APAT Irish Amateur Championships Live Update

[Des]

Macau Sporting Club Supremo Ken Corkery presents Bobby O'Donnell of Tipperary with the Irish Amateur Poker Championship trophy.

[TightEnd]

Right that's it from Cork

Goodnight


Next stop, Lutonia on 22-23rd October

I will be in Team spreadsheet hell, you will in many cases I hope be in team poker Heaven


For now

[xxMAIRxx]

Gr8 updates, congrats to all

[Cyntaf]

Well played all including Team Apat.

Good run Matt, and Don, so unlucky v Flopped str8 flush.

Last hand wasn't too bad either, Quads v Boat......

Enjoy the bar, have a Guinness or three.

[Curlarge]

well played to the winners, in what was a very good event. Am now a bit wobbly having spent the last 4 hours with mr. (and mrs,) Ken whatshisname (McBride), in the Windsor bar and grill. Too much Guiness and not enough suece on my chips. Good luck at the Blarney stone tomorrow.

[Curlarge]

Curlarge

Could this be the one?

NO

[Curlarge]

Ken McBride

Clark Gable look-i-like-eeeee?

[Santino67]

Ken McBride

Clark Gable look-i-like-eeeee?

Surely more Ian McGeechan than Clark Gable?

[The Healer]

In the run up to the Scottish Championship, the moderator posted the following;

"Feel free to spread to word, we are slightly baffled as to where all the Scottish APATers are hiding at the moment.

If the demand is not there, it makes it tough to justify heading to Scotland next season."

I dont want pee on the campfire, but, what is the view with regards Cork and the number of runners ?

[TightEnd]

this was addressed earlier in this thread

In summary

- Its the second year in a row Irish numbers have been light

- In part the local venues need to promote more. The Macau acknowledged this.

- This year we were unlucky in that a 700 runner Dublin event was scheduled after ours and took a lot of people away this weekend

- UK APAT travellers seemed to have the view that Cork was a non-option. This was incorrect, but the perception never changed. You could have done Cork for 2 nights for around £200 all in from most UK destinations. One player, an APAT regular, did the weekend (after buy in) on less than £100 on a tight budget

Next year we intend to change the date of the Irish event (before summer holidays, before WCOAP) and without any clashes we'll aim to get 120+ again

For Scotland, I think I have solved the venue problem. (either unsuitable venues or lack of support from card-rooms have been a problem for over 2 years ) 

For season 6 overall, where planning is in progress, season 5 has taught me much about scheduling and what suits people best

[The Healer]

Thanks, for a well explained reply.

[Curlarge]

this was addressed earlier in this thread

In summary

- Its the second year in a row Irish numbers have been light

- In part the local venues need to promote more. The Macau acknowledged this.

- This year we were unlucky in that a 700 runner Dublin event was scheduled after ours and took a lot of people away this weekend

- UK APAT travellers seemed to have the view that Cork was a non-option. This was incorrect, but the perception never changed. You could have done Cork for 2 nights for around £200 all in from most UK destinations. One player, an APAT regular, did the weekend (after buy in) on less than £100 on a tight budget

Next year we intend to change the date of the Irish event (before summer holidays, before WCOAP) and without any clashes we'll aim to get 120+ again

For Scotland, I think I have solved the venue problem. (either unsuitable venues or lack of support from card-rooms have been a problem for over 2 years ) 

For season 6 overall, where planning is in progress, season 5 has taught me much about scheduling and what suits people best

This is far to informative. Please try and keep us in the dark for as long as possible. It also negates the need for a sooooooooooooooooooooon when too much info is given

[SirPercival]

For season 6 overall, where planning is in progress, season 5 has taught me much about scheduling and what suits people best

When do we start the Season 6 discussion thread where everyone says "don't play on Tuesdays because I work that day" or "can we play more Omaha because I'm cr@p at Hold 'em"

It's the highlight of the forum year!

[nosey-p]

For season 6 overall, where planning is in progress, season 5 has taught me much about scheduling and what suits people best

When do we start the Season 6 discussion thread where everyone says "don't play on Tuesdays because I work that day" or "can we play more Omaha because I'm cr@p at Hold 'em"

It's the highlight of the forum year!

 

For the record I can play on a Tuesday and can we have Razz in the schedule