Archive for Press Releases
APAT in January
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Happy New Year to all APAT members and your families and we wish you all health and happiness in 2012. Look out for the following APAT events in January:-
APAT European Online Championship – 888poker
Date: January 14th, 2012 – 8pm – $50 + $5 – 10,000 chips – 15 min clock
Added 888poker SuperStack Seat For Winner
Password – apatmember
APAT European Online PLO Championship – 888poker
Date: January 14th, 2012 – 9pm – $20 + $2 – 10,000 chips – 15 min clock
Password – apatmember
Satellites:
Feeder to APAT European Online Championship
Date: January 10th, 2012 – 8pm – $5 + $0.50 – 3,000 chips – 13 min clock
1 package awarded for every $55 in prize pool.
APAT European Amateur Poker Championship – Rendezvous Casino, Brighton
Date: January 21st & 22nd – £75 – 10,000 chips – 45 minute clock
This event is sold out, but players can still put their name down on the reserve list.
Cash Tour – New For 2012 – Rendezvous Casino, Brighton
Date: January 22nd – £50 buy in + £10 Warrior payment + 10% entry fee
For full details and to reserve a seat see the Cash Tour thread in the forum.
Look out for an announcement regarding APAT Season 6 in February.
APAT Award Winners Revealed
Posted by: | CommentsCongratulations to all of the following, who have won 2011 APAT Awards. The full results can be found via this link below.
Award 1 – Poker Hall Of Fame – Leigh Wiltshire
Award 2 – Professional Player Of The Year – Sam Trickett
Award 3 – APAT Player Of The Year – Paul McGuinness
Award 4 – Best APAT member performance at a non APAT event – George Bedi
Award 5 – Best APAT member performance at an APAT event – Wales
Award 6 – Best APAT Tournament – World Championship Of Amateur Poker, DTD
Award 7 – Best APAT Forum Contribution – Richard Prew
Award 8 – Best Online Poker Room – PokerStars
Award 9 – Best Poker Media Provider – Blondepoker
Award 10 – Best Poker Tour – APAT
Award 11 – Best Poker Forum – APAT
Award 12 – Best Poker Social Media User – Richard Prew
APAT Awards 2011 – Final Results
England’s Dave Garden Wins APAT World Amateur Poker Championship
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Dave Garden, APAT World Amateur Poker Champion 2011
The centrepiece of the five day APAT WCOAP festival at Nottingham’s Dusk Till Dawn Club was the No Limit Hold’em World Amateur Poker Championship main event, which attracted 405 runners over two starting days, creating a £42,900 prize pool with a first prize of £12,900. The event was run in partnership with www.DTDPoker.com who provided several added value seats to Dusk Till Dawn events for WCOAP Champions.
199 players took part in Day 1a, each starting with 15,000 chips and a deepstack structure affording bountiful play. After 14 levels and 12 hours play 26 players made it through to the final day. On Day1b 206 players began and, with somewhat tighter play to the fore, 38 players made it through.
Grant Spiers Wins Scottish Amateur Poker Championship
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In the late hours of last night, APAT Scottish International Grant Spiers took down the prestigious 888poker Scottish Amateur Poker Championship, beating James Kearns heads up for the title, Championship Cup, Gold Medal and £3,095 first prize. Spiers will also represent APAT in a UKIPT professional event as part of his prize for winning the Scottish title.
As one of 24 players who made it through to day two, Spiers played aggressively throughout to beat his Glasgow Poker Club colleague Jamie Kearns heads up, with Martin Turner taking Bronze.
A full tournament report will appear here later in the day, but in the interim the final result from Glasgow was as follows:-
1st – Grant Spiers – £3,095
2nd – Jamie Kearns – £1,965
3rd – Martin Turner – £1,176
4th – John Bannerman – £786
5th – Steven Bayliff – £590
6th – Steven Hall – £491
7th - Dean Cursley – £393
8th – Mark Lockhart – £295
9th – Alex Thompson – £246
10th – David Whiteford – £197
11th – Shug Cairnie – £197
12th – Suzanne Hayward – £197
13th – Gary Purcell – £197
See how the event unfolded through the live update thread
Read ‘Grant’s Glasgow Banter’ Blog
Join Glasgow Poker Club who participate in the APAT Online National League
Countries Announced For APAT World Amateur Team Championship
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Wales: 2010 APAT World Amateur Team Champions
The complete list of competing nations has been announced for the two day APAT World Amateur Team Championship, which will take place at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham on August 25th & 26th; as part of the APAT World Championship Of Amateur Poker (WCOAP).
The list is headed by defending Champions Wales; who will be captained once again by Paul McGuinness of Rhyl, while the United States will make their debut in this year’s event.
In the 2010 event, Wales took Championship Gold, from Canada who took Silver and Northern Ireland who took Bronze.
Participating countries in 2011 are as follows:-
Canada, England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Spain, USA and Wales.
For further details on this event and the World Championship Of Amateur Poker, please click through to the forum.
APAT Announce World Amateur Poker Championship Details
Posted by: | CommentsIn partnership with Europe’s most prestigious poker venue Dusk Till Dawn, the WCOAP will take place in Nottingham between August 25th and 29th. The five day festival will feature World Amateur Championship events in Stud, Omaha, Heads-Up, Six Max and HORSE in addition to a World International Team Championship and the three day World Amateur Poker Championship main event.
For the full press release and details of how to purchase seats, please click through to the press release in the forum.
Lukas Dasynski Wins Welsh Amateur Title
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Lukas Dasynski Wins Welsh Amateur Poker Title
Over the weekend of 28th-29th May 2011 APAT held the third event in it’s fifth season, sponsored by 888.com, with the Welsh Amateur Poker Championships held at the Les Croupiers Casino, Cardiff and 168 runners playing to win over £4,000 as part of a £12,600 prize pool.
Courtesy of 888.com the winner of the Championship wins an entry to a UKIPT main event as part of an overall sponsorship package where APAT members have the chance to win added value throughout a packed season of Live and Online National Championships and leagues. In addition, each of the season’s seventy five amateur, professional and online tournaments are run completely registration free for players.
After three exits on the same table in the first level Alan Vaughan took his seat as the final alternate and proceeded to chip up quickly, a process that was to end with him as the day one Chip leader. This was ahead of former APAT Heads-Up and Omaha Champion Dave Howard who was always near the head of the chip counts.
