APAT Advent Calendar 2009

[Chipaccrual]

And behind door number 16 is............................







Another Top Ranker and he"s not a Brummie


Brian "BOINGBLITZ" Yates ended the season top of the online rankings with a superb 35 points.  Brian, pictured above when winning the Irish Amateur Championships in Dublin this year, collected his online points from :-

1st - Welsh Online Amateur Championships (18pts)
2nd - WCOAP Online Championships Main Event (17pts)


You thought the live rankings were close, well that"s nothing.  The online rankings came down to the final table of the final event.  Grant Cook had already bagged 34 points with a 1st and 3rd earlier in the season.  Both Brian and Alan Armitage had already won an event and knew that they needed to match Grant"s 3rd place finish at least.

So, the WCOAP Online Main Event had gone from 150 players down to three left, and eventual winner Tod Wood was joined by both Brian and Alan.  This really would go down to the wire.  Brian eventually finished 3rd to end the rankings in joint 2nd place with Grant, whilst Brian"s 2nd place finish meant he topped the rankings by 1 point.

It was the end to an incredible season for Brian.  He became the first player to win a live and online National Championship in the same season, he represented England and finished in Bronze Medal place in the European Team Championships and then topped the online rankings.

He will be captaining his all conquering Black Country Poker Club in the UK Team Championships in January 2010.  If you haven"t heard about them, they have had an alright sort of season    I"m sure Brian would be happy to fill you in on the details.  


Brian goes on to play in a GUKPT main event courtesy of sponsors Blue Square.



I interviewed Brian for the podcast after his online win in the Welsh Championships earlier this year.  You can listen again HERE



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Des interviewed Brian after his win in Dublin

[Swinebag]

top guy, great player

awful tanktop!!

[bigalhx3]

well done brian on your 3rd and 2nd place finnish on sunday  

[Chipaccrual]

And behind door number 17 is............................







His Royal Dukeness


Ger is a regular at APAT events live and online.  This season was a very proud one for him as he has been joined on the tour by his son.  Ger also has the most replied to and the most read thread on the forum.  It"s just about to register it"s 25,000th view.

When Ger started Duke attempts the Impossible he stated :-


Given that my brain cells are shrugging off their mortal coils at an alarming rate, I must be mad to start this.

I will attempt to put into words experiences that are encountered at the poker table (and off it). If I type something in within 24/48 hours of it happening I might have a chance. Also I might need to take a few notes during the action because for some obscure reason recollection after some of them is sketchy, to say the least.


Well, what has followed covers poker, growing up, the Turner Prize, drinking, Chezger homegames and his views on APAT, oh and just about everything else in between.


It truly is a great read and is guaranteed to put a smile on your face.  We are very fortunate to have a number of excellent bloggers on APAT.  In my opinion, Ger happens to be right at the top of that list at the moment.

Keep up the good work.

[APAT]

[HaworthBantam]

And behind door number 17 is............................







His Royal Dukeness

Top bloke, and an APAT legend.

I really must catch up with your blog, Ger, I"ve not had chance to read it for a good few months...

[Logie66]

Top bloke, and an APAT legend.

I really must catch up with your blog, Ger, I"ve not had chance to read it for a good few months...

+1 and one of the reasons why APAT is such a great community

[nosey-p]

And he knows how to play pocket nines  

[jbworldwide]

And he knows how to play pocket nines  

badly?  

[Chipaccrual]

And behind door number 18 is............................







An APAT medal


Everyone wants to win won, most want to know when it will be delivered  , but for those lucky few that win a medal in a live event, they get to shake a hand, have a photo, grab the medal, and take it home with them to sit pride of place and say "look people, it"s been a good weekend"


The picture above is a very special medal though.  Quite possibly, this could be the most cherished APAT medal in the world.





So who does it belong to ?








Well, it was won this year.









It is of the bronze variety.











It now lives in the "Central" part of the country with a true APATer.










Got it yet ?















Yep, it belongs to Ian "HaworthBantam" Burnett.  Regional Controller for the Central Division Online league, moderator and all round top APATer.  I don"t think I"ve ever seen a player hugging their medal with more affection than Ian did in Bolton this year.  He couldn"t stop saying "I"ve won a medal, the money was nice, but I"ve won a medal"


I got sent the following link the other day, it"s not at all embarassing or anything like that, but it may be revenge for the fact Ian has gone on about the medal quite a bit.  

CLICK HERE

[AmandaCamm]

Yep, it belongs to Ian "HaworthBantam" Burnett.  Regional Controller for the Central Division Online league, moderator and all round top APATer.  I don"t think I"ve ever seen a player hugging their medal with more affection than Ian did in Bolton this year.  He couldn"t stop saying "I"ve won a medal, the money was nice, but I"ve won a medal"


I got sent the following link the other day, it"s not at all embarassing or anything like that, but it may be revenge for the fact Ian has gone on about the medal quite a bit.  

CLICK HERE

Brilliant Leigh.....He"ll kill me

Lol

[Swinebag]

Top guy. He played great that weekend and was unlucky not to go further. Delighted you got a medal Ian.

You now have a 100% day 2 to medal conversion rate

[Laxie]

Bluffin with his muffin?  LOL  Wp Mrs.!!!  

[duke3016]

smile firmly in place - The man is my hero

[SirPercival]

Ian won a medal??

Really?

I want to complain to APAT as I am sure this hasn"t been posted before and I can"t believe Ian didn"t mention it on facebook or something.