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apat structure
Sheriff Fatman:
I"m happy with the structure. There are a couple of points, most notably after the dinner break, where the blind increases put people under pressure but this is the same in festival events too.
The one criticism I do have from witnessing the Dublin event is that everything is allowed to drag out on day two, compared to the "military precision" of the day 1 timetable. Consequently, anyone involved in yesterday"s final table would"ve had no chance of getting home on the Sunday (which is one of the stated aims of APAT, as Tighty has alluded to here).
I had a 10pm flight booked yesterday, which was then subsequently delayed. At 10.30pm I was reading the updates from the departure gate and play was still going on. Tighty"s first post in this thread says that the final played out over 4 levels on day 2. Play started at 2.30pm. Something somewhere doesn"t add up.
The delays yesterday didn"t affect me as I made a "tactical" decision to go out on day 1 ::) but it does factor into my thinking for future live events. I don"t really want to have to eat into holiday time and incur travel costs for a Sunday night stopover for an event where I"m most likely to have gone out on day one. However, the evidence of yesterday suggests that this will be a necessity going forward.
Sheriff
TightEnd:
--- Quote from: Sheriff Fatman on June 04, 2007, 16:05:10 PM ---
I"m happy with the structure. There are a couple of points, most notably after the dinner break, where the blind increases put people under pressure but this is the same in festival events too.
The one criticism I do have from witnessing the Dublin event is that everything is allowed to drag out on day two, compared to the "military precision" of the day 1 timetable. Consequently, anyone involved in yesterday"s final table would"ve had no chance of getting home on the Sunday (which is one of the stated aims of APAT, as Tighty has alluded to here).
I had a 10pm flight booked yesterday, which was then subsequently delayed. At 10.30pm I was reading the updates from the departure gate and play was still going on. Tighty"s first post in this thread says that the final played out over 4 levels on day 2. Play started at 2.30pm. Something somewhere doesn"t add up.
The delays yesterday didn"t affect me as I made a "tactical" decision to go out on day 1 ::) but it does factor into my thinking for future live events. I don"t really want to have to eat into holiday time and incur travel costs for a Sunday night stopover for an event where I"m most likely to have gone out on day one. However, the evidence of yesterday suggests that this will be a necessity going forward.
Sheriff
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Play is slower on day 2, two hand for hand periods from 17th to 16th and 10th to 9th for example
As for four levels on the final I may be mistaken it may have been more. Anyway this event took much longer than others, all complete by 8.30-9pm...this time we had a lengthy heads up. Also we had a double-long break pre-final, a chip count issue pre-final etc etc it all added up
The aim in future will still be to complete at a good time on the final night, usually assuming for most people the next day will be a working day.
MAIR:
I was happy with the structure, ideally would be great to have timeframe on the the 2nd day which is consistent for each event, so that we can determine if we can fly home that night, I agree the extra costs associated with hotel expenses and also a day off work can be costly.
It was my first APAT Tournament and I played absolutely crap, pardon the french, I was nervous (not ashamed to admit it) and i didnt think clearly enough hence my early exit.
Despite the nerves and the early exit, I will be back again to play (should i make the final player list), I love the atmosphere, the people and expecially the POKER. I love the game, and as an amateur love the opportunity to play in a huge event like this and gain some more experience etc..
Cheers
Mary
9s 6s
HaworthBantam:
Having done three events this season, I"ve seen a change in the quality of play. To me it"s improving and I think this is having an affect on the time that it now takes to lose players on day one and also the time it takes to complete play on day 2.
As for the structure, I don"t think it can be faulted.
FlyingPig73:
The only fault that I can think of is, I should start with 20,000 in chips... Haha.. Lol
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