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Ben Young Becomes First APAT Double Champion
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Ben Young Wins APAT UK Amateur Poker Championship 2011
Over the weekend of 23rd-24th April 2011 APAT held the second event in it’s fifth season, sponsored by 888poker.com, with the UK Amateur Poker Championships held at the Aspers Casino, Newcastle consisting of 156 runners playing to win over £3,600 as part of a £11,700 prize pool.
Courtesy of 888poker.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.
At the beginning of the tournament Richard Baker doubled up, pocket Queens hitting a set on the flop to outdraw pocket Kings. Ben Young eliminated six times APAT final tablist Darren Shallis and in the early leaders were both gerard Smyth and Dawn Dineen. The pace of early exits was faster than usual.
Wales Win UK & Ireland International Championship
Posted by: | CommentsOn 21st-22nd April at Aspers Casino Newcastle, APAT held the inaugural UK & Ireland Home International Team Championship sponsored by 888poker.com, with eight teams of four players each from the Home Nation Countries competing across Heads-Up, Single-table and Multi Table disciplines for the International Championship title.
In a very finely contested tournament, The Welsh A Team; the reining World Amateur Team Champions, defeated England B and Ireland A into Silver and Bronze positions respectively, largely thanks to an outstanding team effort in the final Multi Table Tournament discipline late on day two.
Wales - UK & Ireland Home International Champions 2011
The Welsh A team comprised (left to right) Dan Owston, Steve Roderick (captain), Dylan Herbert and Richard Rudling Smith.
The final result was as follows:
Wales A 173
England B 146
Ireland A 134
England A 125
Scotland A 124
Wales B 124
Scotland B 124
Ireland B 122
Mark Briggs Wins English Amateur Title
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2011 English Amateur Champion Mark Briggs
Over the weekend of 26th-27th March 2011 APAT held the first event in it’s fifth season, sponsored by 888.com, the English Amateur Poker Championships held at the G Casino, Coventry with 156 runners playing to win over £3,600 as part of a £11,700 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.
Michael Richards was chip leader from an early stage of Day One. His key hand that gave him a commanding position at the end of the day was when his Ace-Jack beat Dave Howard’s pocket Queens in a huge pot. Elsewhere Mark Briggs managed to beat pocket Queens with a flopped set of Jacks, eliminating early chip-getter Dan Owston in the hand.
Elsewhere Glenn Laming called a raise with King Queen, flopped Queen-Queen-deuce and stacked a disbelieving player who was holding Aces for Glenn to double up and remain in contention for the rest of the day.
APAT Announce Details Of Season Five
Posted by: | CommentsMarch 9th, London: The Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) is delighted to announce details of the fifth season of its critically acclaimed tour for developing poker players. In partnership with 888poker, the season will contain a series of eighteen National Championship events in addition to a five event Specialist Series.
Seasonal highlights include:-
888poker Partner APAT: APAT will be headline sponsored by 888poker, in a deal that will see value added professional event seats awarded for APAT Amateur and Online Champions. 888poker will exclusively host all APAT direct buy ins, online Championship events, satellites and the National Online League.
APAT Goes Stateside: APAT will host an event in the US for the first time with the American Amateur Poker Championship in November. In addition, the European Amateur Poker Championship will be held in Prague in the final event of the season.
Home International Championship: The Home International Championship is a new event, added following the success of the European and World Amateur Team Championship events. This event will feature ‘A’ and ‘B’ International Teams from England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
APAT To Crown Definitive Pub Poker Champions: The APAT UK Pub Poker Championship is a new event that will debut in season five which will identify once and for all, the Champion Pub Poker League and Individual Player in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Specialist Series: A five event specialist series will take place on the Sunday of the Amateur Championship events in Coventry, Newcastle, Cardiff, Glasgow and Cork. The series will feature tournaments in Omaha, Stud, Six-Max, Razz and Hold’em.
The first event of the new season will be the 888poker English Amateur Poker Championship, which will be played at the G Casino in Coventry on March 26th & 27th. Full satellite qualifying and direct buy in details for this event can be found at www.apat.com.
National Amateur Championship Schedule:
Mar 26 – English Amateur Poker Championship – Coventry (2 day)
Apr 21 – United Kingdom International Home Championship – Newcastle (2 day)
Apr 23 – United Kingdom Amateur Poker Championship – Newcastle (2 day)
May 28 – Welsh Amateur Poker Championship – Cardiff (2 day)
Jun 25 – United Kingdom Pub Poker Championship – Blackpool (2 day)
Jul 30 – Scottish Amateur Poker Championship – Glasgow (2 day)
Aug 25 – World Amateur Team Poker Championship – Nottingham (2 day)
Aug 25 – World Amateur Stud Poker Championship – Nottingham (1 day)
Aug 26 – World Amateur Heads Up Poker Championship – Nottingham (1 day)
Aug 27 – World Amateur Poker Championship (main event) – Nottingham (3 day)
Aug 27 – World Amateur HORSE Poker Championship – Nottingham (1 day)
Aug 28 – World Amateur Six Max Poker Championship – Nottingham (1 day)
Aug 29 – World Amateur Omaha Poker Championship – Nottingham (1 day)
Sep 24 – Irish Amateur Poker Championship – Cork (2 day)
Oct 22 – United Kingdom Team Championship – Luton (2 day)
Nov 19 – American Amateur Poker Championship – Las Vegas (3 day)
Dec 10 – The Masters Pro Am – London (2 day)
Jan 28 – European Amateur Poker Championship – Prague (2 day)
Complete schedule details of APAT’s Amateur Championship, Specialist Series, Online Championship and Online National League can be found via APAT at http://www.apat.com. Membership of APAT is free and National Amateur Championship events are ran registration free with value added for members.
