APAT Welsh Festival Live Updates, March 2010

[TightEnd]

Over the weekend of 20-21st March 2010 APAT will open it"s new and fourth season, sponsored by Betfair, with the Welsh festival held at the Aspers Casino Swansea. The festival consisted of the 100+ runner Welsh Welsh Amateur Poker Championship, the first leg of the APAT Professional League a £250 Pot Limit Hold Em series and the Pot Limit Omaha leg of the £25 Specialist Series on Sunday.

Courtesy of Betfair the winner of the Welsh Amateur Championship and Professional League events wins an entry to a GUKPT main event as part of an overall sponsorship package where APAT members have the chance to win thirty three seats to GUKPT main events and twenty three seats to APAT Professional League tournaments.  In addition, each of the season's seventy five amateur, professional and online tournaments are run completely registration free for players.

The winner of the Professional League will win a £20,000 APAT sponsorship package for 2011.  In addition, the winners of the Online and National Amateur Rankings will join the 17 Amateur Champions from season four and the player with the most points finishes across Amateur and Online events, to compete in the APAT Champions Final, to play for a second APAT £20,000 sponsorship package in 2011.

The player lists for the events are as follows:-

Welsh Amateur Poker Championship

Alan Lake
Alan Sammonds
Allyson James
Andrew Jones
Andy Overton
Aneurin Venables
Anthony Trippier
Antony Ross
Benjamin Dixon
Brendan Byrne
Brian Yates
Carl Lybert
Charles Overton
Chris Peers
Chris Webber
Christian Fish
Christopher Burton
Colin O"Prey
Craig MacInnes
Darren Barrington Coleman
Darren Shallis
Darren Underhill
David Garden
David Green
David Howard
David Llewellyn
David Owston
David Potter
David Underwood
Dean Saunders
Derrick Andrews
Don Logan
Edmund Benson
Frank Bailie
Gareth Johns
Gary Phillips
Gavin Jones
George Dickson
Graham Wills
Ian Thompson
Ian White
Irene Groenen
James Edwards
James Roberts
Jason Jones
Jason Stephens
Jean O"Donoghue
Jeldon Fernandes
John Gibbons
John Murray
John-Paul Round
Jon Garrett
Keith Thomas
Leigh Efford
Luis Hayward
Marc Bicknell
Marc Ward
Martin Wilson
Martyn Prime
Martyn Sharp
Matthew Jones
Matthew Wedge
Matthew Whiting
Michael Charles Gale
Michael Deady
Michael Johns
Michael Wilson
Michelle Bashir
Nicholas Grey
Nick Dunn
Nigel Johnson
Nigel Peck
Nigel Wassenhoven
Paul Davis
Paul Matheson
Paul McGuinness
Peter Easy
Philip Tompkinson
Richard Baker
Richard Hodgkins
Richard Lapwood
Richard Rudling-smith
Robert Malin
Robert Swindells
Robyn Oneile
Ross Johnson
Simon Cruddace
Stephen Jennison
Stephen Lister
Stephen Paul Morris
Steve Bayliff
Steven Marskell
Steven Roderick
Stuart Black
Stuart Langford
Stuart Ward
Sue Pearson
Suzanne Hayward
Warren Jones
Wayne Thomas

APAT Professional League - Leg One

Andrew Tracey
Brian Martin
Charles Sanderson
Chen Tam
Chris Salmon
Craig Dunn
Darren Naylor
James Eccles
James Lynott
John Stephen Boyd
Matt Russell
Neil Blatchly
Richard Offless
Steve Warburton
Stuart Oliver
Terence Aylward

[AMRN]

Really disappointed that I can"t be in Swansea, but good luck to all those playing in all three events!

Also good luck to the APAT team with the first live broadcasts....

[TightEnd]

For Season Four, our reporting is going to be a little different than before because of the Advent of APAT TV which you can watch here


So on both Saturday and Sunday Leigh Wiltshire and I will use this thread to update both the Professionl and Amateur events but also commentate on feature tables of, on Saturday, the Professional event and on Sunday the Amateur event, as follows

APAT tv Live Stream from Aspers Casino.

March 20th, 4.00pm - APAT Professional League, through to final table and completion.

March 21st, 2.30pm - APAT Welsh Amateur Poker Championship, through to final table and completion.


Hopefully therefore you can have a couple of browser tabs open and multi-task and enjoy following the tournaments




I myself have been practicing my cliches, working on my intonation and feel ready to let loose.

I am modelling myself on Alan Partridge.

Leigh is modelling himself on 1970s snooker commentators

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[Laxie]

Really disappointed that I can"t be in Swansea, but good luck to all those playing in all three events!

Also good luck to the APAT team with the first live broadcasts....

+1  

Abso gutted to be missing it!  Have fun and good luck to the lot of you!!!

[Mikeyboy9361]

Good luck to all playing, hopefully will see you all in London. Good luck with the live feeds, really looking forward to seeing this. Don"t think  the wife will be to impressed though if I"m glued to the laptop on our wedding anniversary!!

[allinbob2]

Really looking forward to the weekend.  Early start tommorow 0545hrs Ill need some pro plus and (VODKA) redbulls WOOP WOOP!!

[allinbob2]

I Just cant sleep!!! Im so excited lol

[Kronsdat]

Good luck Mary and Stan - I"ll be cheering youse on.  

[MintTrav]

I Just cant sleep!!! Im so excited lol

Try staying up a bit later than 8:30 then.

[allinbob2]

5am start mate, my driver (paid for by you) is picking me up in 7hrs.  I think its time for nightol!!

[MintTrav]

5am start mate, my driver (paid for by you) is picking me up in 7hrs.  I think its time for nightol!!

Try going to bed a bit earlier than 9:30 then.

[allinbob2]

5am start mate, my driver (paid for by you) is picking me up in 7hrs.  I think its time for nightol!!

Try going to bed a bit earlier than 9:30 then.

Im of for my beauty sleep now!!  By god I need it.  See you on the train mate!

[janc]

Good luck all and have a great weekend, & gl with the live stream & updates guys

[lukybugur]

GL to all of those I regularly cheer for.

No Tighty prizes (real or not) up for grabs for guessing top finishers ... ?

[Fatcatstu]

Its most upsetting to be awake at thsi time of day.

This is all.