apat is a tour and as such is not about provision for local players. if an event only attracted local players then apat would have failed in that event. apat need to attract local and players from afar. it has been said that the irish game is not well supported and the hope is plo will change that. my view is it is the cost of ireland that is the problem and plo will reduce the field further. given the event does not attract big numbers and some irish lads will not play plo then attracting players from outside ireland is even more important unfortunately i think this event is doomed to failure.
I pretty much disagree with every point made there.
really. enlighten please
Ok, I was going to just agree to disagree but...
apat is a tour and as such is not about provision for local players. if an event only attracted local players then apat would have failed in that event.
APAT is a tour and the reason for that is to bring low stakes well-structured tournament to
locals who otherwise would not see them.
The tour is absolutely about locals.if an event only attracted local players then apat would have failed in that event.
Sorry...that"s just nonsense...If an event sells out with all locals then it"s a success regardless. If it gets a very poor turnout then one could argue that the event has failed.
The only time that this has happened is, basically, Ireland in recent years..to my knowledge.
apat need to attract local and players from afar.
Not strictly true....APAT likes the fact that members are willing to travel quite long distances to play "away" but they don"t NEED then to turn up. As I said, as long as the event is well supported APAT doesn"t mind where they come from.
it has been said that the irish game is not well supported and the hope is plo will change that.
Actually, this one is on the money, it
is hoped that PLO will attract more locals....nothing else seems to*...I know that the UK players who are willing to travel will only be a small proportion of the full field...but that has been the case at most "distant" events.
*I do not include our already loyal local contingent who are, unfortunately, relatively small in number.
my view is it is the cost of ireland that is the problem
If you mean the travel cost, then it"s the
perceived cost. It"s already been demonstrated that with advance planning the difference in cost between Dublin, Edinburgh, Leeds, Bristol is very small.
If you mean the cost of "living"...that"s somewhat true..a pint in an Irish pub is more than one in a UK pub....but I"ve had some expensive pints in casinos and big city pubs too.
plo will reduce the field further
Time will tell. It"s certainly not true in my case and some of the "objections" weren"t over the fact that it was PLO, it was over the choice to have the first PLO "main"
outside of the UK. Many have said that they"d love to play a 2-day PLO if it was in Coventry or Stratford (and that may still happen).
given the event does not attract big numbers and some irish lads will not play plo then attracting players from outside ireland is even more important
I disagree
slightly with this...attracting more players FULL STOP is what is being attempted. Where they come from is not really relevant.
Will PLO turn off some of our regular loyal locals? Apparently it will and that is to be regretted but, as has been said, the alternative was nothing so, in effect, they are no worse off.
Their choices were for "no event" or an "event they won"t play"
unfortunately i think this event is doomed to failure
It may turn out that this will be doomed to failure, I hope not, but at least APAT tried. If it does flop, then at least a lesson has been learned and perhaps teaming with a promoter for a NLHE event in Ireland will be on the S9 schedule.
Sorry to go on so long..but you asked.
