APAT Season Two Briefing

[APAT]

Let me clarify regarding Regional casinos.

There will be five Regional Championship events.  They will each award seats to the following National events:

English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish and UK Amateur Poker Championships.

Jimmy, you will be able to play each of those five Regional Championship events in Manchester.  Sombody further north may play in Newcastle and our Scottish members will play in their venue when it is announced.  You will not have to play in each venue.

For the "English" Qualification round.  A tournament will be held at each of the 11 Casinos across the UK on the one day.

Hope that helps!  There is a great deal to take in  

[FlyingPig73]

Okay I think I get it....So hard to take in....

So at the Manchester casino there will be five x 80 seater satelite basically to the main events, and there will be 5 sats to all the main events at all the casinos.

Is that right? If so thats great!! I could play in Manchester and possibly travel to Walsall or Nottingham to qualify as well....I think....

[APAT]

You are nearly there.

So effectively there wil be five Regional Championship Saturdays during Season Two.

On a Saturday, lets say in October, the first round of the Regional Championships will take place with the top placing players in each event winning entry to the English National Championship.  On that Saturday a Regional event will take place in Manchester, but also in the other 10 casinos around the UK.  You could play in Manchester in the Northern Region.  If you were to win, then you would go joint top of the Northern Region with 9 points, the same as the winners in the other Northern Region casinos.

Then, on a Saturday, lets say in November, the second round of the etc etc etc.  this time the Regional events would be awarding seats to the Scottish event.  If you took 9 points again in your Manchester tournament, and the other winners did not in their Northern casinos, then you would go to the top of the Northern rankings after two events.

You would have five events in Northern region in total in Season Two.

Phew.  

[FlyingPig73]

Sorry for the confusion, and thanks for clearing that up.

I get it now. Have you got a water spray by your pc to cool down your keyboard, it must be glowing red hot.

Will all the regional events across the country be held on the same day...

Now the information is settling in and my brain has started to file the information, it is looking better and better......

[kinboshi]

In other words, you can only play at one venue for each regional "heat".  Nothing stopping you playing at a different venue for the next heat though.

Is that right?  

Please let DTD get its license...

[Ironside]

i am still lost

[APAT]

Will all the regional events across the country be held on the same day...

Yes. 

11 events on the same day with each qualifier going through to the English Champonships.

11 events on another day with each qualifier going through to the Scottish Championships.

etc.

Now, where did I leave that fire extinguisher!

[APAT]

In other words, you can only play at one venue for each regional "heat".  Nothing stopping you playing at a different venue for the next heat though.

Is that right?  

Please let DTD get its license...

Yes and yes.

[HaworthBantam]

Des,

Any plans to televise the final tables of any of the National events ?

Just wondering as it would certainly be more watchable than the appalling University poker that was on earlier this year.

[APAT]

Des,

Any plans to televise the final tables of any of the National events ?

Just wondering as it would certainly be more watchable than the appalling University poker that was on earlier this year.

I would not want to televise them, I believe the opportunity is for live streaming on the internet.  That is something that will be investigated.  As always, we would trial an event prior to committing to streaming a season.

Do you think would anyone pay a fiver to watch it from home over a tournament  weekend?

[technolog]

Do you think would anyone pay a fiver to watch it from home over a tournament  weekend?

If I wasn"t there I think I"d find it hard to resist watching on the net for a fiver - combined with some virtual railing on the fora it could be quite good fun.

[HaworthBantam]

I certainly wouldn"t be up for paying a fiver to watch over"t"net, I"d hope to be at the venue itself - railing, obviously, as my chances of making a final table are probably somewhere between slim and no chance !

Be good to be able to record, and watch at a later date the final table action, though.

[mikelott]

I can"t see anyone paying to watch it nunless they were really sad.....


oooppppps had someone just replied??

[dougal7878]

APA, hate to be a pain....... but i"m gonna really need all this breaking down.....there was toooooo much info to take in....i"m still on blue square!

The whole procedure with regionals etc, and everthing else!!

[APAT]

I"d pay if I was a player and didn"t make it in, to see the action while I was playing online on a Sunday evening.  I guess I"m sad