AFAIK if a local turns up and registers then he/she is then an APAT member. The whole ethos as I understand it is that APAT is open to all. (except pros - but that"s another debate)
Exactly, so there"s really no registration process and we"re just a poker tour like the GUKPT and membership is therefore meaningless in a sense. I"m not saying this is necessarily a bad thing, I"m just saying.
That is, for better or worse, exactly where we are now. It could be argued that anyone with a PokerStars (S1), BlueSq (S2) or BetfairPoker (S3) accounts is an APAT member. I think we than add in the G/Grosvenor group players and we"ve conquered the world.
The only defining
provable, criteria was, IIRC, being a member of this forum and giving APAT your email address.
Until they hand out APAT Membership Cards (and seriously, who needs another bit of plastic?), we"re stuck with what we have.
After all that, Speciality Series comps for Main comp bustos only...please! ===> Unabashed self interest.