Welsh Online Championship 2009

[APAT]

APAT are pleased to confirm details of the Welsh Online Poker Championship, taking place at Blue Square from 8pm on February 21st.

The entry fee for the event is $50 + $5, and players entering will start with 10,000 chips and 12 minute blind levels.  The blind structure is being reviewed and will be publised prior to the start of the satellite schedule.

The winner of the event will receive a significant cash prize, National Title & Gold Medal and an entry to a £1,000 buy in Grosvenor UK Poker Tour main event.

The top three players will receive APAT National Medals and an option to enter the Welsh Amateur Poker Championship at Grosvenor Casino, Cardiff, on April 4th & 5th.  The Online Championship Medals will be presented in Cardiff.

Satellites to the Championship event will be available at Blue Square on Monday February 16th and Tuesday February 17th at 8pm.  Monday"s satellite will be a $10 + $1 freezeout, while Tuesday"s will be a $5 + $0.50 rebuy.

The previous event in the Online Championship series; the UK Online Championship, was won by Matt Roberts from Cheltenham.  The tournament report follows below.

Good luck to all participating players.

[APAT]

[CrizzyConnor]

Will defo be in this one! Looking forward to it...  

[ForthThistle]

Des,
        When will we see the Sat on Blue Sq.

[APAT]

Des,
        When will we see the Sat on Blue Sq.

Hopefully iPoker will have set up the APAT category on Blue Square next week and then we will put up the National League matches and the next set of sats.  We"re in good time.

[lukybugur]

BUMP this thread to make it known that the $10 Satellite for The Welsh Online Championship game is taking place on BlueSq tonight at 8pm. One Seat for every 5 players is up for grabs. You"ll find it in the Lobby under Tournaments > Specials > APAT.

The $5 Satellite (one seat for every 10 players) takes place tomorrow night at 8pm and Welsh Online Championship Event itself is on Saturday night. Registration for both of these is available in Lobby too.

[AMRN]

When we reached level 27 at Walsall in the UK Champs, there was a lot of moaning about tight and passive play. I notice that BSQ have taken action to ensure the Online Welsh Champs this weekend doesn"t reach level 28..... they"ve put in a 50,000 ante on Level 27 whilst blinds are 60k/120k!!  Level 26 is only 4,000 ante - they must have heard about Walsall!!

[MAIR]

LOL oopsie. thats some Ante!

[APAT]

Lol, yes I"d seen that and was planning on leaving it and probably introducing to the Nationals also!

[MAIR]

now thats scary hahaha

[Outlander]

Was really looking forward to taking part in the Welsh Online, registered for the sat on Monday, booked a day off work tomorrow.... then the BlueSquare/TalkTalk issues presented themselves. Now I struggle to access the poker server at all... and when I do play a $1sng I struggle to complete a hand before losing connectivity. Have tried all the options and will now look to change broadband provider but even though BlueSquare may not be directly responsible it has resulted in me losing faith in the site completely and so sadly has terminated my participation in APAT online events... really disappointed. But good luck to everyone who"s in tomorrow night and if anyone experiencing the same problems finds a solution please let me know.

[nosey-p]

Like you said, it's not BS fault or APAT so when you change supplier keep playing. It would be a shame not to play in an organization like this. I know it does not help for this weekend but you will only miss 1 game. Do you play the poker league?  

[Outlander]

Like you said, it's not BS fault or APAT so when you change supplier keep playing. It would be a shame not to play in an organization like this. I know it does not help for this weekend but you will only miss 1 game. Do you play the poker league?  

Would play in league but it means swapping shifts on a sunday or booking a day off. Managed first week, but not the second... but dont think I"ll be trying to swap shifts for any more until BS (ipoker) resolve their differences with TalkTalk. Just think it"s a shame that APAT gets caught up in a silly spat between these two companies... coz I bet I"m not alone in giving events a miss because of this problem... especially for the events with $50 buy-ins... its galling enough losing a few dollars coz of it.

[THEGUY84]

so how many runners we got? in works so can"t check.

[Chipaccrual]

so how many runners we got? in works so can"t check.

Currently 57.  Amazing value at the moment.