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APAT are delighted to announce details of the 12th annual World Championship of Amateur Poker (WCOAP).
The WCOAP will take place online at partypoker due to the Covid pandemic, with events playing out between January 23rd and February 8th, 2021.
The festival is the highlight of every APAT season and will feature 16 multi-format bracelet events with buy ins ranging from $55 to $530.
For the first time, WCOAP will feature a mirrored mini series of 15 events with buy ins at an affordable $5.50 per event.
The entire series will guarantee prize money of over three quarters of a million dollars to players, in addition to offering a bespoke bracelet (pictured above) for the winner of the Main Event (event #16) and an added Millions seat worth $5,500 for the highest ranked player of the WCOAP.
WCOAP Main Festival
Each event will award Bracelets, Medals and Ranking points towards the Player of the WCOAP leaderboard. The start time will be 7.15pm GMT for all events on day 1 and day 2, apart from #11 Heads Up Championship which will start at 8.05pm GMT (no late registration).
Players will have to have been a member of APAT prior to the event start to claim an added prize.
| Date | # | Event | Days | Buy in (& fee) |
Guarantee |
| Sat 23 Jan | 1 | International Team Championship (invite) | 2 | $ 55.00 | $0 |
| Sun 24 Jan | 2 | 6-Max Knockout Championship | 2 | $ 55.00 | $75,000 |
| Mon 25 Jan | 3 | Mix-Max Championship | 2 | $ 55.00 | $25,000 |
| Tue 26 Jan | 4 | PLO8 Knockout Championship | 2 | $ 55.00 | $15,000 |
| Wed 27 Jan | 5 | High Roller Championship | 2 | $265.00 | $75,000 |
| Thu 28 Jan | 6 | FL 7 Card Stud Championship | 2 | $ 55.00 | $2,500 |
| Fri 29 Jan | 7 | PLO Knockout Championship | 2 | $ 55.00 | $15,000 |
| Sat 30 Jan | 8 | 6-Max Championship | 2 | $ 55.00 | $25,000 |
| Sun 31 Jan | 9 | Knockout Championship | 2 | $ 55.00 | $75,000 |
| Mon 01 Feb | 10 | PLO8 Championship | 2 | $ 55.00 | $10,000 |
| Tue 02 Feb | 11 | Heads Up Championship | 2 | $ 55.00 | $10,000 |
| Wed 03 Feb | 12 | Super High Roller Championship | 2 | $530.00 | $100,000 |
| Thu 04 Feb | 13 | PLO Championship | 2 | $ 55.00 | $10,000 |
| Fri 05 Feb | 14 | Turbo Knockout Championship | 1 | $ 55.00 | $40,000 |
| Sat 06 Feb | 15 | Turbo Championship | 1 | $ 55.00 | $20,000 |
| Sun 07 Feb | 16 | Main Event | 2 | $109.00 | $150,000 |
WCOAP Mini Series
All events will mirror the format of their counterpart in the WCOAP Main Series, but be available at 10% of the buy in (plus fee) price.
| Date | # | Event | Days | Buy in & fee |
Guarantee |
| Sun 24 Jan | 2 | 6-Max Knockout | 2 | $ 5.50 | $10,000 |
| Mon 25 Jan | 3 | Mix-Max | 2 | $ 5.50 | $5,000 |
| Tue 26 Jan | 4 | PLO8 Knockout | 2 | $ 5.50 | $3,000 |
| Wed 27 Jan | 5 | High Roller | 2 | $ 27.50 | $15,000 |
| Thu 28 Jan | 6 | FL 7 Card Stud | 2 | $ 5.50 | $500 |
| Fri 29 Jan | 7 | PLO Knockout | 2 | $ 5.50 | $3,000 |
| Sat 30 Jan | 8 | 6-Max | 2 | $ 5.50 | $5,000 |
| Sun 31 Jan | 9 | Knockout | 2 | $ 5.50 | $10,000 |
| Mon 01 Feb | 10 | PLO8 | 2 | $ 5.50 | $2,500 |
| Tue 02 Feb | 11 | Heads Up | 2 | $ 5.50 | $1,000 |
| Wed 03 Feb | 12 | Super High Roller | 2 | $ 55.00 | $20,000 |
| Thu 04 Feb | 13 | PLO | 2 | $ 5.50 | $2,500 |
| Fri 05 Feb | 14 | Turbo Knockout | 1 | $ 5.50 | $7,500 |
| Sat 06 Feb | 15 | Turbo | 1 | $ 5.50 | $4,000 |
| Sun 07 Feb | 16 | Main Event | 2 | $ 11.00 | $20,000 |
Player of the WCOAP
APAT will allocate points in the Main Series and Mini Series to identify the highest ranked players in both. These players will win a Millions Online seat worth $5,300 and a Millions Mini Online seat worth $1,100, respectively. Players ranked 2nd to 10th in each leaderboard will win a $55 online ticket. These prize will only be available to players who are members of APAT.
For full details, see the WCOAP 2021 and WCOAP Mini Series pages within Events, above.
The APAT Show
The APAT Show will stream live at 10pm GMT every evening to cover off that day’s activity, news and player interviews. Cards up coverage will be shows on February 4th, 6th and 8th.
The APAT Show streams in the APAT Facebook Group
Member Only Added Value
Please note added value will only be available to APAT members. This includes WCOAP Bracelets, Medals and the highest ranked player of the WCOAP prize.
The terms & conditions of the WCOAP can be found here.
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