We are delighted to confirm APAT’s first live event in 2027 will be the APAT Team Championship played at the home of UK poker, Dusk Till Dawn over the weekend Fri 15 Jan 2027.
The UK Team Championship is an OPEN event – ie open to ANY poker player as part of an organised team, and the weekend supporting events are open to ANY individual player whether they play in the Team Championship or not.
The APAT Team Championship is an invitation only event with fierce competition between successful teams from the ballot for poker clubs, forums, societies, leagues, groups and communities etc. The event will play out as a 2-Day MTT with SUAD on Sat 16 Jan at 1pm, and with points awarded to all team members who make Day 2, which is expected to complete on Sun circa 10pm.
We’re delighted to confirm that the Top 3 Teams and the Winning Individual from 2026 receive an automatic invitation for their team to return to compete in 2027:
Team Gold Medal: The Aspernauts
Team Silver Medal: Peterborough Donkeys
Team Bronze Medal: Joe Beevers.com
Individual Gold Medal: (already qualified via 2nd team)
| TEAM | TEAM | TEAM | TEAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angies Room | DTD | Kav Cocktails | Quad Jokers | |||
| APAT WSOP Fantasy League | East Durham Poker | Komodo Dragons | Raise! For Jack | |||
| Bar No9 | East Herts AKA Team Coconuts | LBPN | Scotsquad | |||
| Barrow Poker | Essex Home Game | London Poker Meetup | St Helens Poker Club | |||
| Black Country Poker Club | Four Jokers Poker | LPPL League Poker | Sutton Poker | |||
| Bobo & The Jack 7s | Frome Poker Group | LV22 | Talk Club | |||
| Cardiff Crew | Geordie Poker | Malvern Poker Club | Team FISO | |||
| ColdstreamPKR | Gloucester Poker Club | Midlands Freelancers | The Aspernauts | |||
| Diamondz iz 4Eva | HitSquad | North Tyneside Poker Club | Weavers Wombles | |||
| Dihard with A Vengeance | JoeBeevers.com | Peterborough Donkeys | Yeovil Poker Club |
The individual team member buy-in of £140 for each of the 8 team members is required to be paid by Tuesday 1st December 2026, along with confirmation of all team member names. Team Captains will be contacted directly to arrange their team buy-in (direct to bank from one payment via Team Captain, or by individual players via their own personal Luxon account) and confirm team member names.
Teams consist of 8 players who compete for both a team and an individual prize pool, which will be run as a regular 2-Day MTT and entry is £115 + £25 per player.
The total prize pool will be paid out on a circa 75/25 basis to the top 5 teams and the top 15 individual players from the MTT, with the top 3 teams winning the coveted APAT Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals, along with the top 3 individuals.
Points will be scored based on individual player finishing positions, and start to be earned on Day 2 by all players on a ‘reverse position’ scoring eg 120th wins 1 point, 1st wins 120 points etc.
As usual, teams are to wear their own matching colour team shirts for the event – if desired, team shirts are available via APAT with full event details and team logo / name printed on each for £18 t-shirt / £18 polo shirt / £28 hoodie/zoodie – APAT can assist any team in creating a team graphic / logo, and further team graphics or printing on the back or arms is available for a small additional cost.
Whilst we will host side events over the weekend starting on Friday evening, the Team Championship will play out on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th January 2027.
APAT TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND SCHEDULE
| Date | Start | Late Reg | Event | Buy-in | Clock | Stack | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 15 Jan | 19:00 | 21:20 | Monster Stack (open to all) £!0k Gtd. | £58+£12 | 15 min | 200k | Re-Entry. |
| Sat 16 Jan | 13:00 | - | APAT Team Championship Day 1 | £115+£25 | 25 min | 100k | Freezeout |
| 17:00 | 21:00 | NLHE (open to all) £25k Gtd. | £115+£25 | 20 min | 50k | Re-Entry. | |
| Sun 17 Jan | 13:00 | - | APAT Team Championship Day 2 | - | 40 min | - | |
| 14:00 | 16:20 | ROE (NLHE/PLO) (open to all) | £115+£25 | 20 min | 50k | Re-Entry | |
| 17:00 | 21:00 | Bounty Hunter (open to all) | £115+£25 | 20 min | 50k | Re-Entry |
(reigning champions The Aspernauts)
FINAL 2026 LEADERBOARD
Tom Brady
APAT Operations Director
Live Events & Tour
Email: tombrady[at]hotmail.co.uk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TomBrady65/
WhatsApp: 07957 977 057