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APAT:
London, August 3rd, 2007 The Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) today announced that Season Two of its critically acclaimed tour will feature close to 70 live events and be headline sponsored by leading UK sports betting and poker operator, Blue Square.

The agreement with Blue Square will generate close to $200,000 in sponsorship; more than double APAT's Season One budget, and be returned to players in GUKPT and WSOP event entry packages, added prize money in live and online events and in the removal of player registration fees at all live APAT events.

With the addition of a Regional Championship series, extended National Championship series and World Amateur Championship Festival; APAT is a world leader in the provision of low cost, high quality, sponsored poker tournaments.

Played in a wide array of dedicated premium casinos across the United Kingdom, APAT Regional events will reward leading players with Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, ranking points and seats at APAT National Championship events.  APAT members will compete for 6 x GUKPT packages, 3 x GUKPT Grand Final packages and 3 x World Series of Poker main event packages in addition to Championship Cups and Medals under the Blue Square sponsorship.

The highlight of the season will be the 2008 World Championship of Amateur Poker which will take place at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino in London and be extended across several days to include Omaha, Heads Up and Stud events, in addition to the World Amateur Poker Championship main event.  The winner of the main event will receive an expenses paid entry to the $10,000 Championship event at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

Also added to the National Championship schedule are a UK Forum Challenge, International Team Challenge and APAT Masters; which will enable APAT's amateur members to play with professionals for the first time.

For more information, players should read the detailed briefing at www.apat.com.

For further information about APAT please go to www.apat.com or contact Media Director Richard Prew on 07887 987044 or on media@apat.com.

kinboshi:
Sounds like an excellent deal for all.  Two things we"ll miss due to the move from PokerStars - one, the best software bar none for online tournaments; and two, EPT prize packages.

BUT, the pros certainly seem to outweigh the cons, and it looks like APAT will be going on to grow in 2007/08.  The partnership with Bluesq/Grosvenor is definitely a plus with regards to the live events - which to be honest is where APAT is strongest (there are loads of decent online tournaments, but nothing comes close to APAT with regards to the live tournaments).

Good work Des and everyone else involved (what do you mean you did it all by yourself Des? ;D), onwards and upwards!!

APAT:
Thanks Daniel.

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour has proved very popular with festival players around the country and I believe its popularity will jump again, when Channel 4 start to broadcast the events shortly.  The locations might not be as exotic as with the EPT, but I think you will find the tournaments themselves are superb and the prize pools very significant.

kinboshi:
They do sound excellent.  It also means that the APAT Railers will be able to attend and offer support as well!

Not as exotic as the EPT events?  Luton, Brighton, Cardiff... you don"t get more exotic than that!    8)

technolog:
Wow!

Right - now I"ve donned clean undercrackers, time for a few comments!

You fellas have certainly been busy - and at first sight it looks like you"ve done a fantastic job - I"ll have to re-read everything a few times to be sure  ;D

It"s a shame to move from PokerStars as they"ve been a great 1st season sponsor and it"s my favourite site to play on. But having said that - I"ve not tried Blue Square yet (another bloody poker skin!).

Looking forward to regional events although with only 80 runners they could be a bit tricky to get into.

Love the idea of the forum challenge, international event and the Pro-Am.

Thanks a lot guys - you"ve done us proud again! Oh and thanks for the free membership too!

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