Amateur Championship
APAT SEASON FIVE COMPLETED WITH THE EUROPEAN AMATEUR POKER CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE RENDEZVOUS CASINO IN BRIGHTON, ON JANUARY 22ND 2012. DETAILS OF SEASON SIX WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN FEBRUARY.
The APAT National Amateur Poker Championship is a series of 2 day events, with a £75* buy in for main events and a £20 buy in for Specialist Series side events.
The complete Season 5 / 2011 schedule is as follows:-
Mar 26 – English Amateur Poker Championship – 2 day – £75
G Casino, Coventry
Apr 21 – United Kingdom International Home Championship – 2 day – £50
Aspers Casino, Newcastle
Apr 23 – United Kingdom Amateur Poker Championship – 2 day – £75
Aspers Casino, Newcastle
May 28 – Welsh Amateur Poker Championship – 2 day – £75
Les Croupiers Casino, Cardiff
Jun 25 – United Kingdom Pub Poker Championship – 2 day – £50
G Casino, Blackpool
Jul 30 – Scottish Amateur Poker Championship – 2 day – £75
Gala Casino, Glasgow
Sep 24 – Irish Amateur Poker Championship – 2 day – £75*
Macau Cardroom, Cork
Aug 25 to 29 – World Championship Of Amateur Poker – Nottingham – see details via navigation above
Dusk Till Dawn, Nottingham
Oct 22 – United Kingdom Team Championship – 2 day – £50
G Casino, Luton
Nov 19 – North American Amateur Poker Championship – 2 day – $135*
Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
Dec 3 – APAT UK Open Championship – 2 day – £100
G Casino, Manchester
Jan 21, 2012 - European Amateur Poker Championship – 2 day – £75
Rendezvous Casino, Brighton
Qualifying Satellites
Dec 12 – Satellite to European Amateur Poker Championship – $10 + $1 – 8pm
Dec 13 – Satellite to European Amateur Poker Championshp – $20 + $2 – 8pm
Dec 14 – Direct buy in via 888poker.com – $160
The password for all APAT online events is apatmember.
Competitors will start main events with 10,000 chips on a 45 minute clock, with all of the key levels contained in the tournament structure. Activity on day one of each main event will finish at approximately 1am. The Championship will finish at approximately 10pm on day two.
* Entry is $120 + $15 (valet and dealer charge). APAT will pay an additional registration fee of $15 per APAT member. Non APAT members will be required to pay a total fee of $120 + $15 + $15 to enter this event. In all cases, $120 will go into the player prize pool.
SPECIALIST SERIES
A series of one day events will take place on the second day of each National Amateur Championship event. Featuring a £25 buy in and mixed structures, the schedule for the Specialist Series is as follows:-
Mar 27 – Specialist Series Pot Limit Omaha Championship – Coventry (1 day)
Apr 24 – Specialist Series Stud Championship – Newcastle (1 day)
May 29 – Specialist Series Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Championship – Cardiff (1 day)
Jul 31 – Specialist Series Razz Championship – Glasgow (1 day)
Sep 25 – Specialist Series Hold’em Championship – Cork (1 day)
