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IrishTom:
Now that it"s all over, from my pov, even allowing for the few problems we had throughout the week, it was a huge success.  But I"m always keen for player feedback, both positive and negative, so we can look to the future to hopefully make things bigger and better.

So, over to you - be it the venue, dealers, events, structures, buy-ins, registration process etc - whilst promising nothing, I"ll certainly listen to all.

I hope you enjoyed your WCOAP 2014, and look forward to seeing you soon.

Cheers/Tom

PS please keep this feedback to WCOAP only, if you want to offer your thoughts for Season 8, this can still be done (for a VERY short time) via HERE

Curlarge:
I thought the organisation, both from APAT's, Coral"s and Aspers pov was of a very high standard given the scale of the festival.

Considerations for future sortes could be the cost of hotels, which I fear priced a number of APAT regulars out of these events and also why weren"t all APAT Champions since the last CofC event included in this years event. In the very unlikely event that I ever win an APAT event, I would be very disappointed not to get a chance to play against the other champions, and I know of one or two past champs who feel the same.

Overall 9/10 and well done to all concerned.

s4ooter:
On the whole i thought it was excellent.

Location, although expensive for travel and accom, found us centered with lots to do.  Food courts, shops etc.  Better than being stuck in the 4 walls of DTD with not a lot going on.

At times the staff and TDs were unsure of what each event entailed, and i think the info could have either been communicated earlier (if it wasnt), or taken in by them (if it wasnt) as there were delays in some events starting as they didnt really know what they were (Cash Tour)

The Heads Up was long winded to get going, but super quick to finish.  Im not sure why they were waiting for 32 1st rd matches to finish when the draw to the final was already mapped out.  We were waiting around ages, when they could have got the 2nd round matches underway to save all the waiting around.  Again, id like to see the structure in those be looked at.  No 75/150 level, and 1 match KO all the way to the final is pretty high variance.  More about running good than being good in that event.  Lammers would help this, as the blinds dont have to restart but if both players have 1 lammer each, then that horrific cooler/beat doesnt cost u the match

Events were all well received, the structures were good in the most part and no matter how hard i try i cannot see how we can fix the limit game dilemma.  As a player, the early structure was really REALLY crapshooty however the games still went on until 5am each time?  Is this the player pool at the FT being really nitty, or the later levels allowing for more play? I really dont know.

Coverage, i felt was poor, the CoC and Team Games being played by the bar and no-one really knew that the CoC was on.  Would this not be one of the flagship events that only your Champions are playing??  As a brand, i think this is key to push....showing non members that APAT offer their seasons champions a chance to play for a trip to Vegas.....i mean thats a big deal. 

I know MTS was the only updater there, and was gonna struggle trying to cover 3 events a day, from midday to 5am.  Shame, as the community loves a bit of coverage.

As before, would love to see some new events introduced, a Mix Max would be good and i deffo think you could increase the Starting Stack of the PLO as that was really shallow from 20 left.

I would also like to see the 6max have an increased buyin to match the main, and run over 2 days also if possible.  Its such a well received event, i think you would easily get numbers as 6 max is now so popular with the intro of the Sky Tours etc.

Finally, i do think the High Roller, needs to be of that.  Has to be £300 plus.  Many locals saw the "High Roller" advertised but refused to play it as it was only £220.  I know some may say that is too expensive for the APAT faithful, but with a year to plan and the satty options available i cant see a problem with it being filled.

All in all, an awesome weekend.

Well Done APAT

Paulie_D:

AMRN:
The mix of events, and the structure of those events was simply superb. I challenge anyone to find anything anywhere in the world that gets anywhere near the standard of the WCOAP festival for the cost of the buyins.

Venue was pretty good, although food in the casino was limited and over-priced, but the 30 min breaks meant that the food court outside was accessible.  Drinks in the casino were ridiculously expensive.

Location - hate the fact that hotels are so comparatively expensive. I was priced out of attending for the full week, and had to limit myself to just the weekend. If we were at DTD, I would have played the whole week.

Two gripes:

1. The Live Update thread just isn"t what it was from the Tighty days. Those back at home used to love to follow proceedings - that doesn"t happen any more. In my opinion, the APAT update thread was always so much better than some others, ie Pokerstars, and it was an excellent differentiator.

2. Seat reservation needs looking at. I was playing PLO8, and having lost a big pot, I was left short stacked. Ordinarily I would have stuck around to grind it out, however the Cash Champ tourney was starting shortly, and only had 33 runners - I gambled my PLO8 stack with a view to getting into the cash event, but when I got to the desk with 20 minutes to go until it started, I found myself put at the bottom of a long list of alternates..... and the tourney was running with 7 empty seats which were reserved for people still playing PLO8 or Main Event. Those seats were then freed up after 90 minutes, and some alternates got in, but could only play half of phase one whilst paying the full reg fee, despite having been standing around waiting since the start.   Leaving people standing around for this rebuy event whilst there were empty seats was a shame - it meant that they were disadvantaged if they did get in late, and it meant that the total prizepool was undervalued without the potential for additional rebuys and additional alternates.

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