138 players descended on Cardiff for the triumphant return to the city of the Welsh Amateur Poker Championship. A couple of changes from previous seasons saw an improved blind structure, and two opening days to cater for the big demand for seats. A fast-paced Day 1a ended with Rob Thomas, who is best known as...
134 players braved the adverse Edinburgh weather on Saturday morning 4th July and made the decision that indoors was the place to be – and to fight it out for the title of Scottish Amateur Poker Champion. Despite the traditional APAT slow structured event, it was only 90 minutes into play before Gregory Barbour’s pocket...
Friday 29th May saw action get under way for the first stop of APAT’s Season 9 Tour at Grosvenor’s G Casino at Ricoh Arena in Coventry, and following a reduction of the field to 27 players, play resumed for Day 2 at noon on Sunday. First loss of the day was Adam Phelan when he...
The final day of the 7th annual World Championship of Amateur Poker saw three bracelets awarded in event #15 Cash Championship, event #17 World Amateur Poker Championship main event and event #20 Heads-Up Championship. While the majority of focus was undoubtedly on the 92 players who remained to fight for the main event title, the...
Day 9 of the World Championship of Amateur Poker proved memorable for long term APAT favourite Don Roberts, who took his first title, winning gold in event #19 HORSE Championship. Roberts, who had taken the silver medal in event #9 Stud Championship earlier in the week, showed incredible prowess across five poker disciplines to best a sold...
Chris Webber won his second WCOAP bracelet, when talking down event #18 Pot Limit Omaha High Low. The event drew a sold out 80 runners and following a very hard fought final table, it was Webber who took the Championship title and bracelet, beating Frenchman Arnaud Benaddi into silver and Belgian Danny Covyn into bronze....
Day 7 at the World Championship of Amateur Poker saw bracelets awarded in event #11 World Amateur Team Championship, event #14 Shootout Championship and event #15 Crazy Pineapple Championship. In addition, day 1a of the Cash Championship was played. Event #11 World Amateur Team Championship was a close run affair througout, with several countries still in...
Day 6 of the World Championship of Amateur Poker brought a bracelet for Joe Craig in event #12 Six-Max Championship and David Sherman in event #13 Razz Championship. Joe Craig overcame a field of 148 runners to win the Six-Max Championship, beating Darren Smith heads up, with Hasan Gul taking the bronze medal. In the Razz...
Florian Calin won event #10 – High Roller Championship, beating Italian international Giuseppe Maggisano, with Spanish international Laura Ramallo taking the bronze medal. 69 players entered the event and the final payouts were as follows: Place Player Prize 1st Florian Calin £4,145 2nd Maggisano Giuseppe £2,900 3rd Laura Ramallo £1,860 4th Danny Covyn £1,380 5th...
The fourth day of the APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker brought Bracelets for Stewart Kirby and Balasz Somodi. Kirby took down event #7 No Limit Hold’em, beating Mark Nelson (Silver) and Benjamin Naylor (Bronze). The £55 buy in event had 158 runners. Somodi (pictured below) won his bracelet in the event #8 Mixed Game...
Day 3 of the WCOAP saw two bracelets awarded. Italian team player Gabriel Iemmeto took the honours in event #5 Mix Max Championship, beating Adam Watkins heads up, with Grant Gardener taking the bronze. Remarkably for Iemmeto, it was his second bracelet win in 24 hours having captured the Mix-Max title in the early hours of the...
Day 2 of the Coral World Championship of Amateur Poker saw three coveted WCOAP bracelets awarded, the highlight being Paresh Doshi’s successful defence of his 2014 PLO crown, in event #1. Doshi outlasted 65 other entrants, beating Dorina Clochan heads up, with Shan Bhatia taking the Bronze medal. Elsewhere on day 2, Milena Langdale became the second woman...