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Thought this might be a fun thread for APATers to get involved in.
Post up a picture of you at your first APAT event.
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LINK TO APAT PHOTO GALLERIES (https://picasaweb.google.com/www.apat.com)
Where did you finish ?
Who do you remember ?
What do you remember ?
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European Championship, Season 1
G Casino Luton, August 2007
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I min cashed, finished in 23rd spot.
I remember my starting table being quite loud, mainly because of this chap
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Towards the end of the day I got moved tables and sat next to someone that reminded me of that bloke from The Royale Family
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I remember wondering why a short ginger bloke would want to take a photo of me.
And then having a conversation with the aforementioned short ginger bloke at the end of the day, who was very keen to know if I"d had a "good time" :)
Can"t believe that was nearly 8 years ago. Wow.
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First time I ever set foot in a casino was Luton, for the APAT ECOAP 2009... and this happened ;D
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Of course, I"d met Mr Duffy pre-APAT but there probably (hopefully) aren"t any pictures of those homegames.
Can"t be sure but December 2006 in Newcastle I think.
Season 1 - Event 2
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Haha my photo uploading skills are non existent..
First event APAT English Championship 2010 Luton..
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No idea where I finished
Who do I remember.. Hmmm have to admit it was the beautiful Maylis ::)
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Also some guy with a tatty baseball cap and sunglasses, sounded like he was from the Midlands. ;)
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Same 1st event as Leigh, Luton August 07. All I can remember is it was two weeks before my adventures in the first WSOPE and I used it as a warm up for that so it was a real confidence boost to exit before dinner.
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Have added some photos for you Carl.
Not sure how you are going to explain the fact that Maylis played that event the previous year though. ;)
She must have been doing her presenting role in 2010, you might get away with it ;D
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Have added some photos for you Carl.
Not sure how you are going to explain the fact that Maylis played that event the previous year though. ;)
She must have been doing her presenting role in 2010, you might get away with it ;D
Indeed she wasn"t playing.. Just adding some glamour to the proceedings ;)
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I can"t remember my first event.
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I can"t remember my first event.
DTD in 2010?
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Dublin at the Fitz Season 1.
Talked to Des a little bit about it at the weekend with the Sky Cameras there and Tikay.
Had Kinboshi, Richard Davies and Steve Lacey all at my first table.
Other names i remember are a couple who aren"t with us in any more in Big Laz (Patrick Tochel) and Ericstoner (Brendan Hartnett).
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Can"t remember my first time... ;)
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Can"t remember my first time... ;)
Who invited him back? ???
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Can"t remember my first time... ;)
Who invited him back? ???
Blame the tall accountant.
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Can"t remember my first time... ;)
Who invited him back? ???
Blame the tall accountant.
I always do...you can"t trust someone who only posts dog pictures on Facebook,
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Great thread Leigh.
I remember my first event in Sept 2006 at the Broadway in Birmingham. I wasn"t playing of course.
I remember feeling 1,000 feet tall when I walked into the venue, although I was completely nervous about whether we could deliver to expectations. I need not have worried, Tighty and tikay were immense and we were quickly on our way.
Very very happy days.
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1st APAT was walsall 2008
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1st live game in a casino :-\
came 13th weeeee ;D :o :o
had a great time with a great bunch of people ;)
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First time I ever set foot in a casino was Luton, for the APAT ECOAP 2009... and this happened ;D
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Great event that was Ian!! I seem to remember somw handsome chap wining the main event!!
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I think my first event was the UK championships in Walsall in 2009?
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Had Mr Kinboshi on my table as I remember.
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Yes if I remember correctly George was the first man to win something at an apat :)
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I was at the very first apat event and at the time there was no low buy in dealer dealt deepstack events with such a structure. I think apat can take credit for forcing others to up their game. I think I spent the Friday night in rhinos with Ironside and I remember I got knocked out early in the tourney but the casino did a nice cloudy lager that went down very well. I remember being on the rail was great fun that day as there was a very special feel about the tourney - it was back in the day when everyone eliminated got a round of applause and you felt part of a special event.
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Cardiff 2008.
I sat between Josh Sugarman and Andy Price for all of the first day. Also came up against James Edwards, Steve Harrison, Simon Auckland, Dave Potter, Tim Magnus and Jeldon Fernandez. Brendan Hartnett was inducted into the Hall of Fame. I learned a lesson in that tournament courtesy of Andy. With 15 minutes left of Day 1, he said "Raise" and pushed in 6,000 chips. Due to his headphones, he hadn"t heard Seat 1 go all-in for 28k. Andy was forced put in double the 28k, which took most of his stack. To make matters worse, the quiet girl at the end of the table, with a stack of 56k, had picked up KK. He was crippled, while she shot into the chip lead with over 140k and made the final. We sat beside each other on the final table, finishing 5th and 6th, and had dinner together, but we didn"t keep in touch afterwards. Liz, I think she was called. Don"t wear headphones.
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My first mention on APAT:
Josh Sugarman has 12,000..sat next to a bloke with a beard and a bald fella
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Without wishing to sound too sexist, do you remember the TD in the background she was gorgeous as I remember.
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Without wishing to sound too sexist, do you remember the TD in the background she was gorgeous as I remember.
It"s not sexist Don. There"s eye candy for the ladies in the background aswell. :)
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Season 1 Newcastle, not alot to remember. First poker game in a UK casino, did not make the first break, back home by 9.00pm. At the time i was number 1 in the rankings thanks to 2 on-line FT. Met Des, Tighty and Tiky, you can read my blog for the rest (Shrek comes to mind ;))
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Without wishing to sound too sexist, do you remember the TD in the background she was gorgeous as I remember.
It"s not sexist Don. There"s eye candy for the ladies in the background aswell. :)
I get your point there Leigh ;) the man is a legend, also I just spotted Liv Boeree I think, no wonder John Murray is deep in thought, probably contemplating getting his cue out, for a frame or two at the Portsmouth snooker club.
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I think this was my first event, Main Event of the WCOAP 2011.
Got 3bet pre by Ian Thompson, had Dave Howard asking me why i hadnt 3bet him yet, and pretty sure that we finally went to war AA v JJ.
Bust last hand of Day 1, AKdd v KJo aipf.....for chunks, just after sorting a hotel out for the night....then had the glorious 3 hr drive home feeling sorry for myself
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Without wishing to sound too sexist, do you remember the TD in the background she was gorgeous as I remember.
It"s not sexist Don. There"s eye candy for the ladies in the background aswell. :)
It didnt need pointing out for some of us ;)
The Vic Worlds 2 day event 2008. Had to check the gallery pics to see if I recognised any of the players as I was such a bag of nerves.
The guy to my left...Simon if I recall correct was a regular back then. Dan to my right I knew through blonde but had no idea who the rest were.
I made day 2 which was very exciting for a newbie. Short stacked I got lucky getting KK early on but busted the final table shoving with AQ suited pre and called by KJo (bastrd)...flop xQK...sigh.
10th wasnt too bad a result :)
More memorable was the next game in Walsall.
I had Mr Redfern and Mr Swindells to my right and Mr Logan on my left...im fooked I thought. Its so far back I cant remember who else was there. I do recall a hand against Steve where I tried to trap with KK, flop was A high and I reraised his bet which was suicidal...can only put it down to nerves. He folded QQ face up and I havent told till now what I had ;)
I didnt do too well after that and the rest of the evening was spent looking after a mate who was mortal drunk LOL.
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Don"t know ??? ??? ???
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Don"t know ??? ??? ???
It may have been Edinburgh S1 ::)
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My first APAT ME was in Luton in 2009.
About a month earlier I had played in a tourney in Vilamoura for the first time. You had to draw your table from one chimea and your seat from another.
Unbeknown to me at the time, I was sat next to Bruno and Sergio from the Portuguese team that was playing the APAT team event at Luton the next month, which also at the time I knew nothing about.
On the Wednesday before the Luton event I was playing as usual and was aware of a number of foreign players in the event. This wasn"t that unusual, but there were more than normal.
I was trying to listen to Bruno and Sergios accents, as they looked familiar, amazingly they were both on my table again, but they were at the other end of the table, so it was tricky to hear them properly.
When I busted I went to the desk and asked why there were so many players playing and i was told about the APAT events coming up.
When I got home I looked up APAT.com and managed to get a seat on the seat exchange.
When I arrived on the Saturday I went to say hello to the Portuguese team, and Bruno in particular, and our friendship started there and then.
I sat next to Delboy for all of day 1, and lets just say he was enjoying the hospitality, resulting in him raising almost every pot. I remember playing just 2 hands in 3 levels, but I did bust the Italian captain and Bruno as well!!!!! ;D
I managed to make day 2 and eventually bumbled my way onto the final table, along with Stu Ward, Stu Fordham, Matt McKinlay, Del, John Murray and Silke (ahhh Silke).
I was first out in 9th and it took until Dublin this year to make it back to an APAT ME FT!!!!!!!
Coventry will be ME number 44.
Still the best poker decision I"ve ever made, looking up APAT.com.
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My first APAT ME was in Luton in 2009.
About a month earlier I had played in a tourney in Vilamoura for the first time. You had to draw your table from one chimea and your seat from another.
Unbeknown to me at the time, I was sat next to Bruno and Sergio from the Portuguese team that was playing the APAT team event at Luton the next month, which also at the time I knew nothing about.
On the Wednesday before the Luton event I was playing as usual and was aware of a number of foreign players in the event. This wasn"t that unusual, but there were more than normal.
I was trying to listen to Bruno and Sergios accents, as they looked familiar, amazingly they were both on my table again, but they were at the other end of the table, so it was tricky to hear them properly.
When I busted I went to the desk and asked why there were so many players playing and i was told about the APAT events coming up.
When I got home I looked up APAT.com and managed to get a seat on the seat exchange.
When I arrived on the Saturday I went to say hello to the Portuguese team, and Bruno in particular, and our friendship started there and then.
I sat next to Delboy for all of day 1, and lets just say he was enjoying the hospitality, resulting in him raising almost every pot. I remember playing just 2 hands in 3 levels, but I did bust the Italian captain and Bruno as well!!!!! ;D
I managed to make day 2 and eventually bumbled my was onto the final table, along with Stu Ward, Stu Fordham, Matt McKinlay, Del, John Murray and Silke (ahhh Silke).
I was first out in 9th and it took until Dublin this year to make it back to an APAT ME FT!!!!!!!
Coventry will be ME number 44.
Still the best poker decision I"ve ever made, looking up APAT.com.
Great post Richard. 44 main events is incredible!
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My first event was Dublin in season 1.
I remember Brendan Byrne, Stu Oliver and Mary Martin on my starting table. I made the dinner break but went out before the end of the first day.
Most memorable thing was being interviewed by Rowenna Fairclough (as she was known as in the day) who was very keen to grab hold of me in the dinner break and fire a load of questions at me.
"So Rob, you have travelled all the way from Norway for a game of poker?"
Turns out they were after someone else, obviously. So my insightful comments were left on the cutting room floor. I met the guy who was meant to be interviewed at Edinburgh in S2 and he did look like me so all was forgiven :) :)
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Welsh championship in Season 2 - was my first non casino bowl comp, and was blown away with the structure and organisation. I came back once or twice thereafter....
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