FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions:
Do I have to be a member of APAT to take part in your events?
Yes, membership is a requirement of participating in APAT events. However, membership of APAT is completely free and open to individuals worldwide. Players who enter APAT events at Blue Square will receive an automatic membership.
You can join via this link:
http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?action=register
APAT does not issue membership numbers / cards. Your email address acts as your unique reference at APAT so please keep us updated with any changes by mailing ‘customer@apat.com’.
Will I be bombarded with communications once I join up?
No, quite the contrary. As a guide, APAT issues an email newsletter to members every fortnight.
The majority of our announcements are made via the APAT website (www.apat.com), with detailed discussion taking place via the APAT forum (www.apat.com/forum).
In addition, APAT also produces a monthly podcast which discusses the issues of the moment with APAT members and is published on the APAT site. To subscribe to the podcast, go to iTunes and search for ‘APAT TV’.
If you are not receiving our newsletters and wish to, then add ‘customer@apat.com’ to your friends list within your email application. This will stop our emails being classified as spam.
Alternatively, member emails are also published within the ‘General’ / ‘APAT Group Emails’ category of the APAT forum.
How do I buy into an APAT live event?
The ‘Tournament Dates’ option on the home page contains dates and locations for events, satellites and direct buy ins.
The schedule can be found via the following link:
http://www.apat.com/index.php/apat-tour-schedule/
A percentage of seats at APAT events are available exclusively via satellites at Blue Square.
For live APAT events, satellites are offered at $22, $11 (both freezeouts) and $5.50 (rebuy). For online APAT events, satellites are offered at $11 (freezeout) and $5.50 (rebuy).
The leading ten players in the National Rankings will receive an option to buy into the next live event.
The previous year’s Champion will also receive an option to buy into the appropriate live event.
The remaining seats will be sold to members via the home page of www.apat.com.
The total number of seats available will be determined by the size of the host cardrooms. Generally this will be between 130 and 200 seats in total per event.
Seats will be made available at 9pm sharp on the evening of sale, through a link within the lead article on the home page.
How do I pay for a seat?
APAT uses one of the leading gaming payment providers; PayPoint, to process its transactions. Payment can be made via the following debit cards: Delta (use this if you have a Visa), Maestro and Electron.
Entry is limited and subject to the terms & conditions of the Amateur Poker Association & Tour. Players must be aged 18 years or over and be able to produce a Passport or Driver’s License as a proof of identification at the tournament venue.
All seat purchases are pre-authorised. This means that no seats will have been paid for, until APAT processes each transaction. This will ensure that APAT does not sell more seats than are available at the venue. Getting a sales receipt is not a guarantee of a seat. In the event the tournament sells out during the initial on sale period, a confirmed list of players who have bought in will be published on the APAT site at around 11pm. APAT reserves the right to cancel seat orders in descending order date should the tournament become oversold or the venue capacity reduce.
Players will be required to have a Blue Square Poker account, no later than a week prior to the event taking place.
Once a seat has been sold, refunds or credits will not be issued. Players will be able to utilise the APAT Seat Exchange board to trade their seat for the face value. Seat exchange terms and conditions apply.
If the event is sold out, are there any other ways to get a seat?
Yes, from time to time members will be able to purchase seats in the run up to events via the Seat Exchange.
The Seat Exchange has been initiated to allow members who have won or purchased seats; and then find their plans have changed, to sell or trade with members who are seeking seats to those event.
The two key rules are as follows:-
Transactions cannot occur at a value above the advertised buy in price for the event. This includes speculative added value, eg ‘percentage of any winnings’.
APAT Customer Services must approve each transfer to ensure player lists are completely updated. If Customer Services are not made aware of a transfer, the purchasing member will not be allowed to play the event. Contact us through via ‘customer@apat.com’.
APAT bear no responsibility for the processing of monetary transactions between members and once initial contact has been made through the board, would urge members to detail and conclude their transactions by private message on the Seat Exchange board.
The Seat Exchange can be accessed through the following link:
http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?board=37.0
Do APAT charge registration fees?
Members are not charged registration fees at APAT live events. Blue Square do charge registration fees for APAT online events.
Do I have to join a casino to participate in APAT live events?
Yes, this is a requirement. Joining instructions will be published via a player briefing on the APAT home page, at least two weeks prior to the event taking place. As a guide, you will need to be aged 18 years or over and will have to produce two forms of identification to take out a casino membership.
I’ve never played at a live poker event before, what will I have to do?
APAT offers an extremely friendly introduction to live tournament poker. Our team will be on hand at the cardroom to offer any guidance that you might need. Each event is fully dealer dealt.
