Amateur Poker Association & Tour
Poker Forum => Live Poker => Topic started by: TightEnd on March 21, 2011, 10:56:35 AM
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Final event details for players entered in the APAT English Amateur Poker Championship in association with 888.com on 26th-27th March 2011 and the PLO of the Specialist Series are as follows:
VENUE
G Casino Coventry
Ricoh Arena, Phoenix Way
Foleshill, Coventry
CV6 6GE
Telephone: 024 7668 4747
DRESS CODE
Clean and tidy dress is strongly recommended. The dress code is smart casual. No football tops and no hoodies on the gaming floor, but jeans are fine.
CASINO REGISTRATION
Will be available at the venue.
Players will have to register with the Casino prior to being able to play in these events. We actively encourage every APAT member to turn up as early as possible to complete your registration at reception. Alternatively please fill out your details at http://www.grosvenorcasinos.com/join/ to save time on the day
Players can leave the venue after registration but we encourage you to be back in your allocated seats by 2.15pm (for a 2.30pm start). However, it is not obligatory to be in your seat at the start of the events.
Please note that any friends or family members that wish to accompany you into the Casino will also have to become a Casino member also.
Registration is only available to individuals aged 18 years of age and older, with a valid proof of identification.
IDENTIFICATION
Please bring a valid Passport or Drivers License. Your guests will also need to bring a similar proof of identity.
If you cannot present valid identification to the Casino, you will not be allowed to enter the premises.
ENTRY FEE
The buy in for the Amateur Championship is £75 and a registration fee will not be charged. A Player List will be on the forum later this week. The event is sold out.
The buy in for the Specialist Series is £25+£5. Seats for this event will be allocated on a first come first served basis to players from 4pm on Saturday via the Cash Desk at the venue.
SCHEDULE
Amateur Championship
This event will run over two days. Play commences at 2.30pm on Saturday.
Play is expected to finish at around 1.00am on day one. Players left in will return for a 2.30pm start on Sunday, with the final expected to finish around 10.00pm that evening.
Due to the nature of tournament Poker, end of day timings are estimated.
Please note that for Season Five APAT has adjusted the Tournament Structure and Payouts. Details are contained on this thread: http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=8045.0
Specialist Series - PLO
This event will run on Sunday from 2.30pm, to a finish.
FIELD
The Amateur Championship field will be made up of 150 players plus alternates during the first two levels.
The Specialist Series event will be capped at a maximum of 50 players.
PRIZES
The prize pool breakdown will be confirmed at the Casino when the final number of runners in each event is reached.
The winner of the Amateur Championship will win an entry to a UKIPT main event and the top three finishers in the Amateur Championship Gold, Silver and Bronze medals.
The Winner of the Amateur Championship event will also win the English Amateur Championship trophy.
ALTERNATES
Alternates will be allowed the opportunity to take part during the first two levels of the Amateur Championship event.
Please note that all entrance fees will be paid out in prize money. APAT will not retain any fee for running this event for our members.
BUFFET
There will be no buffet for players at this event. Players are free to order from the menus available at the venue throughout the day
PRESS
The events will be streamed live on APAT tv over the weekend. In addition, Journalists from a number of Poker magazines and a photographer will be present on both days. We hope to feature a number of images from the tournament on our website and in APAT Magazine after the event.
By entering this tournament you accept that your image may be used in APAT TV, press and marketing campaigns.
LIVE UPDATE
Technology allowing, APAT intend to run a live update on the event and we will be posting player pictures and chip counts throughout the weekend. Feel free to tell your friends and family, who can follow your progress on the forum. Guests will need to register on the forum to see pictures from the event. Registration is free.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Please note the event is subject to the terms & conditions of the Amateur Poker Association & Tour.
CANCELLATIONS
Once a seat has been sold, refunds will not be made.
Players will be able to utilise the APAT Seat Exchange board to trade their seat at the face value.
Seat Exchange Guidelines apply.
FINALLY
As a member of the Amateur Poker Association, we would like you to be aware of your role in our collective responsibility to ensure that the weekend is memorable for every participant, and not just the winner at the end. We would appreciate you doing your bit to ensure that every player comes away having had the best possible tournament experience.
It only remains for all of us at APAT to wish every player the best of luck in the event.
Richard Prew, APAT Live Events Director
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BUFFET
There will be no buffet for players at this event. Players are free to order from the menus available at the venue throughout the day
Oh my goodness..!!! I was already laying bets for Tighty first in the queue
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BUFFET
There will be no buffet for players at this event. Players are free to order from the menus available at the venue throughout the day
Oh my goodness..!!! I was already laying bets for Tighty first in the queue
I"m devastated.
It"s a cost thing I am afraid. See our discussion in the Password last night
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Shame we are not going to Bolton this season.
I could have looked forward to NOT having the buffet.
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I can see that I"m going to have to include nearby restaurants etc. in my Travel Tips from now on.
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I can see that I"m going to have to include nearby junk food outlets restaurants etc. in my Travel Tips from now on.
Great idea.
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I don"t do fast food restaurants.
Chain food maybe...Nandos and the like.
McD and the like....pah!
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McD dont talk 2 me about McDs i went in the other day and asked for a big mack this was the anser ........theres a filling staion up the road?
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will there still be a dinner break?
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I hope the new structure works out, with us loosing an hour this Sunday it could be a long night. By the time Richard and Leigh have finished the sun will be up. The advantage to this is you can watch the Australian GP ;)
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Shame we are not going to Bolton this season.
I could have looked forward to NOT having the buffet.
+1
I"m still chewing that beef.
Shame about the buffet, there are various food outlets round the other side of the stadium (nr the tescos) Burger King, Frankie & Benny"s, Pizza hut etc.
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What"s the Friday night comp at the casino?
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What"s the Friday night comp at the casino?
According to the Grosvenor website it"s
8:30pm £15 Freezeout - 7,500 chips
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What"s the Friday night comp at the casino?
According to the Grosvenor website it"s
8:30pm £15 Freezeout - 7,500 chips
Cheers Leigh, found the site. Does anyone know if this is dealer dealt or self deal also looks like an interesting tourny at 4.30 20k starting stack anyone played this assume it"s 15 minute blinds?
Cheers.
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Can anyone remember the last decent free buffet?
Glad these are being canned - I know it means a bit of extra expense, but the buffets last year were so poor they actually took a lot away from the overall experience.
The "paid for" food in the casinos is generally ok. It also means the dinner break can be spent at the bar and not in a queue.
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DRESS CODE
Clean and tidy dress is strongly recommended. The dress code is smart casual. No football tops and no hoodies on the gaming floor, but jeans are fine.
Is this correct? Never had a problem last year at the APAT wearing a hoody, nor at the UKIPT. Has the dress code changed recently?
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IM TAKING A HOODIE.
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To answer a couple of points.
Hoodies are generally OK (I wear one there occasionally) but just don"t walk into the casino reception wearing it over your head or whilst on the gaming floor otherwise they won"t like it. But in the card room is fine.
The 4.30 comp used to be a "deep and steep", ie chip throwing contest though I"ve never played it so cannot confirm it still is.
The Friday comp is not normally dealer dealt but they might (and I stress might) have some extra dealers on as they know extra players from APAT will turn up. They may be training a couple ready for the Saturday as well and even that"s better than self deal.
I"ll email Ruben and ask him and I"ll post the reply on here.
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Reply to above post /\ /\ /\
Reply back from Karl the card room supervisor. Sadly it will NOT be dealer dealt on Friday.
"Hi Dave,
It was something we wanted to do however due to the demand of the APAT
weekend tournament and shift patterns, putting a dealer dealt tournament on
the Friday night was not possible.
The usual cash games/Sit and Go"s will be available on demand throughout
the weekend.
Thanks,
Karl Johnson
Poker Room Supervisor
G Casino Coventry"
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Hoodies are generally OK (I wear one there occasionally) but just don"t walk into the casino reception wearing it over your head or whilst on the gaming floor otherwise they won"t like it. But in the card room is fine.
Cheers. Thought that was the case.
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Ill be at the bar.
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Ill be at the bar.
+1
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PLUS 2
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do ya recon I"ll be able to find a room somewhere without prebooking?
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do ya recon I"ll be able to find a room somewhere without prebooking?
Probably....but you"ll pay extra.
I don"t think the DeVere (ex. 71 rooms) takes bookings on Saturday for arrivals that day though....but I could be wrong.
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Really looking forward to the weekend. Good that there are extra levels. But, with 15 levels on the first day x 45 mins. and a 2.15 p.m start I make it the earliest possible finish without breaks is 1.30 am or am I missing something ? This is not a criticism - just some clarification is possible.
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If we play through it will be 3am or so as there are breaks. And the clocks go forward so 4am. Extra levels yes but much more aggressive antes so interesting to see how it plays. Play to the cash day one is the aim. The weekend will see if this is achievable
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Could you not make breaks every 4 levels?
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Could you not make breaks every 4 levels?
yes but you"ll want one before then, trust me
It"s a long slog
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These are a really long slog, if i make day 2 i probably wont get home untill gone 4 am with the clock change. This could be the first time i have made a day 2 witout stopping over at a hotel.
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Yeah, be warned ladman, if you haven"t played a 2 dayer before you"re in for a loooong day! Or a short one playing poker followed by heavy drinking. Either way it"s all good!
Was planning on heading home after but booked a hotel now.
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Can anyone remember the last decent free buffet?
Glad these are being canned - I know it means a bit of extra expense, but the buffets last year were so poor they actually took a lot away from the overall experience.
The "paid for" food in the casinos is generally ok. It also means the dinner break can be spent at the bar and not in a queue.
Luton 2009,was top draw food lol
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Can anyone remember the last decent free buffet?
Glad these are being canned - I know it means a bit of extra expense, but the buffets last year were so poor they actually took a lot away from the overall experience.
The "paid for" food in the casinos is generally ok. It also means the dinner break can be spent at the bar and not in a queue.
Luton 2009,was top draw food lol
agreed Luton 2009 was good but the Vic 2010 was the Nuts!
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agreed Luton 2009 was good but the Vic 2010 was the Nuts!
Nah, the nuts was over in Ireland, especially the cake later on in evening well after the buffet was over!
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agreed Luton 2009 was good but the Vic 2010 was the Nuts!
Nah, the nuts was over in Ireland, especially the cake later on in evening well after the buffet was over!
I couldn"t go I was on honeymoon :"(
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agreed Luton 2009 was good but the Vic 2010 was the Nuts!
Nah, the nuts was over in Ireland, especially the cake later on in evening well after the buffet was over!
I couldn"t go I was on honeymoon :"(
o well last time i saw you, u didnt look like u missed many meals lol ;D
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agreed Luton 2009 was good but the Vic 2010 was the Nuts!
Nah, the nuts was over in Ireland, especially the cake later on in evening well after the buffet was over!
I couldn"t go I was on honeymoon :"(
o well last time i saw you, u didnt look like u missed many meals lol ;D
I could be partial to a well done penguin actually.
I will be at Cov on Sunday hoping to get seat at omahahaha if I can get bought in :).
May see you there if you"re still in ;)
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Dose anybody know if 888 will take bets on the event today ?
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Just arrived to find the casino is not open until 11.45. Been and filled myself up with a full English at tesco express. Great venue by the looks of things. Just about to do a lap of the stadium. And make sure that Dion Dublin has a space on the "sky blues wall of fame" just a heads up on parking:
Up to one hour = £1
up to four hours =£3
up to twelve hours =£6 and so on.
However the bloke at tescos quotes "once you become a member of the casino parking is therefore free"
Can anyone confirm this?
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maybe..................last time parking was free if u stayed in the hotel
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was free when staing in hotel last time but i would be very surprised if its not free if you been in the casino
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Been to Coventry 3 times and never paid for parking. If you"re in the casino it"s fine.