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WCOAP 2014 Team Championship Discussion Thread
s4ooter:
--- Quote from: Fatcatstu on January 11, 2014, 15:10:21 PM ---
I think the main point that people are raising Dann is that people want to get value for playing, and they dont think they will get it if the format is changed (see Gimac"s post)
I personally would have agreed to play snap if it was put in, as I just want to play for my country, but I can see both sides of the argument. IF you do go down the route of specialists then surely it is going to narrow the number of people playing for their country. How many people are decent Stud or PLO8 players in APAT?
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My point is this introduction helps push growth.....
Giving people a reason to learn a game that they wouldnt normally play, and by doing so it also supports the side events apat run themselves.....
APAT are here to promote the game of poker, all variants, and by implementing this things they give players reasons to play new games.
The numbers at the side events, for Horse, Razz, Stud etc werent brilliant last season, and this is a way to push the issue imo.
NLH is **** anyways :)
I am fully behind the point of players getting value for money, and my suggestion was that it "specialist" round was included:
Something like this:
NLH round (all play)
PLO round (all play)
NLH round (all play)
Specialist round (all play 1 variant)
HU rounds (all play)
MTT (all play)
That way everyone plays:
2x NLH sng
1 x PLO sng
1 x Specilist sng
1 X hu
1 X mtt
6 games for your money, although the HU games should have lammers.....100%
Fatcatstu:
--- Quote from: s4ooter on January 11, 2014, 15:25:16 PM ---
--- Quote from: Fatcatstu on January 11, 2014, 15:10:21 PM ---
I think the main point that people are raising Dann is that people want to get value for playing, and they dont think they will get it if the format is changed (see Gimac"s post)
I personally would have agreed to play snap if it was put in, as I just want to play for my country, but I can see both sides of the argument. IF you do go down the route of specialists then surely it is going to narrow the number of people playing for their country. How many people are decent Stud or PLO8 players in APAT?
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My point is this introduction helps push growth.....
Giving people a reason to learn a game that they wouldnt normally play, and by doing so it also supports the side events apat run themselves.....
APAT are here to promote the game of poker, all variants, and by implementing this things they give players reasons to play new games.
The numbers at the side events, for Horse, Razz, Stud etc werent brilliant last season, and this is a way to push the issue imo.
NLH is **** anyways :)
I am fully behind the point of players getting value for money, and my suggestion was that it "specialist" round was included:
Something like this:
NLH round (all play)
PLO round (all play)
NLH round (all play)
Specialist round (all play 1 variant)
HU rounds (all play)
MTT (all play)
That way everyone plays:
2x NLH sng
1 x PLO sng
1 x Specilist sng
1 X hu
1 X mtt
6 games for your money, although the HU games should have lammers.....100%
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Yeah, i agree that it should push growth and encourage people to take up a new variant, I know that i have thoroughly enjoyed playing stud and razz etc and PLO is by far and away my favourite game now, but is the WCOAP Team event the correct place to do it?
Love the look of that schedule that you suggest there though, and that would certainly be value for me personally! ( is that the first time we have ever agreed?!)
Des:
I have discussed this with Tom and Matt and I can assure you that the event will definitely have five phases to it.
With five phases, country captains will have to allocate their four players in the following way:-
Day One
Phase 1 - NLHE, NLHE, NLHE, NLHE
Phase 2 - NLHE, NLHE, PLO, PLO
Phase 3 - HU
Day Two
Phase 4 - NLHE, NLHE, PLO8, PLO8
Phase 5 - MTT
With over three months to go, captains should be able to ensure they have at least two players in their team who are expert in Omaha and 08.
The Main Event and the World Amateur Team Championship are the two most high profile tournaments of the WCOAP and we think the above format will lead to another superbly competitive event.
Paulie_D:
--- Quote from: Des on January 11, 2014, 15:41:23 PM ---
I have discussed this with Tom and Matt and I can assure you that the event will definitely have five phases to it.
With five phases, country captains will have to allocate their four players in the following way:-
Day One
Phase 1 - NLHE, NLHE, NLHE, NLHE
Phase 2 - NLHE, NLHE, PLO, PLO
Phase 3 - HU
Day Two
Phase 4 - NLHE, NLHE, PLO8, PLO8
Phase 5 - MTT
With over three months to go, captains should be able to ensure they have at least two players in their team who are expert in Omaha and 08.
The Main Event and the World Amateur Team Championship are the two most high profile tournaments of the WCOAP and we think the above format will lead to another superbly competitive event.
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bear21:
--- Quote from: Des on January 11, 2014, 15:41:23 PM ---
I have discussed this with Tom and Matt and I can assure you that the event will definitely have five phases to it.
With five phases, country captains will have to allocate their four players in the following way:-
Day One
Phase 1 - NLHE, NLHE, NLHE, NLHE
Phase 2 - NLHE, NLHE, PLO, PLO
Phase 3 - HU
Day Two
Phase 4 - NLHE, NLHE, PLO8, PLO8
Phase 5 - MTT
With over three months to go, captains should be able to ensure they have at least two players in their team who are expert in Omaha and 08.
The Main Event and the World Amateur Team Championship are the two most high profile tournaments of the WCOAP and we think the above format will lead to another superbly competitive event.
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Hi des
just a question have teams / captains already been decided for april championship ?????
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