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WCOAP 2014 Team Championship Discussion Thread
IrishTom:
--- Quote from: TheSnapper on January 07, 2014, 15:11:35 PM ---
--- Quote from: IrishTom on January 07, 2014, 14:51:12 PM ---
but not as much as we are currently asking (all 4 members play each STT)
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Am I alone in thinking there is a big difference between the current.....
Team of four with combined NLH and Omaha skills?
and the proposed....
Team of four with 2 x NLH specialists and 2 x Omaha specialists?
Will this will impact Team selection strategy?
Will some Teams be disadvantaged?
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No I don"t think you"re alone Brendan - but I do agree with Paulie, to an extent - why should the WCOAP Team Championship (or ECOAP etc) be restricted to NLHE - but maybe one (or two!) steps at a time ;)
TheSnapper:
--- Quote from: Paulie_D on January 07, 2014, 15:03:31 PM ---
--- Quote from: TheSnapper on January 07, 2014, 14:29:14 PM ---
our predominantly NLH association.
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We"re a predominantly POKER association...it"s just that most members haven"t bothered (or don"t care) to learn variants other than NLHE.
IMO this is something APAT should be addressing (more)....there"s an incredible range of poker variants out there that are a darn sight more fun than grinding at NLHE.
I know that he few I have encouraged to play PLO/PLO8, in general, much prefer it to HE.
One of the biggest stumbling blocks to any progress on this has, of course, been the limited talent pool available in the UK casino dealer pool that are actually aware of these variants, let alone know how to deal them or the rules that apply....and we hate to self-deal in APAT...don"t we?
I"ve actually had to teach dealers how 7-card stud is played....Stud Hi/Lo would have been a nightmare. :)
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Is this a prudent direction? when...
""most members haven"t bothered (or don"t care) to learn variants other than NLHE"
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Asking MORE of teams representing their countries is something to be encouraged.
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So long as it"s not beyond their means to deliver.
ian.ski309:
--- Quote from: Paulie_D on January 07, 2014, 15:03:31 PM --- We"re a predominantly POKER association...it"s just that most members haven"t bothered (or don"t care) to learn variants other than NLHE.
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If we accept this assertion as fact, you have to wonder why two variants of Omaha have now been incorporated into the team event structure. Surely this will exclude most members from applying to play for their country ? FWIW, I totally prefer PLO to NLHE and I agree that newcomers to the game generally enjoy it.
fandango:
Scrap the schedual and play a 2 day 8game MTT..
Joking aside I believe APAT have made a great choice in introducing PLO8 as a format into the schedual, makes captains choosing a team think long and hard who to include in their squad, could make a big difference on the outcome over the two days..
Paulie_D:
Regardless of the team event, I hope that APAT will make more efforts to introduce more variants into the S8 schedule.
A "variant" Main Event isn"t likely I know but perhaps rotate side events (PLO is already there and we"ve tried Stud at Luton).
Or perhaps we take a leaf out of the LPPL playbook and (subject to casino consent) try £10 [self-deal] STT/Shootouts during an APAT weekend.
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