Re-Entry or No Re-Entry, that is the question

[KarmaDope]

Massively against, as I would imagine all the couples are.

Theoretically £300 for a weekend? I love APAT, but that"s way out of my bankroll.

[deanp27]

Massively against, as I would imagine all the couples are.

Theoretically £300 for a weekend? I love APAT, but that"s way out of my bankroll.

Nobody is forcing you to re-enter. It"s just a backstop for first few levels for those that may want to take it up. I can"t see it affecting the play that much tbh

[Curlarge]

Massively against, as I would imagine all the couples are.

Theoretically £300 for a weekend? I love APAT, but that"s way out of my bankroll.

It"s not complusory Adam. Anyway when did you last play before level 6??  

[Paulie_D]

I assumed that the tour guide was hired by the honourable Travel Guru to entertain the unwashed masses?

Nah...we"re both unpaid but enthusiastic volunteers.

[Paulie_D]

Massively against, as I would imagine all the couples are.

Theoretically £300 for a weekend? I love APAT, but that"s way out of my bankroll.

It"s not complusory Adam. Anyway when did you last play before level 6??  

And Julie is much better than him anyway.

[Jon MW]

Massively against, as I would imagine all the couples are.

Theoretically £300 for a weekend? I love APAT, but that"s way out of my bankroll.

Nobody is forcing you to re-enter. It"s just a backstop for first few levels for those that may want to take it up. I can"t see it affecting the play that much tbh

But as has been said before - if you can afford to re-enter you will have an advantage over those who can"t.

People who can re-enter will be more likely to accumulate a bigger chip stack earlier on because they will be able to take more risks.

A few people who have got knocked out in the first level in the past might go to an event when they otherwise wouldn"t - but they"ll be greatly outnumbered by the people who know they"ll be at a competitive disadvantage to those with a bigger bankroll.

Even if it ended up not affecting how people play (which it should, unless people with the re-entry option played sub-optimally) - it would be too late by then, the fact that they have that theoretical advantage will already have stopped people from entering.

[George2Loose]

How many people actually bust in the first level. Very few iirc

[nosey-p]

Just one word NO NO NO sorry thats three words but my response would be NO so that"s a NO from me  

[Waz1892]

Just one word NO NO NO sorry thats three words but my response would be NO so that"s a NO from me  

I don"t get some people, why bother posting if youre just going to sit on the fence

[ian.ski309]

This thread is turning into some kind of a member"s vote - and that"s before the APAT hierarchy has commented on whether or not the introduction of a re-entry would even be a possibility. Seems we"re putting the cart before the horse.

But seeing as we"re all putting our tuppence worth in, I"m with Wayne - No, No, No. Re-entries are not what APAT Main Events are about, as someone said earlier, it doesn"t feel right.

[nosey-p]

Just one word NO NO NO sorry thats three words but my response would be NO so that"s a NO from me  

I don"t get some people, why bother posting if youre just going to sit on the fence

Sorry did I not make myself clear  

[PHIL_TC]

I managed to do my whole stack in 15 mins at Cardiff one season.

a) Partly down to flopping a straight and wondering why some bloke was going bananas... then him hitting the higher straight on the turn haha..  genius.
b) Partly down to the champagne / beers consumed on the flight down.
c) Partly down to looking like an idiot in a bright yellow hoodie.

Des got a photo of me leaving my seat. This was back in the day when people clapped. I told everyone not to and to pretend I was just disappearing to the loo for a long time.

So its then a choice of £75 at the bar having a good time and telling everyone I"m a donkey or new option b of reentering.

I vote option a every day of the week. Even when in a foreign country. Banter is what its all about for me x

[Fatcatstu]

Spain APAT. I manage to lose 3/4 of my stack on the first hand of the day with 4 high Was out sshortly later.

Would i have re entered if i had the chance? Nope. I would pick going to the bat and having a whale of a time with Craig MacInnes, my brother and everyone else who was busting around me It was top banter, which for me is what APAT weekends are about now.

i love playing poker and want to do well, but if it doesnt go well, i want to spend some time with the quality people that go down who i now call good friends.

The re entry idea WOULD play into the hands of the maniacs in the field (cant believe i have been put into that group, i am a nit!!) So i think it would have to be a no from me.

[mporter123]

A definite no for me.

I would feel like I would need to be rolled for two bullets to play optimally. This would mean I would play less APAT events.

[HERBIEHACKIT]

for me a freeze out is a freeze out. you pay your money and take your chances. i think allowing one re entry would detract from the championships. a freeze out makes for better play as players are less likely to commit to an all in. eg in ireland i had pr 10"s I raised and got a caller. the flop was 6 high. i bet and was re-raised, i called, the turn was an ace. now i am up against a loose player and he may well of played a rag ace and hold 2 pr are he may have the ace with a high kicker, so i check, he moves all in for his last 11,000, i have him well covered and i believe i am probably in front. i am so tempted to make the call but it is a freeze out, then i remember the words of a very good player from newcastle, if in doubt get out and wait for a better spot. now if it had been a re-entry i snap call. all the big championships are freeze outs, why? it is a purer form of poker. A re-entry would favour the richer players and would also take away equal chances of winning. hence i believe a re-entry would detract from the apat championships and am against it..