTY details can be found HERE, and the APAT POTY will win a GUKPT Main Event seat, worth £550.

EVENT REGISTRATION


ON THE DAY Players can buy-in at the venue for available seats on a first-come-first-served basis from 2 hours prior to each event.  

Players may enter any of the APAT events up to the end of the late entry period - once this time is reached no further players will be seated, and this includes any players who may be on an Alternates List.  Basically, if on an Alternates List you will only be offered a seat up to the end of the late entry period, after which any Alternates List will be scrapped.

You are advised to turn up well in advance to complete event registration, including allowing time to join as a member if needed - and allowing for long queues.

Players may leave the venue after registering for an event but we encourage you to be back and seated by 5 minutes prior to the event advertised start time.  However, it is not obligatory to be in your seat at the start of the events and if not, chips will be put into play, and remain in play, and you will be blinded out.

Live Updates

A live update report/blog will be provided throughout all APAT events, with associated photos, and a live stream production will also be running.

Terms and Conditions

Please note the event is subject to the terms & conditions of the Amateur Poker Association & Tour.

All events are subject to APAT/Venue discretion on the day, and structures/levels may be altered and timings changed if viewed in the best interests of the event.

Cancellations

Once a seat has been purchased, and if plans change, then players need to utilise the APAT Seat Exchange within the APAT Forum HERE to trade their seat at the face value.  Seat Exchange Guidelines HERE apply.

Amateur poker player ONLY events are exactly that - only players as classified by APAT are eligible to enter these tournaments.  In the event that an entrant is classed by APAT as not eligible to play, but they have entered, then they will be immediately disqualified and removed from the event and their chips taken out of play.  The entry/actions of any such players, and the affect on any other player or situation, will not be retrospectively re-considered nor compensated.

Finally As a member of the Amateur Poker Association and Tour, we would like you to be aware of your expected role in our collective responsibility to ensure that the weekend is memorable and enjoyable for not only every participant - but for everyone involved within the venue.  We would appreciate you doing your bit to ensure that everyone comes away having had the best possible poker experience with APAT.

The best of luck to everyone playing.

« Last Edit: August 05, 2017, 11:06:08 AM by IrishTom »
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Re: APAT Coventry Player Briefing - Aug 17
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2017, 21:13:05 PM »
Below is the latest list of players who have registered in advance or reserved a seat.

FOR ALL APAT EVENTS, SEATS REMAIN FOR BUY IN ON THE DAY FROM 12:00 NOON IN THE VENUE POKER ROOM ON A FIRST COME BASIS - AN ALTERNATES LIST WILL BE MAINTAINED FOR ALL APAT EVENTS WITH NAMES ALLOCATED UP TO THE END OF THE FIRST BREAK, WHICH IS AFTER LEVEL 4, AND PLAYERS WILL BE OFFERED A SEAT AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE ONLY UP UNTIL THE END OF LEVEL 8, AFTER WHICH THE LISTS WILL CEASE TO EXIST AND NO FURTHER PLAYERS WILL BE SEATED

APAT 8-GAME

Grosvenor Online Holding Tank (Closed 9pm Tue 1st)

The following have pre-registered/bought-in in advance via the Online Holding Tank and do NOT need to turn up at the venue to register on the day - simply turn up at any time and take your seat as you have already been registered into the event by APAT and your chips will go into play at the start of the tournament even if you are late to arrive - although late arrivals will be blinded out from the start of the tournament.

acefouroff
AceOnTheRiver
AJDUK
AlbusFawkes
ashchain
azroarrr
Buzzfox
Claretsax
Codfish60
CozzaaFee
DJBigClub
duncthehat
Havalencia
Hollie1990
ITom65 - Gabor Gelleri
itsuagain
JACK7SUITED
kohanapat
LickaLilly
MultiFruit
Njk123
OldKingColchester
Palamedes
Paulie_D59
Pokelicious
r3dsimon
Robbiebox
RolledUpinRazz
SemiFine
semetexxx
stone_clm
TGBatman
Tiny
Tunawatch
wazza251281
xxxiluvsjhixxx
youlittleslug

Other

The following have been pre-registered/bought-in in advance by APAT and do NOT need to turn up at the venue to register on the day - simply turn up at any time and take your seat as you have already been registered into the event by APAT and your chips will go into play at the start of the tournament even if you are late to arrive - although late arrivals will be blinded out from the start of the tournament.

John Murray
Ady Lovelock

Darren Kirk

APAT MAIN EVENT: UK AMATEUR POKER CHAMPIONSHIP

Grosvenor Online Holding Tank (Closed 9pm Thu 3rd)

The following have pre-registered/bought-in in advance via the Online Holding Tank and do NOT need to turn up at the venue to register on the day - simply turn up at any time and take your seat as you have already been registered into the event by APAT and your chips will go into play at the start of the tournament even if you are late to arrive - although late arrivals will be blinded out from the start of the tournament.

53 names TBC

Eventbrite (Closed 9pm Fri 4th)

The following have reserved seats via the APAT Eventbrite facility and have until their event st art time to register and buy in for the full amount at the venue - after this time the seat becomes available to others:

Jamie   Agnew
gary   allen
karen   balbi
David   Baldry
Robert   Battell
Mike   Bennetts
scott   berridge
Karl   Bursford
hugh   cairnie
Andy   Cairns
Peter   Carey
Alvaro   Carvalho
Darren Barrington   Coleman
Sean   Connor
Dawn   Cooke
Barrie   Cullen
Lukasz   Daszynski
PHIL   ELLIS
Mark   Flay
Anthony   Gale
Gordon   Gallagher
graham   gorton
Damen   Hardy
Morgan   Hunter
Paul   Jefferies
Richard   Jones
Omar   Khan
James   Lailey
Simon   Lawlor
Gary   Lipman
Roger   Maguire
charles   Mason
ken   mcbride
Gary   Mcbride
Rob   Mitchell
Jack   Morley
Frank   Moszkal
ANTHONY   NAPOLITANO
Dominic   Parker
Daniel   Partridge
Joby   Plunkett
Philip   Robinson
Michael   Scott
Hugh   Smyth
Darren   Sutton
Peter   Sykes
Glenn   Townsend
Alister   Waldie
Adam   Walker
Graham   Wilkinson
Adam   Williams
Matthew   Worsley
William   Young

Bruno Rilho
Graham Ward
Paul Haycock
Ben Burnhill

Other

The following have been pre-registered/bought-in in advance by APAT and do NOT need to turn up at the venue to register on the day - simply turn up at any time and take your seat as you have already been registered into the event by APAT and your chips will go into play at the start of the tournament even if you are late to arrive - although late arrivals will be blinded out from the start of the tournament.

John Murray
Paul Davis
Craig Dawson (via Luca Cannella)
Glenn Laming
Kev Smith
Stuart Ward
Jason Kemp

Sean Snell
Charlie Deluchi
Lewis Archer
Jody Cobb
Joe Bates
Nigel Waldron

APAT PLO

Grosvenor Online Holding Tank (Closed 9pm Fri 4th)

The following have pre-registered/bought-in in advance via the Online Holding Tank and do NOT need to turn up at the venue to register on the day - simply turn up at any time and take your seat as you have already been registered into the event by APAT and your chips will go into play at the start of the tournament even if you are late to arrive - although late arrivals will be blinded out from the start of the tournament.

BOINGBLITZBCPC
FishyFish999
G10JUNION
linziwan
Paulie_D59
ptbooto
Robbiebox
RolledUpinRazz
TGBatman
XTRIPPSX
youlittleslug

Other

The following have been pre-registered/bought-in in advance by APAT and do NOT need to turn up at the venue to register on the day - simply turn up at any time and take your seat as you have already been registered into the event by APAT and your chips will go into play at the start of the tournament even if you are late to arrive - although late arrivals will be blinded out from the start of the tournament.

TBC


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Re: APAT Coventry Player Briefing - Aug 17
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2017, 21:13:40 PM »
A reminder that the United Kingdom Online Amateur Poker Championship will take place as follows:

Date   Start   Tournament   Buyin
     
Friday 11th August 2017   7pm   UKOAPC SE - 5 Card Draw   £5
Friday 11th August 2017   8pm   UKOAPC SE - NLHE Turbo Rebuy   £5
Saturday 12th August 2017   7pm   UKOAPC SE - PLO Heads Up   £5
Saturday 12th August 2017   8pm   UKOAPC SE - NLHE 6 Max   £5
Sunday 13th August 2017   6pm   UKOAPC ME - Championship Main Event   £30
Sunday 13th August 2017   7pm   UKOAPC SE - PLO Hi/Lo   £5

Season 11 Online can be discussed HERE

Added Value

All Online Championship Main 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.

Season 11 ranking points will be awarded for every online event (ME = Top 9, SE = Top 5, HU=Top 4)

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 11 Online Satellites:  

Step 1:   Running Daily -  £0.24+0.01 >>> for Step 2 £5 tokens
 
Step 2:   Running Daily -  £4.70+0.30 >>> for Step 3 £30 tokens*
 
 
*£30 tokens may be used for Online Satellite Step 3 entry (GUKPT, 25/25, Goliath, APAT), or for entry to any Season 11 online National Championship event (With GUKPT £550 added value seat for winner)
 
 
A minimum of 1 token is guaranteed in every Online Satellite as long as we reach the minimum required for the game to start (3 players). See the poker lobby for detailed guarantees for each satellite


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Re: APAT Coventry Player Briefing - Aug 17
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2017, 21:54:46 PM »
Regards parking they have gone all posh at the Ricoh now.

When you pull up to the barrier the camera reads your number plate and lets you in with no ticket. On the desk inside reception there is a keypad (ipad looking thing) where you just enter your car reg number and it validates it for you. When you drive out the barrier will lift automatically.
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Re: APAT Coventry Player Briefing - Aug 17
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2017, 22:14:06 PM »
Regards parking they have gone all posh at the Ricoh now.

When you pull up to the barrier the camera reads your number plate and lets you in with no ticket. On the desk inside reception there is a keypad (ipad looking thing) where you just enter your car reg number and it validates it for you. When you drive out the barrier will lift automatically.

Thanks David, I'll update the briefing with this info...
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Re: APAT Coventry Player Briefing - Aug 17
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2017, 10:07:31 AM »
Regards parking they have gone all posh at the Ricoh now.

When you pull up to the barrier the camera reads your number plate and lets you in with no ticket. On the desk inside reception there is a keypad (ipad looking thing) where you just enter your car reg number and it validates it for you. When you drive out the barrier will lift automatically.

Thanks David, I'll update the briefing with this info...



Also Tom the big conference room where the tournaments are held will "close" at the end of play each day (early morning) but the casino itself is open 24/7 as the cash games run around the clock the whole time the Goliath festival is on.
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Re: APAT Coventry Player Briefing - Aug 17
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2017, 10:33:23 AM »
Regards parking they have gone all posh at the Ricoh now.

When you pull up to the barrier the camera reads your number plate and lets you in with no ticket. On the desk inside reception there is a keypad (ipad looking thing) where you just enter your car reg number and it validates it for you. When you drive out the barrier will lift automatically.

Thanks David, I'll update the briefing with this info...



Also Tom the big conference room where the tournaments are held will "close" at the end of play each day (early morning) but the casino itself is open 24/7 as the cash games run around the clock the whole time the Goliath festival is on.

Thanks again David, am sure Joachim will look after all APATers :)
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Re: APAT Coventry Player Briefing - Aug 17
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2017, 22:04:19 PM »
what games make up the 8 game tourney?

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Re: APAT Coventry Player Briefing - Aug 17
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2017, 11:04:59 AM »
what games make up the 8 game tourney?

Assuming it's the same as the WCOAP we ran in Manchester earlier in the year, it will be :-

The 8-Game Players Championship will be played 7-handed, have 8 hands per game regardless of the number of players, play to a Final Table on Day 1 and feature the following 'running order':
                                                     
Limit 2-7 Triple Draw                                                         
Limit Hold'em                                                         
Limit Omaha 8                                                         
Razz                                                         
Limit 7 Card Stud                                                         
Limit Stud 8                                                         
No Limit Hold'em                                                         
Pot Limit Omaha (no Ante)

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Re: APAT Coventry Player Briefing - Aug 17
« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2017, 17:22:23 PM »
what games make up the 8 game tourney?

Assuming it's the same as the WCOAP we ran in Manchester earlier in the year, it will be :-

The 8-Game Players Championship will be played 7-handed, have 8 hands per game regardless of the number of players, play to a Final Table on Day 1 and feature the following 'running order':
                                                     
Limit 2-7 Triple Draw                                                         
Limit Hold'em                                                         
Limit Omaha 8                                                         
Razz                                                         
Limit 7 Card Stud                                                         
Limit Stud 8                                                         
No Limit Hold'em                                                         
Pot Limit Omaha (no Ante)

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Re: APAT Coventry Player Briefing - Aug 17
« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2017, 21:04:44 PM »
Sorry if this has been covered already but are you allowed to multi table the Goliath and APAT?

So say if someone makes Day 2 of the Goliath which is played on the Saturday is he allowed to register and play in the APAT main event which starts on the same day and effectively multi table these two tournaments?

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Re: APAT Coventry Player Briefing - Aug 17
« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2017, 14:38:40 PM »
Attention all APATers attending the Goliath

Please ensure you get any seat transfer requests in ASAP, through customer services.

You will need to provide your online alias and the recipients. Online pre-reg holding tanks close at 6am on Friday.

You will still be able to transfer your ticket at the event, but the process will be much more laboured.

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Re: APAT Coventry Player Briefing - Aug 17
« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2017, 14:42:43 PM »
Sorry if this has been covered already but are you allowed to multi table the Goliath and APAT?

So say if someone makes Day 2 of the Goliath which is played on the Saturday is he allowed to register and play in the APAT main event which starts on the same day and effectively multi table these two tournaments?

Thanks

I'm just getting confirmation on this for you Lukas.  I'm pretty sure it won't be allowed.

The APAT Main does start at 4pm with 7 levels of late reg, so if you were still in the Goliath at that point (Somewhere around 9pm), you are hopefully going to be pretty deep and wouldn't therefore be worried about playing the APAT Main.

Latest reg in the APAT Main is going to give you around 35 BB's

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Re: APAT Coventry Player Briefing - Aug 17
« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2017, 15:11:17 PM »
I have no idea where Hall 5 actualy is...is there anywhere I can find this out?

A quick map would be ideal.
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Re: APAT Coventry Player Briefing - Aug 17
« Reply #14 on: July 27, 2017, 15:25:30 PM »
I have no idea where Hall 5 actualy is...is there anywhere I can find this out?

A quick map would be ideal.

You won't get lost Paulie.... Hall 5 is the side/back hall attached to the main hall where Goliath is mostly held... and that main hall is Hall 3...
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