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WCOAP TEAM EVENT
AAroddersAA:
Also slightly off topic but will Warren and Chris actually want to play this? They both merit consideration I agree BUT they will have to skip 2/3 side events which might cost them the player of the year?
I don"t think much can be done about this clash but it does cause some headaches. I still think they way it is done currently is probably best, running it at a different time to all other events can"t be realistic I would not think?
s4ooter:
Owned by Chris.
I"m going into hiding.
WP sir.
However did think you wanted the mascot job??
Rodders - Any1 in contention for POTY would be silly to play for their country at WCOAP, unless of course they aren"t bothered by the added value?!
Fatcatstu:
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--- Quote from: s4ooter on December 11, 2013, 19:51:20 PM ---
Let"s be fair stu, our B team had none of that.
Randomly I think me and Paulie spoke more in Cov than we did at DTD that weekend, Altho that"s prob cuz he didn"t like me much :)
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Disagree...I think we had loads.
True we didn"t all know each other but we meshed really well IMO...and that"s the point.
As for speaking, we had more time in Coventry....at DTD I was busy going deep. :)
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Agree with Paulie here, i thought it went well.
IMO people who arent active in the community wont get a chance as the people who get picked to captain APAT are (and always should be) regular players with a pedigree in APAT events. If someone they know, and have a knowledge of their games applies then they stand more of a chance of getting picked than someone who people barely know, who dont take the time to put in a high quality application (as Steve about mine for the worlds, it spanned 3 messages!!) and who dont seem interested in the APAT community to a high degree, if that makes sense??
I know that probably sounds elitist and all that, but its a way of getting to know people better and improving the APAT community and having people be more involved day to day.
s4ooter:
Haha my application was about 3 lines
Chipaccrual:
I"ve seen one or two of these in my time, and even played in the first one in Brighton (That"s before there were good players to select from for a team).
The team events are a unique few days, which until you play in one, it is quite difficult to explain. The reality of the situation is that whoever is selected as captain for whichever country puts together the team that they think can win it.
The winning team will need to play consistently well across the two days, and also get a decent chunk of luck. They won"t have been the only team to have played consistently well on the day, and I would argue that those players selected could easily have been replaced by plenty of other worthy APATers who would probably have turned up and played consistently well also.
It"s easy to talk about team spirit when as a team, you are up there with something to play for. If you are out of the running, I don"t blame players for getting distracted. It"s not been your year, and you just want to get on with playing some other poker.
I don"t claim to see enough of any APATers to be able to say one rates above another when it comes to Sit "n" Go"s, or Pot Limit Omaha, or the ability to grind a stack home. So it comes down to a game of opinions on team selection based on what knowledge you have. And it"s tough.
Things I do feel would be good for the events going forward are :-
* No country should EVER have more than one team in one of these events
* Where possible, captains should change each year
* Captains should look to try and introduce at least one "new cap" at each event
* Perhaps allocate the prizepool to each phase, so keeping interest up for all
* There should be a players welcome party with a bar ;D
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