APAT Irish Amateur Poker Championship LIVE UPDATE - FINAL DAY

[IrishTom]

Huge thanks to Adam for not only doing all the updating but for writing the event report for me - thank you mate.

A few firsts for APAT...

PLO Main Event...

Amateur Poker Championship held in an hotel...

David Pilkington got a round in...

Ger looked sober (he wasn"t)...

NLHE Side Event still going on, and cash table, so it"s not over for us yet, but overall I think well worth doing - although I would like to confirm now that PLO will NOT be the Main Event for the Season 9 Irish Amateur Poker Championship.

Also huge thanks to Larry for managing the overall event here - tables, dealers, TDs, etc, and to Presty and Kim for event registration and cash desk etc.

Until next time... (Coventry I think!)

[IrishTom]

[Big Club]

The real question is whether there has ever been an APAT Festival where JP hasn"t cashed in a side event.

[Sugar_Free]

[Sugar_Free]

It is Roy "The Boy" Brindley.

I have no idea what he does now but am informed he is no longer a pro player...hence his eligibility for this.

And what about the winner? Described as a Professional on pretty much every site.

[PokerRoyalFlush9]

[Des]

It is Roy "The Boy" Brindley.

I have no idea what he does now but am informed he is no longer a pro player...hence his eligibility for this.

And what about the winner? Described as a Professional on pretty much every site.

Isn"t the reality often a bit different when this question comes up?  Although fair play to him if he can survive on $3.4k average annual winnings over the past 10 years.

[Sugar_Free]

It is Roy "The Boy" Brindley.

I have no idea what he does now but am informed he is no longer a pro player...hence his eligibility for this.

And what about the winner? Described as a Professional on pretty much every site.

Isn"t the reality often a bit different when this question comes up?  Although fair play to him if he can survive on $3.4k average annual winnings over the past 10 years.

I doubt there are many pros worldwide who could survive if you don"t include their online/cash games either.

[Chipaccrual]

The GPI describe him as SCOTT "THE ICE MAN" GRAY

Any poker player with a nickname as their middle name on GPI must be a pro.

Right ?  


Whichever way it"s perceived, it"s done now anyway.  The whole "pro player" status thing has self-policed itself pretty well over the last 8 years.

Maybe one got through in Dublin, then again, maybe not.

Anyway, I"ve got an article to write about the best European Poker Pro"s homing in on Coventry next weekend.  

[Sugar_Free]

The GPI describe him as SCOTT "THE ICE MAN" GRAY

Any poker player with a nickname as their middle name on GPI must be a pro.

Right ?  


Whichever way it"s perceived, it"s done now anyway.  The whole "pro player" status thing has self-policed itself pretty well over the last 8 years.

Maybe one got through in Dublin, then again, maybe not.

Anyway, I"ve got an article to write about the best European Poker Pro"s homing in on Coventry next weekend.  

Yeah, whether he is or he isn"t, it had no effect on where I finished  

In the meantime, you may want to get a proofreader to check your article for superfluous apostrophes.

"check your article"

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