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S8 Live Tour Discussion Thread
HERBIEHACKIT:
sorry mate hope the season works out for you but apat is not offering me what i am looking for this year so i will be missing this season.
DodgyEnd (Tom APAT.be):
--- Quote from: HERBIEHACKIT on May 18, 2014, 08:09:56 AM ---
sorry mate hope the season works out for you but apat is not offering me what i am looking for this year so i will be missing this season.
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Would be ashame not to see you next year in London...
I obviously don"t know APAT that well since I only attended the Euros and Worlds last season. But if I look at the schedule as an "outsider", I also think that there is some sense in what APAT is trying to do.
PLO is really the upcoming game and more and more people play the game; the same for me: I love it and I like it more than NLH. Since I"m in Belgium it"s impossible to attend all events, but I do want to go to one besides the Worlds. And Dublin would be my top choice just because of PLO. A deep PLO event is very much something that you will see more and more... And I think it"s an excellent choice! Also I read that the Ireland events always have low attendance, so why not give this a try.
I also loved to play the Team Championships the past season. The fun in both those tournaments is the best fun I ever had when playing poker. I met a lot of great people and the atmosphere is just amazing.
But on the other side, as much as I loved the team events, you have to admit a lot of teams have problems of finding players and travelling. Part of that, for the Euros at least, is because there are not a lot of other tournaments that people can play in. For the Worlds it is different: you have (next season) 10 days of poker! I think a lot of people (outside UK etc) would be interested to come over to London for the Team Championship, because they have a whole load of extra tournaments to play.
I would have liked a team event in the Euros, but it"s probably a correct decision.
Oh, and having the Welsh championship out of Wales: if in Wales there is not a cardroom that is able to have the capacity, why not? The big German championships are also always in the Czech Republic (for other reasons of course, but still). If I was Welsh I think I would be pretty happy of playing in my national championship, even if it means travelling outside of Wales (if it would"t be far our of course)
s4ooter:
The euro and HN team events were pointless, they diluted the field from the other events being played and often features the same players each time. Prob around 70%. Some countries only had 4 interested, some just had captains picking the same faces.
APAT are 100% right to drop this and give those players a chance to play more sides instead of being stuck in those SNGs.
Ireland and PLO? Good to see them trying something, how well supported it is? We will have to wait and see.
Bristol hosting the Welsh? Happy with that, stones throw difference. Good casino, and the Welsh casinos were nothing more than poor.
Mix max and OFC at the worlds please
dwh103:
--- Quote from: s4ooter on May 18, 2014, 08:54:02 AM ---
The euro and HN team events were pointless, they diluted the field from the other events being played and often features the same players each time. Prob around 70%. Some countries only had 4 interested, some just had captains picking the same faces.
APAT are 100% right to drop this and give those players a chance to play more sides instead of being stuck in those SNGs.
Ireland and PLO? Good to see them trying something, how well supported it is? We will have to wait and see.
Bristol hosting the Welsh? Happy with that, stones throw difference. Good casino, and the Welsh casinos were nothing more than poor.
Mix max and OFC at the worlds please
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Can"t argue with the Joker.
Need to market the hell out of Ireland though, have my doubts about how many will turn up for that given the Vic only pull in 3-4 tables for an Omaha festival. (and lammers FTW). GL with that.
Les Croupiers in Cardiff was brilliant, but they don"t want us back :(
Won"t see much of anyone this season, given Des and Tom have rather inconsiderately scheduled the closest APAT to me whilst I"m going to be at DisneyWorld and watching NASCAR. I mean, come on guys! See you at the epic sounding WCOAP :)
LombBomb:
My tuppence:
Welsh championships in Bristol: No issues with this if there"s not a casino suitable for an APAT event in Wales. The UKIPT tour had to move one of their legs from Swansea to Bristol.
No European stop: Not too fussed about it, had a stop in Prague last season that was well supported, maybe one European venue every 2nd season would be a good compromise.
Scottish Open in Genting FP: Very good choice. Actually further for me to travel as a Glaswegian, but it"s a very well run card room in a casino that has a clear focus on poker, which is something the Alea can"t offer.
Team Events: Personally I enjoy playing in them however a lot of times I"ve found that they clash with other side events that I"d be interested in playing. Having only one International team event on the schedule is a bold move, think we should let the schedule play out as is then re-assess for next season based on member feedback.
Overall I like the S8 schedule, there"s a few new venues on the tour for me and I"ll try to be attending as many as I can.
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