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Bristol Poker Club Win National Online League
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Bristol Poker Club Captain Suzanne Hayward
Bristol Poker Club; under captain Suzanne Hayward, have won Division One of the APAT National Online Poker League. At the end of a ten match season, only one match point separated Bristol from runners up Cardiff and 2009 Champions Walsall. South London, Glasgow and Leeds were relegated to Division Two. Four members of the Bristol team will now go forward to represent APAT in the GUKPT Champion of Champions Tournament later in the year.
Division Two was won by Solent Poker Club, by one match point from Stockton-on-Tees with Birmingham in third. All three clubs have won promotion to Division One. Brighton, Dundee and North London Poker Clubs have been relegated to Division Three. Sunderland Poker Club took the Division Three title and will be joined in Division Two next season by Luton and Nottingham.
Four members of the successful Solent club will play in the APAT Professional League in Nottingham in August, while four members of the Sunderland club will play in the World Amateur Championship main event in Nottingham in August.
For a full summary of a dramatic last night in the League, read the seasonal review with comments, in the forum.
National Online League Seasonal Review
Scottish Player Briefing Published
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Jason Jones: Defending Champion
The APAT Scottish Amateur Poker Championship will be played at the Gala Maybury Casino in Edinburgh on July 18th & 19th, with play starting at 2.30pm sharp on both days.
The player briefing has now been published and can be found here.
Unfortunately, several player payments have failed due to a payment processing error and a list of the players affected can be found here. Players affected will be required to complete their payment at the casino before play starts on day one. APAT apologises for any inconvenience caused.
A live update featuring player chip counts, photos and video interviews will be available through the forum over the weekend.
Paul Wilson Wins APAT Irish Online Poker Championship
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Paul 'sambafreak' Wilson: Irish Online Champion
The final table of the APAT Irish Online Poker Championship provided a pulsating finish to this third event of season three. With 136 entrants paying $55 each, the Irish Online Champion would enjoy a $1,800 first prize, national title, gold medal, plus a paid entry to a GUKPT main event worth over £1,000, courtesy of tour sponsor Blue Square.
The field featured many APAT Champions, including recently crowned Welsh Amateur and Online Champions; Simon Auckland and Brian Yates. Also in the running were the season two national and online rankings winners; Bob Malin and Steve Bayliff.
Players started the event with a 10,000 chip / 500 big blind deepstack, and play was aggressive from the outset, with the cards conspiring to oust the experienced Steve Holden with the tournament a little more than 20 minutes old.
With raise and re-raise the order of the day, the final table was reached after close to five and a half hours of play, with the final ten lining up as follows:-
The Final Ten
Seat 1 – ‘RPG’ – 46k
Seat 2 – ‘ButchPKR’ – 74k
Seat 3 – ‘scouse3456’ – 258k
Seat 4 – ‘sambafreak’ – 330k
Seat 5 – ‘Pilf’ – 130k
Seat 6 – ‘swinebag22’ – 72k
Seat 7 – ‘M0rethanluck’ – 98k
Seat 8 – ‘Walwyn1’ – 130k
Seat 9 – ‘smasher37’ – 51k
Seat 10 – ‘I8Moons’ – 150k
Amongst the players remaining were UK Online Championship bronze medallist Brian Martin (‘I8Moons’) who was assured of taking the lead in the national online rankings having reached the final. Season two online rankings winner Steve Bayliff (‘scouse3456’) was still in the hunt as was Andrew Cowl (‘Walwyn1’); who had won two online titles in season two. Antony Wolsey (‘Pilf’) and Rob Swindells (‘swinebag22’) had both finished deep in previous APAT Amateur Championship events, and remained in contention.
Discuss the Irish Online Poker Championship.
APAT Welsh Amateur Championship Live Updates This Weekend
Posted by: | CommentsThe Welsh Amateur Poker Championship will be held at the Grosvenor Casino in Cardiff on April 4th & 5th, with playing starting at 2.30pm on both days.
With the tournament completely sold out, join Richard Prew and team for updates on the fortunes of 160 runners and alternates; including defending champion Tim Magnus.
Once again APAT will be running our popular interactive competition which asks readers to name two of the finalists from three picks before the event starts. We can only take your first attempt (which must be unedited!), but anyone achieving the task will get an option to purchase a seat for the Irish Amateur Poker Championship in Dublin ahead of the clickfest!
The prestigious Welsh Amateur Poker Championship kicks off at 2.30pm on Saturday with day one coverage live and exclusively through the APAT Forum. Request and look out for news of your favourites, chip counts, pictures, video interviews and much more.
