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AMRN:
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--- Quote from: IrishTom on May 16, 2014, 20:00:10 PM ---
Pot Limit Omaha first The two day Irish Amateur Poker Championship will be played in the Pot Limit Omaha format, a first for APAT. In another first, the two day festival will take place at a hotel - Bewleys Hotel, Dublin Airport -and feature a series of mixed side events and round the clock cash games.
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Any chance you can share the logic for this mutation Tom?
First instinct, bit of a slap in the face for us few loyal Irish Apat"rs.
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I agree. It means I probably won"t be going to Dublin (or if I do go I won"t be playing) and I actually think this will be the case for a lot of people. Also this event will be the only event some people living in Dublin and Ireland go too and changing it seems strange. It is also an event that does not get the biggest attendance already and therefore less of the people who wanted a PLO event will get to play it and some of the locals who would otherwise play it will not bother. If an event has to be a PLO event this seems to be the wrong one?
Could you alter it? Maybe opinions from our Irish players would be of more value?
I really like the schedule and will be playing most (ideally all) of these events. Seems to be a good spread around the country and good timings as well. All of the venues are good and most people should be able to get to most of them which is all you can ask for. This is pretty much what the tour should look like in my opinion.
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I love the concept of playing out a championship event in something other than NLHE for a change - and PLO is the format that most people know behind NLHE.... I see this as a great opportunity. I"m gutted however that it"s in Dublin as I won"t be there :(
Paulie_D:
I understand some of the "pushback" regarding the Irish event and while I"m sure Tom can, and will, speak for himself I have some comments of my own...as you might expect.
I do not speak for APAT (although I am an enthusiastic supporter) but I do have a tiny insight into some of the behind the scenes...kind of like peeking through the keyhole...as such, what I think I know might be distorted by that limited view.
With all that said...Ireland was a late addition to the schedule and, indeed, it was quite likely for a number of reasons there would, in fact, NOT have been a visit this season and so I was quite surprised (and delighted) when it made it"s appearance.
However, the choice, I believe was between this or nothing.
As has been said, the Irish events have, historically, been poorly supported by UK members and, indeed, last year"s event at the Fitz had one of the lowest turnouts ever.
This does not include loyal local players and I can understand their disappointment but by the same token, from my own observations PLO is HUGE in Ireland, certainly, it"s more popular there than in England, so the logic of a PLO event there makes more sense, to me, than trying the same, for instance, in Coventry especially if one were, for instance, trying to spread the word about APAT in Ireland.
On the cost front I see this again and again, and I do not believe it really stacks up. Newcastle/Manchester/Leeds and Scotland are in the same ballpark (for me) as Ireland. Now, of course, you have to commit to an Ireland event and plan for at least two nights and so that might be skew some thinking.
Then again, the craic is worth the extra... :)
My 2 cents.
Paulie_D:
--- Quote from: nosey-p on May 17, 2014, 10:31:22 AM ---
Any Sunday games? are we going to mix it up, 6-max, shoot out, Stud?
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I believe that each event will, as has been traditional, have a side event.
What that will be, for each venue, will depend on dealer availability and competencies.
I"d like to see different poker variants on Sunday but as I"m sure we all know, the ability of casinos to actually provide them varies from venue to venue.
AAroddersAA:
Great post Paulie
Personally I very much like the schedule and can"t wait to get back to apat as it has been too long. Obviously try to give useful feedback however reading your post I can understand the reason for this. I will hopefully go to Dublin anyway.
Look forward to catching up again.
HERBIEHACKIT:
what to visit to Europe this year. welsh championships in england and the irish is plo. have to check shifts and will attend when off work but deffo not playing plo in ireland. thing this is a huge mistake. lucky if it gets 40 runners. would have gone subject to work had it been holdem. wcoap in london again. well guess they earned it ginven how hard their staff worked whist we were there. deffo dont agree with a national championship been played in outside the nation whos championship it is meant to be.
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