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Re: APAT Advent Calendar 2010
« Reply #165 on: December 14, 2010, 22:26:50 PM »
lol, brilliant piece Richard and a very deserved tribute to Leigh.  Top man, brilliant in his role and gave up playing the game at APAT for all of us.  A rare sacrafice.  Thanks for everything Leigh.
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Re: APAT Advent Calendar 2010
« Reply #166 on: December 14, 2010, 22:41:17 PM »
Personally I dont like the bloke





























::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)   +1 to everything said though, top work Leigh
























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Re: APAT Advent Calendar 2010
« Reply #167 on: December 14, 2010, 22:42:58 PM »

Thanks for all the kind comments guys.

APAT wouldn"t be possible without all the hard work from lots of people, I am just one man with a spreadsheet going about my duties.

It"s the players that make APAT special.   ;D


And you make the players within the APAT feel special.

Thanks for all your time and effort, and on a personal level too!

Cheers Leigh

and great write up Rich!

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Re: APAT Advent Calendar 2010
« Reply #168 on: December 14, 2010, 23:06:21 PM »
+1 to everything. Leigh, we love you :-*
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Re: APAT Advent Calendar 2010
« Reply #169 on: December 15, 2010, 00:15:10 AM »
And behind door number 15 is............................



Remember this bloke ?

No, I don"t mean Des, I mean Paul Pitchford.  In 2009 he appeared out of nowhere and won the player of the WCOAP in Nottingham and collected a very smart APAT polo shirt for his effort.

Very well played that man.  Not bad for a first time APAT effort, but let"s be honest, consistency is another thing altogether, and everyone gets a bit of luck, especially when it"s their first APAT events.  We won"t be likely to hear much about this guy for a while I"d errrrrr, ahhhh, okay, so I may have got this slightly wrong.





Roll on a year and Paul is back in Nottingham at the WCOAP, and he"s really moved up in the world.  This time he"s with Tikay.  And for the second year running Paul Pitchford is player of the WCOAP.



And this time he"s won a Betfair bag.  Boy, no expense spared there then.  What"s that you say ?   The bag contains a seat in the WSOPE event #3 worth over £1k courtesy of APAT's sponsors Betfair Poker.  Who"d have thought it ?

What great added value, and I"m sure Paul will really enjoy a trip to the capital of England.  He can mingle with some of the superstars of the game, maybe get a few autographs, and when he gets knocked out, he can do a bit of sightseeing.  It"ll be a lovely experience for him and a great few days away.

Afterall, he"s only an amateur poker player.  Up against all those pro"s, he"s likely to fade away quiet quickly.



Doesn"t he look smart on day one in his nice APAT shirt ?

Sorry, what"s that ?    This was day three.    You are kidding me ?

And he won £40k for finishing fourth.  If only he"d written a blog about this for everyone to read.



Ahhhh, okay, I get it now.  Paul"s WSOPE Blog

In last year"s advent calendar, A star was born, this year that star is heading for legend status, can"t see how he is going to top that for next year ?


What, really ?    He"s only been picked for the APAT Team in the UK Team Championship in Bolton this January.  So there is greatness above cashing in your first WSOPE event for £40k.  ;)

Perhaps the best is yet to come.
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Re: APAT Advent Calendar 2010
« Reply #170 on: December 15, 2010, 00:48:09 AM »
Top guy and THE best railing thread for me this year. Thoroughly deserves his place in APAT history and advent calendarness (if theres such a word)
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Re: APAT Advent Calendar 2010
« Reply #171 on: December 15, 2010, 07:58:21 AM »

Top guy and THE best railing thread for me this year. Thoroughly deserves his place in APAT history and advent calendarness (if theres such a word)


If there isn"t there should be, awesome year well done that man

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Re: APAT Advent Calendar 2010
« Reply #172 on: December 15, 2010, 08:02:55 AM »

...awesome year well done that man


Definitely +1

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Re: APAT Advent Calendar 2010
« Reply #173 on: December 15, 2010, 08:21:23 AM »
Yeah that was a helluva railing thread!!

For those who don"t know, Paul wanted to play the HeadsUp tourney at WCOAP, and as I had secured a place in the team champs (won"t dwell on that!) I had a HU and Stud seat for sale. For obvious reasons, I said I would only sell them as a package - the Stud seats weren"t in the same demand as the HU seats.  So, Paul took both seats off me, and played the Stud tourney "for a laugh, having never played Stud before". He ended up doing rather well in the Stud tourney, which contributed to the points total that won him the POTY title.

So Paul - £40k.... very nice. Now, about my cut..... :D

Well played mate!!  

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Re: APAT Advent Calendar 2010
« Reply #174 on: December 15, 2010, 16:51:12 PM »
I am honoured to know this man and Phil TC too.

Top bloke Paul see you in Bolton, why don"t you come to Spain and try to win a seat on the Friday night in Bolton.  ;)
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Re: APAT Advent Calendar 2010
« Reply #175 on: December 15, 2010, 18:34:42 PM »
top tribute to Paul. Even my wife is impressed with that story

oh and top write up by Tiny for Leigh - two top guys whose work is much appreciated
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Re: APAT Advent Calendar 2010
« Reply #176 on: December 16, 2010, 09:31:11 AM »
And behind door number 16 is............................



Steph "The Mole" Boyd

Our first ever APAT Pro League champion, and a thoroughly deserving one at that.  It did go down to the last game in Coventry though where James Eccles was still in with a shout of grabbing the £20k sponsorship package courtesy of Betfair Poker, but it wasn"t to be.

Steph won two of the seven legs of the tour and was consistent throughout.

We"ll keep you posted of where he"s wearing the APAT badge in 2011.

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Re: APAT Advent Calendar 2010
« Reply #177 on: December 16, 2010, 21:48:15 PM »
Crackin player and a helluva nice guy...and hes Scottish  ;D

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Re: APAT Advent Calendar 2010
« Reply #178 on: December 16, 2010, 22:03:19 PM »
Will add my +1s for two great guys, Paul Pitchford and Stephen Boyd.

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Re: APAT Advent Calendar 2010
« Reply #179 on: December 16, 2010, 22:20:45 PM »
Bawbag imo.