I have a question...

[suzanne]

Is Apat ever going to come to the South West?

I may be wrong but as far as I can recall there has never been a live event in my region.

The reason I ask is not because I mind travelling, its because so many poker players in the SW just dont know you exist. I tried to do a bit of recruiting for the league recently when I was playing in Bristol and was quite surprised at how many said they had never heard of Apat.

No wonder I am struggling to get a decent sized team together  

[Paulie_D]

Suzanne,

I think this has come up before but the usual answer is the lack of casinos to:

1. Hold 150-200 players AND
2. Run such an event to APAT standards AND
3. Willing to run such an event at a cost that can be agreed upon, AND
4. Other reasons.

I know that Brizzle has a number of casinos but whether they can (or are willing to ) host an APAT event is another matter.

Of course, Des might surprise us in S7.

[suzanne]

Not that I play much in Bristol but I think at the moment there is only the Gala so not much choice at all.

Didnt Plymouth hold some big event recently?

[Paulie_D]

Not that I play much in Bristol but I think at the moment there is only the Gala so not much choice at all.

Didnt Plymouth hold some big event recently?

To be honest I don"t keep up with the goings on with you carrot-crunchers.  

I"m just re-iterating / parroting what Tighty has said before.

I"m not saying that it"s never going to happen, frankly, I"d love a trip down to Devon or Cornwall.

Try PM"ing the Powers That Be (Des/Matt/Leigh) and suggesting they make enquiries for S7.

Couldn"t hurt.

[suzanne]

Des has spotted the thread so mission accomplished.

Carrot crunchers indeed  

[TightEnd]

Hello

the problem with Plymouth is it is a bugger to get to for most. Doesn"t hold 150 either iirc

Bristol, I never felt the Gala Bristol was on my radar (in terms of running poker tournaments, the only one I knew of that was run there from an organisation I was involved with was disappointng)

Since then One Way Poker has run numerous events there, the UKIPT is about to go there and now Mr Dale on board might change things. After all, I suspect he"d quite like to host 40 APATers on the Friday night of an APAT weekend in his gaffe. Thanks for the offer Matt. We"ll mind the ornaments

Not my gig now, but I think there is a higher chance than previously that Bristol would be considered now  

[Paulie_D]

Hello

the problem with Plymouth is it is a bugger to get to for most.

Yeah...cos Glasgow is a piece of p*ss.  

Room size would be the big factor though.

BBQ at Matt's FTW. BTOB  

[TightEnd]

Glasgow is an hour"s flight from London

Plymouth is five hours in a train from London, and two hours beyond Bristol in a car

It"s about transport networks, range of travel options as well as physical location...


as you know, guru!

[Chipaccrual]

I think that between Matt and myself, assuming there is a suitable venue, we will be pushing heavily for a South West leg in season 7.

The easiest venue for me to get to over the past few seasons has actually been Luton, when you consider travel, accommodation, parking etc.

[Paulie_D]

Glasgow is an hour"s flight from London

Plymouth is five hours in a train from London, and two hours beyond Bristol in a car

It"s about transport networks, range of travel options as well as physical location...

I had the perfect riposte until I found out that Plymouth airport had closed.

Bustards.  

[pables]

Glasgow is an hour"s flight from London

Plymouth is five hours in a train from London, and two hours beyond Bristol in a car

It"s about transport networks, range of travel options as well as physical location...

I had the perfect riposte until I found out that Plymouth airport had closed.

Bustards.  

Exeter?

[AceOnTheRiver]

Isn"t Cardiff in the South West?

>>>>>> Lights Blue touch paper and runs away

[Paulie_D]

Glasgow is an hour"s flight from London

Plymouth is five hours in a train from London, and two hours beyond Bristol in a car

It"s about transport networks, range of travel options as well as physical location...

I had the perfect riposte until I found out that Plymouth airport had closed.

Bustards.  

Exeter?

Nice idea but adding on another hour"s drive (because it doesn"t have a station at the airport) is asking a bit much of the generally lazy* APAT mob.

* I jest, i jest.

[SirPercival]

Yorkshire

[PHIL_TC]

Yorkshire

+1

AND Yorkshire is definitely South West for us northern monkeys x