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WCOAP TEAM EVENT
bear21:
--- Quote from: AMRN on December 11, 2013, 17:43:15 PM ---
Winning country gets the option of putting in two teams for next event, ie the champion team, plus a selected team. Optional so that countries that can"t provide two teams would not be hampered.
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Sorry Steve , don"t agree with this^^^ the only country able to do this would be england for obvious reasons so defeats the point !!, where sometimes some countries struggle to get 1 team whether its 4 or 5 in a team,
As to all the above points , agree that a 4 man team would be easier for some countries to get together, as to selection for me I would be happy to play for wales every time if asked but it all comes down to money in the end ( unfortunately ) and with travelling expenses etc ( eg prague ) too much for me I"m afraid, also I think more people should be given the chance to play for their country if they wanted, returning champions being the only team that should be given the chance of returning the following year to defend and if some can"t then captain picks replacement!!, ( e.g. If wales won 3 years on the run I wouldn"t be unhappy that I didn"t get picked but proud that my country has done so well - but that"s my thoughts,
whatever happens APAT won"t be able to please everyone :-\ :-\
AMRN:
--- Quote from: bear21 on December 11, 2013, 17:59:44 PM ---
--- Quote from: AMRN on December 11, 2013, 17:43:15 PM ---
Winning country gets the option of putting in two teams for next event, ie the champion team, plus a selected team. Optional so that countries that can"t provide two teams would not be hampered.
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Sorry Steve , don"t agree with this^^^
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Haha sure you don"t need to apologise for disagreeing. I just put that thought out there as an alternative...
bear21:
LOL NP steve , if all countries could get the numbers that england can I would agree with the idea totally :)
s4ooter:
I"d like to see the format changed.
I"d like to see 4/5 per team, and multiple disciplines.
PLO, NLH, Stud, Razz, HU, HORSE, 6 max
Captains then have to pick the best poker players from their countries and not friends/mates etc
Captains rank their players on each discipline and are matched vs other countries players of the same ranking.
Ie Carl is England"s #1 PLO player. His sng features all the #1 ranks in.
This would also allow captains to actually play tactically, instead of just giving a player a number and it"s pot luck.
I"d also like to see the seat draw being more random. At the euros I had England A on my left in all but 1 sng. That was a ball ache and just bad for game play for all.
As for selection it"s an odd one.
I played the Euros, in the B team. I would love to get selected for Worlds but I was under no false illusion that the team that won the year prior were coming back to defend. If I had known that before I arrived I prob would have played the sides and declined my spot in the team as I felt I had nothing to play for, bar winning a medal.
That sounds pretty selfish, but when speaking to Carl at homes that"s when I found out they were looking to use same team. He may have posted before online, but I"d not noticed.
I wanted to go to Homes, play well, win gold and then get picked for Euros/Worlds/both.
When I got there, I was now in a position where I knew that even if I won every sng, I wouldn"t have a chance for the worlds. Pretty gutting.
Tod, Adam and I all performed well and got in top 10 individuals, and outperformed stalwarts like Carl and Stu, but still don"t have a chance for selection. some seemed more interested in alcohol, some not interested at all. [NB I am not knocking Carl or Stu"s ability here, merely looking at the numbers on the paper and how I felt on the weekend]
Maybe, and I say maybe, this is why the 3 English teams that have played so far this year have only picked up 1x Bronze.
Anyway that"s my 2ps worth.
I"m sure some may take offense in my words, but I like to be openly honest.
AMRN:
--- Quote from: s4ooter on December 11, 2013, 18:59:56 PM ---
Maybe, and I say maybe, this is why the 3 English teams that have played so far this year have only picked up 1x Bronze.
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Ahem - you forgetting the English team that played in April this year and won Gold (and bracelets)??
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