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APAT Amateur, Pro and Specialist Titles Decided In Wales
Posted by: | CommentsOver the weekend of 20-21st March 2010 APAT opened it’s new and fourth season, sponsored by Betfair Poker, with the Welsh festival held at the Aspers Casino Swansea. The festival consisted of the 102 runner Welsh Amateur Poker Championship, the first leg of the APAT Professional League ( a £250 Pot Limit Hold Em series ) and the Pot Limit Omaha leg of the £25 Specialist Series with a further 70 runners combined.
Courtesy of Betfair the winner of the Welsh Amateur Championship and Professional League events wins an entry to a GUKPT main event as part of an overall sponsorship package where APAT members have 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 are run completely registration free for players.
The winner of the Professional League will win a £20,000 APAT sponsorship package for 2011. In addition, the winners of the Online and National Amateur Rankings will join the 17 Amateur Champions from season four and the player with the most points finishes across Amateur and Online events, to compete in the APAT Champions Final, to play for a second APAT £20,000 sponsorship package in 2011.
In the One day Professional Series Pot Limit Hold Em event the final table was packed with regular Tour players who had travelled to play the event attracted by the added value on offer and the event culminated in the following result:
1st Stephen Boyd £2,250 plus GUKPT Seat.
2nd James Eccles £1,250
3rd Steve Warburton £1,000
4th Richard Offless £1,000
Meanwhile in the Amateur Championship there emerged a big chip leader in Gareth Johns, the key pot being where he called all-in to a big bet from Stuart Langford with the nut flush draw and two overcards, and rivered a flush. Elsewhere recent APAT online event winner Carl Lybert was well placed helped by flopping the second nut flush and holding on against the flopped nut flush draw of Jeldon Fernandes.
Simon Auckland wins 2009 Welsh Amateur Poker Championship
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The APAT Welsh Amateur Poker Championships held at the Grosvenor Casino Cardiff was the second event of APAT’s third season, once again sponsored by Blue Square. Seats for the 160 player strong event sold out within minutes, confirming APAT’s popularity and highlighting the attraction of these events to a wide range of poker players.
Including alternates, 162 runners took part generating a prize pool of £12,150 and £3,200 to the winner. Included amongst the runners were last year’s winner Tim Magnus and Steve Redfern, winner of the UK Championships in Walsall that began Season Three.
Unlucky Dewi James was the first player to exit, on the second hand, when he flopped trip two’s. Unfortunately Michael Gale had flopped trip tens and turned quads. Meanwhile James Edwards limped with a pair of sevens and was rewarded when he flopped quads, to be paid with a full double-up when Alan Armitage turned the nut flush. By the dinner break previous event winner Steve Redfern was established as the chip leader, helped by beating Darren Shallis’ Aces with pocket Queens, rivering a straight, and busting Gerard Smyth’s Aces with Queen-Jack suited to knock him out.
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High Res Images From Welsh Amateur Poker Championship
Posted by: | CommentsClick the links below to view / download high resolution images from the Welsh Amateur Poker Championship, played at the Grosvenor Casino, Cardiff, on April 4th & 5th.
James Davenport – Silver Medalist
Bruce Shannon – Bronze Medalist
Judi Edwards leads APAT Welsh Amateur Poker Championship at end of day one
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Edwards: day one chipleader
Bristol’s Judi Edwards is the chipleader at the end of the first day’s play, at the APAT Welsh Amateur Poker Championship, taking place at the Grosvenor Casino in Cardiff. Judi, who has 138,000 chips, leads a field of 27 players still in with a chance of winning the title, £3,200 first prize and a seat at the prestigious GUKPT Champion of Champions event. Click the link below for live updates from day two.
