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APAT UK Team Championship - January 2010
Paulie_D:
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--- Quote from: Paulie_D on November 02, 2009, 13:11:14 PM ---
But that doesn"t solve the basic problem, in fact, it makes it worse next year.
The problem isn"t getting in next time, it"s getting in...in the first place!
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10 teams who don"t finish in the top 5 this year are less likely to be picked next year.
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Define "less likely"...If a forum finishes 6th, does that mean they have a better chance of being picked that the team that finished 10th? And how do those rankings affect teams that haven"t played at all (as they couldn"t get in)?
We are still left with the criteria for being picked in the first place which leads into the criteria for selection next year.
Other than APAT and B&SW no team has the "right" to a place. So how does APAT intend to make objective decisions as to who should take part, this year or next?
BubblePoker:
The Bubble Poker League Would Like To Put A Team In
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karrde:
--- Quote from: Paulie_D on November 02, 2009, 16:12:45 PM ---
Other than APAT and B&SW no team has the "right" to a place. So how does APAT intend to make objective decisions as to who should take part, this year or next?
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In your opinion.
My interests in this are on record, but I would have thought it was obvious to invite at the very least any team that cashed to come back and defend that honour :-\
To go to the next logical step, there is a perfectly sensible argument to have the top half the field from last time to come back and run qualifiers for the other half of the field each year. That wouldnt be a scandal in a sporting world. Its certainly sensible enough to be discussed without dismissal out of hand.
Baldus New:
Sorry about this, didn"t mean to start World War III, just wanted to see if it was possible to get more teams in to make it a real team event.
Not sure how many teams have already put themselves forward but I expect there will be more that miss out than those that get in.
Where"s Kerry Packer when you need him to start a rogue tourney!!!!!! ;) (Only joking APAT!!!!! ;D)
Paulie_D:
--- Quote from: karrde on November 02, 2009, 16:22:34 PM ---
In your opinion.
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Granted, but I was referring to the actual known "guaranteed" teams
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My interests in this are on record, but I would have thought it was obvious to invite at the very least any team that cashed to come back and defend that honour :-\
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Obvious to you...If I make 3rd at an APAT National Event, I don"t get a right to a seat at the next National, that is reserved for 1st place (AFAIK). I see no reason to extend automatic entry to "cashing" teams.
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To go to the next logical step, there is a perfectly sensible argument to have the top half the field from last time to come back and run qualifiers for the other half of the field each year. That wouldnt be a scandal in a sporting world. Its certainly sensible enough to be discussed without dismissal out of hand.
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I"m not dismissing it out of hand but you have now extended (in your "logical" example) the automatic entries to 8 teams (or 10 if there were 20 as last year).
Once again...how are forums objectively selected if they have not played in this event before?
Perhaps qualifiers for all teams (except the previous winner) for next year. but I"m not sure how this would work without some extremely difficult and impossible to manage/police organisation. Qualifying works fine for individuals but not for teams, the make-up of which is often not known until the last minute.
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