Amateur Poker Association & Tour
Poker Forum => Online Poker => Topic started by: Chipaccrual on September 22, 2008, 23:04:50 PM
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We are currently looking into running a mini online series before the start of Season 3 for all APAT members.
Initial thoughts are that it would take the form of a series of $20 freezeouts with 3000 starting stack and 15 minute levels. We would look to vary the days to give everyone a chance of playing.
Payout would be as per standard Blue Square tournaments.
Points would be awarded for the top 9 finishers, with your best three finishes counting.
The overall leading points scorer would win the added value of a guaranteed seat at the National Event of their choice for season 3. (If there is a serious amount of interest, we might be able to talk Des into throwing in a drink at the bar aswell)
If that wasn"t enough value, Des has threatened he might even play a few himself.
Please post on this thread if you would be keen to participate in this series and as always with APAT, let us know your views on your preferred days/buy-in/format etc.
Leigh
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We are currently looking into running a mini online series before the start of Season 3 for all APAT members.
Initial thoughts are that it would take the form of a series of $20 freezeouts with 3000 starting stack and 15 minute levels. We would look to vary the days to give everyone a chance of playing.
Payout would be as per standard Blue Square tournaments.
Points would be awarded for the top 9 finishers, with your best three finishes counting.
The overall leading points scorer would win the added value of a guaranteed seat at the National Event of their choice for season 3. (If there is a serious amount of interest, we might be able to talk Des into throwing a drink at the op aswell)
If that wasn"t enough value, Des has threatened he might even play a few himself.
Please post on this thread if you would be keen to participate in this series and as always with APAT, let us know your views on your preferred days/buy-in/format etc.
Leigh
FYP :D
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(If there is a serious amount of interest, we might be able to talk Des into throwing in a drink at the bar aswell)
You had me until that point ;D ;D ;D ;D
Me hand up in the air
ok lets see
Monday -- ok
Tuesday -- ok
Wednesday -- Nope home game
Thursday -- ok
Friday -- ok
Saturday -- ok
Sunday -- ok
Looks like i could have just posted that only wednesdays are out
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will there be other variants besides NL holdem?
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Count me in. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are not so good for me.
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count me in
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Variants - Good idea
Des Playing - Definitely a good idea
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I"m in. Any day except tuesday suits me :)
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Count me in also, most day ok for me.
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Yup, count me in. Friday nights less suitable for me but I"m sure I"d be able to work something out given enough notice.
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I"ll be up for it. Format seems fine. A mixture of days seems good too.
Can we have a six-max NLHE, a PLHE, PLO and stud event too?
Also, as, BSQ has antes on some of its NLHE tourneys, can we have antes too, seeing as there will surely be antes in S3!!
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I"d be up for that, variants for me too please but maybe $10 rather than $20 (cheep cheep)
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You can include me
Any night, Any time, Any game but not Razz, Stud, Omaha, Omaha H/L, Heads Up, 6 Max
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You can include me
Any night, Any time, Any game but not Razz, Stud, Omaha, Omaha H/L, Heads Up, 6 Max
....and no ah jc hole cards ;D
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Yep me too, and I promise to play properly!
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Yup, count me in. Friday nights less suitable for me but I"m sure I"d be able to work something out given enough notice.
Friday nights it is then. ::)
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You can include me
Any night, Any time, Any game but not Razz, Stud, Omaha, Omaha H/L, Heads Up, 6 Max
....and no ah jc hole cards ;D
A J is so last year. A Q is the new A J ;)
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thas vud be good!
A password protected freeroll just for APAT members with points up for grabs to kick this off would be a bit of fandabbedostic"ism!!! To be kind to the poor...
You could even put an advert in one of the mags to bring some fresh blood in for the new year if you reeely wanted to push the dingy out for Season 3.
We are currently looking into running a mini online series before the start of Season 3 for all APAT members.
Whats your definition of mini series. How many buy in"s we talking about?
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Yup, count me in. Friday nights less suitable for me but I"m sure I"d be able to work something out given enough notice.
Friday nights it is then. ::)
You really should just have typed; "I"m scared to play Neil, he"s too good!"
Note to everyone: Leigh will go on tilt if you raise his BB with any two, then show the bluff 8) He"ll go quiet and either sit out or go as tight as a camel"s ar$e in a sandstorm making it even easier to steal from him.
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When did this turn into a "stating the bleeding obvious" post then ?
Everyone knows I"m a rock that only plays premium, and will fold to any raise unless I"ve got aces, but they"ve got to be suited mind you. ;D
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A password protected freeroll just for APAT members with points up for grabs to kick this off would be a bit of fandabbedostic"ism!!! To be kind to the poor...
You could even put an advert in one of the mags to bring some fresh blood in for the new year if you reeely wanted to push the dingy out for Season 3.
I think password protecting the events would be against the existing APAT ethos, although I can see the arguments for and against this.
My quandry is: do I come out of online retirement for these events and donate chips.......?
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How many online retirements can you have?
You seem to have one every other week :)
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A password protected freeroll just for APAT members with points up for grabs to kick this off would be a bit of fandabbedostic"ism!!! To be kind to the poor...
You could even put an advert in one of the mags to bring some fresh blood in for the new year if you reeely wanted to push the dingy out for Season 3.
I think password protecting the events would be against the existing APAT ethos, although I can see the arguments for and against this.
My quandry is: do I come out of online retirement for these events and donate chips.......?
How is this different from live play Ian. ;D
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How many online retirements can you have?
You seem to have one every other week :)
I"ve had two in total: Once 3 years ago, and a second time when my 3 game BS account was emptied :P
How is this different from live play Ian. ;D
It isn"t, it just takes longer when playing live :P
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If I"m available I"ll play :)
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im up for this as well, midweek or sunday would be betterfor me though
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Count me in please ,any day"s of the week with a y in it are good for me.
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I like the proposed format and would definitely take part in as many as I can, if the 8pm start is retained this should have a reasonable finish time too for a school night.
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Great idea, I"d deffo play but prefer to avoid tue wed. $20 or $10 tournys is OK with me.
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sounds great, count me in.
any night suits as i can always make myself available for APAT events!
$10 sounds perfect, but would stretch to $20 ;D
Variation on games would be good given my new found love of omaha.
8)
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Sounds good. Would definitely like $20 buy-in and antes as well if poss.
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Would like to play any night suits and maybe 5000 stack instead of 3000.
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Since that it is a ten seat final table, the points should be top 10 not top 9 Or this could be a chance to try a new point structure
1st 15
2nd 12
3rd 10
4th 8
5th 6
6th 5
7th 4
8th 3
9th 2
10th 1
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also we could do winner takes all!!!!!!!! ( i mean the cash not the points!)
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I"m up for some of this. Maybe a stud only series please............
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Thanks for all the feedback guys. Keep it coming.
We"ll go into an APAT style huddle and come up with an announcement soon.
Probably once the Pro-Am is out of the way next weekend.
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how many events in the series is there going to be? need to start stashing the cash now if there"s 10+
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Thanks for all the feedback guys. Keep it coming.
We"ll go into an APAT style huddle and come up with an announcement soon.
Probably once the Pro-Am is out of the way next weekend.
I see Des's mod training was up to the usual standard!! ;D
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Thanks for all the feedback guys. Keep it coming.
We"ll go into an APAT style huddle and come up with an announcement soon.
Probably once the Pro-Am is out of the way next weekend.
I see Des's mod training was up to the usual standard!! ;D
::)
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I"d be up for it too. Had planned to take this on seriously from start of season 3, so this will be a good ice breaker. Cheers!
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Any further news on this?
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Hopefully have some time to discuss at Luton on the weekend and can then report back to you all.
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will play any day good for me....$10 preferable.....this got me thinking...with players like me ..low..well very low..bankroll....
Could a average bankroll count be worked out for APAT to see what type of players play in APAT tournies etc
This could be a way of formatting future events to ensure that as many members could play in S3..and onwards..as it seems S2 wasn"t as "full" as S1??..was this due to higher buyin?
Or is BR a guarded secret by players....?
If more players with an average of say $20..then at least you know what to set them at?
Just a random thought...not overly thought it through if I"m honest...just typing away as I think.......................
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empty now...
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S2 online buyins were half the price of S1, but there twice as many online events...
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S2 online buyins were half the price of S1, but there twice as many online events...
so, if my proportional reasoning is correct, the cost of playing the entire online series was the same for S1 as S2. :-\
What about S3?? ;D
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Any news on this yet?
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It"s a goer. Just finalising some dates, so an announcement soon...............
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It"s a goer. Just finalising some dates, so an announcement soon...............
Would that be at the end of the week, Des Leigh ? ;D
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It"s a goer. Just finalising some dates, so an announcement soon...............
Would that be at the end of the week, Des Leigh ? ;D
I"ll be sure to make an announcement at the end of a week. ;D
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count me in for any day really :)
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We are currently looking into running a mini online series before the start of Season 3 for all APAT members.
Initial thoughts are that it would take the form of a series of $20 freezeouts with 3000 starting stack and 15 minute levels. We would look to vary the days to give everyone a chance of playing.
Payout would be as per standard Blue Square tournaments.
Points would be awarded for the top 9 finishers, with your best three finishes counting.
The overall leading points scorer would win the added value of a guaranteed seat at the National Event of their choice for season 3. (If there is a serious amount of interest, we might be able to talk Des into throwing in a drink at the bar aswell)
If that wasn"t enough value, Des has threatened he might even play a few himself.
Please post on this thread if you would be keen to participate in this series and as always with APAT, let us know your views on your preferred days/buy-in/format etc.
Leigh
7h :2h:im in
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We are currently looking into running a mini online series before the start of Season 3 for all APAT members.
Initial thoughts are that it would take the form of a series of $20 freezeouts with 3000 starting stack and 15 minute levels. We would look to vary the days to give everyone a chance of playing.
Payout would be as per standard Blue Square tournaments.
Points would be awarded for the top 9 finishers, with your best three finishes counting.
The overall leading points scorer would win the added value of a guaranteed seat at the National Event of their choice for season 3. (If there is a serious amount of interest, we might be able to talk Des into throwing in a drink at the bar aswell)
If that wasn"t enough value, Des has threatened he might even play a few himself.
Please post on this thread if you would be keen to participate in this series and as always with APAT, let us know your views on your preferred days/buy-in/format etc.
Leigh
I am in the process of signing a deal with poker stars at the moment from my play at this years WSOP , would that affect my play at Blue Square ? Waiting to hear back from my attorney on 23rd Oct. I would be more than happy to play. Thnx GJC
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I don"t think anyone"s going to shoot you down in flames, you"re more likely to have a great deal of support.
I agree with you that APAT needs to provide realistic buy ins for all it"s members. I"m sure Des, Leigh and the rest of the team have/are taking on board the views of all the members who have posted.
You can pop your head back up from behind your short stack ;D
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good points Bart.
I for one, am for a variety of buyins.
In S1 the buy in the buy-in online was $20 and the take up was much bigger than in S2 where the buy-in was $10. however there were double the events in S2.
I would propose a range of buyins from $5 to $100 with satellites available into the bigger buy ins.
Remember, amateur doesn"t neccessarily mean low stakes. A lot of members here have spun up very sizeable bankrolls and are still amateurs because poker is not their main source of income. The idea of a variety of buyins means that more members are included.
By just having a low buyin that everyone can afford, you will get people not bothering because the rewards of winning will not justify the time needed to play it.
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APAT is all about it"s members and I"m sure, as he did before Season 2, Des is taking all this feedback on board when coming up with the Online, Live and Satellite schedules for Season 3.
Please do feel free to keep speaking your mind and posting without the fear of being shot down. You have the ability to report any inappropriate postings to the Moderator (bottom right of this and every box) and we have plenty Mods who will be happy to remove anything we feel may annoy another member. Unless it"s really, really funny ... :D
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Well said Bart! There needs to be a range of Buy ins. I noticed that number of APATers played the Poker Player Freeroll on Blue Sq last night. In fact I was on your table for a while, I crashed in 127th out of 780 when my aces didn"t hold up against twos! Crizzy was real short stacked and Cooste was out but AMRN was storming ahead in the top 10. So we are all happy to play $0 n buy ins!!
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Well said Bart! There needs to be a range of Buy ins. I noticed that number of APATers played the Poker Player Freeroll on Blue Sq last night. In fact I was on your table for a while, I crashed in 127th out of 780 when my aces didn"t hold up against twos! Crizzy was real short stacked and Cooste was out but AMRN was storming ahead in the top 10. So we are all happy to play $0 n buy ins!!
Call me cynical but I think the GUKPT seat was probably something of a carrot here!
I would prefer the games to be lower buy-ins and played for bragging rights over big cashes but understand those who would not waste their time if the pots were to small.
Seems a varied buy in with satellites to bigger buy ins would be the fairest way to go.
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Guys,
Thanks for all your comments. I"m hoping to make this close season league and bit of fun with something for everyone. The last thing I want to do is price anyone out of taking part and at the same time I want to make sure it"s of a structure that means plenty of people want to play.
Leigh
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Guys,
Thanks for all your comments. I"m hoping to make this close season league and bit of fun with something for everyone. The last thing I want to do is price anyone out of taking part and at the same time I want to make sure it"s of a structure that means plenty of people want to play.
Leigh
Was THAT the announcement at the end of the week?? ???
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Guys,
Thanks for all your comments. I"m hoping to make this close season league and bit of fun with something for everyone. The last thing I want to do is price anyone out of taking part and at the same time I want to make sure it"s of a structure that means plenty of people want to play.
Leigh
Was THAT the announcement at the end of the week?? ???
Straight out of the Des Duffy training school ;D
On a more serious note, I think Leigh was using this thread to gauge support. The Close Season doesn"t officially start until Monday 3rd November, so I suspect something will be announced in the next couple of weeks..... No pressure Leigh....
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Straight out of the Des Duffy training school ;D
On a more serious note, I think Leigh was using this thread to gauge support. The Close Season doesn"t officially start until Monday 3rd November, so I suspect something will be announced in the next couple of weeks..... No pressure Leigh....
BUT WE WANT IT NOOOOOOOWWWWWW!!!!! >:(
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AMRN was storming ahead in the top 10. So we are all happy to play $0 n buy ins!!
I finished 43rd in this in the end,
Yup, I noticed ARMN was smashing it up early when I went out in 180th ish... who won in the end?
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Is this an non starter?
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Crizzy was real short stacked and Cooste was out but AMRN was storming ahead in the top 10. So we are all happy to play $0 n buy ins!!
Always happy to play freerolls when there"s a $1000 seat top be won!!
And yes I was smashing it up for a while - I went at it with a sledgehammer - either massive stack early or out to concentrate on other games. Had a lucky ride, but ended up getting caught on the final table - finished 6th.
If anyone wants free chips early on in tonight"s game, I will be all in at least once during level 1 :)
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Is this an non starter?
I suspect that an announcement from Leigh is "Imminent" ::)
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Is this an non starter?
I suspect that an announcement from Leigh is "Imminent" ::)
Is his middle name Des? ;D
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The schedule is done, just waiting for our friends at Blue Square to confirm and all will be revealed. ;D
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The schedule is done, just waiting for our friends at Blue Square to confirm and all will be revealed. ;D
Class APAT teamage
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The schedule is done, just waiting for our friends at Blue Square to confirm and all will be revealed. ;D
Class APAT teamage
It took a while to break the youngster in, but there is no doubt he shows potential...
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;D
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The schedule is done, just waiting for our friends at Blue Square to confirm and all will be revealed. ;D
Class APAT teamage
It took a while to break the youngster in, but there is no doubt he shows potential...
He has been spotted at the bar though.......
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As Des said, "he shows potential"
He"s not the finished article yet
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Hmmm, looks like we"re going to have to keep a close eye on Leigh :D
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I must not buy drinks for others at the bar.
I must not buy drinks for others at the bar.
I must not buy drinks for others at the bar.
I must not buy drinks for others at the bar.
I must not buy drinks for others at the bar.
I must not buy drinks for others at the bar.
I must not buy drinks for others at the bar.
I must not buy drinks for others at the bar.
I must not buy drinks for others at the bar.
I must not buy drinks for others at the bar.
I must not buy drinks for ot........
I think it"s sinking in slowly. ;D
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I must not by drinks for others at the bar.
I must not by drinks for others at the bar.
I must not by drinks for others at the bar.
I must not by drinks for others at the bar.
I must not by drinks for others at the bar.
I must not by drinks for others at the bar.
I must not by drinks for others at the bar.
I must not by drinks for others at the bar.
I must not by drinks for others at the bar.
I must not by drinks for others at the bar.
I must not by drinks for ot........
I think it"s sinking in slowly. ;D
you can BUY me one tho... lol ;D
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I must not by drinks for others at the bar.
I must not by drinks for others at the bar.
I must not by drinks for others at the bar.
I must not by drinks for others at the bar.
I must not by drinks for others at the bar.
I must not by drinks for others at the bar.
I must not by drinks for others at the bar.
I must not by drinks for others at the bar.
I must not by drinks for others at the bar.
I must not by drinks for others at the bar.
I must not by drinks for ot........
I think it"s sinking in slowly. ;D
you can BUY me one tho... lol ;D
Now look what you"ve done. Des is bound to realise I copied and pasted that without checking over it properly. He"ll make me do the lines again. ;D
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Im in ;D
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Count me in ;D
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I fancy this...!
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im in
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And here I thought the dates had been decided. :"(
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Count me in......when does it start ?
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We expect details to be announced early November.
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Drumroll please...................................................
http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=2124.0
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sounds good! plzzzz make the 6 max game $35 or so , would be a good game
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doh just noticed the shedule is up :D