Season 4 Announcement

[BillySollocks]

Any word on numbers for tomorrow"s Razz tourney?

TIA

[Chipaccrual]

Any word on numbers for tomorrow"s Razz tourney?

TIA

It"a selling out reasonably well I believe.

[BillySollocks]

Any word on numbers for tomorrow"s Razz tourney?

TIA

It"a selling out reasonably well I believe.

Looks like it was only 60% sold, what a joke.

People were prepared to support this event but couldn"t enter without making the venue in person 24 hours before the start.

[TightEnd]

Not true, people bought in today

[technolog]

Any word on numbers for tomorrow"s Razz tourney?

TIA

It"a selling out reasonably well I believe.

Looks like it was only 60% sold, what a joke.

People were prepared to support this event but couldn"t enter without making the venue in person 24 hours before the start.

I would respectfully suggest a less adversarial approach would be more likely to illicit a sympathetic response from the APAT organisers. In the words of our illustrious Chairman, cooey-wooey ftw.

Perhaps it"s possible for main event entrants to signal their intentions before the weekend. I"m sure there"s quite a few, like me, that have no intentions to play any of the specialist events. Perhaps only those that post they"d like to play if they"re out of the main event and still at the venue would be pre-registered, all other seats open to all on the Sunday?

Although I"m not convinced it would necessarily lead to a bigger uptake of seats.

[BillySollocks]

I tried my best to offer possible options for players wishing to play in this event who weren"t playing in yesterday"s tourney. According to the advice given to me, the only "guaranteed" way for me to be assured of a seat was to arrive yesterday at 16:00.

The travel costs for me to register in person yesterday and again to play today were nearly double the cost of the entry. I even posted last night to get an idea if it had sold out, again to avoid the risk of travelling without a guaranteed seat. As you can see, the only reply indicated it was a virtual sell-out.

I don"t really know what more I could have done to convince the organisers I was serious about playing. I was 99% sure this event wouldn"t sell out but I was assured by others here it would.

If I may be allowed to offer some advice for the future, how about allowing in person registration between (for example) 4:00 and 5:00 then allowing telephone registrations using a debit or credit card as guarantee?

[Paulie_D]

While being at the Vic probably was the only "guaranteed" way to ensure a seat, on reading back I think it was referred to as being the "safest" and reported numbers were encouraging. At no point did anyone say the competition was full.

It"s unfortunate that the cost of travel for you to just play this event was -EV for you but, with respect, you are not the intended market.

It"s been stated many times that the original intention of these "Specialist" games was that they were put in place for bustouts from the main tournament. Many people travel long distances to play these events often at great expense and having an additional "side" event was intended to increase the value to THEM.

As for what you could have done to "convince the organisers of your seriousness"... from what I can see, you just asked a few general questions.

I would echo a previous poster and respectfully suggest a less adversarial approach.

[BillySollocks]

While being at the Vic probably was the only "guaranteed" way to ensure a seat, on reading back I think it was referred to as being the "safest" and reported numbers were encouraging. At no point did anyone say the competition was full.

It"s unfortunate that the cost of travel for you to just play this event was -EV for you but, with respect, you are not the intended market.

It"s been stated many times that the original intention of these "Specialist" games was that they were put in place for bustouts from the main tournament. Many people travel long distances to play these events often at great expense and having an additional "side" event was intended to increase the value to THEM.

As for what you could have done to "convince the organisers of your seriousness"... from what I can see, you just asked a few general questions.

I would echo a previous poster and respectfully suggest a less adversarial approach.

I feel the need to reply to the above post:

I never accused anyone of saying the tourney was full.

If they"re not specialist tourneys, why call them that?

In my opinion the following quoted posts are not general enquiries, in fact with 1 exception I have only ever posted in this thread and asked direct questions about today"s Razz event:

When will this be confirmed?

I want to play in the Razz tourney on 18/4 is there any way I could reserve or pre-reg without travelling to the venue either: making a special journey the day before or on the day and possibly not getting in?

I won"t be playing in the 2 day event, any idea on max. runners for this particular tourney?


Thanks,

Billy

Can anyone give any feedback on the Swansea specialist tourney, was it sold out / well attended?

Did anyone get in on the day?

The reason I"m interested is because I want to play in the Razz tourney in London next month, I reckon Razz is the least popular poker variant going so any info will help.

Thanks in advance.

I see no reason not to push the point, everyone wants to see the APAT do well and I"m sure there are lessons to be learnt here.

Thanks for reading and good luck at the tables.

[allinbob2]

Haveing played and luckly won the side event in Swansea! I think that APAT are offering the best package in amatuer poker.  I wish I could play more events as I think the organisation and sports man ship is next to non.  I have played on other higher buy in tourneys and not enjoyed them half as much as the APAT evets.  The only problem with APAT is I still have no medals lol. Keep up the great work Des, Leigh, Tighty, and the new lovely lady!!!

[technolog]

A well-argued post Billy. I agree, I"m sure it could be improved. Unfortunately this probably leads to more work for the already hard-pressed APAT organisers.

Good luck to you too and I hope to make your acquaintance at a future event.

[suzanne]

Sun 20th 14:30 Specialist Series NLHE (Aberdeen)

Is this just a normal mtt then? capped at 50?

[Chipaccrual]

Sun 20th 14:30 Specialist Series NLHE (Aberdeen)

Is this just a normal mtt then? capped at 50?

Yep, and with added APAT Pro League Seat valooooooooo

[suzanne]

Sun 20th 14:30 Specialist Series NLHE (Aberdeen)

Is this just a normal mtt then? capped at 50?

Yep, and with added APAT Pro League Seat valooooooooo

EPIC bok LOL

[cincicrappykid]

Haveing played and luckly won the side event in Swansea! I think that APAT are offering the best package in amatuer poker.  I wish I could play more events as I think the organisation and sports man ship is next to non.  I have played on other higher buy in tourneys and not enjoyed them half as much as the APAT evets.  The only problem with APAT is I still have no medals lol. Keep up the great work Des, Leigh, Tighty, and the new lovely lady!!!

MEDALS MEDALS  DID I HERE SOMEONE SAY MEDALS