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Poker Forum => Live Poker => Topic started by: Fatcatstu on October 30, 2012, 00:00:12 AM
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Let me first start by pointing out what a difficult task picking the England team has been for Rich, JP and myself.
We started off having 12 spots to fill over our 3 teams, and i think it is fair to say that non of us could have anticipated the hard thinking and too-ing and fro-ing that was to ensue.
We have had in excess of 40 applicants to represent their country and each and every one of them could have stepped in and filled a spot and done their country proud.
40 people. 12 spots.
I would like to thank JP and Rich, they have both been superb and fair in the way they have gone about their business, utter gents.
We have had many discussions, many debates about the whole matter, moving from one method of picking the teams to another, before we finally decided on what we were going to do.
This has been the most difficult thing i have done, and as JP said, many fine players and many good friends are going to be left disappointed at this moment in time, I apologise, and if we could have picked more people we would have, but now lets get on with backing those players picked and bringing the title back to England where it belongs
Now, enough of the preamble.
As captain of England "C" for the forth coming Home Internationals in November, it gives me great pleasure in annoucing the following players to represent their country.
Phil Tompkinson
Phil is somewhat of an APAT stalwart nowadays, and the first man to introduce me to APAT. Phil has played in alot of APAT events in recent years, including trips to Las Vegas, Spain, Estonia and Austria and has numerous cashes to his name, importantly including final tabling an APAT Omaha side event in 2009.
Phil currently acts as IT Guru for APAT, and I am sure everyone will agree is well deserving of his second England Cap.
Paul Davis
Paulie is another member who contributed massively to APAT, both on and off the felt.
Given the nickname Travel Guru, Paulie is always found on the forums, as is shown in his 4000+ posts.
Paulie is another person who attends as many APAT live events as he physically can, often found around the update table, sharing the goings on with the many forms of social media that he frequents!
He also has no little skill at the events we will be playing, claiming Omaha to be his besst form of poker, and we have all seen he is no mug at Hold "em too.
Matthew Ward
Matthew is obviously a player that I know well, but is also a familiar face to APAT regulars too.
He has travelled the world with APAT, attending events in Estonia (being the last Brit standing) Spain and Las Vegas as well as travelling all over the country to play domestically too.
Matty is known as The Stockton Rock, and it is a well earned reputation, and a playing style that I am convinced will bring the team points in the STT"s AND the MTT. I really wouldnt be surpirsed to see him near the top of the overall points scorers come the end.
James Barber
James makes a return to the England team after his appearance in the APAT World Championships last year.
As everyone knows, JB has been a fixture within APAT for a long time. The first time I met him was on the Estonia trip when he was assisting Tighty with the updates, and he has been seen many times since.
James is a very accomplished hold "em player, who has made a few deep runs in APAT's, and has an excellent SNG game, which is sure to bring us points. He is also a very good Omaha player, so ticks all the boxes on that side of things too.
I will be the other playing member in the team.
I really do feel that this combination of players and the skill sets they have will give England C a massive chance of medalling and indeed winning the Home Internationals.
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Congrats to you all, and best of luck
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Now, enough of the preamble.
As far as pre-ambles go ... that was a pretty good one ;D
Wowsa ... What a solid team. Bloody good selection there!
Anyone running a book for this ;)
Well done everyone ... this is going to be an exciting event A s
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Agreed Michelle, damn good team with APAT in their blood. Well done everyone, great choices and all worthy.
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Great choices all solid APAT - well done guys :)
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Absolutely thrilled to have been picked!
Its will be a pleasure to play along side the other 4 players, congrats to all who got picked
3 great England teams!
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Fairly Gr8 team gl guys!!
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Utterly chuffed to get a rookie spot. ;D
Now I just have to prove I deserve it.
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Well done on those who were selected.
Good luck in Stoke, bring it home.
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I don"t think this team should be allowed. I am concerned that if Wales are not doing well and you guy"s are I am going to want England to win and that would make me feel all dirty :-)
Seriously Stu that is a great team, feels like a great APAT team and 5 strong players, Play well in Stoke lads. I know how proud you will all be. Well deserved selections.
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Congratulations to all in the team, it might be the C team, but is still very strong and has every chance of taking it down. Good luck chaps.
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Cant belive i didnt make this team! GLGL ;D
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Great picks, well done and good luck!
:)
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Great team! Congrats and gl to all picked to play...see you in stoke!
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GL guys, hope we can do a clean sweep (with the B team first, obv)
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GL guys, hope we can do a clean sweep (with the B team first, obv)
Yup very much this ;)
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Utterly chuffed to get a rookie spot. ;D
Now I just have to prove I deserve it.
IMO PAULIE U ARE VERY DESERVING OF YOUR PLACE ON THE TEAM AND WILL BE A VERY DIFFICULT OPPONENT AT STOKE CONGRATS
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Utterly chuffed to get a rookie spot. ;D
Now I just have to prove I deserve it.
IMO PAULIE U ARE VERY DESERVING OF YOUR PLACE ON THE TEAM AND WILL BE A VERY DIFFICULT OPPONENT AT STOKE CONGRATS
Too right thats why he has been picked!!!
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GL guys, hope we can do a clean sweep (with the B team first, obv)
If the APAT forum had a "like" button...
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What a team!!!
Expecting big things from the C team :-):-):-)
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Well, here we are!
One sleep away from Stoke, 2 sleeps away from representing our country, again for 3 of us, and for the first time for 2 of us :)
Over the last few days this is all I have been able to think/talk about to anyone who will listen! Tactics for heads up orders have been going through my head, imagining senarios that can crop up, visualising wining (yes i actually
do this, it worked once a while ago :p )
I just want to take this time to say again how delighted I am with my team, each and everyone of them deserve their place, and I know that they are going to do fantastically well as they are all very good players at each variant of poker that they need to be, and I also know that they are all incredibly proud to representing their countries, be it again, or in Paulie and Matty"s case for the first time.
Now if you will let me, i would like to go over the reasons why I picked each player again at the risk of repeating myself!
Paulie Davis
I have played against Paulie a fair bit recently and was really very impressed with his game. As you know, I like to put pressure on people when playing and then to see how they react. Paulie was a nightmare! No matter what I did, he refused to be flustered or pressured by me in any way, this stuck in my mind from that moment on, and when he applied I knew straight away I wanted him in my team.
He is a rock, and I really do feel that he will be able to go deep in the MTT, and score points in the SnG"s, particularly the Omahahaha which he is very very very good at.
Matthew Ward
As I said before I obviously know his game very very well, as we have been playing together from the start of our "careers". He is another person who is so calm and collected at the table it is scary (unlike his brother) He has an unnerving ability to know just where he is in a hand and to act accordingly. He is difficult to bully and has a great respect for his chips, and I genuinely believe that he will be one of the top points scorers in the event as a whole.
Phil Tompkinson
Phil is an APAT legend by now. Known by everyone as the nicest guy around, and someone who will be fantastic to have in and around the team, not only for his ability at poker, but also from a morale point of view.
Phil is experienced at both Holdem AND Omaha, having made very deep runs at both in APAT's, and was again one of the first people I picked when the applications were in.
James Barber
Another APAT legend, "Bigtime" is a player I have huge respect for and who is ideally suited to this kind of team game. He played in the same team as me in the World Championships (shameless brag) and did well there, going deep in his SnG"s, so I am expecting big big things of the big big man this time round.
Again wouldnt be surprised to see him near the top of the points charts by the end of the matter.
I really looked at the team dynamic when I picked this lot. I wanted a group of people who know each other well, get on and will help to carry each other through what is bound to be a day of trials and tribulations. We win as a team, we fail as a team.
We will be doing the winning part of that, I am sure of it.
Either way, we are all proud to be representing this great country, and will do our very best for you all.
One of the Welsh captain seems to like posting Nursery rhymes about his country.
Here you go fella, have a proper song!
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoJqhoBUT14[/youtube]
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We win as a team, we fail as a team.
...and whatever happens, blame the Captain! ;D
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We win as a team, we fail as a team.
...and whatever happens, blame the Captain! ;D
feel free, things are usually blamed on me anyway :p
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We win as a team, we fail as a team.
...and whatever happens, blame the Captain! ;D
feel free, things are usually blamed on me anyway :p
Fine..but under no circumstances will I be walking around Newcastle-under-Lyme with my trousers around my ankles.
I may be face-down in a gutter...but my trousers will be up!
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Do as I say, not as I do!
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We win as a team, we fail as a team.
...and whatever happens, blame the Captain! ;D
feel free, things are usually blamed on me anyway :p
Fine..but under no circumstances will I be walking around Newcastle-under-Lyme with my trousers around my ankles.
I may be face-down in a gutter...but my trousers will be up!
Oh don"t judge him
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Well where to start?!?!
I want to say thanks to Phil, Paulie, JB and Matty for being absolute stars on Friday, as i was sure they would be!
Captaining my country was an absolute pleasure and honour, made all the better by firstly the people who shared it with me as team mates, you all played your hearts out and I am genuinely proud of each one of you, with just a few coolers costing us the action in the headsup (Matty"s KJ v AK on the K high flop when he nearly folded! Absolutely unreal player!)
Thanks to Leigh for keeping me well up to date with the points, it stopped me going absolutely mental as opposed to having a mild breakdown in the latter stages of the MTT!
Its a great achievement to come 2nd against such a very strong field, and massive congratulations on the Win to Davey and the Scottish B boys, they were fantastic all the way through and brilliant fun to play against as well. Just a shame we never got the chance to play the 5th headsup match, captain v captain promised to be brutal :D
I loved every second of the experience though, and it is one i would hope i carried out with the dignity and spirit that it deserved, and would dearly love to do again.
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Well where to start?!?!
I want to say thanks to Phil, Paulie, JB and Matty for being absolute stars on Friday, as i was sure they would be!
Captaining my country was an absolute pleasure and honour, made all the better by firstly the people who shared it with me as team mates, you all played your hearts out and I am genuinely proud of each one of you, with just a few coolers costing us the action in the headsup (Matty"s KJ v AK on the K high flop when he nearly folded! Absolutely unreal player!)
Thanks to Leigh for keeping me well up to date with the points, it stopped me going absolutely mental as opposed to having a mild breakdown in the latter stages of the MTT!
Its a great achievement to come 2nd against such a very strong field, and massive congratulations on the Win to Davey and the Scottish B boys, they were fantastic all the way through and brilliant fun to play against as well. Just a shame we never got the chance to play the 5th headsup match, captain v captain promised to be brutal :D
I loved every second of the experience though, and it is one i would hope i carried out with the dignity and spirit that it deserved, and would dearly love to do again.
the 5th heads up match would have descended into a straight up game of who could drink each other under the table as our capt had already started and as we all know Mr Wards drinking is stuff of legend.
absolutely superb weekend with the best banter and best poker anyone could wish for.
My personal highlight frank Bailie 7 minute dwell drove young rudders mental!
Once again lads superb see you all soon
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I"m not sure that this has been said before but if it has it bears repeating.
Stu was a brilliant captain on the day.
Whatever may have happened before (or after) his dedication to encouraging the rest of us to the heights we achieved should not be underestimated.
He told me afterwards that he came over to me more than once during the fray with the intention of spurring me on but seeing a look of deep concentration on my face (or more likely it was a fart brewing) he backed off and left me too it.
Not being taken out of the "zone" (if, indeed, I have one) is something I appreciate as much as the numerous times he came over and just told me to keep it going.
You might think there is a contradiction in there but the fine line between joggling my elbow and backing off and leaving me to it was something I appreciate.
Would I leave him alone with the £1k chip or a medal...well, No...but I"d play for him again in a heartbeat.
Much respect My Captain.
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I"m not sure that this has been said before but if it has it bears repeating.
Stu was a brilliant captain on the day.
Whatever may have happened before (or after) his dedication to encouraging the rest of us to the heights we achieved should not be underestimated.
He told me afterwards that he came over to me more than once during the fray with the intention of spurring me on but seeing a look of deep concentration on my face (or more likely it was a fart brewing) he backed off and left me too it.
Not being taken out of the "zone" (if, indeed, I have one) is something I appreciate as much as the numerous times he came over and just told me to keep it going.
You might think there is a contradiction in there but the fine line between joggling my elbow and backing off and leaving me to it was something I appreciate.
Would I leave him alone with the £1k chip or a medal...well, No...but I"d play for him again in a heartbeat.
Much respect My Captain.
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I"m not sure that this has been said before but if it has it bears repeating.
Stu was a brilliant captain on the day.
Whatever may have happened before (or after) his dedication to encouraging the rest of us to the heights we achieved should not be underestimated.
He told me afterwards that he came over to me more than once during the fray with the intention of spurring me on but seeing a look of deep concentration on my face (or more likely it was a fart brewing) he backed off and left me too it.
Not being taken out of the "zone" (if, indeed, I have one) is something I appreciate as much as the numerous times he came over and just told me to keep it going.
You might think there is a contradiction in there but the fine line between joggling my elbow and backing off and leaving me to it was something I appreciate.
Would I leave him alone with the £1k chip or a medal...well, No...but I"d play for him again in a heartbeat.
Much respect My Captain.
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+1 Nice post.