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Re: 888poker Scottish Amateur Championship
« Reply #105 on: July 11, 2011, 17:53:41 PM »


Trust me if 50% of the field buy in on day it will become clear what I mean ! Mecca bingo could be a better option!


better to play a 150 runner tourney in which two thirds of the field don"t have a clue, as opposed to a field of 50 sharks!!



And wonder why you have been bust by a random who called down your large all in bluff with bottom pair. I"ll save that for the weekly events. I would prefer a higher standard of player in a two day event in all honesty.

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Re: 888poker Scottish Amateur Championship
« Reply #106 on: July 11, 2011, 17:55:47 PM »

Feel free to spread to word, we are slightly baffled as to where all the Scottish APATers are hiding at the moment.

If the demand is not there, it makes it tough to justify heading to Scotland next season.



My guess is this is the last weekend of the Glasgow Trades two weeks holiday - a lot of people will be away or just coming back from holiday that weekend. I know 3 people who are having to miss it for that very reason.

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Re: 888poker Scottish Amateur Championship
« Reply #107 on: July 11, 2011, 18:10:50 PM »


Would be disappointed if there was a move to withdraw the Scottish Amateur Championship. Marketing could have told you that the weekend of the Tourney coincides with the local "Glasgow Fair" Holiday, a possible reason for the unfilled capacity.

The other reason could be the the Gala is not the best of venues, the Alea would have been more suitable.


The Alea was a major disappointment when they were used for an event I was involved with before. Great facility, huge improvements required in hosting large scale third party tournaments

No idea what "Glasgow Fair" is. Neither did the venue suggest the date would be an issue




Richard

There was a documentary on "The Glasgow Fair" recently - basically the whole city used to go to the seaside - see:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Fair

I didn"t think it was that big a deal these days (as in not as much of a tradition as it used to be) and I was always told it was end of July - my quick google search seems to confirm that but I don"t live and don"t go nearly as regulary as I used to so probably talking ******!

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Re: 888poker Scottish Amateur Championship
« Reply #108 on: July 11, 2011, 19:17:43 PM »

Would be disappointed if there was a move to withdraw the Scottish Amateur Championship. Marketing could have told you that the weekend of the Tourney coincides with the local "Glasgow Fair" Holiday, a possible reason for the unfilled capacity.

The other reason could be the the Gala is not the best of venues, the Alea would have been more suitable.


Has there been any mention of a move to withdraw or are you just scaremongering? lol.

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Re: 888poker Scottish Amateur Championship
« Reply #109 on: July 11, 2011, 20:11:51 PM »


Would be disappointed if there was a move to withdraw the Scottish Amateur Championship. Marketing could have told you that the weekend of the Tourney coincides with the local "Glasgow Fair" Holiday, a possible reason for the unfilled capacity.

The other reason could be the the Gala is not the best of venues, the Alea would have been more suitable.


The Alea was a major disappointment when they were used for an event I was involved with before. Great facility, huge improvements required in hosting large scale third party tournaments

No idea what "Glasgow Fair" is. Neither did the venue suggest the date would be an issue




Was that the SPT ? I played in that, thought the venue was good, better than the Gala.
The "Glasgow Fair" is a local holiday, two weeks, and this year it is the last two weeks in July.
It was the traditional window for large Industries,Shipbuilding. etc, to close for the summer break. or Annual Leave as it is called these days.
The trouble with having an open mind, is that, someone will come along and insist on putting something in it

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Re: 888poker Scottish Amateur Championship
« Reply #110 on: July 11, 2011, 20:16:20 PM »


Would be disappointed if there was a move to withdraw the Scottish Amateur Championship. Marketing could have told you that the weekend of the Tourney coincides with the local "Glasgow Fair" Holiday, a possible reason for the unfilled capacity.

The other reason could be the the Gala is not the best of venues, the Alea would have been more suitable.


Has there been any mention of a move to withdraw or are you just scaremongering? lol.

All bought in and looking forward to my first APAT tourament ;)

I was responding to the suggestion that it may be hard to justify staging the SAC, due to the lack of patrionage in an earlier post
The trouble with having an open mind, is that, someone will come along and insist on putting something in it

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Re: 888poker Scottish Amateur Championship
« Reply #111 on: July 11, 2011, 20:17:41 PM »

Feel free to spread to word, we are slightly baffled as to where all the Scottish APATers are hiding at the moment.

If the demand is not there, it makes it tough to justify heading to Scotland next season.


This was the post I was responding to
The trouble with having an open mind, is that, someone will come along and insist on putting something in it

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Re: 888poker Scottish Amateur Championship
« Reply #112 on: July 11, 2011, 20:19:46 PM »


Feel free to spread to word, we are slightly baffled as to where all the Scottish APATers are hiding at the moment.

If the demand is not there, it makes it tough to justify heading to Scotland next season.


This was the post I was responding to


And I wasn"t scaremongering.  

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Re: 888poker Scottish Amateur Championship
« Reply #113 on: July 11, 2011, 20:21:20 PM »


Feel free to spread to word, we are slightly baffled as to where all the Scottish APATers are hiding at the moment.

If the demand is not there, it makes it tough to justify heading to Scotland next season.


This was the post I was responding to


8) ah ok had me worried for a minute there. :P
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Re: 888poker Scottish Amateur Championship
« Reply #114 on: July 11, 2011, 20:26:01 PM »
72 registered now, I suggest it will hit the required numbers by the end of the week, justifying the decision to allow The Scots to have a Championship.
The trouble with having an open mind, is that, someone will come along and insist on putting something in it

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Re: 888poker Scottish Amateur Championship
« Reply #115 on: July 11, 2011, 21:06:41 PM »
Just like to know wit the prize money is?

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Re: 888poker Scottish Amateur Championship
« Reply #116 on: July 11, 2011, 21:07:29 PM »

72 registered now, I suggest it will hit the required numbers by the end of the week, justifying the decision to allow The Scots to have a Championship.


What?
Apat Scottish online open gold medal holder 2008....

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Re: 888poker Scottish Amateur Championship
« Reply #117 on: July 11, 2011, 21:16:20 PM »
it may be slow but i think its going to reach the magic number of 120 players !

what happens if the event sells out online ?? im sure you will have some players hanging around on the day looking for a seat!

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Re: 888poker Scottish Amateur Championship
« Reply #118 on: July 11, 2011, 21:18:26 PM »

it may be slow but i think its going to reach the magic number of 120 players !

what happens if the event sells out online ?? im sure you will have some players hanging around on the day looking for a seat!


There is alternates

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Re: 888poker Scottish Amateur Championship
« Reply #119 on: July 11, 2011, 21:21:56 PM »
for how many levels ?