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APAT Crown Amateur World Champions
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Ben Young: World Amateur Poker Champion
The prestigious World Championship of Amateur Poker (WCOAP) has concluded at Europe’s premier poker club; Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham.
Players came from all over Europe and further afield to compete for the 7 Championship titles and every event was sold out.
Ben Young took the blue riband World Amateur Poker Championship main event, outlasting a 425 runner field to take home the £9,000 first prize plus a seat in the GUKPT Grand Final worth £2,700 courtesy of APAT sponsors Betfair Poker. Heads up play was an all Welsh affair with Young seeing off Stephen Roderick after 20 minutes of two-handed play. The final hand virtually played itself with Young claiming the title after his flush beat Roderick’s set.
In addition to the Main Event there were a number of other titles up for grabs in Nottingham. Dave Howard took the heads up championship, beating Germany’s Michael Koenig in the final with Ian Thompson taking the Stud championship beating David Llewellyn heads up. Colin Young pipped Andy Overton to the six-max No Limit Hold’em title with Dutchman Max Kruis taking down the PLO event after beating Craig Johnson.
Wales: World Amateur Poker Team Champions
The Welsh contingent took the prestigious World Amateur Team Championship, beating Canada in an extremely tight finish by only a single point. Northern Ireland finished third, just a point ahead of the fourth placed finishers from Spain. France were fifth with Holland taking sixth place.
England’s Paul Pitchford secured an unprecedented second consecutive ‘Player of the Championship’ award by virtue of fourth and seventh places finishes in two WCOAP side events. Paul will represent APAT and sponsor Betfair at the World Series of Poker Europe later in September.
The next APAT event takes place in Dublin on 24th & 25th of September when the Irish Amateur Poker Championships takes place. Qualifiers are up and running at Betfair Poker.
John Murray Wins UK Amateur Title
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Portsmouth’s John Murray has won the Betfair APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship, played at the Victoria Casino in London.
John, who beat Don Roberts heads up, took the title, Championship Cup & Gold Medal, £3,500 first prize and a seat at a GUKPT Main Event.
John was a member of the victorious Ireland team that won the 2008 European Amateur Team Championship and he also captains the Solent Poker Club which competes in the APAT National League.
At the same festival, former GUKPT winner Bernard Litman won the second leg of the APAT Professional League.
A full tournament report will follow.
APAT Launch Quarterly Magazine
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APAT Magazine: Click To View
The Amateur Poker Association & Tour are delighted to announce the launch of APAT Magazine, a quarterly online publication focussing on APAT members and events.
The March issue focusses on the launch of Season 4, and carries interviews with Season 4 National & Online Ranking Winners Steve Redfern and Brian Yates, and an interview with APAT tv hostess Maylis Boardman.
In addition there are tournament reports on the European Individual & Team Championships, the UK Team Championship and last weekend’s Welsh Online Championship.
APAT are also pleased to announce a tie up with the uk arm of PokerNews.com under editor Barry Carter; who will provide general poker news to APAT members from the UK Poker Circuit.
So for your chance to win one of two seats on offer to the DTD leg of the UKIPT, and to catch up on our Season 4 schedule for Amateur Championship, Professional League and Specialist Series tournaments, click to read!
APAT Announce Details Of Fourth Season
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February 18th, London: The Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) is delighted to announce details of the fourth season of its critically acclaimed tour for developing poker players.
Seasonal highlights include:-
New Tour Sponsor: Betfair.com will become the headline sponsor of APAT in Season 4; in a partnership that will bring a tremendous amount of additional value and opportunity for APAT members. Betfair.com will exclusively host all APAT National Championship and National League fixtures online, and satellites for APAT’s live schedule of tournaments.
Added Value: The tour will offer APAT members the chance to win thirty three seats to GUKPT main events and twenty three seats to APAT Professional League tournaments. In addition, each of the season’s seventy five amateur, professional and online tournaments will be run completely registration free for players.
APAT live tournament events will now typically comprise three events.
Amateur Championship: APAT’s core schedule will feature seventeen international amateur ranking events including three stops in continental Europe; in Austria, Estonia and Spain, with the undoubted highlight being the seven event World Championship Of Amateur Poker (WCOAP) at Dusk Till Dawn in August, which will feature the debut of the sixteen country World Amateur Team Championship, plus Heads Up, Six Max, Stud, Omaha and HORSE Championship events, in addition to the 414 runner World Amateur Poker Championship main event.
Professional League: The PL will feature seven events capped at fifty players utilising a deep Pot Limit Hold’em structure, which will bring skill to the fore. Featuring a registration free buy in of £250, each event will have a GUKPT main event seat added for the winner and be open to APAT amateur and professional members. Played on a Saturday alongside the Amateur Championship event.
