There are less than 100 hours until the WCOAP begins
The opinions in this thread are indicating that people are liking the mixed game at the start of the WCOAP. I would be interested in hearing if anybody has a different opinion on this one. I think, in one way, a two day event is not required for a game that is likely to attract less than 40 players. I am more playing Devils advocate here (Devils advocate - that phrase makes no sense) but I think there is an argument that a one day event would have attracted more people to the mixed game and not taken anything away from it. I am also inclined to say that a £55 or £82.50 entrance would have been fine. I may well have flicked in £55 and spent a day playing it. On Saturday I am going to watch the football but if the opening event had been a two day PLO I would have at least considered going to Stratford instead. Would APAT have benefited more from a large 6-max NLHE event given that passing trade for this game is very unlikely. The people playing it will argue that is a good thing but would a bigger event not have been better for APAT?
Onto the main event, I still need to pick FIVE final tablers and I still don"t know who they all are. My next player is an APATer in every way. He can be seen out and about on almost every APAT weekend usually with a pint of cider in hand. He has cashed 8 times at APAT events with 3 final tables to his name, a Glasgow Rangers fan and Captain of Team Scotland it is Tom Clark.
A new game
To celebrate the WCOAP today is the start of my new game - guess the apater. The first person to correctly guess the apater wins $10 on Stars at the start of the WCOAP. Basically post your guess (only your first guess will count). Anyway here is the first clue. After today there will be two tomorrow, two on Thursday and two on Friday.
This apater has won an APAT gold medal.
Very interesting on the scheduling. We do open on the Saturday with a one day NLHE side, with the 8 game starting a couple of hours later - but as always, we"ll learn from the event and take it from there.
Contrary from this, I dream that we might keep the same schedule for the 2017 WCOAP, so that we can effectively sign everything off quickly and put all of the details up on the site nine months before the event starts. It"ll never happen.
