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Paulie_D:

--- Quote from: kinboshi on August 21, 2007, 11:36:14 AM ---
Of course, Rich was referring to the G/Grosvenor rules that only can come into force because of the new legislation.

Before the new legislation, those rules would have been unenforceable, as they"d be illegal.  I think most (if not all) card rooms in the UK will be changing their own rules in light of the new legislation.
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Ah...thanks..I see. Are any of APAT's Tourney rules non-compliant?


--- Quote ---I"m sure APAT would like to change the existing APAT rules that were restricted by UK law.  For example, in the Irish event the rules were different because players didn"t have to be seated (i.e. in the casino) for the kick-off, as Ireland has different laws in this area.  If I remember rightly, someone was travelling from the south coast to the Scottish event, but due to ridiculous delays, they missed the start. So they couldn"t play.  APAT don"t want this to happen, surely.
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Actually, my guess is that APAT would prefer to have enforced the UK "rules" in Ireland and insisted that everyone be seated for the start, but I take your point.

As for the unlucky person in Scotland, I wasn"t there and so I don"t know the circumstances.

Unfortunate, of course, but rules are there for a reason. In the case of unforseeable events, some flexibility could be allowed. Did he get his entry back?

kinboshi:

--- Quote from: Paulie_D link=topic=247.msg5053#msg5053
Ah...thanks..I see. Are any of APAT's Tourney rules non-compliant?[/quote ---

They won"t be, but the change means that the APAT rules can now also be changed.


--- Quote ---I"m sure APAT would like to change the existing APAT rules that were restricted by UK law.  For example, in the Irish event the rules were different because players didn"t have to be seated (i.e. in the casino) for the kick-off, as Ireland has different laws in this area.  If I remember rightly, someone was travelling from the south coast to the Scottish event, but due to ridiculous delays, they missed the start. So they couldn"t play.  APAT don"t want this to happen, surely.
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Actually, my guess is that APAT would prefer to have enforced the UK "rules" in Ireland and insisted that everyone be seated for the start, but I take your point.
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I think I might have spoken to Des and Tikay about this in the past, and I"m sure they were both frustrated with the rules regarding being there at the start.  I"m not sure if any other country has this rule other than the UK?  I"m sure you"ll find they"re in favour of a bit of flexibility.


--- Quote ---As for the unlucky person in Scotland, I wasn"t there and so I don"t know the circumstances.

Unfortunate, of course, but rules are there for a reason. In the case of unforseeable events, some flexibility could be allowed. Did he get his entry back?



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He got it back, of that I have no doubt.  But he won"t have got anything back from his flight, hotels, etc.  I don"t think he was more than 30 minutes later either (but I could be wrong).  

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