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APAT Season 8 - [Pre-release Discussion]
TheSnapper:
--- Quote from: Chipaccrual on November 12, 2013, 11:34:31 AM ---
--- Quote from: Laxie on November 12, 2013, 08:56:15 AM ---
Really don"t like feeders into feeders and also think having so many events in the year is diluting APAT.
Also, if you"re keen to keep Ireland in the mix, The Cue Club in Killarney is a poker room that can hold (I think) 160 with the added bonus...they serve drink. Flights from Stanstead and Luton direct to Kerry airport and Connie usually sorts transport for players from the airport into town.
Flights from Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Gatwick, Heathrow, Stanstead, Manchester & Newcastle into Cork and either rent a car or get the train down to Killarney from Cork. That said, Cork is another option. The Macua Club in Cork is pretty good and Ken is a nice enough lad.
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That"s a good point from Dawn. I"ve revised my schedule
Leg 1 - The Cue Club, Killarney
Leg 2 - The Cue Club, Killarney
Leg 3 - The Cue Club, Killarney
Leg 4 - The Cue Club, Killarney
Leg 5 - The Cue Club, Killarney
Leg 6 - The Cue Club, Killarney
Leg 7 - The Cue Club, Killarney
Leg 8 - The Cue Club, Killarney
Leg 9 - The Cue Club, Killarney
Leg 10 - The Cue Club, Killarney
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Not sure if Cue Club is closed but Connie is now card room manager at the Macau. Cork hasn"t been a huge success for previous events hosted there.
The Macau club was banned from the posting on Ireland"s leading poker forum, there were some serious allegations made about the club, the forum admin demand all questions must be answered fully so as to retain permission to promote your club on their site, that they were banned might suggest they didn"t respond as required!
I do agree with Dawn on the bar issue, that imho is a critical component for an Apat weekend. I have always felt that The Sporting Emporium would be the ideal location for the Irish event.
Failing that, a hotel based event partnered with one of the many excellent independent operators, JP Mc"Cann being my personal top choice.
Laxie:
Blimey...so much has changed! lol I"ve not been on boards.ie in a while, so obviously out of the loop now. The Cue Club was advertising last month on Facebook, but I"ve just checked and nothing mentioned since the Winter schedule post on October 7th. Sounds like a phone call or two will be in order if you aim for Ireland again in season 8.
LombBomb:
--- Quote from: Matt D on November 10, 2013, 16:49:05 PM ---
New casino for Cardiff event.
More lights for Glasgow event.
An APAT championship event in Bristol.
Drop Luton/Stoke.
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New casino for Glasgow would be better. Move it to Genting next year and you"ll have a tournament worthy of the APAT standard. There are far more issues holding tournaments at the Alea than just lighting.
As has already been mentioned, reduce the amount of team events to make it more prestigious. However I like the fact that the ECOAP is being held in Prague this year as it adds a bit of international flavour to APAT. So as a compromise, why not rotate the ECOAP between the UK and mainland Europe so that UK hosts it one season and somewhere in Europe the next.
hi_am_chris:
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