APAT Glasgow Discussion

[gerry5421]

APAT Scottish Pub Poker Championship

Can APAT player register for this on the Sunday ?

I see from the LPPL site that after initails registrations taken into account any LPPL memeber can play , but only if played in an LPPL in the last 12 months , does this then rule us out ?

[IrishTom]

Hi Tom,
         I am wondering if you can confirm how many players have registered for the scottish championship at Alea. My friend said this morning (around 3am) that when he tried to reserve a seat through the eventbrite that it said it was sold out. But i noticed your updated list today at midday said 99/120. Could you please confirm the situation please? Would also like to congratulate the merge of LPPL and APAT. As an LPPL member i know that yourself and sharky put on a great show and are a great addition to APAT

Hi Kauto, the Eventbrite reserve a seat has indeed sold out - please have a look at the finalised Glasgow player briefing (etc) (pinned) for details of few remaining seats (Saturday night had online sats for 5 seats - tomorrow opens at 1200 noon for direct buyin online etc)

[Sef]

Hi Tom/everyone.

Nice to see these threads never lack confusion. lol. All looks pretty straight forward to me and i"m looking forward to seeing you all in Glasgow.

[GiMac]

Ok this thread is a nightmare so I have to apologise for adding to it.

I just logged into the APAT site to buy in direct about an hour ago. I understand that the event is not yet full and registration via the poker site was supposed to be open until 31st Oct or until the event was full. So why can I not buy in direct in advance? I will definitely be there, might not be on time. I don"t want to or shouldn"t need to pay a fiver to reserve a seat because I actually want to buy my seat in advance. I repeat that the APAT site states that buying in direct will be available in advance up until the 31st of October or until the event is full.

Please advise.



As an aside this paying a reservation fee and being pissed about with buying in in advance is seriously pissing off a lot of people and APAT need to get their act together or risk losing the massive amount of goodwill that we have towards them.

[IrishTom]

Ok this thread is a nightmare so I have to apologise for adding to it.

I just logged into the APAT site to buy in direct about an hour ago. I understand that the event is not yet full and registration via the poker site was supposed to be open until 31st Oct or until the event was full. So why can I not buy in direct in advance? I will definitely be there, might not be on time. I don"t want to or shouldn"t need to pay a fiver to reserve a seat because I actually want to buy my seat in advance. I repeat that the APAT site states that buying in direct will be available in advance up until the 31st of October or until the event is full.

Please advise.



As an aside this paying a reservation fee and being pissed about with buying in in advance is seriously pissing off a lot of people and APAT need to get their act together or risk losing the massive amount of goodwill that we have towards them.

GiMac, this thread was the original DRAFT Scottish thread - it has now been overtaken and the FINAL player briefing, schedule of events and list of attendees is here http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=14335.0

The Online Direct Buyin was open until 31st Oct - or until sold out - it sold out this morning, therefore closed - ie the ONLINE Direct Buyin sold out, not the event.

However, the ONLY remaining seats available are with the venue - these can be purchased at the venue, or over the phone with them - I would suggest the best time to call is around 7-8pm when the poker room usually opens.

For info, the general "buyin" process for Glasgow has been:

Eventbrite - reserve a seat (if you wish) months in advance
Online Satellite Sat 19th Oct
Mon 21st Oct direct buyin online
Mon 21st Oct direct buyin at venue

I hope this helps.

[IrishTom]

Ladies and Gents, although not overly involved in APAT events since the merge of LPPL into APAT, with Mark The Shark taking the lead on things, I have however remained heavily involved in the planning alongside Mark and I look forward to being your APAT Host for the weekend of events in Glasgow.

As a (mainly) cash poker player myself for many years, I especially look forward to seeing how the Cash Tour continues to develop throughout Season 7 - and no doubt I (hope) will receive your feedback to help with fine-tuning this unique experience.

(BELOW AMENDED 14 OCT 2013:)

A Player Briefing, Full Schedule of Events, Cash Tour Rules, Seat Availability - in fact all official information for Glasgow will be posted on this thread when finalised and with the LATEST details, decisions and updates incorporated into the first 3 message postings on this forum topic. is be available HERE

Please, please do take the time to introduce yourself to me over the weekend - it"s going to be a busy one!

I look forward to meeting you all there.

Regards/Irish Tom

[GiMac]

Ok this thread is a nightmare so I have to apologise for adding to it.

I just logged into the APAT site to buy in direct about an hour ago. I understand that the event is not yet full and registration via the poker site was supposed to be open until 31st Oct or until the event was full. So why can I not buy in direct in advance? I will definitely be there, might not be on time. I don"t want to or shouldn"t need to pay a fiver to reserve a seat because I actually want to buy my seat in advance. I repeat that the APAT site states that buying in direct will be available in advance up until the 31st of October or until the event is full.

Please advise.



As an aside this paying a reservation fee and being pissed about with buying in in advance is seriously pissing off a lot of people and APAT need to get their act together or risk losing the massive amount of goodwill that we have towards them.

GiMac, this thread was the original DRAFT Scottish thread - it has now been overtaken and the FINAL player briefing, schedule of events and list of attendees is here http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=14335.0

The Online Direct Buyin was open until 31st Oct - or until sold out - it sold out this morning, therefore closed - ie the ONLINE Direct Buyin sold out, not the event.

However, the ONLY remaining seats available are with the venue - these can be purchased at the venue, or over the phone with them - I would suggest the best time to call is around 7-8pm when the poker room usually opens.

For info, the general "buyin" process for Glasgow has been:

Eventbrite - reserve a seat (if you wish) months in advance
Online Satellite Sat 19th Oct
Mon 21st Oct direct buyin online
Mon 21st Oct direct buyin at venue

I hope this helps.

So the direct buy in opened today at midday, which is what I thought. I didn"t want or shouldn"t need to pay a £5 reservation fee cos I am buying in direct in advance, but because you had the reserve a seat open BEFORE the buy in direct there were only 5 seats available to buy in online in advance?  I assume this since there are only 5 players in the holding tank?

This is daft!!!  People get to reserve before those that want to pay in full in advance? This is madness personified.

[IrishTom]

As an aside this paying a reservation fee and being pissed about with buying in in advance is seriously pissing off a lot of people and APAT need to get their act together or risk losing the massive amount of goodwill that we have towards them.

GiMac, I hope my attempts (albeit they were relatively late in the process regarding APAT Glasgow) to make things clear via the Player Briefing has and will make this process much easier for members from here onwards.

It is my remit to deliver APAT Live Events (which includes LPPL events) and I will be doing my best to ensure you guys all know "where you stand" when it comes to event buyins and seat availability, event registration etc etc.  I can assure you, it will not be from a lack of effort on my part to improve the whole process.

[IrishTom]

Hey GiMac, I"m not sure I can agree it is madness - the Eventbrite "reserve a seat" facility allows those who wish to take this option to reserve a seat, yes at an additional cost of £5, months in advance of the event - at that point the exact details of the event will not be known, many discussions still need to be conducted with the venue - capacity, event timings etc - most things that the venue cannot confirm that far in advance - as things start to firm up and we can give you guys more "meat on the bones" of the event then that is when it is available to buyin in full in advance of the event - if at this point the finer details turned out not to suit you, and you only reserved a seat via Eventbrite, then that saves you losing the buyin and you can change your plans where it won"t cost you the buyin in full.

So Eventbrite allows you, if you wish, to spend £5 and guarantee your seat without committing the full buyin amount months in advance when the finer details of the event haven"t been confirmed.

[GiMac]

As an aside this paying a reservation fee and being pissed about with buying in in advance is seriously pissing off a lot of people and APAT need to get their act together or risk losing the massive amount of goodwill that we have towards them.

GiMac, I hope my attempts (albeit they were relatively late in the process regarding APAT Glasgow) to make things clear via the Player Briefing has and will make this process much easier for members from here onwards.

It is my remit to deliver APAT Live Events (which includes LPPL events) and I will be doing my best to ensure you guys all know "where you stand" when it comes to event buyins and seat availability, event registration etc etc.  I can assure you, it will not be from a lack of effort on my part to improve the whole process.

I"m sure you will sir and I wish you the very best of luck.  

[GiMac]

Hey GiMac, I"m not sure I can agree it is madness - the Eventbrite "reserve a seat" facility allows those who wish to take this option to reserve a seat, yes at an additional cost of £5, months in advance of the event - at that point the exact details of the event will not be known, many discussions still need to be conducted with the venue - capacity, event timings etc - most things that the venue cannot confirm that far in advance - as things start to firm up and we can give you guys more "meat on the bones" of the event then that is when it is available to buyin in full in advance of the event - if at this point the finer details turned out not to suit you, and you only reserved a seat via Eventbrite, then that saves you losing the buyin and you can change your plans where it won"t cost you the buyin in full.

So Eventbrite allows you, if you wish, to spend £5 and guarantee your seat without committing the full buyin amount months in advance when the finer details of the event haven"t been confirmed.

Sorry I disagree and i refer you to the other thread in general reference to my views on reservation vs advance purchase. And if something arose that meant someone couldn"t attend we do have a seat exchange marketplace here so it"s highly unlikely and I am not aware of anyone who has ever lost their full buyin, as we can just sell our seats on there.

[GiMac]

However, the ONLY remaining seats available are with the venue - these can be purchased at the venue, or over the phone with them - I would suggest the best time to call is around 7-8pm when the poker room usually opens.

When contacted they advised that they thought APAT had requested the seats they had to be returned and were not aware of any seats that were available for direct buy in locally.

[IrishTom]

However, the ONLY remaining seats available are with the venue - these can be purchased at the venue, or over the phone with them - I would suggest the best time to call is around 7-8pm when the poker room usually opens.

When contacted they advised that they thought APAT had requested the seats they had to be returned and were not aware of any seats that were available for direct buy in locally.

Well I can only take the blame for that myself - apologies - after deciding that it would be better to have those tickets available for sale here (forum or whatever) to our members rather than locally to locals - although, for whatever reason, I couldn"t get it confirmed by the venue last night - although you obv did (well, at least you were advised we wanted them back).  Once my venue poc calls me and confirms exact details (names of those who have bought locally, amount spare etc) then I will advise everyone asap of available tickets and how to get them.

[LombBomb]

However, the ONLY remaining seats available are with the venue - these can be purchased at the venue, or over the phone with them - I would suggest the best time to call is around 7-8pm when the poker room usually opens.

When contacted they advised that they thought APAT had requested the seats they had to be returned and were not aware of any seats that were available for direct buy in locally.

+1...I spoke to someone at the Alea and was told the same as I"d offered to buy in GiMac over the counter at the Alea.

[pables]

My son informed me last night that he had purchased one from the casino,

assuming he is telling truth!