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Season Seven Discussion (Pre-Announcement)
Curlarge:
Annoyingly I find myself agreeing with much of the aforesaid points, even Paulie"s ;) ;)
Almost all of the APAT tournament weekends are superb, (buy-ins, structure etc..) except for one thing.
As Waz mentioned, the start times of the Sunday events, Day 2"s and Side Events, should be no later than 1pm, for the following reasons.
All players staying in local hotels have to be out by midday at the latest and I"m sure that I am not alone when, after a frenetic few days on the felt and at the bar, fatigue has taken over and the thought of sitting around for 2-3 hours waiting for the side event to start is less than appealing.
I have, on more than one occasion, decided that as I can drive and get home before the event starts I have chosen to leave and not bothered with the side event. (memo to self here, MAKE MORE DAY 2"s!!!!!).
I"m sure it would encourage more people to stay for the side events if the "waiting around" time were made to disappear.
Bracelets - No
Medals - Yes (just my opinion)
The new online cup structure and format is great fun and should be retained as is.
Overseas APAT's are great fun and I would particularly love to go back to Lloret as it was superb, and maybe Vilamoura (this years scouting mission proved a great success), in fact almost anywhere tbh.
WCOAP - PLO8 please.
One last point.
I know that the thrill and excitement of each seasons new schedule announcement comes with a certain amount of trumpet blowing and fanfare, and rightly so, but would there be a way of announcing each individual event as it is agreed with the host casino, so that players that have to travel from afar can take advantage of the lowest hotel prices by booking as early as possible?
Paulie_D:
--- Quote from: Curlarge on February 14, 2013, 14:35:26 PM ---
...would there be a way of announcing each individual event as it is agreed with the host casino, so that players that have to travel from afar can take advantage of the lowest hotel prices by booking as early as possible?
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This....
Generally, however, once the schedule is out I assume that the venue is "locked down" and thus hotels can be booked.
I know that in the past there have been issues but, IIRC, in recent years anything that hasn"t been nailed is listed as "TBA".
I don"t recall, other than absolute unforeseen emergencies, any instance in the last couple of years where the venue has suddenly changed after being announced.
Or is my memory failing?
I do agree on the Day 2 starts but realise that this is often down to casino staffing availability.
duke3016:
fandango:
I"m pretty happy with with every thing mentioned above, agree with most points especially starting times for day 2 but I understand that staffing can sometimes be an issue..
Def PLO8 at festivals
Abroad isn"t really a goer for me at the moment, def once the kids have flown the nest..
Structure and buy ins are spot on IMO
Six events a year maybe a couple too short, 8 would be great, as if you can"t make them all your still have a good choice..
Genting Southend please please and pretty please as a venue ;D
More live feeds when possible with commentary
Medals fine , Bracelet I like but maybe just for WCOAP?
Fatcatstu:
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Ger owns thread.
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