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APAT All*Stars - Top 200
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#5
WARREN JONES
When putting together this analysis of APAT performance over the past 10 years it became clear that the Welsh are too good. It"s not that there"s too many of them, but they"re clearly too sharp an the end of day one and too cool as the pressure builds late on day two. Warren Jones personifies these qualities. He first came to our notice with cashes in the season 4 (Bronze) and 5 WCOAP Heads Up Championships. He followed this up with 3 cashes in season 6, including the WCOAP main event and a 4th at the Welsh Amateur Championship. His big breakthrough however came in season 7 where he struck Gold at the Welsh and English Amateur Poker Championships. These victories and a cash in the UKCOAP Heads Up Championship enabled him to finish that season at the top of APAT's live rankings. Last season Warren made the final table of the English Amateur Championship once again and has represented the Welsh team on several occasions.
SEASON EVENT CITY FIELD PLACE £"s POINTS 4WCOAP Heads Up Championship Nottingham32325075WCOAP Heads Up Championship Nottingham68519856ECOAP Stud Championship Nottingham34417066WCOAP World Amateur Championship Nottingham4491935016APAT Welsh Amateur Championship Cardiff1224750157UKCOAP Heads Up Championship Nottingham47612947APAT Welsh Amateur Championship Cardiff11412560187APAT English Amateur Championship Coventry14413025188APAT English Amateur Championship Luton172932210
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#4
DARREN SHALLIS
Darren is another of those ferocious Welsh warriors. A long term legend of APAT, Darren topped the live player rankings in season 2 and again jointly in season 4. With 9 cashes and 7 final tables, Darren"s pedigree is clear. We can only speculate how many points he may have scored had he been a regular player on the tour over the past few seasons. Final tables at the Welsh and English Championships launched Darren"s APAT career in season 2, his promise confirmed with victory in the Irish Amateur Championship later that same season. He final tabled in his defence of the Irish Championship the following season, falling to Brian Yates - while also cashing the UK Amateur Championship. Season 4 brought final tables in the Welsh and UK Amateur Championships and a runner up finish in the European Amateur Championship. Darren recorded his last cash in the season 7 UKCOAP Six Max Championship, finishing 5th of 172 runners.
SEASON EVENT CITY FIELD PLACE £"s POINTS 2APAT Welsh Amateur Championship Cardiff1941040092APAT English Amateur Championship Walsall2004600152APAT Irish Amateur Championship Dublin14512775183APAT UK Amateur Championship Walsall205237513APAT Irish Amateur Championship Dublin1447450124APAT Welsh Amateur Championship Swansea1056400134APAT UK Amateur Championship London1618600114APAT European Amateur Championship Coventry15321700177UKCOAP Six Max Championship Nottingham17254405
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#3
ANDREW DUNCAN
Remarkably, Andrew Duncan is the only player in our top 10 who scored ranking points in season 1. While a lot of players have been distracted in the interim, Andrew has consistently churned out result after result. His 13 cashes are testament to this, a record made even more impressive through 8 final tables. In fact, only 1 player in the history of APAT has appeared at more final tables. Andrew"s greatest performance perhaps, was as a member of the winning APAT team, who secured the UK Team Championship title in season 3. He has been close to securing an individual title on several occasions, most notably the WCOAP Stud Championship in season 5 and the Irish Amateur Championship in season 7, finishing 4th on both occasions. Andrew"s achievement in being the #3 APAT ranked player of all time suggests that its just a matter of "when" and not "if", for that elusive first individual title. In the meantime, he"ll continue to hoover up cashes with frightening consistency.
SEASON EVENT CITY FIELD PLACE £"s POINTS 1APAT European Amateur Championship Luton30091000103APAT English Amateur Championship Bolton2007600123APAT UK Amateur Championship Walsall2055600143APAT UK Team Championship Manchester20125034APAT European Amateur Championship Coventry1536600135WCOAP Horse Championship Nottingham51517855WCOAP Stud Championship Nottingham50424966APAT Welsh Amateur Championship Cardiff1221214076APAT English Amateur Championship Coventry1651612536APAT European Amateur Championship Nottingham2542218417APAT English Amateur Championship Coventry1441116587APAT Irish Amateur Championship Dublin784393159APAT English Amateur Championship Coventry130827011
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#2
JOHN MURRAY
Many would consider John Murray the greatest player in the history of APAT, an opinion hard to argue given the scale of the Irishman"s record. The most cashes with 17. The most final tables with 9. The most medals, held jointly with 7. The most wins with 5. It really is a sensational record and one that saw him become the highest ranked APAT player of all time, overtaking Darren Shallis during season 7. A position that he held up to October of this year. John"s story is complex however. He has been famously successful in team events. 5 of his 17 cashes have been in team events. He"s been part of the winning team in 4 of those events - 3 of those for Ireland in international events. This is no coincidence of course, John"s a tremendous player and a clever contributor to team games. His success rate is phenomenal. Due to their nature, these events don"t receive the same number of ranking points (3 max) as side events (9 max) and main events (18 max) so while one could argue that he"s lost some side event scoring opportunities, others could argue that he has scored a lot of incremental points in team events. His individual record is fantastic also. 9 final tables, the highlight being his title winning performance at the UK Amateur Championship in season 4. Although going close on a couple of occasions, John hasn"t been able to medal 8 of those final tables, which inevitably has allowed the competition to overtake him recently. There seems little doubt that John will want to recapture the #1 position and his place atop the APAT pile, which should lead to some very exciting poker in the coming months.
SEASON EVENT CITY FIELD PLACE £"s POINTS 2APAT Welsh Amateur Championship Cardiff1945600142APAT Irish Amateur Championship Dublin1456562132APAT European Amateur Team Championship Brighton10150033APAT Welsh Amateur Championship Cardiff163177523APAT English Amateur Championship Bolton2001340063APAT European Amateur Championship Luton1956600133APAT UK Team Championship Manchester20125034APAT UK Amateur Championship London16113500184APAT UK Team Championship Bolton200925015APAT European Amateur Championship Brighton1241214075APAT UK Team Championship Luton184435065APAT UK International Team Championship Newcastle8310016APAT European Amateur Team Championship Nottingham9136037WCOAP Mixed Game Championship London74527557APAT European Amateur Championship Prague1276412137APAT UK International Championship Nottingham8120038WCOAP Cash Championship London4033007
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#1
STEVE RODERICK
So there we have it, Steve Roderick has secured more ranking points than any other player in APAT history. This very personable Welshman with the studious approach and a driven, almost mechanical achievement of results. Part man, part machine. More Riddick than Roderick. Including this season, Steve has now scored points in each of the past 6 seasons. Starting in season 4, he took Silver from 425 players at the WCOAP main event. He finished 12th at the Scottish Amateur Championship and had another runner up finish in Ireland. Those results were good enough for a share of the #1 season ranking with Darren Shallis. Season 4 brought a Bronze medal in the North American Championship. Steve added a Bronze medal in the Scottish Amateur Championship in season 6, and he followed that with a final table at the season 7 English Amateur Championship. Season 8 brought a Silver medal at the WCOAP PLO Championship and a cash at the European Amateur Championship. Season 9 brought a 4th place finish at the Welsh Amateur Championship and a 10th place finish at the European Amateur Championship. A result that was significant enough to see Steve leapfrog John Murray into the all time #1 position. This position will put a new pressure on Steve Roderick and how he deals with that will be very interesting to see. But there can be no doubt in one area - he is now the #1 ranked APAT player of all time. We salute his achievement and are proud to call him our precious.
SEASON EVENT CITY FIELD PLACE £"s POINTS 4WCOAP World Amateur Championship Nottingham42526500174APAT Scottish Amateur Championship Aberdeen1521231574APAT Irish Amateur Championship Dublin8121125175APAT North American Amateur Championship Las Vegas913757165APAT UK International Team Championship Newcastle8130036APAT Scottish Amateur Championship Glasgow12131360167APAT English Amateur Championship Coventry1449220108WCOAP PLO Dealers Choice Championship London73276588APAT European Amateur Championship Coventry1631326069APAT Welsh Amateur Championship Cardiff1384870159APAT European Amateur Championship Manchester141103109
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