My Dream for an APAT Festival

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[kevod85]

You missed the word "wet" out of the title lol

[s4ooter]

Weirdly was thinking the same thing, look at your proposal and its pretty much exactly the same as mine....

This would be sexy

[Paulie_D]

Dream!?

Yep, you"re dreaming. APAT, arguably, has the best/only true festival tour experience on offer at a reasonable price level.

It"s all very well to dream of 2 day "side event" events but these have to be paid for and a 10% (£5+) vig ain"t gonna get it done.

The fact that the majority of the non-HE events went 12 hours plus is more than adequate. Whether Aspers thought that was "value" is arguable. It may be that they actually lost money on that side.

The S7 WCOAP was an absolute triumph for APAT in my less than humble opinion...let"s not over-reach trying to improve the already excellent.

Oh...and too many HE events at the weekend. Those of us who like to have more than 2 cards in hand need some love too. I loved the fact that the PLO/PLO8 events were Saturday/Sunday this time. I was more than happy to swerve the ME for that.

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[Matt D]

The S7 WCOAP was an absolute triumph for APAT in my less than humble opinion...let"s not over-reach trying to improve the already excellent.

I don"t think this is true and I think a fair few members felt a number of the stops were of a lower quality in general than expected. I agree that we finished very strongly with an excellent festival.

Paulie is refering to the WCOAP festival.

Your schedule for a future WCOAP looks great, admittedly. However, there"s no way anywhere is going to run a 2-day tourney for £5 juice per player. Or a 3 day tourney for £10. Tourneys that last this long usually have a minimum buy-in of £400+£40, and frequently £1000+£100.

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Tourneys that last this long usually have a minimum buy-in of £400+£40, and frequently £1000+£100.

Very true.

Then again, you don"t have to go back very far before casino"s would not have entertained running a £50 comp with a structure that meant it lasted more than a couple of hours.

I wonder what casino"s will be willing to accommodate in another 5 years time. Grand Prix at DTD, Goliath are trying to push those boundaries.  

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[Paulie_D]

Oh...another thing occurred to me.

Unless something drastic happens to change the APAT landscape I don"t ever see guarantees being offered.

Large organisations with marketing budgets (or deep pockets like Rob Yong) can afford guarantees, APAT doesn"t have either of those.

[IrishTom]

Oh...another thing occurred to me.

Unless something drastic happens to change the APAT landscape I don"t ever see guarantees being offered.

Large organisations with marketing budgets (or deep pockets like Rob Yong) can afford guarantees, APAT doesn"t have either of those.

I beg to differ Paulie - Des" pockets are so deep he has yet to reach the bottom to buy me a drink!

[Paulie_D]

Not quite. Des has short arms!

[Des]

Not quite. Des has short arms!

...and long pockets!

[Des]

Joking aside - we"re watching this thread closely to hear your thoughts.