WCOAP Day 10 - #15 Cash (Day 2), #17 Main Event (Day 2) #20 HU Champonships

[Paulie_D]

Main Event

....and we have a winner.

I"m not going to tell you who it is though.

[Paulie_D]

Main Event

Oh alright then.

Daniel - K 8

Paul -  5 6

Flop - Q J 9....

Turn - 8

River - 4

And our winner is Daniel Lewis.

[Des]

Sorry guys, we"ve had some technical problems that will delay us putting up the final two pictures until tomorrow.

Thanks for reading tonight and over the past ten days. A special thanks to Paulie and Dann who brought you the updates and to Tom who managed the schedule and relationship with the casino. Aspers were a very supportive partner and couldn"t do enough for us. 

Finally, a big thanks to all the players. The ten days were played competitively and in great spirit.  It was genuinely a pleasure to be there.

Cheers,

Des.

[Drewski]

Congratulations Dan. And we"ll done to the other finalists. Had a great time at the tourney and met some great people. Finishing 5th always helps.


Well done APAT for a great festival too

Andy

[Pichichi9]

Hi guys,
Just wanted to say it was a great experience for me to be part of this. I really enjoyed it and can"t wait to come back next time.

Big thumps up for all the volunteers and for the guys that keeps this forum updates lively.

See you next time!
Cheers, Jeroen
Holland

[CW86]

Firstly just want to say a massive thank you to Des & Tom for organising a fantastic 10 days and letting me personally hang out with a great bunch of lads (Gotham) and meet all the great people who attend Apats....Don Roberts, Ian Thompson, Simon "Snoopy" Lawler, Carl Pilgrim, many of the Italians, Steffan and Alexander (two german lads i met)...the list is endless!

Apat might just be rediscovering a usp with the offer of all these mixed games which as we saw where a missive hit (I"m certainly a convert)

Also a big thanks to Dann & Paulie for the great updates

Finally Tom think we managed 19 in the end....22.5 for just the two/four of us was just too high a line. Hopefully next year though

Ironically its the huge blinds which are making it such a tight slow affair...

What"s the alternative?  Slower blind levels deeper into day 2 and have a day 3 for the final table?

Re the structure Tom, off the top of my head you could

-Revert back to 45 minute levels
-Play an additional level on day 1 (if you were to add 5 mins a level, you would already have an additional hour of play day 1)
-Pause the clock on Hand for Hand!
-Flatten structure in later stages to avoid a few blind increase choke points

Whilst all this might seem like it would make the tournament longer, people could at least play post flop and allow hands to develop (thus increasing the likelihood of elimination)

You could also consider playing the main event final day on the Sunday so that if a late finish was to occur it would only be dragging into bank holiday Monday...

Thinking about what you said Tom...actually i really like your idea of having the final on Monday afternoon

Day 1A - Friday
Day 1B - Saturday
Day 2 - Sunday
Day 3 - Monday

I realise it is nuts to run a 3 day comp for a £10 fee*... but this is unique (this is apats showpiece and i strongly believe everything that can be done to prevent what is currently happening needs to be considered). Also, the amendments would require less dealers anyway and we would still be running other comps on the Monday anyway.

*I would certainly be happy to pay £100 + £15 for these improvements...
And from all accounts Aspers love having us there

[Chipaccrual]

Main Event

Oh alright then.

Daniel - K 8

Paul -  5 6

Flop - Q J 9....

Turn - 8

River - 4

And our winner is Daniel Lewis.

Did this all go in pre ?

Assuming Paul must have been really shortstacked ?

[Paulie_D]

Main Event

Oh alright then.

Daniel - K 8

Paul -  5 6

Flop - Q J 9....

Turn - 8

River - 4

And our winner is Daniel Lewis.

Did this all go in pre ?

Assuming Paul must have been really shortstacked ?

Sorry Leigh...I was really flagging by then.

Yes, it all went in pre and Daniel had Paul about 3:1 in chips.

[Chipaccrual]

No worries.  It just seemed a strange way for it to end.

A 3:1 chiplead isn"t that massive.  Really surprised, but there were probably plenty of table dynamics at play.

Well done to all of them.

[Paulie_D]

Paul had been pretty aggressive at the final table, often pushing a million chips and more all in as a 3 bet.

I saw it as a continuation of the strategy to pick up some significant blinds and Daniel just wasn"t having any of it.

[Des]

WCOAP Event #17 Main Event



Daniel Lewis, World Amateur Champion - WCOAP Main Event Bracelet, Gold Medal, Vegas Package & £8,500.




Paul Fisher, Silver medalist.




Tony Gale, Bronze medlist.

[Des]

Daniel is a nice guy and a great player.  I"m sure he"ll be an excellent ambassador for APAT going forward.

[LombBomb]

Firstly just want to say a massive thank you to Des & Tom for organising a fantastic 10 days and letting me personally hang out with a great bunch of lads (Gotham) and meet all the great people who attend Apats....Don Roberts, Ian Thompson, Simon "Snoopy" Lawler, Carl Pilgrim, many of the Italians, Steffan and Alexander (two german lads i met)...the list is endless!

Apat might just be rediscovering a usp with the offer of all these mixed games which as we saw where a missive hit (I"m certainly a convert)

Also a big thanks to Dann & Paulie for the great updates

Finally Tom think we managed 19 in the end....22.5 for just the two/four ;) of us was just too high a line. Hopefully next year though

Ironically its the huge blinds which are making it such a tight slow affair...

What"s the alternative?  Slower blind levels deeper into day 2 and have a day 3 for the final table?

Re the structure Tom, off the top of my head you could

-Revert back to 45 minute levels
-Play an additional level on day 1 (if you were to add 5 mins a level, you would already have an additional hour of play day 1)
-Pause the clock on Hand for Hand!
-Flatten structure in later stages to avoid a few blind increase choke points

Whilst all this might seem like it would make the tournament longer, people could at least play post flop and allow hands to develop (thus increasing the likelihood of elimination)

You could also consider playing the main event final day on the Sunday so that if a late finish was to occur it would only be dragging into bank holiday Monday...

Thinking about what you said Tom...actually i really like your idea of having the final on Monday afternoon

Day 1A - Friday
Day 1B - Saturday
Day 2 - Sunday
Day 3 - Monday

I realise it is nuts to run a 3 day comp for a £10 fee*... but this is unique (this is apats showpiece and i strongly believe everything that can be done to prevent what is currently happening needs to be considered). Also, the amendments would require less dealers anyway and we would still be running other comps on the Monday anyway.

*I would certainly be happy to pay £100 + £15 for these improvements...
And from all accounts Aspers love having us there

Some good ideas in there Chris. FWIW I found it crazy to have Day 2 starting at 2pm. I"ve made a couple day 2s this season and both of those recommenced at noon. Seemed very strange to have the largest main event of the season starting 2 hours later than the norm, it was always going to be likely that stacks would get shallow quickly purely due to the sheer volume of players who entered. Starting a couple hours earlier would allow more play and the structure could be tweaked accordingly to facilitate this.  I like the idea of having the final on a day 3 as 2 long days of poker can be mentally and physically draining.  These are just my thoughts and aren"t intended as any kind of criticism towards Des or the rest of the APAT team who put in a power of work and were fantastic throughout.

[Anthony Gale]

Massive thank you to the team for a fantastic event again this year, and congratulations to all the players.

Look forward to seeing everyone again next year for a few events, particularly the grand final!

Wonder what odds I would get on a third, third place finish?  

Sorry for keeping the team up so late this morning! Especially with so little to write about. I"m sure if the structure can be tweaked slightly there will be more to report on next year.

Thanks Again
Tony Gale  

[3N1GM4]

3 days with the FT on Day 3 (and an additional contribution to the rake from everyone if necessary), with tweaks to the structure to give a bit more play all sounds very nice to me...