Scottish Amatuer Numbers

[billyho10]

Was just wondering how many seats there was for this event? There are 42 names on the direct buy ins list. Obvioulsy there are the regional/online qualifiers to be added to that, but the Maybury can hold at least 150. just wondering!

Cheers
Billyho
"Team FNP"

[APAT]

There are 130 seats in total, just as there was last year.  The Maybury have confirmed that as their capacity for this event.  We could have filled the event several times over.

[billyho10]

Cheers for the quick reply  

Will be their anyway.....unfortunately as the cheerin section  

Come on Team FNP qualifier Kenny "TheGuy" McKenzie  

[Cyntaf]

Hi billy, I am noob to forum land, and I have been fortunate to win a seat on BSQ
It is my very first land based seat won in any guise, just hope it is the beginning of the next level for me  

I am Paul  from Rhyl in N.Wales, and i am really looking forward to hooking up with some of you guys out there in APAT world. Including Kenny, "The Guy"

So gl all as always.

Will anyone be playing Friday night??  I believe there is a £10 rebuy, but don"t quote me on that!!

CU there

[billyho10]

congrats on ur seat cyntaf, i recall ur username from bsq. i watched the final tables after i busted out of both online qualifiers...sad i know lol!

not sure bout any games on friday at the maybury as im from glasgow.

c u at championship, mind say hello. gd luck.

[duke3016]

Well done cyntaf... A couple of us won our seat in the clickfest and will be up there for the game on Friday night as a bit of a tester for the real thing.. We are not far from you (Ellesmere Port) be nice to share a drink or three in Edinburgh....

[Cyntaf]

Cheers Billy, and well done Duke + co, sure we"ll manage a brew or two.
Bloody email  
Been on phone to B.T. most afternoon Isn"t technology great WHEN it works.
Off to Birkenhead for £30 freezeout 2nite duke, was gonna do leo"s £20 rebuy, but won"t be able to get there in time

See y"all in bonnie

[jacklevel06]

The re buy on the friday is £10.You only get 500 chips and re buys are for 2 hours i think.Its very loose and not my cup of tea,saying that there should be good numbers with the apat event the next day and a good prize pool.

[tumblet]

The re buy on the friday is £10.You only get 500 chips and re buys are for 2 hours i think.Its very loose and not my cup of tea,saying that there should be good numbers with the apat event the next day and a good prize pool.

Wow thats poor amount of chips.. I just cant believe that anybody would want to play that except for players who like a big of bingo..  

[swordfish]

You"ll find a fair few of the regulars play "all-in blind" for the entire rebuy period too.  Not fun!

[tumblet]

I just dont undertsand how that can be fun poker @ £10 a shot.. I was lucky locally there was a £5 re-buy which meant you could easily afford £30 and have 6 buy ins, but how can anyone learn or play poker when its like that..

Thank god for APAT leading the way. Virgin"s tournament on the weekend was exactly the same minus the 150/300 level and u know what, it was fine, but its the way people want to play..

Virgin for next APAT sponsors IMO..  

[Swinebag]

I just dont undertsand how that can be fun poker @ £10 a shot.. I was lucky locally there was a £5 re-buy which meant you could easily afford £30 and have 6 buy ins, but how can anyone learn or play poker when its like that..

Just a different game with adjustment required. Treat a £10 rebuy the same as £100 f/o in bank roll terms. There was a good thread on rebuys on this forum a while back, explaining that you can get some good deep stack play after the addon break and that in some ways the skill required to TID is higher due to a bigger range of stacks you get compared to a freezeout


I personally dont like rebuys, but that is because i cant afford them

[duke3016]

The re buy on the friday is £10.You only get 500 chips and re buys are for 2 hours i think.Its very loose and not my cup of tea,saying that there should be good numbers with the apat event the next day and a good prize pool.

Not your cup of tea  

Its right up your street Mickey, suits your playing style perfectly  

[Jon MW]

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I personally dont like rebuys, but that is because i cant afford them

And that"s where the argument falls down about skill - a lot of them end up not being about who"s the best, but who has the deepest pockets and who gets lucky.

Once you get to the freezeout stage, if you have got lucky in the rebuy stage, you can use superior skill to win.

But you shouldn"t have to rely on getting an hour (or however long the rebuy period is) of luck before you can start playing properly. As the skill only comes in to play when you reach the freezeout stage - how can this not always be worse than a tournament which is a freezeout all the way through?

You may have guessed - I don"t like the whole concept of rebuy tournaments.

[hi_am_chris]

If maniacs want to shove in with anything and juice up the prize pool for an hour thats fine by me